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CHARTERS GRANTED
BY the Associated Press.

AUSTIN, Aug. Chartered:
The Finley Corporation building and
loau), Dallas; capital stock, $4,000. In
cOrporators: II. Hughes Finley, j. NJ.
Isabel, c. NJ Wheeler
Clint Townsite and Improvement Com
pany, Inc, FL Paso: capital stock 81, 900.
Incorporators: John w. Denney, Harry
Barnett, II. Potash.
General American Tank Car Corpora
ton Of Texas. Fort Worth; capital stock
$50, OOO Incorporators: r. A. Stuart, +.
NJ. Murphy, Sa Laud.
Lisle Gin Company, Rule; capital stock,
$4,000. Incorporators: James A. Isle,
NJ. l.. Williams. c. NJ. Francis.
Redeemcr Evangelical Lutheran church,
Alternately: capital stock, none. Incorpor-
ators, L. S. Heggen. r. Ricken, H. Hob
binga.
Morgan Gin Company. Morgan; capital
stock, $4,000. Incorporators: Ben Hub
bert. Mrs. Sarah Ruth Sammona, C. NJ.
Francis
Winthrop Gin Company. Knox City;
capital stock, $4,000. Incorporators: j.
l.. withrOw, NJ. L. Williams, C. NJ. Fran
els.
Southwest Utilities Company, sabinal;
capital stock. $4,000. Incorporators:
Jordon T. Lawyer, James A. Harley, J.
A. Smiley.
Oak Lawn Radio and Electrical Shop
Dalla: capital stock $4,000. Incorpora
tors: Harry Bell, Arthur Collins, c. B,
Greer.
Amendment:
Omilak OH Company. San Antonio, dc.
creasing capital stock from $4,000 tC
S52 900.
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NEW YORK COTTON.

NEW YORK, Aug. 1.-THE cotton mar
ket was very quiet again early today,
the trade apparently waiting for tomor-
rows government crop report. The open
ing was steady at unchanged prices to
an advance of five points with prices
fluctuatng between 24.2O and 2425 for
December contracts during the first
hour
Small offerings induced by private
reports of rain at a few points in north
ern and northwest Texas, were absorbed,
and covering by recent sellers gave the
market a fairly steady undertone.
Another private report estimated the
condition of the crop at 6s.4 and the in
dlcatcd yield at 14.15O,000.
An additional crop report estimating
the condition at 500 and the indicated
yield 10, $1,000 bales had no apparent
effect on the late forenoon market. Trad
ing remained quiet but further covering
by recent sellers held prices generally
steady. December working up to 24.25
and the general list ruling about two to
seven points higher at midday. A can
vass Of the New York Cotton Exchange
members, showed an average expectation
that tomorrow's government report would
show a condition Of 67.7, which on the
basis OF the official pars would mean
a crop indication OF approximately a.
900 bales.
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RAIL ISSUES AGAIN
FEATURE EARLY BOND
DEALINGS AT OUTSET

NEW YORK. Aug. An advance Of
points in Peoria & Eastern income Is
featured today's early dealings in the
bond market. Moderate strength also was
shown by several other rail liens, Chesa =
peake & Ohio convertible SIS advancing
IN and Great Northern Is, st. Louis
San Francisco income 6s, New York
State Railroad 4ks and Philippine Rail-
road As all moving up a point or so.
Foreign obligations displayed a down
ward tendency, Belgium per cent GER
tiflcates dropping az to a new low at
95&.
Virginia Carolina Chemical issues were
active, the Is gaining a point and the
Ihs with warrants and the per cent
certificates nearly as much.
Oil company bonds were firm, Pan
American 6s and Skelly 6hs advancing
slightly. Industrial Issues moved lower,
Botany Mills 6i5s losing nearly a point.
Manau Sugar 71zs and Cuban Dominican
Sugar 1las both yielded fractionally.
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Styles in Human Anatomy
Vary Among Youthful
Soldiers.

