The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-10-07
HANGING
RECORDS To
Be BROKEN
October ID and IS Red Letter
Days in the History Of
Cook COunty's Jail.
BY WILBUR }. BRoNs

sIAFF CORRESPONDENT l. N. sERViCEI
CHICAGO. Oct. THE death cell in
the old Cook county jail in Chicago
has sent many mensto the fnal earthly
eNpatiation Of crimes since the execu-
tion of John stone on July 10. 1870.
but Oct. Il and is are destined to be
red letter" days IN the institutions
history Oct IA. eight men. several OF
them members If the notorious Car
dIpeNa gang will die at the ends or
ropes and the following day, Oct. Is.
Arthur Haensel and Frank Zagler will
b. executed.
FIVE Is PAST RECORD.
Many men. some Of them guilty. and
some others later found to have been
hanged fof another's crime. have gone
To tehir deaths in the Cook county
Jail since john stones time but the
nearest aaproach to the executions
that VIII cccur Thursday and Friday
Of next week. was in 1912. when fve
men were executed in one day
A THOUSAND FEET OF HEMP.
One hundred feet Of italian hemp
VIII be used for each hanging one
thousand feet in all for the ten men
The hundred feet for each Individual
is divided into three parts. one part
for "sandbag test" the second for
the actual laL5AI anu the lu4IQ AOt
emergency use
THREE TIMES RETRIEVED
One OF the prisoners who viii be
hanged Oct. Is. Arthur HaenseI has
been three times reprieved, the mr.
coming Just as he mounted the gall
lows steps Haense1, through his at
torney, announced that ne desires eth
en- TO be executed or to have his sent
ence committed. He doesn't want to
run the risk" of another reprieve.
Haenselts case-the murder Of his
wifc-f1rst received attention through
efforts Of various Illinois posts Of the
American Legion attempting TO secure
Communication Of his sentence Haen-
sell has been a guest of the county
since Feb. 4. 1919. Zagler. who will go
70 his death shortly after Haensels
execution, also was convicted OF
murder.
CARDINELLA HEAD OF GANG.
On Oct. Il Sam Oardinella, head of
the gang which has borne his name
for three years. and which has been
the subject of many searches for sus-
pected killers, viii be the first man to
stand on the trap After him will
come two other me mbers of the gang.
both convicted OF the murder of a
North SIDE grocer, VINO was calieo 70
the front of his store and shot dead
as he appeared in the entrance, and
Implicated in a score of other gans
killings and wars The other five
eases" set for Oct IA are men whose
trials and convictions received little
attention from the public. Most o.
Them have been implicated in two o.
three affairs that ended in blood
shed
No PRISONER WITNESSES
THE wholesale hansings Of the com
ing week are also receiving earnest
attention from other prisoners in thf
COOK county jail. Two hundred o.
them witnessed the hanging Of Ia
phaeI Dnrage last fall as an example
on the order OF Sheriff Charles w
Peters These public hansings' were
the subject OF much discussion at the
time and the question of whether the
prisoners viii have another example
set before them has arisen. although
not officially Sheriff Peters has beer
warned not TO hold any more execn,
tons for the benefit Of prisoners a
the jail.
chief Deputy Sheriff II. c. W Lau
benhelmer is busy preparing for th'
events of Thursday and Friday
There is ]. 200 feet Of hemp to be pur-
chased and I.aubenheimer anticipate!
difficulty in securing SO large al
amount. He viii place his order today
or tomorrow and then viii begin tn
construction Of the one gallows to b
used for the ten executions