The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-01
BEDDING MEETS
 END UNSHAkEN
YOUTH GOES TO DEATH. MOOSE CALMLY AND EXECUTION IS
 QUICKLY OVER.
Arter> Fourteen Minutes Slayer of /SE0rrfs Greenberg Is Officially
 Declared Dead

Wethersfeld. Nov N1.-George Red aimx. IT,. was hanged shortly after midnight this morning at the state 0rison here for the murder of Morris ,3reenberx on the 24th of February, tast- He was brought into the execu- Hon chamber at 12:O5:15 o'clock and was officially declared dead at 12:1s ov pr. Edwin P. Fox. the state prison physician-
 At midnight the persons who at tended ike execution filed into the chamber and the apparatus was care f1lly inspected An extra moose hao been provided and was hanging next to the one with which Bedding was han~ed. to be used in casHs of acc1- tFen$ and to prevent' delay in the exc sssffon- A few seconds later Deputy Warden Fl. O. Ayres entered tne drath chamber with the black cap .ss.a xs,se sssa5 Sss 3 RsS esB6Sg22'Vs0 " Redding was brought into the exc ,.tntfon chamber by James Fl Buck lev the assistant deputy warden; H- E.C1ark. the hall keeper and M1lilan III McKeon walking on Reda5ngs letI- -saSer of First Church. of Christ. E~ientist. of New 1Havenss who had spent several hours in the cell yes. rerday aftsrnoon with the SoIso yoss.h- gs RsSssn< sS srz NsIlee inio H faHe room ha mnnarentlv was in clear Ipln0, put appeared dazed at the persons sIanu5 ana slowly and the warden took him gent 1~r h-r the arm and turned him towards the rope hanging rom 1.b the ogfefferige egheaig arpr and firm lips without any oul- ward display of his feelings DirectlS Under the moose he walked wltno9t the assistance of any of the attend Gnfs He critically surveyed the sur roundingz and appeared 1nteresteo a the operations of the men Wno were soon to send him to eternity
 Deputy Warden Nervous
 HI. 70. Ayres. the deputy warden. stepped forward to place the olack s.ap over Reddings head ana VT f,apell removed the nose glasses wnlcn Eze turned to Capen, and extenoins h5a hand uttered the only words De. fore sis sSs1 dsata 1 UOd Isw eSen Sse voice % but his lips trembled slightly, snoMIns me onIy emotion he displayed since entering the death ana GnamDdr nDg after esa a hearty hand shake Bedding closed ms .eyes- ffs@ deruty warden's hand shook so mat he was unable to place the cap over the doomed lads eyes and he made two unsuccessful attempts be- fore he finally drew the cap down over his head The moose was placed over Readings neck and at a signal
 
 aprunE' and Readings body shot into inc air at12.O5:4o. For two minutes me body dangled in the air and at ~-a- loSwered until close to the floor there ft Remained hanging until pr. Seymour L. Spier of New Haven aP- piled the stethoscope 10 feoo3n Sd st 11=19- Dr. Edwin G. Fox and pr fosephs HaFris. the house physician, alno arhounced that the man had died - Fa~ <Nrnr16E later the body was cut down and placed in wooden col fin waiting nearby The physicians an nounced that the color of the lace l1n- dfcated that death had been lnStantan- ssouS An examination showed that Bedding had suffered a complete frac- r1re of the neck bone
 The coffin bearing the body of the dead youth was taken from the death chamber at 42-24 and placed in an automobile hearse and rushed to Hart of windsor abody VI e shipped t0 New HavenElon an e4ftX morning train today. It is undersaood that Last NEeetEF< With Eather.
 Yesterday morriing Redding was vis- fted by his father and ssxs9ss brought down to the reception room of the prison to speak to him. He had a half hour chat with his father and Nas in the best of spirits. during the entire time of the talk #Ae parting Between the father and seh3was pitt Full Tor the OlQST IIl1I1s5&N broke down as he was being led from lis son Young Bedding sSpwed no signs of emotion except the slight switehi.ng of his lips. PH5 sz,l31bxs Rls eyes fe his father in a strong low voice, bare iy audible and watched him until he had passed through the door Then he turned and walked quickly back to his cell beside his guard, Last ev-- >e1ing Redding ate a hearty supper and his nerve was steady and even.
 During the afternoon when MT Ca pell was with the dead youth, Red ding gave him private message to bis parents and asked to be remem- bered to all of his friends in New Ha- ven He appeared quite cheerful and several times referred to --the end He conversed religion and during the remainder of the day spent his time in reading the Bible
 He entered the death chamber in a new black suit and wearing a white dress shirt with a black tie and dress - collar He did not wear shoes, pre- ferrfnz his gray felt slippers
 Since he was confined to prison Red ding had been a model prisoner and had caused practically no trouble Al first he spent his time reading light fiction. but since he embraced the Christian Science faith he had read almost entirely from Mrs. Eddy's ''SSci- ence and Health and the Bible.
 He admitted the murder of Green berg but denied that he had any mo- i've Once. he told one of the prison -razy-. -zzhen he shot Greenberg. Dis associated personality was the req son he had latterly given for the crime
 Bedding was 21 years old and was the twenfy-third person to be put tC death there since the establishment ot the execution chamber at Wethersf1eld the first execution having taken place ou Dee 18 1894 Bedding was the second youngest.murderer to suffer tht capital penalty Charles B. Cross Ot Greenwich is the youngest on record He was executed July 20, 1900, at the age of IF.
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