The Washington times., 1905-12-06
CONDEMNED WOMAN
HAS COLLAPSE
Mary Rogers Now Expects
Inevitable.
SHERIFF TESTS GALL0WS
Aged Mother Continues to Hope Against
Hope That Daughter Will
Be Spared.
SHERIFF TESTS GALL0WS

WINDSOR. VT, Dec. 6.-Sherid Peck
sends word today from Woodstock that
he viii be here tomorrow morning 10
test the gallows upon which Mary Rog-
ers is TO be hanged on Friday afternoon
at l;3o o'clock He will remain to at
tend the execution. He said today:
believe Mrs. Rogers will be in a
state OF collapse / am sure 1 do not
know what course her attorneys can
take TO save her It seems 10 me that
every expedient has been exhausted
Governor Bell IS expected to return TO
Montpelier. the State capital, from Chi
cago, tomorrow at noon There VIII
then be left but twenty-four hours in
which the condemned woman's attor-
neys may make their last appeal to him
10 save the womans life. There is not
one official here who believes that the
execution VIII be stopped.
Woman Becoming Weak.
As the last few hours Of her life are
drawing to a close, and Mary Rogers
receives no word OF hope from any
source. she is becoming very weak
physically. and her face presents a
Drawn and strained look. which shows
that her former Indifference and calm
reality the horror OF her fave IS thor
oUghly apparent 70 her.
No one event has made so great IN
impression on her os the last visit Of
her mother and sister.
Her mother. Mrs. Callahan. since her
visit TO Windsor. has been IN a most
precarious condition, bordering on total
collapse She is unable TO sleep at
night. spending the hours walking the
floor on her knees before picture Of
the Blessed Virgin, whose name her
daughter bears, praying. often aloud
for help and forgiveness for her child.
After leaving here the old woman
"a ent 10 HoosicK Falls. to arrange about
the disposition OF Mary's body
Mother Arranging Details.
The mother Is most anxious 10 have
every detail carefully arranged. She can
see no hope ahead and yet her mother $
heart bids her hope as long as breath
remains in the body Of her daughter.
whose sins she has forgiven. and whose
| dreadful cares have made her a giant
shadow OF the woman she was three
years ago. To stand by her daughter
through these years, TO visit her when
she could. has called down on Mrs. Cal
, lahan honest mead the reprOaChes and
wrath or many of her relatives who.
1 though not rich i'm the worlds goods
have a respected standing I'm che com
munitV Of which they are proud.
hoy deprecste the nOtOriety. which
mas been brought upOi them by Mary
Rogers crimes. and have tried in every
way to avoid being brought into any
keener humiliation Mrs Callahan's $
pride too has been crushed. She Is plain
and poor. bat honest and true hearted.
III I don't stand by Mary I'd like to
know who viii. is her unalJorable argu-
uteut She is nav child / am her moth
or. No matter what she has done OF
ghat they may do TO her. 7 have a duty
to perform and ] shall do it,
The gifts which Mary Rogers gave her
mother on her last visit here have been
enshrined in the tiny little room Of the
humble Callahan home, where they are
viewed by the children with an awe
which raises them above the material
and makes them strange objects, quite
Levond anything thcy can comprehend
;daheI made 'em herself an prison.
Mabel was good to MS: she made us a
t@hrietn1aR" the children say
T-RIINCiTON. VI. Dec. G.-Au inter-
,-Irvy with Lieut.. Governor Charles II.
Staarns acting governor in the alb
sence OF Governor Bell in Chicago. re-
veel5 that no effort has been made by
tho counsel for Mary Rogers 10 secure
from him a stay or execution. He said:
1t viii not be neC' ssGTy Tor counsel
TO ask me TO interfere IN the case Of
Mary Rogers as GCVc-lpT Bell IL with
IA easy reach by wire. Besides the .,pV-
ernos is due To return to ~. Stutc
, Thursday noon, tWentN--puT hours be
fore the time set FOR the event uud it
would be useless for such a. call uDg.
me on tine part OF counsel"
Lieutenant Governor stearns beforc
les wing for St Johnsbury and north
eastern Vermont where ne has large
, lumber interests, not expecting 10 re-
turn until Saturday afternoon said.
Il am not going away 10 avoid meet
ing persons interested ia the Rogers
cose. but purely on business and will
be in communication wlth my Office bv
t,Iei-ltone should anyone desire 40 e,lch
ne.