Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 30, 1924, Page 3

i Beech street, in honor of Mrs. George Robinson of Fort Collins, formerly Miss Marjorie Keith of this city.. Honors at bridge were ‘won by Mrs. Glenn ‘Parker and Miss Margaret England. | Mrs. Robinson received a guest» gift.. fe Among the guests preesnt were: Mrs. Glenn Littlefield, Mre. T. J: Drew, Mrs. Glenn Parker, Mrs. Sam neff. Mrs. Stanley Greenbaun, Mrs. A. M. Gee, Mrs: Paul Hooper, Miss Margaret England, ‘Migs Ruth Kim- Ballard, Francis Dunn, Ralph Harry Barton, William. Edwards, Gerald| pa, Miss Helen Simpson and the In courtesy to Miss Isabel Han-| Nicolaysen and . complimented| guest of honor. way and Clifford F%zgerald who | suest. ae peo ah will be married Wednesday, the} - Casper Couple ~ Misses Dorothy and Honor Cone of | Supper Dance Given Married in Colorado. |. leans, cousins of Mr. Fitz-| Monday At Country Club. Velma I. McMahon and Ir- at | Among those who will attend are: Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Hanway, Mr. and Mrs. Leigh McGrath, Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Grieve, Mr. ‘and Mrs. R. HE. Evans, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Dean of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. E. BE. Hanway, Mr. and Mrs. Neal Tyler, Mr. and Mrs. Pitt Co- ert, Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Andrus, Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Hagens, Dr. and Mrs..T, J. Drew, Mr. and Mr Charles T. McGrady, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Ladd, Mre. Frances Biglin, » the Misses Vatricia Sullivan, Hattic Wyatt, Margaret Sullivan, England, Kathleen Sullivan, IKath- ryn Mahoney, Elleen O'Mara, Dora Stanley, Lavonia Nelson, Ruth Kim- hall, Elizabeth Kidd, Evelyn Mouse, Blzabeth Crabtree, Wlizabeth Con- nelly, Helen Simpson, Lela Craft, Evelyn Bain, Lillian Bishop, Vir- ginia Bagbee, Lovey Norris, Mar- garet Dougherty, Mary Grace Lar- son, Georgia Reeves, Margaret Eng- land, the Messrs: Ralph Andrus, Thomas Milligan, Clark Perry, Wil- lam Kocher, Jack Perry, Patsy Carr, Harry Connelly, Dwight Wal- lace, William Hagens, Kem Nicolay- sen, Lawrence Ormsby, William Ni- colaysen, Walter McGrath, Leslie Van Doren, Robert Blackmore, De La Breche, Rayburn 8. Webb, J. W. Gillespie, Dr. William ©. McDer- mott, Dr. M. J. Nolan, Harry Mc- Namara, Barry Mahoney, Phillip Edwards, Herbert Wyatt, David Kidd, H? Young, Harry Astin, fubborn Cough By oe Right Up ‘This home-made remedy is = wen- der for aesencreeeen Eastly and cheaply made. _Here is = home-made syrup which ions of people have found to be the most dependable means of break- ing up stubborn coughs. It is cheap d simple, but very prompt in ac- on. Under its healing, soothing in- luence, chest soreness goes, phiegm mn breathing becomes easier, in throat stops and you get nighks restful sleep. he al throa ade chest colds are con- croup, throat tickle, bronchial ithma or winter coughs. To make this splendid cough syrup, our 2% ounces of Pinex into a pi t bottle and fill the bottle with in ranulited sugar syrup and horoughly. If you prefer use cla d molasses, honey, or corn syrup, instead of sugar syrup. Either way, pyou get a ful jint—a family supply of much better cough syrup than you could buy ready-made for three imes the money. Keeps perfectly and children love its pleasant taste. Pinex is a special and highly cot _‘ centrated compound of genuine Nor- ") way pine extract, known the world over for its prompt healing effect upon the membrani | , To avoid disappoi ist. for aya with full direction: \ anything else. Gi satisfaction or money tly refunded. The Pinex Co., fayne, In Big Sisters will be enraptured! Tittle Brothers will be X Lillian | | host tomorow evening at a stag Miss Among the outstanding social} win L. Burch both of this city were events of the holiday season for the| quietly marr on Friday after- younger set was the“formal supper! noon of last week at Fort Collins. dance given at the Country club| where the groon has been for some Monday evening by Mr. and Mr#.