The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-22
The Little Green Door /
One Side Is Life, On a
Other, Death.

swing omen a week hsn.. !.
tinguished above all oths,,
lar as they can manars q
to have his own way In s,.
promptly and without arznSs., r,sa,S1
he asks for a song or s1Is
wants to play c6ecksrs a.sA
Death House system Of sa1l;s.
the moves from one cell 10 % iIs ~
there is instant acouissss..s. =. y
All quarrels ara conuls,s,s y
gotten. Every comrade Dos,s,
delicacles, or cigars, pr,sss. y
upon him. In return for ali y .s
eVlaences OF consideration n
pected during that hn. w.. -
give utterance to all Tia ss'
regulation jokes. Two Of ,ksa
particular, when made Win ~.
cannot fall to elevate HIN him y, =
eral estimation, '-N u
10 the keeper who h.,s. /
MS fatal new suit of clothss sl y.
say; Il suppose you I' VIII ! = !.
ing them week after ne.,. n,
As all are familiar with "a.
tice s >, of shaving the top Of H. h.
OF the man about to die - =
that the electrode NAV VI s,,,
contact with the skull. be n,s
to the barber: aDon,, - t. s
cut my hair short on tom ''
During all that last v..,
death watch" shared by tvs
efs, sits in front of bis cs,s w ~
night Meanwhile he and H, :
rades endure the greatest M.
all-the last farewells o, " ~.
VIE sister or child. DuriDr
scenes the horror Of sTSs
Green Door Is discountas
tlmes over. That Is one 81
mat Is never mentioned. III
tue last night the wv
coae prescribes for eye1SS
nothing may be omitted, ro -
violated: At midnight 4
stops before each Of tbe ~
cupled cells distributing i,
oacco, pipes. and other a. 4
longing to the comrade who d 1,
to go. who calls out as saa \
sentation is made:
Keep that to remember y \ |
And each recipient answers, =
Thank you" The collodu
thus. In each instance: IN
Goodbye. l hope you hrp !,
and get out"
Thank you. Goodbye nj e
bless you" l
For six months he has t..) 4
Ing over In bis mind Tut
treasure each Of his couHi
shall receive when the lsJi \ !,
comes. The responses rsrer
Writes MolineuX: Thsy IN
as they were ten years 40;
will be the same twenty yesnt
uow."
There is no sleep for auytss
there is no more talk. Thg
him tearing up letters trc
family and friends, resolutsh =
one last reading. Long beSa =
dawn they can family heal, u
the vibrations OF the dyna1s
is being made ready to FUN
death current. Presently hq
new, soft footsteps. ThT
they are the footsteps Of
for there Is soon the nun =
of Latin prayers.
The curtain Of each cell az
been drawn SO that the osm
not witness these last q
Mollneux describes That y
lying fat on the floor OF
and looking under the cuFM
II saw the priest bless ~
him; hold up the Cross BEN
eyes; bid him have faith n
back out of the cell. He
soon to be IT, followed. n
heard the procession mara
into the next room. BANG
hungry little door as u c|ct.
For all who remained OsaI
banging OF 1.-THE Little Cree
was the end. All whose -
had been shattered enna
The real torture chamber !
large room with the emu =
side, in which the coaae.
fastened with straps abouI
legs, to have trouser leS
the knees, moist elsctroon
TO his calves and his skull, = =
all at once-to be noInlns NJ
torture chamber Is ShA N
Little Green Door 60
through weeks, mon'N
for years. =, sTss
Green Door," where rs. tns ~
is bright yellow. .las ~ ts,u
right before the eyes ,,',rs .,
pass as they go n'Ss 81,
T title Yellow Door, i. 81
Yellow Door" is Get u ~
painted q fine sky O,us, h,', NJ
But no one IN tae uss
can know this-oecsIII III ~
ever comes back to tell