Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-25
Mrs. Roster Sees
Body of Husband
Continued from PAGE One
loud enough for all about her to hear:
"Oh, why did / do it?''
SObs Draw Sympathy

She. was still sobbng hcartbrokenIy,
and many of the women in the crowd
were lou in their expressions of SYM
pathy. the curb she gave the baby
to McClain for moment while she got
into the car. She eagerly took it back
again. however. a moment later. Jcal-
Gus of the minutes she still was to en-
joy with the child.
On the way back to prison Mrs.
Roster turned to the matron, sitting be-
side her.
Feel my hand. how cold it is"
she said, in an awoStruck "oicc. That
IL the hand in which | held daddy's
hand. His hands were like ice.
The wifc.wa silent moment, then
added with note of horror in her
voice. IN feel the touch of his hand
until die"
She was silent tor another moment,
then added with catch in her voice.
"If only he could have spoken to me
if only he could have said he forgavc
me-"
1t was at | 40 o'clock that the at
torncys. with Detective McClain and
Mrs. Chappellc. Mrs. Rosters sister
in law, carrying the baby, arrived at
Moyamensing Prison. They took with
them the release signed by Judge Pat
tersOn.
Crowd wants at Prison 6ate
Word of their coming had preceded
them and a crowd waited outside Mr..
SCOTS limousine drew up near the
south gate of the prison on Passyunk
avenue near DcN.h"o'i i,tL stIe't, anu nut
inside. Mrs. Roster had been informed
AS soon ns tho court order was granted
his morning and was dressed and
waiting. Her attorneys took along II
heavv bInrk crcnn veil and this pnrtly
concealed her features when she cmcrg-
cd II fow minutes later.
Women, mostly of foreign birth. pre-
dominated in the crowd at the prison
gate. The, were loud in their express
Sions Of sympathy for the pretty young
mother and the smiling baby, with its
fair hair and big blue eyes. as she
emerged from the heavy door of Moya-
mcnSinr.
"It's good to be out again. If only
for n little while" she said.
,,n. po.ior o,t into thc outomobIlc
:rI'. III 49, ,S.,ni, w,rc Drawn nnd
l""NN NV ni,.L, 70 tho mndertoking
y. Mr"' haro han husbands hoIT
ro"llH
""''cd'
1t was about hvc minutes OF ciork
Jrnwp' RAW storrcd in front of the under
takers. The koSi"r luheial was not nuc
until ! o,,clock' ana nhotn"r tuherI. was vas
being heId NJ 'hc Np''irhI MI no9'''
and her party entered III" Ou'u''s'
p,.ses Funeral COrtece
-, ,., rhor, th,s oorIior rr.
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neral were ln'S!mH "Tmm VT,o,. ,t"J I"T 'nsi%o
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]. BID l'lh"' W. ~ l",'',''
arrived Al lhr unur''"NTr 'm JUS. ",
for" Ms. l|'H" wy i'''' '.:I ~ w.
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and relatives OF ne ,,'n' "'nu INV" ','
murtuarN 'nap'l' o|r"r h"H'''' "'''
the "ldc~. tlh, was III tue ''"N' l'N'
The services were 'ohuuctcu DN ~
Rev. Fletcher 'larN' ah ula'la'"r"
Episcopal clergyman; wearing 'aSsoINi;
surpliCe and stole lie rrad thr iuIcT"'
service, II palm ana tne h'tcenlh Tnip'
Iio"s ,rf "s rho organ PLAYED "Rculnh
land =" and Nearer My God to Thee.
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ielpe" pS '''S"" "''he'
Jadgc Pattcrson's release of Mrs,
Roster was lnuu'H'Vu III pHTL ny NH' ~