The Washington herald., 1922-03-18
LAFESOF TWO
|HAETENATY
|eHsnry SMILES and
Mods to Guar, ds- Before
He Is Hai,ged.
OTHER IN AGONY
rs. Rice Leaves with Sons
Body for Home inv New
"a . London, Conn


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In xssnomenf TIE nurdei.s of De-
Etlve., Sergeant lanes Y. Arm
bong and waffzce o.. Mule are. au-
mobiie accessories dealer. were
fenged Legally yesterday morning.
SoneRafantIy. with a Fixed smile
bon his prison-pa face. John
eHenry. the youthfuf slayer. paid
p-ice-his life-demanded for
B crime by hanging in the Dis
bet jsai at 1890 O'Clock.
IFcur minutes after the body OF
e coHdemned lad dropped Through
e gAIlows trap-door into seven
et OF space. DIT. Harry Davies,
sident physician OF the Washing
Ia Asylum Hospital, pronounced
m dad. although the muscu1sr
tion-Of the heart continued until
s55 O'clock.
MSther Bears Body Away.
Exapination Of the body just
ffor to its removal from the exc
tion tchamber to the undertaking
Establishment of James T. Ryan.
IL PehnsyIvania avenue southeast.
vealsd that the neck had been
token. and that death had been
nse4f without agony.
|bn the same train which bore
be body of the slayer toward New
|pndon, Conn. az 1880 o'clock last
tght, rode the heart broken
Iothe3, Mrs Mary Rice. who came
ere to save her boy"
Hers Twas a pitiable plight. After
kSs of frantic efforts TO secure a
kay OF execution for the boy. she
as torn from him just prior to his
emovaf TO the execution chamber
nd death.
= Gripped by Frenzy.
Now, she must return to her home
nd her former friends, taking with
|er the body of her boy" who was
hnged-a lnurderer-there to bury
|. with the tenderness that is given
|nly to a mother.
She wept constantly as she sat in
he waiting room at Union Station.
batting for the train which was to
AIRY her and the body away from
he nations capital. Two persons
ere required to assist her to the
rain
L. 5nas the close Of a SORROW
|llsd tday. a day replete with con-
rsStk
Hssst1rendin= grief. at the end
ordering on frenzy. gripped the
ged .mothsr Of the slayer. while
he widoRg OF his victims, fearful
h tt7I" tH6dght that a human life
/ fshbelhE S'shuf1ed out. could think
RHO .p4lIy only Of the sorrow Wis
ed f6P6H " EN- as a result Of the
hh-S sttiorS bn quiet Sunday
|isht'tWo years ago.
a. BPI ssepiPEIy Unmoved'
jail, whose duty 1t was
b conduct the execution. were SAD
s,thsy sd5usaed rhe moose about the
|dyrr neck. while the subject OF
heic pitynNss - In ndiHerent and seem
hgAyfanmoHedId b
pheiRSnrn tinsTi &c hamber resound-
Id wfkh afndN chtsping Of sparrows
lJst zauSlts aheaElnests on the roof
md under the ewes of the jail build
nSgOR- + - sI9h
rftss1 ia'Jrsptearing unusually
14kfTfj asiJjsr Etneamed In shafts
oh E. ssSrrEd windows of the
iSslstof1fJ arec1Iei6n chamber, flooded
hs1RRg rsotdJvTIh light.
sgupi tAeonnMost cheerful atmos-
execution chamber
Of nature. were blot
eap fsstn thedninds OF the more than
90 wSeHssses who attended the-ex]
.cution. ~ the young slayer was
ilaYIXr LED by and to the galloWs-
,aidn And smile Remains.
JFsHOsun was forgotten and the
Bftbf3tr of the birds ignored by the
satae pail Of gloom descend
all Of those present. except
Ne pgineipai figure-the youth who
vas being led to his death.
As sfe approached the execution
.hamber. preceded by two priests
Rev. p. ]. O'CaIlaEhan. Of Catholic
University. and Rev. J. s. Martin. OF
ne Church nf the Holy Comforter
md guarded on either side by jail
his step was steady. and
rs smiling face reflected complete
He, raised his eyes as he descend
d the steps into the chamber and
.azeds upon the Eallows. where a
'ew minutes later he was to be
langed until dead. but the smile re-
risined. -
Mods to Guards.
AS he walked down the marrow
isle. thanked on the left by the
.rowd of witnesses. he nodded fire.
,uentTy to guards whom he had
Known during his long imprison-
nent. To one he said. ''Good-by."
steadily. without falterinE he as
ended the thirteen steps which led
o the floor OF the galloWs. and with
ut awaiting an order took his po-
,ition on the trap-door. turning his LETT
,ide to the witnesses and facing the
<est side Of the chamber wall.
When preparations for the placing
n the black silk cap over his head
we're being made by attendants, the
ad. still smiling. took a final glance
,xsr those who had visited the Jail TO
,ee his execution. He said nothing,
merely nodding a final adieu to the
Jail officials.
Palls to Death.
r. did not move as the cap wes
placed over his head. nor when the
1oose was being drawn securely about
lis barred neck The adjustment be-
nE complete. a handkerchief was