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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-04-06
Gerald Chapman
Hanged Today
CONTINUED From Page one)

continued From rage One)
forenoon. His last meal was in this
cell.
A guard sat in front of the cell un-
til others came to get him, Down the
| same flight of, stairs from the first
floor of the hospital ward to the en-
try which separated the room in which
Chapman was and the death chamber
walked the group of witnesses, in ca
dence which awakened an echo in the
high ceilinged passage. The building
is a new one and this was the first
execution in the chamber
The witnesses and prison officials
passed into the death chamber. The
midnight hour had come and the re-
prieve was ended. The door was clos
ed. All except .the parole clerk and
the warden passd by tn dangling
moose and took seats on benches in
the rear of the room, ten feet from
the rope, while the parole clerk and
the warden passed by the dangling
at a metal coverlet into the floor in
the extreme left hand corner, their
figures masking a plunger which pro-
truded from the cove" much like an
automobile foot brake.
1t required only a minute to seat the
witnesses. The chamber door opened
and Chapman with his arms bound
by leather strap, a guard on either
side, walked in without stopping to
look at the moose, five feet from the
door sill. a guard passed a strap
around the mans legs and the knees
and in almost simultaneous motion
other guards slipped a black satin
cap and the moose over his head, draw
ing the moose taut. A signal was Civ
en-, foot pressed the plunger, noise
lessly the slack of the rope was taken
up and second jerk carried Chap
man straight upward several feet.
After very brief interval the body
was lowered, so that the feet were
few inches from the floor. The pris
on physician and medical examiner
rose from their seats and opening the
coat and shirt of the dead man ap-
piled their stethoscopes. When Chap
man had been pronounced dead, the
chamber door opened again, man
wheeled in an undertaker's basket
and the body was placed in it and re-
moved to the room which Chapman
had left in life a few minutes before.
The witnesses left their chairs,
formed again in column and walked
back to their starting points.
Those who were to be at the execu
tion by mandatory and permissive pro-
visions of Connecticut's death penalty
law, assembled in, the board of par
dons room late last evening.
An adjoining dormitory room had
been made into a telegraph room for
newspaper men.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-04-06
Western States Seek
Dismissal of Case
Continued from Page One)

Although the proceedings nominally
have gone forward Simultaneously
they contended, emphasis had been
placed on the western application for
readjustment upward of all freight
rates instead of the invest cation to
revise downward the rates on farm
products
Proponents of lower rates on agri-
culture, the brief declared have been
placed in the position, not of ad-
vocates of reduced rates, but of de-
PENDANTS to prevent the increases in
rates which the congressional resolu
tion aimed to cut.
Although the natural thrift and
energy of the western farmer, it was
asserted had enabled him to obtain
some relief He had not reduced his
Indebtedness, although some encour-
agement was seen in advances in
grain and livestock prices, due to
decreased production or reduction Of
taxes, or of interest charges.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-04-06
Artic Aviators Fail to
Return to Base
Continued from Page one)


and Eielson or to succor Sandy Smith
and party of trekkers last heard
from just over the top and the north
side of the Brooks range, carrying
supplies from the Alaska railroad to
Barrow for wilkins.
Anxiety as to the condition of the
Alaskan was expressed. SourdoughS
(Alaskan pioneers) recalled that at
Barrow the terrain is rough and the
ocean usually the same, being COW
cred with irregular masses of ice
constantly in motion
The only reports received from
Barrow were that a landIocked arm
of the ocean seven miles long was
frozen over amoQah and would afford
81 lighting place, and that an area
for the use of the airplane had been
staked off on land. The only word
as to the arrival of Wilkins and
Eielson was that they reached Bar
row safely six and half hours
after they left here on the 500-milo
flight. "a
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-04-06
CHAPLAIN CLAIMS BODY.

