The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-04-23

9nnu sne began the black dress In which she
When she began Il she was hoping to have an.
other trial during the winter. and she said she
Trial. and H she wore SIT the dress RSs se only Hla two Rot o Ell th fee
timnes before her execution,
Ine the day. and at night everything she used
daughters were doing some Bettenberg work
and Mrs. Place became interested In It. Finally
HIS L f. And IFs, SAGE sS oPsnsd 3 box sSE and
iest square. II was extremely pretty and the
stitches we're fine and regular. Between the
EsGslsecs h h%a sT & to 1y I'm rs q oisse & N,r PAPER in S MTs:
Sage Tor her kindness and asking her to ACCEPT
the centrepieee as u token OF appreciation. A
smaller note lay beside it. 1t read
tint went to write you a few lines for The last
With 9 phrase OF affection it was signed.
co "Ihis VAS written o SUNDAY" said the re;
die EiglMSf Monday mo M : Fiaee know that she was to
Yes. she Knew"
dc you see her Monday before she died :"
Yes. saw her that morning"
..SShe went to her execution biavely p
called sSs' on sh to d ID. ws sse NO n %f1 f's down Sysr N sso
but she did not falter. She was a strange
woman; For instance, you would not have eX-
rected her!to be sensitive about what the pa
pers said Of her. but she was keenly so. 1 was
lore | went to see her in the morning. so that
when she asked me II the papers said anything
that morning, When the doctors came to ex-
anime into her sanity she was very much puZ-
r rsrs a WS%ian y ana IND S Sas s alSnyS tR hePiR Ri.it the sgS Se
would not have been right to enlishten her SO
"%%i BID Sdg she fS" have ns Sey y e shadfe g play a part
o boy hya former marriage. She never
She was a woman who not only kept her own
counsel. but would have been quick to resent
a fRy n s'te menntlc tS t PrS i nasb hsr ' S@t shs s.Id Sef
me about the bov. After she was separated
from the man she took up dressmaking to sup
hhad Just lost a, child OF, about that age.
later, she RHsO'i @ar ,Ssd'' Nj ruo Place, nam and s some
people sev that the trouble began over
with her. but that MIR. Place would not consent.
That is Lot what she told ne. She said that
But 6S nn shat f ths Pceple 20 who Ifs f had na adop asd R Sin
while she was here. and the last thing she dld
iiH IN s%l e TER s new wrote, rss e. to el Sim a. f She had n mot RRssssrsdi
mother" -,
.Dlu. 6ne near from MT. race IN any way =
He has never maize a sign"
These are ne only women prisoners since
Yes. My other experiences have been
chiefly, with the men In the hospital. The
thing that has impressed me mostin connec-
always want their mother. Sometimes she
hasn't known where they are. and they are
as they are, we'll. but When they get sick and
there Is a chance that they may. die. they al
ways want to have their mothers forgiveness
have meyer failed to, Well, there was one case
s sS!as % If. " and 'i he finally s SSS mas %s
peace until, his mother had told him
She, forgave him. ] wrote to her right away
Ing that, she forsave him and would come at
once and see him. l don't think l ever saw
anybody look th harpier than H. int ,otI boy did when
and he waited. for her so eagerly. But she
didn't come, I could rot. understand it. but
it was. He had a stepfather. who hated him
and who had undoubtedly refused to allow his
mother to have any communieati9n with him.
h.. % u Essn tiers here been many escapes while you
Five. / think. but in every case but one the
man was captured almost Immediately, The
town calling when / heard the great whistle
blowing. wasn't sure whether / was the fire
Tie people OF the town.the penitentiary is the
great thing in tho, town-had gathered in
crowds on the hillside opposite us. The pris-
cells and a description OF the, man was tele.
phoned all over the surrounding country and
the keepers sent out TO, hunt. The escaped
man had been in a somewhat superior position
among a gang which was working on
some way a suit OF civilians clothes. prob
ably through some friend who worked In the
clothing department and who carried 1t to him
little by little. He had put this on under his
prison suit and had taken advantage OF his
greater liberty to slip away from the wall and
into the railway tunnel directly In front OF the
Deiore lOmg anm ~ Vas H. e"nH "ay ' na III
and he had taken a dreadful cold, which de-