The Washington times., 1915-06-21
FRANKS SENTENCE /
COMMITTED TOL|FE
Factory Superintendent Wins
Fight Against GaIIows After
Two Years.
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nounced It would not be forthcoming
until Monday afternoon. or perhaps
Tuesday-or, the morning Of the day
set for Frank to hang.
Expected No Clemency.
People who had previously been un-
certain declared when they heard this
that they believed the original sentence
would be allowed to stand. I'D the gov
ernor planned a Communication, they ar
gued, he need not have delayed, but IL
he had intended to refuse one, by post
poning his decision he would cave him
self from last-minute appeals from the
also give Frank himself the comfort Of
hope to the end.
At s p. m. yesterday Sheriff ManEum
was still uninformed that the executive
All arrangements had been made for
the execution. 1t would have been the
sherff's eighth. He was determined
that there should be no hitch. The
mechanism was ready. The officials
who were to take part were d.
their work. The death watch 4
side Franks cell door.
Sure He Would Live.
The prisoner was as cool as ever
was convinced, he still insisted, tina
would not hang. He again decl
himself innocent and expressed .. b.
certainty he felt that Providence wo
crime.
His attendants, however, held out
hope. The sheriff pointed out to him
that the court order provided for his
execution between 10 a. m. and 4 D. m,
Tuesday. and told him he might select
last forty minutes in the interest Of
certainty that the sentence would be
, carried out within the time limit.
1t was some time between p. m. and
midnight that the sherifr received word
| OF the communication. His notification
| was In due legal form, though the gov
| ernor's action was not given to the
| public at the time.
Shoes and Sandals.
The news was quickly communicated
to Frank. The sheriff has all along
| treated him with the utmost kindness
and attendants who saw him. when ad-
vised Of the governors action, declared
he behaved like a man from whose
mind a tremendous weight had been
| lifted.
Such belongings as he was to be al
| lowed to take with him to the prison
farm were hurriedly bundled together.
In the meantime the sheriff was choos-
ing detail of his most trusted deputies
| to act as guard on the trip to
Millidgeville.
An automobile was summoned to a
l
quiet-faced and self-possessed. left his
| cell on the second floor. No relative or
| friend was present to greet him as he
| stepped into the corridor.
The bolts shot back from one after
| another of the seven steel doors which
1 interviewed between the party and the
| street, and behind them door after
door changed together.
The other prisoners were already in
/ their cots and few were awake. The
sheriff and his deputies spoke in whis-
| pers.
| At the side entrance through which
they were to emerge into the street q
| caution was given for strict silence.
The deputies closed about their prison.
| er. OF his escape no fears were felt.
1t was for his safety that the guards
| were concerned.
The street was deserted, however. as
the automobile. with curtains drawn
and at regula tion-defying speed, dashet
| away from the prison.
The sheriff had timed the ride so ac-
curately that the train was all ready
to pull out from the Union terminal
station on the party's arrival there. and
| so quick and transformations was the
transfer from motor to railroad coach
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