WETHERSF1ELD PRISON, April S.
Father Michael Fl. Barry of the
Sacred Heart church at Wethersfield
claimed the body of Gerald Chapman
who was to be executed tonight.
Burial will be in Hartford county.
The condemned mans attorneys yes
terday filed claim but relinquished
their rights today in favor of his
spiritual adviser. Chapman's attitude
toward religious consolation was not
determined when tattoo" was sound
ed by the prison 'bugler at S;45
o'clock.
Between and 8 o'clock, Father
Barry went into the death cell to
spend the remaining hours of his
third reprieve with Chapman.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-04-06
Delinquent Taxes Most
Expensive Pleasure, Us
Statement OF Hankins
(By Dispatch A. P. wire)

TOMBSTONE, April g. - Allowing,
taxes to become delinquent is a most
expensive pleasure, according to M
c. Hankins, county treasurer of Co
chise county, who said that about
one-fourth of the total delinquency
collections in Cochise county since
July /, 1925, Were penalty charges.
Cochise county collected $119,999.4T
in delinquent taxes since the begin
ming of the fiscal year of which
$28, 608.90 was for penalties and fees.
Delinquent taxes have occupied a
large part of the county treasurer's
time during the past nine months
and as a result, the collections for
the nine months are $119,999.47, COM
pairing with a total of $47,409.00 for
che entire II months of the previous
year. Hankins estimates that the
total collection of delinquent taxes
for the year will probably reach
$15O,0OO or almost three times as
much as for the preceding years.
Taxpayers are paying an awful
price for the loan of their tax money
to the county, said Hankins today.
"The treasurer is forced to proceed
with collections and there are times
that some taxpayers grow angry at
the activities of the treasurer, and
the county attorney. But the law is
plain, and the taxpayer who is about
to go delinquent would far better ar
range for a loan at his bank than to
pay the interest charges, the penal
ties and the court costs which go
hand in hand with delinduency. And
the penalties continue to mount with
each years non-payment there being
some collections on our books on
which the penalties are as much as
60 per cent"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-04-06
]. M. DAVIS sues
FOR $5,OOO,OOO
FROM ACCUSERS

TOPEKA, Kan, April 5.-Jonathan
NJ Davis, former governor Of Kansas,
returned to the district 6ourt where
he was freed Saturday of bribery
charge and filed today a $5,OO0.OO0
libel suit against his accusers.
All the principal witnesses in the
nine-day trial of the former COVER
nor were named as defendants in the
new action, which promises to be a
long drawn out struggle of legal
talent with an ex-governor, now u
farmer arrayed against millionaire
Kansas City publisher-manufactu
several of his employees and three
ex-convicts.
The publication of a copyrighted
story in the Kansas City Journal of
January 10, 1925, exposing what was
alleged to have been the sale of q
gubernatorial pardon to Fred w.
Pollman, precipitated the sensational
series of trials that resulted in three
acquit1als. In the lats trial, wherein
a jury found Davis and his son nov
guilty after having been deadlocl1ed
for 80 hours with from two to four
jurors holding out for conviction, the
principal witnesses Were reporters
for the Kansas City Journal-Post, q
public stenographer and the ex-con-
vtcts who were linked with the all
legged sale of the pardon.
Against these witnesses, Ex-Gover-
nor Davis turned the tables today,
instituting a civil libel accusation
He demanded s1,OOO,OOO because of
libel, $1,OOO,OOO because of malicious
r,rneaoutiop and SO non 000 nunitiVe
damages.
The defendants are Walter S.
Dickey publisher Of the Journal
Post; Dick Smith, its managing edi-
tor; Walter G. Hern and Nv. G. Clug
ston, reporters; the newspaper it
self; w. II. West public stenog-
rapher, and Glenn A. Davis, Fred
Pollman and Ben Johnson, former
conyicts, who We're witnesses against
the former Kansas executive.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-04-06
HUTCHINSON WINS STATE
TENNIS SINGLES HONOR

