ELEVENTH HOUR REPRIEVE
(Received April 27, 9 a.m.)
SACRAMENTO, April 25.
Governor Merriam, of California, today reprieved Alexander Mackay, a British subject, an hour before the time of hanging for kidnapping prison officials in a futile attempt to escape from San Quentin Prison on January 16, 1935. The action was taken in response to a request by the British Government. Mackay's case aroused considerable interest in-Britain, .where public opinion expressed itself against his execution. The Secretary of State, Mr. Cordell Hull, stayed execution for thirty days.'
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Evening Post, Issue 98, 27 April 1936, Page 9
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86ELEVENTH HOUR REPRIEVE Evening Post, Issue 98, 27 April 1936, Page 9
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