San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-20
1 T HOUR FOR
kECU TON Of
DNV|CTED MAN
vernon Refuses to Inter-
fere in Hanging of
| Apolinar.
ILL DIE FRIDAY
ne Is II O'Clock But
live Minutes Grace Will
Be Allowed.
ILL DIE FRIDAY

Respite announcement from Austin
Governor Neff has declined to
|rfere in the execution of Clemente
|slinar, convicted of the murder OF
|lodore Bernhard and sentenced TO
Il next Friday, an additional five
tutes will be allowed him after the
II for execution arrives. This will
Hone, Shelf John w. Tobin said
sday so that last minute reprieve
! should come, could reach the jail
Ire the death trap falls.
Eleven o'clock has been decided
| n as the time when Apolinar will
ed from the death cell to the third
l. of the county Jail where the
eution will take place. Following n
bold custom, however, the sheriff
4, a few minutes grace will be al
| ed, SO that the execution will not
|e place at the exact moment des-
|ited. 1t might be, he pointed out,
Il last minute efforts to save the
b from hanging would be success
and that the governor even as
as IL O'Clock might grant re
Eve. A few minutes, therefore,
lid be sufficient to save the life oil
condemned man.
win Have New Clothing.
To yngements were made with
knty Auditor Walter S. Kendall
[esday for the purchase of new
i of clothes for Apolinar. His jail
Id, which he has worn for many
|nths will be discarded and when he
/ aid to rest he will wear a neat new
Il Of clothing.
Maintaining the same stole attitude
| has borne since a jury in the For
Fifth District Court several months
pronounced him sane and thus
BED the doors Of legal recourse in
attempt TO save his life, Apolinar
|esday appeared as happy as an in
|Eent child. He ate a hearty break
Il and eagerly accepted fruit which
drift Tobin has ordered furnished
} daily. This is paid for out Of
hriff Tobin's own pocket.
according to Jailer John Wiatrek,
|olinar seems perfectly reconciled to
fact that the gallows awaits him.
priest who calls on the condemned
IN evcy other day, the jailer said.
lis satisfied that Apolinar is pre-
ed to go. The prisoner seems to
|lize that his end is only o few
is off. but at the same time recog-
les the fact that he Is not being I'M
lily punished. Whether the man
lily is a stole. however. or whether
does not fully realize the situation
is in. is n matter Of conjecture
long court house and Jail officials.
Governor Neff's announcement late
bnday that he had decided not to
|erfere ia the Apolinar case but to
the law take its course. All agree,
kt the governors position that the
n had been adiudged sane by two
ries is well taken.
Many Want Passes.
With the hanging only three days
/. Sheriff Tobin was besieged Tues
v with applications for passes to
tness the gruesome event. Only a
v passes will be Issued, however.
eriff Tobin said, because of the
1ited capacity Of the Jail which is
s~-'s< filled with prisoners.
G. w. Stephens. the other man in
Bexar county Jail given the death
htence and awaiting his execution,
visibly affected by the knowledge
NJ AnOlinar is TO hang, Jail officials
id Tuesday. He has become ex-
,mely restless during the last two
VS. and whereas he formerly paced
) cell deliberately. he now moves
ound like a Gagged animal. Stephens.
i officials predict. will collapse be-
re- the date of his hanging. March o.
Apolinar appears docile,
spite the fact that he knows he is
die. Jailer Wiatrek said Tuesday
at he expects trouble when it comes
leading the man from the death
i TO the gallows. The condemned
IN is powerful physically and it has
Iuired as many rs seven men to sub
c him on at least one occasion. It is
tremely likely. the taller said. that