Styles in human anatomy vary
among the youthful Texans at Fort
Sam Houston for training during Au-
gust in the G. NJ. Il. G.
The long and the short of the en-
campment are represented by u. j.
Griffin of Westbrook, La Vie Chase,
who enlisted from McAllen, and J. Nj.
Martinez of Laredo.
Cadet Griffin, who has reached the
-foot-three mark after IS years
growth, can let his two shorter com
rades march under his Outstretched
arms with their rifles on their shout
ders.
Chase and Martinez are about the
same age as Griffin.
The men are members of the same
company but are not members of the
same squad.
They are assigned to Company TX,
First Infantry.
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Tune In Tonight

$3.50 p. m. wFAA. women's hour.
8 90 ,. m. WOAw, orchestra, scores.
$3.50 p. m. wFAA, orchestra.
6:45 p. m. WIS. lullaby.
7:00p. m. KYW American Studio.
WBCN, fIreside hour. WIS, bari.
7:ro ,. m. woAw. sports events.
7:J0 p. m. KFNF, concert. KFI mat
inee. KOA, concert. WBAP, mu-
sic. Wis, Musical Trip Around
the World WHAS, concert. WY,
United States navy night. WMAQ,
contralto, soprano.
7:fj p. m. KDKA, concert.
500 p. m. KGO. concert. XIII, orches-
ira. WDAF. program. WIS. pro-
gram. woo. music. WSB. music.
S:l5 p. m. WIS. program.
$50 p. m. WFAA, music. WGY, orches
ira; VINO, orchestra WOO, orches-
ira.
S:f5 p. m. KFI. musical program.
500 p. m. KOA, studio program. KPO.
concert. KYW, revue. WBCN. pro-
gram. WIS, quartet. WOAw. con-
cert. WQJ. skylarks. artists.
9:l5 p. m. KTHs. review. concert.
$3.50 p. m. wBAP, concert. wGN, jazz
scamper.
10000 p. m. XIII, music. xxx. West
Coast Studios. KFI organ, KPO,
orchestra. WIS. Cornhuskers.
1880 p. m. WEBB, orchestra, instru-
mental.
1925 p. m. WSB. entertainment.
ll'oO p. m. XII. music. KFRU, frolic.
Kew. concert. KYW. organlogue.
VINO. frolic
ll:30 p. m. WHIT. organ recital.
1l:45 p. m. wDAF, NIghthawks.
1880 a. m. KGw. Hoot Owls.
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COMPANY RETAINS
CAMP HONOR GU|DON

Compank Mn, First Infantry, c. NJ.
r. c., retained possession Of the
guidon presented by the Daughters
company of the camp now in progress
at Fort Sam Houston.
Company Mn was awarded the ban
ner for the showing made during the
first few days of the camp and won II
the second time for the first three days
of this week. Company TX tied Com
pany NIX in general average, but the
latter won the honors by presenting n
better line during parade.
The guidon will be presented twice
each week TO the company with the
best record.
Honor students in the various
courses were selected Thursday and
their names will be read at the re"
view of the c. NJ. T. G. regiment TO be
held on the reservation east of the
summer camp at 3 so o'clock Friday
afternoon.
Three San Antonio boys were named
as honor students in the Blue course
and one in the Red course. The
other three honor students in the Blue
course came from Dallas.
T.. A. Holmgreen, +. +. Watts and
Met. Williams were the San Antonio
students named in the Blue course
and r. p. Roberts was the local honor
student in the Red course.
Other honor students in the Blue
course were Willard Criswell, w, ID.
Singleton and j. J. Stein; White
course, H. X. Allen, r. G. Buckncr,
r. b. Forrest, B. II. Smith and l.. Nj.
Simpson; Red course, r. G. Daffin,
r. II. McGown and A. b. Walker ;
and Basic course, G. a. Allen, ID. f,
Bowers, S. A. Burg and II. j. San
ford
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VICTIM
FORGOT HIS BREAK
FROM PRISON CELL

ATLANTA, Ca, Aug. Z. = De-
portation has been asked for Charles
l.. Clements, a British subject, and
amnesia victim who was recently
found wandering about the streets of
Atlanta unable to tell his name, or
to remember anything about himself.
Clements had appealed to the po-
lice who scattered photographs of him
throughout the Southeast and were
notified that Clements had escaped
from a Florida prison after serving
a little over six months of a three
year sentence after being convicted
of burglary. His original sentence
was two years, but he sawed his way
to liberty, and was again charg
and convicted of burglary, this tim
getting three years.
NJ. A. Coykendell, district director
Of immigration, is seeking deporta-
ton of Clements. British Consul =.
Il. Kay has asked the Florida off
cials for Clements release in order
that he may be deported. Jg
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-07
BLUE CROSS FETE
PROVES SUCCESS

