The chronicle=news., 1914-04-13


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pssssa ., dsytssak ts1ay. xsss Il
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asatsas1 ths aaas 4 cAAsin 1sek.
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~ fsasA guilty q issligatiag ihs
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spesak' ssssssal. Ysaak Sss1sssA.
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~ saly ssassnaat. Evss ~ ~ sss
nasly asssss III innocence. -0sa.
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shess ai 1sssaihAl.' 1hsss whs aid
IL sss pssjsrsss. Yss ihs ssks Of
jaseses. esailsaes. ~ as1av sse
Witness osanaiah-"
"Whis~y did aos flash ID. s-a.
Sesse. The .ussvsl shos him fps-
sssa ID the chair. fsaak cis.fisi
--'Usss rssak"-was the tisss In
aie-si s:as. rssak seidesshses
ss~o~A. ss :::s: Harry Herewith
''6yp ihs i,.eu.:'.--sstsJ. al s.s..-
losis kasrsbcsH-"t~fiy Louie
fssssh. si s:i1. All walked aai-tiy
10 the chair. Osiy . auakins al the
Races aad . si.kis. sfeea s.air FACE
ass~sa~d the realization thai death
~ss uy.sa them.
Al lo.iius ~crc claimed by scia.
usVs.
frsak Ciepttei. Frank scid-asha-f
spcai their last day on earth scs'-t-
day. To relatives who bai- them
s,,od bye and tn their spiritual aJsis.
rs~ the four condemned mcn assin
asserted their snnorcucr and a. nish,
settled down over thc prison ani the
death watch stood at their cells there
~ss nothing To Indicate they would
not deny their guilt to the end.
Which would 60 first to the chair
was . secret that only the warden
know. Tie. upon whom the ordeal
bore heaviest. whose nerves gave evil
dcncr OF swapping. would be fret
despatched. thus to obviatc a sccnc.
\ prison gossip was tina, Lefty
Louie i.oui. Rosenberg was the
mos, cratic OF the four and that he
would march firsi to the chair.
Others thought the first to die
would bc "Daso Frank Frank Giro
fici. the Italian of the Quartcttc. who
has declared in statements to Cover
nor Giynn that he was far from the
scene Of the murder when Roscnthal
was shot down. James Clancy. war
den OF the prison. Is rigidly obserN-
cd conventions surrounding even
cicctrOcutions shook his head and
turned away when the subject Of the
order Of death was mentioned.
This Faster Sunday md the night
that follows was almost one continu-
Ous prayer for the condemned. They
were on their knees practically all of
the time they were not talking with
relatives. A prisoner in a distant
cell now and then blew from bat
tered cornct the quavcring notes OF
Nearer My God to Thee and In
tho death house phonograph played
sacred music. On the walks In front
of the prison the curious townspcoplc
passed to and fro whispering and ev-
ery now and then u party OF dusty
automobilists swung down from their
car to survey the buildings.
OF the scenes In the death house
corridors that which stood out bold
est concerned the visit OF two nuns.
As Father Cashin. the Roman Catho-
lie prison chaplain. led the four gun
men in prayer, two Italian Frances
can sisters who had come from New
York to SEQ "Dago Frank" whom they
had taught in his boyhood, knelt out
side his cell. Raised curtains show
ing the cells bare and immaculate af-
ter Yesterdays cleaning. disclosed the