Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-18
M|LANO ON WAY
TO PEN|TENT|ARY
Smith Boys Murderer With
Other Prisoners to Serve
Sentences in Prison.

Antonio Milano Italian shoemaker.
slayer of Harry Elton Smith, is today
speeding across the country on his way
to the state prison at saltwater. MINI,
where. according to the sentence of the
court, he Is TO spend the remainder Of his
life.
Three OF his companions in the prison
special car also are to become inmates of
the Minnesota prison because they had
taken human life.
One OF them is Ernest Mcneil. colored.
slayer OF his wife. who is to serve a SEN
tence OF twenty-five years and the others
are Albert Butler and Leo Thomas. also
coiored, who are to serve twenty-five
years for second degree murder.
Miano attracted more attention than
did all the other prisoners
twenty-five in Party.
Lucky man." remarked bystander as
the shoemaker stepped aboard the special
car, but the prisoner made no response.
There were twenty-five prisoners in the
party, twenty-five men and three women.
The women will be taken to the female
prison at Lansing, KAN. leaving the male
contingent at Chicago this afternoon.
Milano's appearance did not suggest
| that he was appreciative of the clemency
| extended him by President Wilson. He
| thought the President should have made
| his sentence something like that of the
| three colored prisoners-twenty or twenty
| five years-and he then would have
| had something to which he could look
| forward with q hope that some day he
| might be able to join his wife and chill
| dren.
Proves Model Prisoner.
During the TWENTY-FIVE months he had
| been in the local Jail he has been q
model prisoner, never having given the
| guards the slightest trouble and never
| having to be disciplined. Several times
| the date for his execution was fixed
| and on one occasion he had but a few
| hours to live. when friends fnterceded In
| his behalf and induced President Wilson
| to save his life.
| 1t is stated that Milano had more
| persons to join in a request for executive
clemency than any previous murderer
| Persons in private and official life who
| had never known or seen him came Tor
| ward to help him. and the day before M
| was to have been executed two or three
| weeks ago Mrs Zinkhan, wife OF thu
| superintendent of the Jail, saw that the
President was fully informed about the
case.
Il feel that Milano must not hang
| Mrs. Zinkhan stated.
| Mrs. Zinkhan had seen much OF the
| prisoner in Jail and had been brought te
| think he was not the kind Of a man who
| would commit a crime premeditatedly
| 1t was wholly a case of a mans temper
| getting the better of him, she thought,
and at the eleventh hour President VIII
| son came to the condemned mans rescue.
Efforts to Save His Life.
| Members of Italian societies in several
| states Joined in the efforts to save the
| life of Milano. There was not an un-
| usually large crowd at the station yes
| terday afternoon to witness the departure
| of Milano and the others, Warden link
han having kept secret the time fixed for
| his departure.
| Numerous friends of other prisoners
| were at Union station to bid them fare
well. however, but the guards were care
| full that friends should not come In con-
tact with them. 1t is realized that there
| is always danger of prisoners being given
/ some instrument with which they may be
able to cause trouble. and for that reason
| they are hurried to the special car in
| waiting for them
| Milano and his companions will reach
| Chicago late this afternoon and win have
| a stay of two or three hours there. They
| are scheduled to reach Saltwater tomor-
| row morning.