Presided over by Mayor John W.
; obin, the festival held on the Labor
Temple roof Thursday night by the
Blue Cross Charitable Society proved
a huge success. Consul General A. p.
Carrillo announced Friday. The OBJ
ject of the festival was to obtain
funds for the new clinic at 033 South
Laredo Street.
Mayor Tobin and Jacob Rubiola.
county commissioner, were guests of
honor.
Consul General CarrilIo made a
speech. and there were several voice,
violin and piano solos. A dance clos
I'd the program.
Consul General GARLIC will leave
for Mexico City in company with
Mayor Tobin and W. NJ. Mcintosh,
business manager of The Light, Sat
urday. During Mr.. Carrillo's absence.
Consul ScTvando Il. Guerra will be in
charge
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KANSAS CITY LIVESTOCK.

KANSAS CITY. Mo-, Aug. Cattle:
Receipts. 1900; calves, 500; steers and
yearlings dull; killing quality plain: few
sales. S7GS; about steady with Thurs
days decline; few loads better grades
unsold: she stock and bulls steady; bulk
grass fat cows and heifers S35Od7.00:
Gamers and cutters. $2.7563.35; veal
steady: calves weak to Csc lower; prac-
teal veal top. Sll; stockers and feeders
slow, steady.
Hogs: Receipts, $1,000; very active;
generally steady with Thursdays aver
age; few sales medium and strong
weight butchers strong to 81 higher;
practical shipper top. 1880; packer top.
$685.; bulk desirable 10 to 30O-pound
avera ges. S1315@12.5O; few sorted 40
to 100 pounds, S1S.5O113.6O; packing
sows. S12.O0412.25; stock pigs steady,
S12.506I3.25.
Sheep: Receipts. 200; native lambs and
odd lots sheep generally steady; top ma
tive lambs, SASS; others, S145O91475.
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WALL STREET FEATURES.

Merger rumors have linked the Huyler
Candy interests with the Frank b. Shat
tuck Company, owner OF Schraffts, oper-
ating 81 restaurants and candy stores
in New York City, Boston and Syracuse
Another consolidation reported affects
severei beverage companies making min
eral water and soft drinks, with the
White Rock Mineral Spring Company as
the nucleus.
Humble Oil Refining Company shipped
3,O3l,221 barrels of Texas crude oil by
vessel in July. a new record, compared
with 2,7S2,762 in June.
L. w. Baldwin, president of the Mis-
souri, Pacific. states that delivery Of APP
proximately S23,000.000 in new equip
,nent. bought in the last year, has been
completed, except some motor car equip
,nent. which probably will be received
and placed in service about September l.
in addition to the new equipment, the
road has rebuilt more than 10000 freight
cars in less than two years, he said, and
the system was now in a splendid posi-
ton to handle the expected increase In
traffic the rest OF the year.
The william wrigley Jr. Company has
acquired the physical assets Of the Lis
terated Gum Corporation. the balance
sheet Of which at the close of 1924 car
ried plant equipment at S54S,296 and
good will at $4,000. Inventories
amounted to 1894, 900 and corporate def
icit S1O6.196. Total assets were placed at
Sl,4960O0.
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EAST ST. LOUIS LIVESTOCK.

EAST ST. LOUIS, ILL.,. Aug Hogs:
Receipts, $500; generally 500 cents
lower; two loads choice sorted light hogs,
$50 pounds and down, S14.lO; part load,
Slil5; bulk 40 to 200 pounds, $4,000
ii.05; 200 to ESQ pounds, 1856 n 1890;
good weight killing pigs Sl3.7511IOO,
packer sows. $ll.7561l.gO.
Cattle: Receipts. 1900; very little do
ing; fair share receipts on through bill
ing; no steers or fat light wearlinUs in;
light vealers, rs cents higher; bulk and
top, S1l.75; other classes steady: cows.
Si.OOd $50; Gamers, S2.5Od 800; bologna
bulls. s4.0Om4.75.
Sheep: Receipts. 1900; fat lambs strong
TO 25 cents higher: other classes un-
changed: top lambs. SIS: bulk sa les
Si475; cuils. 50; light mutton ewes. $3.50;
henvies downward to IS; Gamer and Gull
ewes, Si.OO6S.5O.
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GUARDS FRUSTRATE GRAY'S
ATTEMPT TO CHEAT CHAIR
BY the Associated Press.

