The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-28
HANDY FOUNDSANE,
NOW IN SING SING
Tt's a Good Enough Place to
DE-" Remarks Condemned
Slayer.
rs KNOWN AS NO. 7o.292
Rcsents Examination by Alien
lists, Who Find His Mind
"FOrceful and Clear"

ISIS, w hO Ihto
"Forceful and Clear
80 this is Sing singr said Gordon
Fawcott Handy as he stepped through
he gateway OF the prison at Ossining
yesterday afternoon. The confessed
murderer, the coolest and most cheer
fuf criminal that ever stepped into q
New York court room. looked with In
terest at the gray walls and at the
guards pacing back and forth in front
OF their lookout shackA
well, 1t looks pretty good 30 fart"
He iaughed--but for the first time
since he was arrested Hamby's laugh
was not mirthfuLs II was shrill and
there was faint touch OF hysteris In
It and it sounded forced.
ITS a good enough place 70 die" he
said.
with Deputy Sheriff shorteli on one
side and Deputy Sheriff Bryan on the
other, Handy walked up the long drive
Clerk Evans Warden Brophy was at
lunch when Handy arrived. and 90 was
Louis Powers, who takes the pictures of
convicts and makes their Bertillon meas
uTements, so Handy surrendered what
few trinkets and money he had in his
pockets to Evans. Then he was given
prison number 70.292.
Finds Cell Pretty Tight.
The murderer answered calmly and
clearly the questions asked him by
Evans He was told that he would be
allowed to have no mail unless 1t was
opened FIRST by the prison, authorities.
and replied: 81
"Oh. go ahead. That's all right"
Handy then was taken to the Office
OF Martin Deeiey, principal. keeper, and
assigned to a cell in the death house,
where he will stay until he 10 executed
come morning of the week of July 2s.
His shoes and civilian, clothing. were
taken away and he was dressed in "a
pair OF felt slippers, a dark pair of
trousers and a light shirt COnvicts
under death sentence do not wear the
regulation prison uniform. His face
was shaved but his hair was not cut.
DIR. Amos Squire, the prison physician,
examined the slayer and the condemned
nation about himself to the Rev, Will
liam u. Cashin, chaplain of the prison.
who keeps the records OF the men who
are about to die and censoFs their cor.
respondence,
After these ceremonies Handy en-
tered his cell. He glanced with interest
about tie place, tried to shake the heavy
iron door. felt along the bars, OF the
door and the window, and smiled.
to NtexhN Ia -
Very neat and clean, too"
His supper was not very sumbtuous
although. as he remarked to the keeper,
II does not matter now whether he ca Is
much.
For the first meal in the death house
Handy ate a cheese sandwich, some
bread and butter and pot of tea. To-
morrow the murderer will be photo
2 eraphed and measured for the, prison
: rogues' gallery. While he ~as being
questioned to-day, however he contin-
ued his attitude OF refusing to give any
additional Information about himself.
When Evans asked him whom to notIer,
IN Gaze or illness or death. Handy said :
don't care to have anybody
notified"
Handy was declared to be mentally
and legally sane yesterday by two
alienists after long examination. The
ueCision allows the authorities Ia
execute the death sentence with clear
minds, and at the same time 1t estab-
Iished Handy as one of the most
extraordinary figures In criminal life
fpt ever came to the attention of the
New York .ei.ce.
The ie-ists who decided that Hamby
rally reaIars tbs d-farencs between
right and wrong were Or. Anna Martin
gladstone ,21 Henry street, and DR..
Cecil NdcCoy. 1874 Joralemon street.
Doth OF Brooklyn. This is their re-
port:
we -hnd the said defendant mentally
and legally sane, with the full knowi-
edge OF the nature and quality OF his
act. and that 1t was wrong when he
murdered De Witt c. Peal and Henry
W. Coons on December 10. 1913. And
the mental condition OF the aboys named
defendant remains unchanged.
We cannot refrain from adding that
tne MIND OF the defendant shows in
disputable evidence of very .prcefuI
clear and analytical mental eevolop,
ment."