The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-08


room door,
Mrs. Rogers -elnpsed into moody
thought and near midnight she spoke
of tae wooden thing in the cour, b.
low; what II looked like. was It very
high and were there many steps to the
sallows floor? All thege questions
showed the thoughts that filed her fc
yered mind, She shook and trembled
Violently and the fear seemed TO grow
on her that she would be hurt on the
gallows. Tortured with this fear un-
til physical exhaustion came and she
;cll half dressed on her cot into trou,
bled sleep, she awote at dawn and in.
QCired the time of Mrs. Loukes. Then
sne waited at the cell door the coming
Of day. All Windsor remained indoors
this morning, The miserable business
Of the day cast depressing influence
Fcverrthe village and the streets were
even more deserted und silent than.
usual, the shades In many houses of
the village we're drawn and the chill.
dren were quiet in their play. A few
farmers drove into TIE village, stopped
their teams near the prison, curiously
gazed at the only window which looked
upon the gallOws from the street, but
which was covered yesterday by
heavy piece Of mating, shutting out
al view of the hanging from the out
side, and then drove on again. The
States witnesses and others gathered
in little groups at the railroad station
and talked in subdued tones of ire
banging and irrelevant common places
until the time of the execution at one
o'clock. The two press associations,
the Publishers Press and the Assccia-
ted Press will have the only press rep,
resentatiyes present at the execution.
Deputy sherifs under the directions Of
Sheriff Peck gathered early at Wind.
isor prison and we're again given in.
Structions in their duties for the day.
Sheriff Peck was much broken by tie
excitement and It required much men
tal effort to keep himself together. The
old sheriff has aged greatly in the last
year and many fear he will not long
I
survive the shock Of the execution.
There was little work If any done in
The workshop of the prison today by
the convicts. They pounded aud peg.
ged away at tile making of shoes but
they we're only pantomime motions
which were gone through with. All
were thinking of ;he woman OF. the
third shelf as they called the thirc
tier and knew her life was soon to be
snufTed out.
Many Petitions to Governor.
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, Vt.
Lee. 8.-A final effort to save Mrs
Mary Rogers frcm hanging was mado
this morning by f. B. Flynn, of Spring
field, Vermont, one OF the counsel for
Mrs Rogers, who held an extended con.
ference with Governor Charles J. Bell
and pleaded for a :eprleye on further
evidence that had been obtained Gov
error Bell reached here early this
morning and repaired al oace to his
room in the hotel where he had a short
rest.
Mr.. Flynn presented to Governor
Bell at the conference several aflda-
Wits showing that Mrs. Mary Rogers
slowed evident signs of insanity very
recently in the prison. which counsel
believed corroborated tie evidence al.
ready presented that the woman was
insane when the deed was committed.
Over two hundred kilograms from
various parts Of tho country, solhe Of
which were of great length making ap.
peal for another reprieve, were re.
ceived by Governor Bell on his arrival
here.
Awaiting the sheritFs order.
WINDSOR, VT, Dec S.-The rrepa-
ratlons for the death of Mary Rogers
wore completed at Windsor prison this
morning and nothing remains but
Sheriff Pecks order to bring thu Wo-
man from her cell. Superintendent
Wilson S. Lowell and Sheriff Peck
went into the enclosed court within tie
prison walls and made careful inspec-
tIcn of the gallows. The moose was
examined to ascertain If the knotted
coil would slip freely over the hempeu
strands, ard the black sack was spread
out on the gallows floor with the black
cap near. The form OF Mrs. Rogers
4 lwillbe enshrouded in tho sack and af-
Ter the cap Is pulled down over the
lface the moose Will DO adjusted. The
trap wiltbe sprung from below By the
pressure OF the foot, Superintendent
Lowell pressed the spring with his fo5t