ion, a muffled good bye" came forth,
answered by the witnesses with Il
chorus, goodbye. Glenn"
Warden Spcer, officiating at his
seventh execution, forced down the
lever. As the volts shot through Gray.
his body stiffened and then sank
down, the blood gushing from the
wound in his neck. He was given an
other shock and at L. 90 DR.. Bush
pronounced him dead.
WIRE FROM WIFE.
At the request of Mrs. Gray the
body will be shipped to Dallas, prison
officials announced.
After being shaved at Q :35 o'clock
last night, Gray was handed telc-
gram from his wife, the last message
from the outside world. 1t said:
1--WE have done all we could to no
avail. We hope to meet you in bet
ter world" 1t was signed mother and
the boys" Gray was the father of two
sons.
Upon reading the telegram, the pris-
oner fell to weeping bitterly. After he
had composed himself, he asked as a
particular favor that the picture of
his family be left with him to keep
him company in his last hours. The
wish was granted. He kissed the pho
tograph, declaring his great love for
the woman and the boys. 1t is believed
the blades were between the picture
and the back cover.
PAGES CELL.
As IL o'clock approached Gray be-
came frantic, pacing the floor wildly.
The veteran guard who had been on
death watch asked to be relieved and
two men were sent to take his place.
1t was some minutes after this that
Gray made the attempt on his life.
Gray had been buoyed almost to the
last by hope of Communication. Even
when he was in the BARRIERS chair
for the head shave which would permit
the electrode to give him the death
shock, he did not finally despair.
In a final conference with thu
prison chaplain the prisoner asked
that the following statement be made
to the press:
MESSAGE TO WORLD.
Il am innocent of the crime Of
which / am about to die. want my
wife to teach my boys that the state
took the life of an innocent man. ]
have made my peace with God. !
bear the enemies who have brought
me to this dire fate no i'll will. Ven,
gcance belongs to God and l am leav'
ing all to Cod"
After this he became hysterical
again, calling on his guards to tele'
phone TO Governor Miriam A. Fergu'
son and beg, for Communication.
Colonel J. A. Herring, chairman
of the prison commission, announced
today there would be no investigation
of the manner in which Gray obtained
the razor blades.
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J|MM|E'S Joys PLAY
FOR S. A. ROTAR|ANS

Jimmie's joys descended from the
st. Anthony hotel roof and played for
the Rotary club at its weekly lun-
cheon in the ballroom at noon Friday.
The orchestra was the feature act"
of vaudeville program lined up for
the day and played with their char
acteristic Zest.
sonny" Blevins, nationally known
comedian, kept the Rotarans in an
uproar with n black face skit.
An act presented through the cour-
tcsy of the Majestic Theater rounded
out the program.
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LIVERPOOL SPOTS.

LIVERPOOL, Aug. cotton. spot.
fair demand. prices steady.
American strictly good middling 1850,
good middlug IL. SD. strictly middliug
13.6Od, mlddling 1850. strictly low mid
ding l5.O5d low middling is.iOd. strict.
IS good ordinary l2.30d good ordinary
li.TOd.
Sales; 5000 bales, including 1900 Amer
lean. Receipts 5000 bales, including $500
American.
Futures closed steady. August i2.s5d.
october i2.75d. December i2.6sd, Janu-
airy ~ .6sd. March i2.7ad, May is.7sd,
July t2.75d
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HOME WEATHER FOR TOURISTS.

