The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-30

tui e nts lawyers a. Bcckcf nao pre-
pared them.
Mr.. Cochran ana Mr.. Mantcn re-
turned TO the warden's once at 4:10
o'clock this afternoon. after spending
an hour and Ave minutes with Becker.
Mr.. Manton spoke briefly TO Father
Cashin then, whereupon Manton went
back again to see Becker, and remain
ed another hour. while Mr.. Cochran
remained in Warden Oeborne's ONCE
talking 70 Becker's relatives ana
prison officisis. At s:ao o'clock this
evening Mr. Manton joined Mr.. Cock
ran again In the prison ONCE.
Becker's statement by this time
evidently had been revised in man
ner agreeable to his lawyers. Both
the lawyers hurried away at once then
In one of the village automobiles rum
ming to the railroad station.
Lawyers wouldn't Talk.
Statement" repeated Mr.. Cochran
when the reporters asked him. as ne
and Mr.. Manton were hurrying away.
when Becker's typewriter remarks
would be made public Il know moth
ing of any statement. ] have nothing
to give out. Statements have notn-
ing to do with the law"
II have nothing to say about any
thing" was Mr.. Manton's only answer
at the same time to questions put to
:
him.
The automobile taking the lawyers
to the railroad station had scarcely dis
appeared however, when an ofhcial
came from the prison offices, where
typewriters were clicking. to ask the
newspaper men haw many copies of the
statement they wanted run of. This
was shortly before s o'clock. II was
$40 o'clock tonight. or the same time
that word reached the reporters here
that Mrs. Fecker was on her way to
the prison. that the statement was
released for publication.
Becker was brought from the death
house to Principal Keeper Fred Dor
ner's ONCE at the supper hour so that
his brothers and sister might say their
last farewell Toward dark his wife's
brother, John Lynch, with whom Mrs.
Becker makes her home, Joined the
little group. Beckers sister was cry
ing bitterly as she came away from him
shortly after O'Clock tonight His
brothers and brother-in-la walked
from him with bowed heads. They
had no comments to make on their final
leavetaking of the condemned man.
Father James Curry, OF 81. James
Catholic Church, Manhattan. Becker's
spiritual adviser. heard Becker's con-
fession tonight. Father Curry will
fore daybreAk In the morning.
While with his lawyers and members
of his family today ana tonight Beck
er wore the light flannel shirt, black
trousers, and black felt slippers, which
be will have worn to the electric chair
at the time this is being read The
black coat, prison made like the rest
Of his garments. lay on his death cell
cot all day, because of the excessive
heat.
showed No Tremor.
Becker doesn't show a tremor: he
had q good grip on himself was the
statement made tonight by Charles II.
Johnson. acting warden in the absence
OF Warden Osborne, who is spending
the night at the University Club. New
York.
DR. Charles W. Farr. the prison ply
stefan, and his assistant, DR.. Henry
Mereness. went to the death house dur
ing the day and made brief physical
examination of Becker.
Hello said Becker TO the doctors
with slight smile II suppose you
have come to say goodbye to me- and
he extended his hand and shook the
physicians hands with q strong finger
crushing grip for which Becker was
noted.
short time and then got out their
watches and counted his pulse. His
heart showed 8 pulse OF IS to the min
ute or as DR.. Farr put 1t. about nor
NAL"
Goes rtrss 60 Chair.
Becker. on his own request, will go
to the electric chair In the morning
ahead of Sam Haynes, the middle aged
mullatto, who 10 also to be executed
in the morning for the murder OF
Mrs. John Harrison. at Paterson, Put
nam County. Becker made the request
several days ago. IL lie said, that the
negro go to the chair after he does
Usually precedence as to execution
is determined on the morning the men
are put to death. the stronger being
compelled to go through the greater
ordeal OF entering the death chamber
last
At 4 o'clock in the morning a keep
err will enter the death house to awaken
Becker, IL he lie still sleeping. Father
Curry will pray with him. and then
give him communion. Breakfast will
then be served to him.
Half an hour before the execution,
which is set for 5:4s o'clock in the
guard will enter Becker's
cell and slit the right leg OF his
trousers up to the knee. Then a few
minutes after $40 o'clock Principal
Keeper Fred Dorner will open Becker's
cell door, which is four cells away
from the door through which he walks
to the death chamber. and the process
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