| time on business. The Rey. H..G. Miss Isabel Hanway and Clifford} fictated,; the ceremony having beet Fitzgerald whoeo marriage will be| performed at the church parsonage. celebrated Wednesday, and the| The groom has been a resident of Misses Dorothy and Honor Cone of foe) ebtne tine wnd.la fore- New Orleans, who will be Migs Tian-| man of the Lander Dairy and Prod- way’s bridesmaids. Holiday sug-| ucts company. gestions were used for the’ decora- eee tions with mses making the supper | pinner Thie Evening to tables attractive. Music for the eve- Formal Dauce. ning was furnished by the Curtz-| Wiliam Hagens will be host at Butterfield orchestra, a dinner this evening to be given at se? the home of his parents on South Center street, complimenting, Miss For Chicago Visitor. Isabel Hanway and Clifford Fitzger- Mrs. R. M. Boeke entertained in-| ald whose marriage will take place formally this afternoon at her home | tomorrow and the Misses Honor and on CY avenue complimentary to] Dorothy Cone of New Orleans, Miss Mrs. Mayme I. Logsdon of Chicago, | Hanway’s bridesmaids. The dinner who has been the guest for a week| will precede the formal dancing of her daughter, Mrs. Karl 8S. Al-| party to be given by Mrs. P. C. bert. Nico‘aysen at her residence on Wol- Mrs. Logsdon, who is the dean of | cott street for the bridal party and the college of arts and member of | Miss Florence Flemming of Nova the mathematics'faculty at the Uni-| Scotla, guest of her sister Mrs. versity of Chicago, is leaving in|Leigh McGrath. June for Italy where she will do| Among those who will attend are Special research work in algebraic | Mri and Mrs. J. E. Hanway, Mr. and geometrics for the ensuing .year.| Mrs. R. M. Andrus, Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. Logsdon is a member of Phi] Harl E. Hanway, Mr. and Mrs. Rob- Beta Kappa and Sigma Pst, honor-| ert M. Grieve, the Misses Elizabeth ary scholastic fraternities. Connelly, Ruth Kimball, Blizabeth Guests who attended were, Mrs.| Kidd, Lovey Norris, Virginia Bag- McConnell, Mrs. A. G, Fidel, Mrs.|bee, Elizabeth Crabtree, Evelyn Ben Pelton, Mrs. 'T. C. Spears, Mrs.|Bain, Lillian England, Mary Grace John England, Mrs. Gus Bell, Mrs.| Larson, Elleen O'Mara, Evelyn George Jarvis, Mrs. M. H. Tracy, | Rowse, Georgia Reeves, Helen Simp- Mrs. Bliss, Mrs. R. M. Ogden, Mrs.| son, and the Messrs. Lawrence M. C. Price, Mrs. Albert and the] Ormsby, Francis Dunn, David Kidd, guest of honor. Kem Nicolaysen, Ralph Andrus and guest, Thomas Milligan, William Gocktey-Bullard Nicolaysen, Patsy Carr, Clark Perry, Marriage Is Announced. Harry Connelly, Jack Perry, Wil- Announcement was made today | liam Kocher, Robert Blackmore, Les- of the marrlage on December 27, of | lie Van Doren, Harry Astin, Harry Miss The!ma Gockley to Clifford | Ballard, Barry Mahoney and the Bullard both of this city. The cere-| guests of honor. mony was performed by the Rev. ee Willis H. Germany, pastor of the | Elk’s Formal to be East Side Methodist Community | Brilliant Affair. church at the home of the bride's} Casper social activities. for 1934 sister, Mrs, A. J. rts, 820 South {and for the enttre winter season Chestnut street: They were attend- ed by Mr. and Mrs. Roberts. The/at the Elk’ Mrs. Boeke Entertains auditorium when ‘the McCook, Neb., has been a@ resident | of the lodge will be held. of Casper for the last six years. Mr. Elaborate the affair the most elaborate of the seven annual New Year's eve areca that have been held by ‘the cltib. ‘The Elks" club is fully equipped to Wyoming Bakery company. eee Clan Stuart Dance New Year's Eve. Members of the Clan Stuart will hold a dance on New Year's eve- ning at 9 o'clock at the Odd Fel-| dinner, previous to the party while lows hall. All members and friends are invited to atten we will be the scene of other entertain- ments. John Jourgensen Will Earl EB, Hanway, complimentary to | Goodsell of the Methodist church ‘ot. | will