Chicago: Temperature, ~; cloudy; less
than ten-mlle wind from the north
west; lowest temperature in last "a
hours. ~; highest. So.
KANSAS City: Temperature, ~; clear;
ten-milo wind from the south; lowest
temperature in last "a hours, 20; high
est so.
New York; Temperature. &C; cloudy
twelve-mile wind from the north; lowest
temperature in last "a hours "a; high
est "a.
st. Louis: Temperature. ~; cloudy;
fourteen wind from the south; low
est temperature in last "a hours, "a;
highest. o..
Washington; Temperature, ~; clear;
less than ten-mile wind from the north
lowest temperature in last ~ hours, &C.;
highest. So.
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Conopians Hold
OPEN Meeting

Conopians spoke their minds at
an open program at the weekly lun-
cheon Of the club at noon Friday in
the ballroom of the Menger hotel.
Everyone with a chip on his shout
der, real or imagined, was given a
chance to express his opinion on ev-
crything from politics to Darwinism
to prohibition and the way a civic
club should be run.
This open forum meeting was plan
ned by the program committee with
the intention of letting the members
unburden themselves on sundry topics
pent up within themselves so that
they would forever after hold their
pence
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FOREIGN BONDS.
TEXAS MARKETS.

AUSTIN. Aug. 7.-Firmness in the
butter market and steady trends to both
poultry and eggs featured trading at
Texas markets this morning. the range
of delivered in prices to producers being
as follows:
Poultry: Hens. large, 14916c; small.
lSc: springs, 1S622c: old ROSTERS, Sc;
turkeys, 16617c pound live weight basis;
geese, 75c; ducks. 4595oc; guineas, 80
Butter: Packing stock country, 24@
CSC pound: creamery A, 45c; B, 43c.
Eggs: No. l candled per case of 80
dozen, S925@9.5O; infertiles, $3.50
1000.
AUSTIN. Aug. THE easier trend in
prairie hay continued, but alfalfa is full
ly steady and timothy firmer this morn
ing. Trading as a whole, however. is
light and the basis OF the general mar
Set is not overly strong. Price range
follows:
AIfalfa: Kansas City, SO; Omaha,
S16.75.
No; prairie; =, kansas city. sll;
$3.50; Minneapolis, SiI.5u.
No. l timothy: Boston, S25.75: New
York. $3.50: Pittsburgh, $24; Cincinnati,
s2l.5O; Chicago. S25; st. Louis, S235O;
Kansas City S1475.
AUSTIN. Aug. while the canta-
| lOupe movement continues quite brisk.
fruit and vegetable rolling from Texas
as a whole are very light, yesterday
shipments consisting of but 80 OF AIS
cars Of watermelons, Of so cars of
pears, / of lO2 cars onions and IL of
! 2l3 cars cantaloupes.
Total shipments Of other commodities
in the day follow: Cucumbers, "a; to-
matOes, 80; string beans, 3; lettuce, 101
mixed declduous, IS; plums and prunes,
| So; lemons, l2; celery, 16; sweet pota-
toes. 81; peppers, 7: mixed vegetables.
1874; cauliflower, 5; apples, 20; peaches
2S3; green peas, 4; potatoes, 55S
Firm to stronger tones prevailed in
| +. o. b. watermelon markets with 81
a 35s on carlot usual terms basis in
| the neighborhood OF s0eGS1.l0 cwt. {. o.
| b. north and northeast Texas points.
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Kiwanians Hear
Musical Program

Members of the San Antonio HI
wants Club heard a musical program
at their regular weekly luncheon in
the ballroom of the Gunter hotel Fri
day noon.
A mixed quartet Of singers Offered
the Kiwanians a variety of selections
which were received with consider
able applause. This quartet was com
posed OF Mrs Betty Wilson, soprano
Miss Alice Simpson, contralto; Charles
Stone, tenor: Warren Hull, baritone.
They were accompanied on the piano
nv Roy Noble.
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PROBE PERJURY.
By the AssOciated Press,

BOSTON, Aug. THE Suffolk
county grand jury next Tuesday will
begin an investigation Of the charges
of perjury, alleged to have been com
mitted at a probate court hearing on
the motion of the executors of the
will of Lolita Crabtree, Boston actress.
to strike from the docket the name Of
Mrs. Ida NJ. Blankenburg of Tulsa.
who says she is a daughter of HE
actress,
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OMAHA LIVESTOCK.

