Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-27

ally for murder In the second degree.
There are other factors that have
helped In the. awakening of q popular
compassion for the convict. Among
these, Of course, is the knowledge thaf
the losses may In the end amount To-
for most OF eight years. residence In
Lancaster Zell has been part and
parcel Of the towns life. He was always
"hustIer" and "live wire." WORKING
for the betterment of the town. He
| was n good man in ar-fund drives
Chamber of Commerce undertakings and
civic betterment movements. His
friends were legion and even his blood
relations in the county arc beyond
counting.
The fact that he voluntarily threw
in the whole Of his fortune of Sac, 900
slowly accumulated In q prosperous
community, in the eleventh hour ut.
tempt to save the bank from collapse
also nltigates his offense in the eyes
of the tow nsleop'e; although there arr
cynical ones who profess to believe that
he has thousands in safekceping against
the tine when he exnccts to leave the
| penitentiary on pardon.
II am pennilesa." Zell declared
earnestly. "pcnniless except for this"
He pulled IS bill from his pocket.
This was given TO me the other
night. II had wanted to I could have
made of with half million, but 7
stayed and let everything go to save the
bank. They took even my wife's fur.
niture, and the only reason they have
not taken the cottage at Ocean Grova
Is that the mortgage AGAINST IL Is o.
heavy that the place cannot be sold"
Zell's wife and two half grown
daughters have not seen him since his
arrest last summer.
st would be too painful" he said.
nv disgrace"
Mrs. zell and her daughters are now
at Ocean Grove.
No Conviction OF Sin"
Although like most people about Ian
caster. Zell has always been, outwardlv
ut least. deeply religious man, and
though he still sits for hours in his cell
with his Bible, he seems 10 be without
anything like what Is called "convic.
ton Of SIM Certainly he is without
rcrnorsc. The means he chose by which
lave been outside the law, he eays
frankly, hut he feels them to have been
justified by the end, us, had he and hlS
directors not been detected, lie would
have been justified in results.
Zcll, manac'ed to Il sheriff, LETT
Lancaster at 8 :55 4. NJ. The train wa
twenty minutes late and the convicted
man sat on bench chatting with score
of men. most of them Mennon.tcS. wh,
grasped his hand and told him to "trus,
in God"
AS Zell stepped on the train some on"
called out:
Take n long, long look. Charlie
it's going to be your last for long
4 time
Several persons on the train who
knew him offered newspapers and books
but he declined the gifts. He said hc
preferred to watch the scenery. Tho
Sheriff unlocked the manacles when Zel
md he were seated.
A big, prosperous looking man with
n fur -colared coat strobe In from an
other car when the train reached Broad
street.
Good by Charlie he said, extend
Ing his hand. Xell clasped the other
hand. said gOod-by and then walkcG
from the train with the Sheriff.
With the Sheriff aud deputy q few
steps behind him, Xell entered the sta
tion restaurant and selected a table. H.
, ordered oysters. soup, roast pork and
several vegetables. For dessert be Sc.
lected ice cream and mince pie.
Zell asked TO be allowed to walk to
the peIlltcHliNTs, III . Nenl -uTSC flTCeh
and Fairmount avenue. The wish Wa
granted and, after leaving the station,
on the Filbert street side. he strobe out
the Parkway unshackled. and with hi,
guards walking 4 few PAGES to the rear.
I The former banker had no overcoat.
ond he was asked IL he would not be.
come chilled. He said he had been in
the Lancaster Jail in n poorly heated
: cell so long he did not mind the cold.
Various buildings along the way al
tracted the convicted mans attention.
lie commented on the possibility of
Fairmount Park site for the Scsqui~
Centennial.
As he drew nearer to the prison walls
, his conversation slackcned and he los
, the atmosphere of good cheer that h.
, had tried to maintain. AS he turned
! into Twenty first street he saw the h!g'
stone walls and he paused involuntarily
for II moment. lie quoted few line
: from Bryant's "Thanatopsis. -,
At the door OF the penitentinry tn"
Sheriff sent for Warden McKenty, who
was In his Office. The warden appeared
"nnoyed at the Sheriff s failure to turn
Zell over at once to the receiving off
GERS. -,
Of the boys" McKenty directed Xcll
Then turning TO the Sheriff the warden
said: ~
, alike here.
Zcll thanked the Sheriff for the cour
tesies allowed him, bade him good-by
and sat down to await the formal!ties
re0uired Of every convict who enters
the big prison. The former banker took
4 with him into the penitentiary smail
I box containing Bible and several book
| on telegraphy and stenography.