Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-06
Jnnes and Schuck
Aqain Are Chun,s

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,u.,orance at the earnest request Of the
condemned man. =.
Scbuck's father is battling to the last
ill., to have his sons sentence commuted
~ l;fe Imprisonment. Schuck's spirit
hrevado has been Gained to a great
..,ont by the realization that he must
..ovcI the same path that three Others
sars taken since he went into the death
honsc. but he doesn't show IL by his
,,onner when any one is around. He
e. full of fun and jibes and jests with
lanes and then engages him in their
strange game Of pinochle.
James Is More Studious
lanes has developed a penchant for
.,odinr. He is Of a more sober mind
,bon Shuck and would much rather
.noJ n good book than play cards, but
c.h,ck is so insistent that James in
sarIably plays cards when asked.
James. too, Is given to reading his
Pible. lie spends the early morning
hours and late evening hours reading,
ard when able to Is always seeking
tnowledge as to what Is being done
tn roach the Governor to stay off the
= co,l that will send him and Schuck
through the little green door.
On July 26 a Negro murderer went
,broueh that door. His going left the
otber inmates of the death house with
had case Of nerves. They one and
Al, knew they were destined to make
that same journey, but the high morale
thot is apparent in that little building
soon brought the inmates back to earth.
Some one put record on the victrola.
II was "jnzz," and soon the going of
the man was past Incident.
But the most trying ordeal outside of
their own execution Is coming to James
and Schuck during the week beginning
August 2l.
Two More TO Pay Penalty
william Fitzimmons. of New Bruns-
wick wife murderer. who occupies
Ccll no. |. alongside James, and
Harold Lambe, alias George Brcn-
nam. Of Paterson. another murderer,
who occupies Cpll No. 4, alongside
eSchuck. are to die that week. Both
we're in the death house when SchuCk
and james arrivpr. They became
dummy and now that II is almost cer-
tain that Fitzimmons and I.amble must
die, naturally Schuck and James dread
the time of the parting. However, 1t
can be said that Schuck is at all times
buoying up the hopes of I.amble who.
Il is said. has interested Tex Rickard,
Who promoted the Dempsey Carpenter
fght. in his behalf and declares that
RIckard is going to carry his case to
the United States Supreme Court.
SchuCk and James are model prison
ers. according to James Mulhcrin, prin-
ciral keeper
"Thcy hive never given us a bit Of
trouble since we got them in March. v
saws Mulhcrin "When they came in
I remarked that they certainly did not
look like men Of the murderer type.
They are bearing up rs well as could
be expected under such trying condi-
tons. OF course the death house is not
the most cheerful place in this prison.
However we make the stay of the in
mates there just as pleasant as possible
We give them everything they want in
the line Of food. and there are other
privileges that they get not accorded to
the other inmates.
Accorded Privileges
at is my aim to be as mprcful ns
possible to those unfortunate enough TO
come to me as prisoners in the death
house. Those poor fellows are entitled
10 consideration and they get il just
as far as possible without violating the
rules. Any request within reason is
complied with. and the inmates are
allowed to see their immediate relatives
once week Those going to the chair
are entitled to take their last farewell
of their immediate family twenty four
hours before they are put to death"
The keeper said that no one answer
Ing neither the name or description Of