Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-22
"The Little Green Door''-Ou
One Side Is Life, On the
Other, Death.

swing open p week hence Is dis
tlngulshed above all others. So
lar as they can manage 1t, he IL
70 nave his own way in everything,
promptly and without argument. II
ne asks for song or a story, or
wants TO play checkers-by the
Death House system of calling out
the moves from one cell to the other
there Is instant acquiescence.
All quarrels are completely for.
gotten. Every comrade possessing
dellcacles, or cigars. presses them
upon MIN. In return for all of which
evidences of consideration he is ex.
pected during that last week to
give utterance to all the CHASTITY
regulation jokes. Two of these, In
particular when made with JUNCTION.
cannot fail to elevate him in gen.
eral estimation.
10 the keeper who hands him
ms fatai new suit OF clothes he must
say: suppose you will be wear.
ING them week after next"
as al are familiar with the prac.
tice OF shaving the top of the head
o. ,he man about to die, in order
tnat the electrode may have close
contact with the skull, he must say
w. w. 'ne oaroer: Don't forget to
Guy my hair short on top"
Durlhg all that last week ths
aeato watch. shared by two keen.
rs sits III front of his cage everv
nisht. Meanwhile he and his com.
Iaues endure the greatest horror ~
sIi--tne last farewells of mother
WE sister or child. During these
scenes the horror OF The IittIe
1leen Door' is discounted marv
times over. That is one suhiact
mat is never mentioned.
sor the last night the unwr,tter
coue pfescribes for everything.
noth1ng may be omitted. no custom
Vloiated At midnight a keener
Stops before each Of the other ~.
cupleu cells distributing thu ~
hacco, pipes. and other trjfa. ~
longing to the comrade who Is aho,,,
TO go. who calls out as each nra
sentation is made: ~
heep that 10 remember ma Nv.
And each recipient answers:
Thank YOU" The colloauv .na.
thus, in each instance:
sGoodoye ] hope you have luck
and get out
Thank you. goodbye ana r..
bless YOU Hoe
For six months he has been t,r,.
Ing over IN his mind lust wh,t
treasure each Of his companions
shail receive when the last nirhf
comes. Inc responses never vary
Writes Moiineux: They are nov
as they were ten years ago: thev
VIII be the same twenty years from
now" A'SAA
There is no sleep for anyone. Rut
mere Is no more talk. They hear
MIN tearing up letters from hIs
family and friends, resolutely. after
one last reading. Long before tha
dawn they can family hear, or fesl
the vibrations of the dynamo thai
Is being made ready to supply the
death current Presently they hear
new. soft footsteps. They know
they are the footsteps of priests.
Tor there Is soon the murmurinr
OF Latin prayers
The curtain of each cell door ha,
peen drawn so that the others NAV
not witness these last scenes.
Mollnenx describes what he saw.
- na9 on the floor OF his cell
and looking under the curtain.
saw the priest bless and kiss
MIN; hold up the cross before hi.
eyes; DID him have faith, and then
oack out OF the cell. He. who WA
soon to be it followed. Then
heard the procession march ranid,y
iito the next room. Bang. said the
hungry little door as 1t closed"
for all who remained behind ~.
banging of The Little Green Door',
was the end. All whose last hon.
n ma been shattered envied him.
me real torture chamber is not tha
large room with the chair ut ons
slde, IN which the condemned il
fastened with straps about arms and
iess' To have trouser legs slashed "a
the knees. moist electrodes bound
10 MS calves and his skull. and then
all at once--to be nothing, The real
torture chamber Is where .,rha
Little Green Door, AWAITS
through weeks. months, Sometimes
for years.
The other side OF "The Inn.
Green Door where the chair waits.
is bright yellow. THE Chair. r.
right before the eyes Of those who
pass as they 60 through. "The
Little Yellow Door" The r.ittis
Yellow Door" is set in cemsrs
painted fine sky blue. The 400,
In front of it is brightly Vanished
But no one in the Death House
can know this--because no ons
ever comes back to tell them.