New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-28
WIFE CHEERS BECKER
AS NEW HOPE FADES
Blow to Appeal for Third Trial Here Fails TO De'er
Her in Making Weekly Visit to Death Rouse
Welcomed bv Trainmen and Prison Guards

2 from the sunshine Soi'' VI '"''"
serve IT, ! suppose, but there are some
that don't. too; and there are o'neiS
outside that ought TO he IN there.
Al the railroad station we arc"
away from the crowd. IL.
81 always go over 10 the otner Slue
Of the platform and wait until ever
body else is on the train she s"Iu'
"Whcn | come away | am always so
dcnrcesed I don't want to talk TO any
body. nj.
ut isn't so bad when ! 60 up. linen
I am thinking that ! am going 10 see
my husband again, and that fact over
shadows everything else. ! try 70 re-
member all the cheerful little things
that have happened during the week 70
teIl him. lie likes 20 hear all the
rossip. He knows the names of all the
cbildren in my class. and ] tell him
the funny mischioyous things they 90.
Then I usually have things 70 tell him
from his friends. They write TO me,
or meet me on the street. The time
masses very quickly. Though ! have
roarlv two hours, it seems as # We
had lust got to talking comfortably
when | have 20 go.
AT frst il was very hard TO talk.
Won Lnow | have to sit in front Of a
,,.;ro screen four feet away from his
cell That screen seemed 20 Kill every
idea I had at first. | got used to ~
though. We can get used TO almost
anything. If we have to. 49,.
~ never allow myself TO tell nm
ANYTHING disagreeable. am saving
them all up until he gets out. linen
I'm going TO have lovely time pour
ing out all my troubles. There are
plenty of them, when ! stop to thihA
about them.
Writes Letter Each Day.
az really am too busy. though, TO let
things bother me much. My school
work has been a great blessing. II
has kent my mind away from my
troubles during the day, and at night
after 7 get my dinner and put the
house in order and write him a long
letter, ! am so tired fall asleep rlGht
away. =,
yes. write every night. Poor Eel
low. my letters are all he has. | try
To make them as cheerful as possible
lie writes to me three times week
Often. did YOU say? Well. | don't call
il often. From the way hear people
talk about marriage ] have come 10
believe that we are much more deVot-
ed than most couples. Anyhow, we
miss each other terribly, and we don't
have any trouble finding things 10 say
in letters. OF course, my husDanu
doesn't have much news to tell me, DuI
he manages to write very nice leI'ers'
lust the same. Letter writing doesn
depend on outside circumstances any
way; it is a matter of temperament,
dis letters and reading are all ne
has to occupy his mind. They don I
allow the men in the death house 10
do any work. | wish they did. lie
inst has to sit there. 1t is very nara
for Charlie. because he was always so
active. AN he has is one little malt
hours exercise in the open an
Husband Keeps Well.
ale keeps well, though. His hair
hasn't turned gray. guess h. doesn't
think much of the food, but he never
was one TO complain about little
things. I know they say the food IS
good quality, and perhaps 1t is-for
those that never knew anything better.
Charlie always loved the pies and
things made. I'm great little COOK,
when I have the heart for It.. l wish
thew would let me take him good
+ things to eat. ! would enjoy 1t so
much. However, it is against the
rules. of course, and | know from my
experience in the public school sys-
tenn that rules are necessary for pig
/ institutions. have never asked for
any favors because / do not "lsh 10
nut the wardens in the position OF
having to refuse me.
'No, | don't bother to cook any more
II il weren't for my brother, who lives
with me, | presume should starve to
death. have to cook for him, but IT
isn't like cooking for Charlie. lie
would praise my pies. MY brother
Just eats them and says nothing.
at is the same way with housekeep-
ing, | used to love my house. Now
! hate it. l only use it for place
TO sleep in. You know | moved into
my present house after my husband
was arrested. He never saw 1t. That
is why it isn't home"