New Britain herald., 1920-01-30


 paTentaSe. which he Studiously 1 guarded. remained unsolvcd.
 An autopsy disclosed that he brain of the youthful criminal was ''normal" and well developed.
 HambN maintained his composure to the last. smiling as he. strapped to the chair and making a bricC oral statement to the warden and witnesses just before life was stuffed out.
 The murderer gave three letters to the warden, asking him to mail them and keep the addresses secret
 Bitls Companions Goodbye.
 Al II o'clock last night Ma jor Lewis Lawcs. Principal Keeper Martin DeelN. and two Ssistant keepers led iiamby down the corridor. He heard whispers from the twenty-ninc other condemned men watching the pro- ccsaioD.
 "Good~byc. rcllovs'' he said. ''I al- ways liked tc try everything once.
 Two Shocks Administered.
 As he passed into the death cham her. .IIamby. whose request not to be hsndcuffcd had been granted. lighted a cigarette He paused six paccs from the chair and surveyed it. pass ing his hand over his chin as though in deep thought. He said nothing,
  the chair. The hand of Warden Lawes dropped. and State Execution CT John Hubert snapped tue lever over. Two shocks were adniniste cred The day that ended when the slcn- der figure saSged Imply in the straps of the chair had seen no abatement of the murderer's hardened coolness. ! or in his weird chceriness. At i o'clock Major Lawos. carrying black clothes. went to Ham by cell ''SaH. Major." said the latter as he saw the black shirt. 'ctn't i have a white one?' His rcqucSt was granted. but he was not given white collar he had asked for.
 fIanoby was eating, heartily whea another guard. Of the death watch" took post before the cell. The condemned man looked at the guard intcrtly. Then llc put down his cup of coffee 'Najor. he said. "tor Gods g sake. take that guard away. He hasn't got a smile in him. Lots have : moro cheerful chap. won't Non" The WaLchnan Wi: taken away. Message for Young Men. The slayer gave three letters to the warden, asked him 10 mail them and i keep the addresses secret. and Sa lG: "1 don't wish 10 appear in the light . i young fellows for me. warden, not to 1 ever start doing WropE. for once you start you eau never stop career of ] crime. I came. East to go West Ii l hadn't determined upon this course, 1 some other tall man would now Do i where l ano, and th;s despite the fact | there were several witnesses who did 1 n not fail to identify everyone who was 1 suspected of this crime,
 1 ID to the time the qua rds came to 1 lead him to the death chanlbcr ! Hamby chatted almost sally with Major Lawes or Father John T. ] Cashin. refusing. however. to permit ! anyone to Sivo him religious cons i 1ation.
 Career Exciting. : Gordon I"awcett Hanby was ar rested in Ia acoma. Wash, last Jun ! under the name of Jay E. Allan ] after killing man there iu revolve" fight Fle Nas later identified as one 1 Of the two robbers who, on Dccen>- Der 23. 1918. held up the East Brook . lNn Savings bank and after killing , two of it's employees. escaped in a1 automobile with S13.000.
 E,Atraditcd to New York and tried for this crime, Iamby stood revealed i as q self-confesscd participant in the robbery of 13 banks and two trains and many killings. lFe steadily re- fused 10 toll anything about his fam ., iIy. He said he preferred to !,1 known as ''.A1Ian'' and that he was born in 1895 in Alberta. Canada. He declared his parents were dead and hat he bad two brothers whom lc I had not seen for five years. He said he was college graduate and had ,l,. ii
 Case Appealed.
 After Hambys conviction here. his l attorney, against Inc prisoners wishes appealed his case He o!,- { tained tho appointment of q commits : sion to determine tho bandits sanity. but tho higher court affirmed the yer diet and he was also found 10 he "norma1. He freely admitted his "rkncs and said he was wanted ili Chicago, San Francisco and other pl" '"s. After the Brooklyn robber, ! Ham bN said ne met a girl in New York and that they went successireIy 10 Boston. Philadclphia Baltimore. Pittsburgh. chjcago, California and Tacoma.
 "G was surprised the California police did not get me- he said. short l. after being brought t:ast. Then in Tacoma l got into that political row with Bob Davis and killed him. I shot him but was afraid he WAS going to' get me After that Nis Ail ready 10 bca1 it to Shanyhri