OMAHA, Neh, Aug. Hogs: Re-
ceipts. 1900; steady to 10c higher; top.
Sl3.55; packing sows, s1l.9O@12.50: bulk
sales. s12.0O@l3.iO.
Cattle: Receipts, 100; fed steers and
yearlings scarce; nominaliy steady; top
yearlings, 1880; she stock steady: COWS
and heifers. s3.6o96.25; practical veal
top. S.
Sheep: Receipts. 5000: lambs strong to
15c higher: bulk fat range lambs, $500
T15.25; native mostly STATS; fed clipped
lambs. S13: sheep steady; hest ewes. 81;
feeders dull: early sales range feeding
lambs sls5Oml475
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The Weather
TEMPERATURES.
FORECAST.

San Antonio and vicinity: Friday night
and Saturday generally fair; light to
moderate southerly winds; highest tenn
perature, "a to 96 degrees
East Texas: Friday night and Satur-
day, generally fair; light to moderate
southerly winds on the coast.
West Texas: Friday night and Satur-
day, partly cloudy; probably showers in
the extreme west portion.
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CHICAGO POTATOES.

CHICAGO, Aug. Potatoes receipts
IS cars; total United States shipments
55S; trading fair. market barely steady.
Kansas and Missouri sacked Irish Cob
blcrs S2.75d 500: Minnesota sacked early
Ohios s2.sS9 ESQ. Idaho sacked Cobblers
s3.sO@S.75.
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PARIS aouRsE.

PARIS Aug. Prizes we're firm on
the Bourss today.
Three per cent isntss a. francs 20 cen
times.
Exchange on London, 100 francs IS
confines
The dollar was quoted a, u francs
so centirneG
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CHICAGO PRODUCE.

CHICAGO. Aug 7.-Butter: Hgher;
receipts. 1913 tubs; creamery extras.
41Ac; standards, lSc; extra firsts. 401s
q ale; firsts. I0@i0hc; seconds. 81 a S9c
Eggs: Unchanged; receipts. 1921 cases
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HUNTSVILLE, Aug. Z. - With
blood flowing from a self-inflicted
wound in his neck, Glen Gray, former
Titus county deputy sheriff, was elec.
trocuted in the penitentiary here at
II 90 a. m. today. A few minutes be-
fore the execution he had attemptd 10
kill himslf by slashing his throat and
wrist with a safety razor blade. be-
lieved to have been secretcd in n
framed photograph of his wife and
sons which he asked at the last be LEFT
in his death cell.
Gray was dragged to the death
chamber but at the threshold braced
himself, declared his innocence and
walked the remainder of the way to
the chair without assistance.
CAUSED CONFUSION.
Gray's desperate attempt to cheat
the chair caused momentary confusion
in the prison. Ten minutes before
midnight, when all was apparently
quiet in the death house, Frank
O'Rourke, prison commission secretary,
dashed through the warden's office
calling for Warden Speer. The war
den responded quickly and after a
whispered conversation called Doctor
l.. H. Bush, prison physician, and
then hurried to Gray's cell, where he
found the prisoner bleeding from the
wounds. Speer demanded the blade
and Gray handed it over through the
bars. As the warden turned away,
Gray whipped out another blade and
began cutting himself just as Doctor
Bush arrived.
GRAY STRAIGHTENS.
Bring him on into the chair" said
the doctor.
But the guards seemed for the mo.
ment to be confused. One started
to draw his revolver saying: "Tll put
an end TO this foolishncss,r but was
stopped by his mates.
At this moment, O'Ronrke called for
7. J. Howard. night warden. Howard.
former soldier. sprang into the cell
and knocked the blade from the pris.
oner's hand.
Supported on either side, his
wounds bleeding freely, the doomed
man was dragged to the death cham
Der. As he came to the threshold and
saw the massive chair in the dim light
within, he Strengthened dramatically,
and IN a loud voice said:
CLAIMS INNOCENCE.
Men. / want you to know / am
innocent. ] did not murder Otis Bal
lard"
After a seconds hesitation, he said
to his guards:
"You don't have to carry me, l can
walk"
The guards freed him and he walked
to the chair unasisSted.
AS the straps were being adjusted
he said in a clear voice:
Boys, they are killing an limo.
cent man. l did not murder Otis
Ballard"
As the black hood obscurcd his Wis.