be capped off tomorrow evening bride whose home was formerly in| annual New Year's eve formal ball plans have been carried out by a Bullard {s connected here with the} half a dozen committees to make cater to the members that desire downtown hotels and private homes Elks may obtain tickets for them- Ede Casper Daily Cribune selves or their friends from Robert Cohen, J. P. Sweeney and J. W. Johnson. Denver where she will visit fora short time, . Mrs. Lake Scotts of Cody, Neb., - - Was a visitor in Casper yesterday, PERSON. ALS * @ guest at the Townsend. see Z Mr. and Mrs. C. M, Epstein of Moneta were visitors in Casper yes- Mr, and Mrs, M. J. Gothberg and | terday. daughter, Emma, left last’ week by motor for California where they will spend a number of months. eee Mr. and Mrs. Albert Scharman of Biulings are in Casper the guests of Mr. Scharman’s aunt. Mr, and@ Mrs. William Gricve and a family of*the Dumb Bell ranch on Mr. and Ars. James Chetwaad and Sweetwater are in Casper visiting | family are visitors here for a few With relativ | days from their home in Denver. Miss Gladys Legan has returned | to Casper following a two months viait spent in St. Louls, Omaha, Chi- cago and other citties of interest. oes Mr. and Mrs. ©. A. Twin of Ta-| yoye have returned to thelr home after spending the Christmas holi- days here as guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Legan, eee ‘Miss Frances Sheehan has return. ed from Montana where she spent the Christmas holidays with friends, eee CITY BRIEFS H. J. Shadd, prominent banker of Shoshoni was a business visitor in Casper yesterday. ee te ¥ 0. Ormsby and Thomas P. Watt were arriy in the city last eve- ning from Wellington, Colo. eee Paul B. Henderson of Washing- ton, D> Cts an out of town busi- ness visitor in Casper for several days. FR. H. Addington’ of Kansas City | is in the city on business and is a! guest. at the Glandstone. eee T. D. Lewis of Salt Lake City !s attending to business affairs here for a few days this week. eee A. Campbell is a Lander man who arrived in the city last evening. eee H. Nagh of Deny attending. to business matters here for a short | time. Martin T. Eaekett of Shoshon! is | iness. E. D. McCal and J, H. Nicholls j are Denver businces callers who ar- rived last evenin . | | } | . | | Cc. Burk isa Riverton visitor who arrived last evening. M. . J.O. Ingram of the National Sup- | ply company and son. Rex, have re “turned from Denver: where they in the city fora short time on bus- | | PAGE THREE. 1 Spent the Christmas holidays with | friends. —— L. B, Lenehan arrival in Casp eno oe stat a To Cure a Cokl in Gr: Day Take Laxative BROMO QUININE Tablets. (The First and Original Cold and Grip Tublet.) A Safe and . of Basin was an Proven Remedy. The box bears signatire of 1. W. Grove. 30¢,— Adv. This Sturdy FAttle New Gulbransen Piano On Its Way Guaranteed in Every Particu: lar by the Manufacturer and FHE by us is Nationally Priced -at $295.00 Mahogany or Walnut Sold on Liberal Terms. The Chas, E. Wells Music Co. 232 East Second St., Casper. Phone 194 And Lavoye, Wyo. NEW CHEVROLET Soon on display at i | | THE NOLAN CHEVROLET Mr. and Mrs. 1. Oberbeck of Salt Creek were visitors in tho city yes- terday, guests at the Henning. Sie : Mrs. Nan Bell of Lavoye has been visiting with friends in the city for _ *, eareval caus By HUGH O'NEILL To the Hon, Charles W. Bryan. Governor, Hon. Charles W. Pool, eee Mrs. Charles B. Stafford and chil- dren have returned from an ex-| Secretary, and Hon. O. 8. Spill- tended visit sent in Nebraska with| ™4n, Attorney General, and Hon. friends and relatives. Lloyd Dort, his assistant, con- stituting the Pardon Board of the State of Nebraska: Gentlemen: 3 ‘When IT was granted the privilege of presenting new evidence in the Walter Ray Simmons case to your Honorable Body in May last, you thanked me for submitting such facts,,and assured me you did not ‘wis! to permit any condemned eee Mrs. R. Richards spent a short time in the city yesterday