Condemned Man Said To He Innocent

SedALIA, Mo., July 25.- Startlirg evidence has recently come to light in the case of Torn Williamson, condemned to be hanged August 31. The evidence indicates that he was not guilty of the crime. A petition has recently been pirculftted in his behalf praying for the commutation of his sentence to life imprisonment, and to it have been attached the names of 100 prominent men of this loeality.