Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-09

coffin that had been awaiting Il be-
hind the scaffoid
Mrs. Rogers body had been claimed
by her mother and sister and will be
buried by them at Hoosic Falls, N. Y
where the mother, Mrs. Josie Calla-
han, resides.
BY agreement between Governor
Bell. Sheriff Peck and superintendent
Lowell. the following official account
OF Mrs. Rogers last days was given
by the prison authorities and Mrs. nj.
II. Louckes, one OF the death watch;
Mrs. Rogers Last Day
THE death watch began November
2S when Mrs. Rogers was placed in
solitary confinement in a cell on the
southwest corner of the women's de-
partment on the third floor. The death
watch consisted of MIR. and Mrs. M. II.
Iouckes Of the prison staff, who have
passed every hour of the day and night
with Mrs Rogers, except for an occa-
sional brief relief by some other prison
official. This room has contained two
beds. curtained off from each other,
and here Mrs. Rogers and her death
watch slept night after night, and
here, too, on n small table they have
eaten regularly together The WIN
dows overlooking the prison yard are
painted so that the inmates Of the
room have absolutely no opportunity
to see out OF It.
Visitors to Death Room
The only visitors in the death room
since solitary confinement began have
been superintendent Lowell, Warden
Palmer, Miss S. j. Durkee, the ma
tron: Rev. W. II. Hayes, the prison
chaplain; Rev. Father c. c. Delaney,
and Marguerite, the four-year-old
daugter of Mr.. and Mrs. Louckes The
girl has helped to divert Mrs. Rogers
mind by her childish pranks. Mrs.
Rogers has slept well most of the
nights since the death watch began
and her appetite has not failed her.
Last night she did not go to bed with
cut some urging. She retired about
IL o'clock and slept fairly well until
o'clock this morning.
Mrs. Rogers has been in good spirits
all the time, considering, Of course,
what must have been passing through
her mind in anticipation of the awful
hour of execution. She has conversed
with the death watch, but has talked
very little of her case except when
Superintendent Lowell was present.
She has occupied her time to a great
extent in crocheting lace for aprons
to be sent to relatives and persons who
had sent money to her At night her
crocheting needle was regularly taken
away from her and given to her the
next day. She read the Bible and even
committed some passages to memory.
She wrote a few letters to relatives
and sympathiZing persons. She never
lost hope that in some way her life
might be spared, and even this morn
ing appeared to retain some faint idea
that at the last moment something
might interpose to save her.
1.-THE gallows We're erected yesterday.
but every precaution was taken to
mufne the sounds of the hammer and
no intimaton whatever that the work
was In progress reached Mrs. Rogers
cell Even the death watch did not
know about it. Mrs. Rogers, however,
was being made ready
Receives Communion
yesterday morning Father Delaney
of the Roman Catholic church adminis
tered communion to Mrs. Rogers and
gave her spiritual consolation. In the
afternoon Rev. VIM. H. Hayes, the
prison chaplain, visited her cell and
read the Scriptures and prayed with
her. After he went away Mrs. Rogers
Joined with Mr.. and Mrs. Louckes in
singing hymns. Mrs. Rogers asked for
the visit of the clergyman and appeared
to believe that her sins had been for
given She had not confessed her
crime directly and positively, nor had
she explicitly denied it. Indeed, she
has said little about it lately She said
she did not consider it brave to go to
the scaffold and make a confession and
that it would not do her any good to
tell what other people had done. When
she allowed herself to dwell upon the
ordeal of today she appeared to be
making every effort to go to her fate
bravely and with firmness. The usual
talk has been current about some kind
of an opiate being administered to her
to deaden her sensibilities, but 1t is un-
qualifedly false. Mrs. Rogers did not
drink coffee or tea, but contented her
self solely with cold water.
Superintendent Lowell visited Mrs.
Rogers cell last night and talked with
her few moments. She was in good
spirits and even told a story just before
he left. She said her case was not
properly managed,
THE time set for the execution was