enroute from her home at Salt’ Creek to even established a doubt, of thelr guilt. your noble consideration of the evi- dence I have submitted since then, summary: I call your attention to'the fact that the conviction of Walter Ray Simmons was arrived at by a jury who never got any evidence only circumstantial, and which the new evidence indicates the most of such allegations were preposterous, surd, and {mpossible. Among such allegations were the following: PHILLIPS ROF MAGES, | ANTACID Lape? the evening between ten and eleven Canadian whisky. Accept only “Phillips,” the original Milk of Magnesia prescribed by physicians for 50 years. Protect that he neycer went to Holt county, public highway that Sunday night Up: fences on each side of the road 25-cent bottles, also 50-cent bottles, contain directions—any drug store: —Adv. Bo Host At Dinner. John Jourgensen, who attends school at the Nebraska university at Lincoln and who is spending the holidays here with relatives, will be dinner at the Townsend for 16 of his friends. : P sae \ Miss Kassis To Be Hostess At Dance. Miss Edna Kassis will be hostess Friday evening at a dancing party to be given for a number of the students spending the holidays { Casper. The entertainment will De given at the Townsend. eae St. Mark's Synurgae Will Hold Meeting. The regular meeting of St. Mark’ Synurgae will be held Tuesday eve- ning at the residence of Mrs. O. C. Brewster, 1560 South Walnut street. surprised! Little Sisters will be tickled! Watch for the diamonds THURSDAY | | of this week. This will be the last meeting of ‘the year and all members are asked to bring their dues and pledges. eee Dinner Wednesday Will Precede Eik's Format Preceding the Elk’s formal danc- ing party to be given tomorrow’ evening at their auditorium on Sev- enth and Center streets, Mr. and | Mrs. John Bingenheimer will be | hosts to a few friends at dinner at thelr home, 646 East Eleventh street. ee Harry Ballard Will i Give Dinner Thursday. | Harry [Ballard will entertain aj} few of his friends at a stag dinner to be given on Thursday evening Nell Kimball was hostess] t evening at her home on. South Wolcott street for the regular meet- ing of the Pepper club. Substitutes for the evening were: Mrs. J.W. Johnson, Mrs. Leigh Townsend and Mrs. M. N. Wheeler. The club will be entertained again in two weeks |4 on Monday evening by Miss Edna Smith at her home on South Center street. Blacks, Airdale, Gunm: Ft. Collins Visitor Is Honored At Tea. WATCH FOR ‘THE CASPER NATIONAL BANK PRIZE GROSS WORD PUZZLE THE CASPER DAILY TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY, DEC. 31 Mrs. & Keith and M'ss Mil- ed Keith were hostesses at an in- formal bridge tea given yesterday | afternoon heir b n_ South GUN META All Per Pair Mm. D. Barnett Ia ee eee ee for Women THREAD SILK HOSE and Rose Beige Per Pair $1.00 RIBBED TOP, PURE SILK All Shades Per Pair $1.50 154 So. Center Street corpse in that hole of water and mud, when he never had» been east of Spencer before in his life. Why, half the men in Boyd county could not drive straight to that hole in daylight, and still they accuse a stranger, who had never been east of Spencer before, of finding that hole in the dark without the help of anyone who knew where the hole was. Why! animal tnstinct could not perform such a ‘miracle, and Simmons could not inhale the odor of mud that far. It is the most psurd accusation to accuse any man of such supernatural power. No, the person who took the.corpse to that hole In so short .a time, must have known that was the only place where a corpse could be hid in that whole country without digging in the ground and leaving marks by the roadside. For there the corpse could be dropped off the bridge and leave no marks. Second. The arguments convinced the jury that Simmons covered the corpse with yellow soft mud, by tredding the mud down from the bank above, and pulling the mud up | with his hands from below, for the | marks of bis hands and fingers were {n the mud