London, Aug. 15.
Only fourteen hours before three en. convicted of the murder of an igerly druggist named Smith on ight on Front were due to be executed they were reprieved and pair sentences commuted to imrisenment for life.
The dramatic announcement roated a greater public effect. in jew of an official intimation a few ours earlier that the Home Sec-stary declined to interfere with the ith sentences.
The subsequent reprieve followed visit. by Sir-William Johnson ticks to Buckingham Palace, where e attended a meeting of the Pri quneil and had an audience of His majesty.
One of the accused was bidding arewell_ to his relatives at Pen-on villa Prison and the latter were n the point of departure when the governor appeared bearing the yyously-received news.
In the crime of which the accused ere convicted they were found guilty of attacking Smith so savagely that when.he managed to tagger home his wife failed to agnize him and shut the door in is face, The agitation against their cor fection was based on a contention hat at least two of the accused jer not present at the time of the
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