Arizona republican., 1915-12-10
VILLALOBOS WILL.
 PROBABLY HANG
Sims Admits Only Pardon Board Can Save the Ray Murderer; Nothing Left, Apparently, But Death Today

In spite of all that has happened at the state prison on other days set for men to die it is believed thae Ramon Nillalobos will yield up his life on the gallows today between the hours of ten o'clock in the morn ing and four in the afternoon. War den Sims is said to have made a statement yesterday that only the board of pardOns and paroles could save tue murderer, and the board of pardons and paroles have made the statement yesterday that it would make no recommendation to the gov ernOr in his behalf
 At q meeting of the board yester- day a recommendation for a further reprieve for William Kermeen to January 7 the day set for the hang ing of William FaItfn, was made and the governor and the superintendent of the prison were notified. The board, had given Kermeen a reprieve until today in order that the question of his insanity might be looked into, and the matter was brought before the court of Pinal county in the manner provided by statute.
 But on account of the delay in the bringing of the matter before the court, the investigation could not be held prior to the date for his eXecu- ton. Also Chief Justice Ross, in the recent Sims hearing, declared that action taken to bring such matters before a court after the expiration of the death warrant, was invalid. Therefore the insanity proceedings were begun de novo.
 The board of paTdOns and paroles yesterday received a telephone mes sage from Superintendent Sims say ing that a discovery had been made in the court records at FFIorence that might have an important bearing upon the case of VillaIobos He had just been informed that the minute entry of the court in his case showed that the indictment against him for the murder of Phineas Brown had been dismissed. If that were so there was nothing on which to try him, but it had been understood that he had been tried for the murder of Brown. This would mean, if it meant any thing, that Villalobos should be turned loose.
 But the record of the ViIlalobos case in the office of the attorney general showed that the superintend- ent had been misinforned. Brown was not tried on an indictment but on information. It might have been, the attorney general said, that an in formation against Villalobos had been discovered to be defective and had been dismissed, but the information on which the court proceeded at the trial had certainly not been dis missed.
 Attorneys who had acted in behalf of VillaIobos said yesterday after noon that they knew of nothing that could be done to save him. The de nial by Justice Cunningham the night before of a writ of habeas corpus had made it futile to apply to any other court for a writ.
 In a telephone message yesterday Superintendent Sims said that the execution would take place about three o'clock in the afternoon. He said that the guard who would spring the trap would be chosen by lot and that reporters present at the hanging would he requested not to make his name public.
 It was the intention of the board of pardons and paroles to be present aI fIoIehce Ioday, puI IL was declded late yesterday that it would not meet there. Chairman Trott has been quite ill for several days and yester- day Dr. Willard Smith pronounced his ailment acute bronchitis and said that he could make the journey to Florence only at great personal risk. A certificate was issued to the chair man.
 Attorney General Jones, or his rep Iesentative, will be at the prison and