when the work was done, still when he awoke, nine miles from there on Orin Porter’s porch shortly after, there was no mud on his hands or jacket sleeves, or shirt sleeves, or were they wi had been wet where he had washed the mud off. The shirt is one of the exhibits in Court-now and its ap- pearance will verify this statement. This {s another impossibility. No | berson can bury a body in. yellow sumbo mud, or blue gumbo’ muda, {and dirty-water with his bare hands j without getting his hands ‘and | sleoves covered with mud, and- when covered with mud cannot wash them off without at least being wet, but still there was no mud on his hands and his: sleeves had. not been wet, when he awoke on Porter's porch in the morning. This is the ‘second impossibility of which he ts accused, and which the jury accepted as evl- dence and found him guilty. The new evidence shows he never buried the corpse. “It was buried: by those who knew whero the hole was. Third. ‘The next astounding ab- surdity of which ho is accused is. after he {s claimed to have killed Pahl, ho tried to escape by going nine miles to the Missourl River to | wait until daylight to cross on a | ferry boat, where both ferrymen, and all early passenger, would seo the car and describe it, and describe him too, and see all ‘the blood in the car, and telephone everywhere. Not only that, but the nine miles to the ferry was a road he never had been on before and a very rough one on which he got Jost. and had to-stop, 80 he drove, or steered rather, his car up in front of Orin Proter’s porch, in front of his house. the most conspicuous place he could find, where {t would be seen and examined by the Porters the first thing in the morning, then walked upon the porch and finding a vacant hammock lay down and fell asleep. No jurist or prosecutor can find in the ‘annale of crime, a parallel cir- cumstance, where "any criminal guilty of murder, tried to escape or hide ‘his trail by’ such open display and exhibition of the evidence of cfime. The true reason for such care- lessness is, he never murdered Pahl, did not know he was murdered, did not know the car wag ful of blood, for the evidence now shows he wae etal, Beige, Indian Tan L CHIFFON Silk $2.25 Outfitting Zo IRs Noa wat) a ces sari vee "ed RD rw ee seh Sa SS Mw hes SS gd ea dls mec prisoner to be electrocuted if new evidence proved their innocense, or Thanking you, and appreciating T now beg to submit the following ab- First. The prosecution submitted evidence that proved to the satis- o'clock he left Spencer with Pahl in a high-powered car to go to Holt county to meet a carload of The prosecution assumed and convinced the jury but instead murdered Pahl on the then robbed him and drove about five miles east and two miles north to the only mudhole where a corpse could be hid, all alone in the dark with a corpse in the car, and in a hurry, went straight east five miles and two miles north and buried the } placed in the car when ho was just getting over.a stupid drunk, placed there by the real murderers, as Sam) Miller swears and which affi-/ davit I have already sent to. you, | who placed a small sack of money in his pocket, which Mrs. Pahl could identity, which contained $300.00, and signified his guilt, for they kept About $1,200.00 ‘more, which later evidence purpottsyto show Pah! had on his person, and thus hold him to be punished for the crime, while they fled on the Washington high- way’ toward the Pacific coast while Simmons slept like Durant unsus- Picious of. the vilinous conspiracy agianst him. This ‘is *what the new evidence and the affidavits I have sent to your Honorable Body hereto- fore signify as the true conditions. Let it be contemplated for a mo- ment that Simmons was guilty of that heinous crime and that he did bury the corpse in the mud hole and having come from the west that morning. and having lived part of his life in the Pine Ridge country, and knowing the Washington High- Way well, that it ran through the Pine Ridge, now