Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-02-26
MONEY TO SAVE LIFT,
NONE TO BURY SN0NDEN
Body Will BE Consigned TO Pot
ser's Field Unless Funeral Ex
penses Are Forthcoming
YET FIGHTING FOR LIFE

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While there ii apparently unlimited
funds available 70 carry oil tho tight
ITO save John snowtcn from tie hang
mans moose Ii developed to day that
unless some one GENES forward with
sufficient money after his execution
carty Friday morning tie body willr
have % he buried Id The pottcrs tield
snoWdens relatives haze told the
shern that they could not defray tie
expenses III funeral and burial ard
eoiorad ministers. who have been close
10 the condemned man have declared
their inability to raise The amount
needed
Sheriff Bells has informed them
that unless the body can fe cared for
in the regular way Il VIII not Re turn
led over q anyone Lut buried Iii the
potterts field. He told the relatives
that they must lot him know imne
.diately whether or not they would be
III II to care for Il In the event they
cannot defray the expenses Of fu-
neral The lody will tic taken 10 the
cemetery directly from tbe Jail.
Want Picture Taken.
Memter of snowaen's praying
band who are remaining BY his side
faithfully called on the sheriff this
morning and told him that Snowden
was anxious to have his picture taken
today so that he could distribute them
among his friends. The sheriff gave
his permission but stipulated that the
photographer must photograph him
through the bars of the death cell
The demand for passes Ia witness
the hanging Ii becoming more and
mere heavy Sheriff Bells Ii using
every precaution with these pieces OF
paper and all WIN arc present viii fa
sworn In az special deputies and serve
without pay
Students Not TO See Hanging.
AIT d meeting on the hoard OF tiirec-
tors At st Johns college last night
II he decision was made % ask the
sheriff not to allow any III the stu
dents to fe present The wishes os
the directors were communicated To
Sherin Bells this morning and he will
Aide Il the decision No candidates
will 6 permitted either. for ihat mat
ter
Reports from the jail today were
that Snowden was praying and sing
Ing continuously although showing no
signs of weakening II Ii the opin-
ion of the officers that he will walk
straight 10 the gallows without assig-
tanee. Opinion Ii greatly divided.
however, ais to whether or not he Will
make confession 81 tho murder or
Mrs. Brandon There are many who
ielieve he will While there are any
nuinIer Rho have followed the case
say that he viii 20 70 his death de-
claring his innocence
StllI Fight For ReprieYe.
Every hope except one has passed
from him II Ierame known here to-
day that his attorneys had failed to
present the writ of haheaa corpus 10
the United States supreme coBrt but
lit vas thought Ii would probably be
taken MP today Little or nothing is
expected to avail from this source,
Mrs Grace Humiston, famous New
York lawyer. was scheduled to arrive
tack Ia Annapolis today from New
York and carry on her fight to gain
reprieye Or 80 days Mrs. Spencer
Murray lei II he known that she would
not give up. hope until the last minute
Iof saving on the hanging
Every detail for the hanging has
& cen carried out with the exception of
the final test Of the scafoid which will
|te made Iy the sheriR tomorrow