The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-08

NsM on Sextnffn or C0ndemned Men
Attemnts Saieisfe

A Attempts Suicide
! AMHuE,. naa,, May Five men
stnutiw asserting their conviction was
len miscarriage of Justice and sixth
WIN maintains THAI he already is dead
asssH wli@ attempted suicide early today
i'm New Ofleans., were in the Tangipa-
hnm parrish Jail t0nigfit awaiting ex-
eanffDm at NOON Friday. The prisoners.
oguEintat of the murder of Dallas
tEhifnnR at Independence three years
alsa, when Calines frustrated an at
tnmItt tn rob the Merchants and Plant
ems, bank, left Naw Orleans this morn
iiA rlinrsf f1YH llNe heHss held Ser
Anafa tsiEnnl years, and aec9mpanfd 0E
n oumpnnN Of national gnArdsmeni arr
rihasll here without incident two hours
and a half laterr
\ WgAen tina train stopped at Indepeni-
snnee tina car occupied By the prisoners
haltnsll dineotly hefnre the hank they
had plhnneEf to- rob- Next to the bank
WAS tiitr restaurant operated by Gaines,
wl1u was killed. by one of the men in
tiie SanEn a. the rear when he inves-
tiEatatil u n0ise that aroused him from
HIS slhepB
EGtraauaihnnx Rreeaution Taken
n BECAUSE Of threats to wreck the train
en- r0ntR officials of the Illinois Gen.
trail raiih0ad announced after its ar
rival that not since President Wilson
maflh his trip through the south had
any train ON that road received such
affnntinm. The. special coaches bearing
the mem and the soldiers and civil
officers were searciletli from end to end
i'm New ORLEANS Yesterday and even the
uAntilhtorss and electric batteries were
negnuvadi to, ascertain if explosives had
heem seareteEll behind them. Then the
oaEx wore guarded by railroad special
ngentas through the night The train
was pneaasletl about 800 yards all the
waM from New Orleans, by a motor ear
whinfh contained a squad OF heavily
arnnAdl railrnah dbtectives..
RnE- ueona. of Brooklyn. N. T., who
confessed that he was the leader Of the
lnoBhenw expedition and that he alone
.ffhasl the shots which killed Gaines,
afnmptnsIl suiniiles in his cell at New
ORLEANS shortly before dayhreak. In
somep manner he had obtained knife
with a. tlireeeinch blade, When Capt.
Arnfii6 Rennyson, the prison superin-
tnndhnt,, went to awaken him at 4 10
a.. m. Ha discovered Le0na standing
lin liiis cell raging and apparently beat
ing himself with his fist,
H Stnbs self Five Times
Gautaih Rennyson caught the. CLINT
of steel and although a much smaller
NAM tiian Eeona. leaped in the. cell
and 0verp0wened him. LeOana had stab
heel himself in the chest five times
0nm off the, wounds penetrating a lung.
His condition was not regarded as seri-
aus except fnn the possibility that pneu-
mnnim might develop. Aboard the train
a pliyaininm had to- inject morphine to
raslilGe the pain he was suffering.
h J0aapih B0cchio requested permission
tuD speak to, Mrs. Gaines, widow Of the
slain man, aftnr his arrival here and
la mnzaags sent to- her home in Independ-
enna hrouElit the reply that she was on
tiia Venge of prOstratiOn. George Harp
ollie, har 1n0tiier-inrlaw, came to Amite
lhta today and conferred with B0cehi0
lin the presence, of District Attorney
Mhtt1 Allen and Sheriff BOwden. News
uaQan mem were excluded from the con-
fhnannag. But it was announced later
H0Gallin had made a last plea for
oihmenny; stating that he never was at
any time nearer than two blocks to the
hank on home of Gaines and that he
did NOT have the automobile, in which
tiin sextnttep drove to Independence from
Shw 0rlenns.
\ The guard company from New Or
leans went on duty about the Jail and
a, dead line was established 20 feet from
tlia strmctnres Another company will
aEsiFe, tomorrow night or Friday morn
ling ia assist in policing the town the
dhW of the executions.