in candor and honesty, if he wanted to ‘escape, would he have taken a road he did Hot know to cross the Missouri river in daylight, where the ferrymen would see all the evidence of his guilt, or would he have taken the Washington Highway and been in CORRECTIVE faction of the jury that said Sim-|the Pine Ridge country before day- LAXATIVE. mons arrived in Spencer for the| light, where all the state militia in first time in his life, on the ten eraare sound A hae him, or THE CHAS. o'clock, or noon train on Sunday,| Would he go nine miles on a road, A lpn lait May 14th, 1922, and he attended a|@nd the poorest road in the country: ball game that afternoon and in|at that, where he never had been before, lie down and fall asleep, and in the morning wake up quite natu- rally and never be in any fear’ or excitement until he saw the bloo® on the car. What would a guilty man do under those circumstances? ‘Would he not go west as fast as he could, on the best road he could and never come back, the same as your doctor and yourself by avold-| when cars were continuously run-|the new. evidence has proven three ing tmitations of the genuine “Phil-| ning on the oper road between | others went the same night and . have never yet come back? Fourth. The fourth absurd ac- cusation-{s ho murdered Pahl by striking him on the head with a hammer which caused a ‘terrible gush and profusion of blood, which sprayed the top of the car and saturated the clothing of the corpse. Still Simmons is charged with tak- ing the sack of money from Pahl’s pocket and putting it in his. own without getting any blood on the sack, for there was not one {ota of blood, or stain of blood, on the sack. The reason there was ‘no blood on the sack was, Pah! was drugged and stupid with drugged whiskey and robbed before he was killed But there was a blood stained bill found in the pocket of his shirt Simmons threw away, said bill undoubtedly placed there to be found and prove Simmons guilty, while the real mur- derers escaped as fast as they could on the Washington Highway. Such has been the craft of aJl villains, who have cunningly planned the perpetration of atrocious. murders. he preacher who murdered the two girls in the church in California sol years ago arranged to have them meet him late that night at the church, then waiting until his young friend, Durant, was sound asleep, the preacher crept slyly into’ Durant’s room, put on Durant’s shoes, his. overcoat and his hat, then stole out of the house, went to tlfe church, opened the door and brought the two unsuspicious girls in, and before he left the place selected for his diabolical infamy he murdered both girls, took Durant's handkerchief from the overcoat pocket, dipped it in the blood, placed it in his overcoat pocket where it would, be found (just like the blood stained bill placed in Simmons’ shirt pocket), stole” back ‘stealthily into Durant’ room, quietly hung up Durant's coat, placed the blood stained shoes under Durant’s bed, put the’ blood stained church key in Durant’s “pocket, hung the blood stained hat in its usual place, while the innocent Durant slept, then stole to his own room, get up In the morning, swore he heard Durant: 50 out'in the night and was the worse witness against the innocent victim, who died on the scaffold’ professing his innocence. Two years after on his’ death "bed the ‘preacher con: fessed his guilt, but Durant died pro: fessing his innocence. So does Sim- mons continue to say “I never killed Pahl.” How did the jury feel who returned the yerdict against Durant? How, did the judge feel who sen Synopsis and Summary of Walter Ray Simmons’ Case and had used autom®biles ever since ; well n that kn they had come into use. It was not] from Spencer twenty minutes run f where Simmons got in the car to the sand hills of Holt county, which is onc Jof the most secret places for con |mission of crime in the United St This is where the car was i purported to be. broken down ar . {this is where the two men were said to be waiting for them with a , broken down carload of Canadian | 20.00 per told } whisky, but were waiting with a|an Indian y-five mile bottle of drugged whisky and gave} west of {t to Pahl and Simmons when they | Herman did come, Why did Pahl go for thix|man_ in load of whisky? Kaywood and Sim mons tell the . that fs, he was to get whisky for hauling so was Simmons to get Pah! and Simmons were bot ing for a share of the whisky which the t men in the sand hills was said to have, Now if there were any other two men who told the story to, Sin: | mons, Frank Pahl and Simmon were both equal! ecelved by the same story, and if any guilt existed both were equally guilty. We, of | necessity, to ‘determine the guilt must discover if the other two told the purported story and if two other men told tho-story then Sin mons. Kaywood and Pahl were all equally deceived. The Honorable Pardon Board will not for one mo. ment, when contemplating the weight of justice which rests upon them, placed there by the orduous duty imposed on them by their con stituents, and the supreme sacred right of determining the fo of new evidence which the con demned never had the benefit of in any trial, and which only chance the nr and | justice, which which the + Ushed, that is, to consider all evidence on its merits, and mine if a possible doubt exists surely will not forego such a 1 Patriotic, loyal and humane duty of determining whether any other two men were, the ones who first save out the report of the broken down car “with the: Iond of Cunadia whisky: and, if so, then the ca of Pahi's trip was a cons those men and not of The Honorable Pardon certainly acknowledge that if Walter Win: was Jim when near the he wa h: drawn from its seabbard chamber in it had a lvaded but the dead man’s revolver lying on the ground near his with one shel! fired. If thi true. Jim Herman may er veitim of drugged whis umstantial — evidence, arranged by the rime for the jon on the found Wyomin drunk and his revolve stupl ot beer corps tory elreu perpet men mitted him his thanked for sz and said, “You need yourself for saving m1) killed Pahl,” and firmly believe he did not, but he a victim of a conspiracy of the two men who. claimed jo have u broke down car and fs Jim Herman present in Wyoming Jail, but IU man will have opportunity live until the tr s proven f term of but Simmons on consideration Hoard fo from t Simmons the evidence first reprieve ing his life, ever blame life for I 1 dependir 1d justice life ta electric ch If Simimon, did the the cour How strang pears tha th murder which not! ¢ of the be comn new deter did the killing, two mien flec nd neyer come bi and incunsistent it < nould flee very night of guilty go on tly knew top hi he and ob ry uld co go to sl po! while Jtry o the Simmons killed Pah} alone, and buried the body alone, no one els could have known but if It ts it, 1 positively and absolutely proven b, Indisputable facts that others «did . nd told of it} wound shi know of the murder, before Simmons awoke on Orin| Porter's porch, then the Honorable | over > front seat or Pardon Board must concede the fact | “nd tarpolian that some one clse knew of the mur-| With blood der either by secing, alding or being | trrived on told by the two men, or being the and two men who deceived Simmon Kaywood and Pahl. It fs not t pose of the writer to cast suspicion on any one by inundo or insinuation, but pose fs, as the object of any should .be, that if the eireum stances gre such that u doubt is evident, or even possible, then the condemned should have the benefit of the doubt, for it has been proven too often, that wild, cr fanatie, ism have used the law for a weapon Instead of a shield for tho innocent, and then, as in the Durant case in California, after ndemned stupid to go Pahl od in the car, and 1 him the Iron Post crossing to with unother load of bouze ur him $300.00 his money out of fifteen hundre: s ho drove the car the bhamm«e off the running board so did the tarpollan, eution and jury both ot th hammer inno-| throwing them ¢ roud cence suffered an « ious and igno fen ulong the road minous death by sonsiderate au te cow thority, and the innocent blood had wer cried to heaven against official in 1 the consideration and fanaticism for ever after, then realize the injustice 1 Proof of 5 where ver could be found, if b: about the m ' were ¢ z to hide Y tively given b fact of one Tt hive just’ he rough the Herman. telling the murder in] rehearsal of a secret ice’ ma Herrick before is was known any-|that the young man Hough, who it where else. The fact of Sam Miller,| duced the girl at Herrick to ru of, Herrick, telling of the murder|away with him and who was foun Monday morning, May 16th, before] murdered, while Hough was foun nine o'clock, that Jim Herman told| ; x City, and claimed two m« him, proves that Jim Herman knew | ¢ ok them asked to ride of.it, and the fa rode into Herrick with Jim Herman from Spe proves they knew it too, showing three who knew of the murder and talked of it, and told it while Simmons was not yet wakened on Orin Porter's porch. The first one to mis two oth treated them to whie he recoy » the girl me, person believed him and him hung, now claims be the two men deseribed i and) whe nd all wew t 7 wanted arrested lowa 1 w nd the 1 Frank Pahl | 1 the was his. wife, becauso he did not re return, and about the time peopl gone began to attend to business in town of Sy > ho is killed return at nearly nine o Pahl telephoned on the Anncar Mne, trying to locate him in Holt county, | and sald Frank Pahl told her ho was submit Honorable Ulem to tenced him to ‘the scaffold? And how did the pardon board feel who did not commute his sentence to life imprisonment, where he would be alive to return to his freedom when the preacher. confessed his guilt. But. human: desire for vengeance sent an innocent boy to the scaffold, while he died professing innocence. Gentlemen, as the object for estab- Ushing your Honorable Body and vesting it with legal authority to examine evidence was to determine the guilt or innocence of the con- demned from new evidence which might be discovered before the execution. In the case of Walter Ray Simmons now before you, I beg to call your attention to the follow- ing facts: The wife of Frank Pabl, the murdered’ man, called by phone about eight or nine o'clock Monda morning, May 15th; to find him, say ing he had gone to Holt county to moet two men who had a load of freight which had broken down there, and were waiting to have some one come and haul it into Spencer for them. Frank Pahl had told his wife he was going to Holt county He had told Kaywood he was going to Holt county. He had driven livery teams tor over thirty years on thé roads tunning from Spencer to" O'NeR in Holt co | going’ to Holt county to haul ir carload of freight for two men whose car was road. Suretl; bers of the Pardon say that nearly every I jury had ken down on the] mem: | ir the new we and no ¢ Honorable Board w busi them previously in Herrick, South Dak | consider, because it never had beer keepers, barbers, bankers, lav |discovered. All juries and judg chief of polic city marshal, 4 must abide by editor,—all sy on oath and 7 nted to them, « jnred themselves when they e | for rendering a verdict the affiday! I forwar considered, but your He » alleging that | confesses the crime the murder of Frank Pabl was | Inuocence of the ¢ other new prove general talk on the rick early Mond 192 streets of » May Sr know mi whi even no Pah wife . us three Dar ta, t Frank that his « wih auth Dake pencer asking if was there, and stating r| the Constitution | you for States Thanking of | tention and knowing fre the | you exercised your autly rning. | past, I ha had been found near Fairfax, South Dakota, covered in the bottom with Sul blood and hair Herrick had the town abou m Will the Pardon Board concede that|the | prisor ice at no one could tel! of the crime in leliberation fo Herrick they knew It d I have focwarded to hen how i lyou