Tucson, April 5.-James Hutchinson
of Phoenix, won the Arizona state
tennis singles championship today,
defeating N. A. Ferguson of El Paso,,
playing on an open court with
strong wind blowing from the south.
The score was 6-2, 2-6, 7-5, S-6, 6-2.
Hutchison's victory was a triumph
for youth over age, Ferguson being
40 years old and Hutchisop S5. The
two went through long BATTLE,
changing courts at every odd game
so as to even the disadvantage of
strong wind which rendered the north
side of the court difficult to play.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-04-06
Directors of Climate Club
To Incorporate
(ContInued From Page ono

all pledge cards still unlisted be OBJ
tanned Immediately, and which will
make complete list Of ali who have
subscribed to the club and all who
are yet to be approached. f. D.
lIubbell, George Jackson, A. S. j..
Shropshire and a, j. McKinnon were
named to act with Huxtable and this
group of five will complete the pres
ent canvass within the next few
days and then start out on the final
drive which Will include several hum
dred citizens who have not been ap.
preached to date.
1t was decided to employ imme-
diately a first class stenographer to
work for the club and also to handle
work for the local chamber Of COM
merce Several applicants are being
considered for this position and with
in a few days the officers of the club
will definitely decide upon the per-
son to assume that job. j. w. Tardy
announced that Terry McGovern, in
charge of the Sunshine club work in
| Tucson, has offered to give whoever
| is picked for stenographer for the
local organization, a weeks training
in his office in Tucson before work
| is started here. 1t was decided by
the directors yesterday that this Of
| fer should be accepted is possible
/ A committee consisting of f. D..
| Hubbell, r. e. Souers ana A c.
| Mathews was appointed by the presi-
dent to conduct a campaign through
out nhe coming weeks in Douglas to
| obtain a. name for the local climate
club. A prize of SIS will be given
! for the best name contributed and
the contest will be open to every
one, including the school children,
closing Monday, April 12 at p. m.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-04-06

Gerald Chapman, notorious bandit
was hanged at 1904 o'clock this
morning for the murder of New
Britain policeman.
Chapman was pronounced dead at
1913 o'clock.
Chapman walked to the blue chalk
circle on the floor of the death
chamber in full strength. He looked
quietly around, his glance lingering
an instant on the closet in which
the mechanism of the hanging ma
chine was hidden.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-04-06

not the sensibility to protest, you
know that it has the effect often
to stupeflying. 1 know nothing OF
the legal aspect; I can only express
the human side. I thought / would
go over what has transpired since
the day of my arrest at Muncie; I
also might resiterate some of the
marvellous side-stepping of the SUI
preme court-but I don't have to use
any of those hypocritical phrases IN
speaking of the court"
Some of Mr.. Alcorn's Statements
cannot be overlooked" Chapman said
81 don't think that Mr.. Alcorn
thought me guilty when he first heard
of the murder. But when the Lincoln
car was discovered as belonging to
me, here was an opportunity. Well
here is something you might call an
opportunity distroted, or something
distorted into an opportunity to ad-
vance ones self-well, 1 don't need
ito go into details.
'"There was clamor. Here's q
notorious character that deserves to
be killed anyhow.
81 know that anything that / could
say as to my innocence would be
fruitless, knowing the character that
has been given me. I don't blame
the press for that" he added quickly,
glancing towards the press table. Il
blame the OFFICERS who give out
these statements to the press.
Il have been called a murderer ana
other similar things, so many times
that perhaps it doesn't matter. |
appeared here because / thought that
you might perhaps go down deeper
into the issues and leave aside all
passion and prejudice. My only pur-
pose, my only hope was that | might
achieve justice. l think that is all
/ have to say
And the slender little outlaw
slouched back into his seat, assumed
the characteristic pose so familiar to
those who attended his trial-a kind
of slouching forward and resting his
chin in his palm, two fingers spread
over his cheek.
Governor Trumbull promptly ad-
iourned the board of pardons meeting.
Chapman spoke for 80 minutes. He
was soon led back to the death house
never to return.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-04-06
LAsr APPEAL FAILED

( WETHERShFIELD PRISON, Conn,
April 5.--Rejected at the last door
of escape, Gerald Chapman awaited
death in Wethersfield prison tonight
for the murder of Polimen James
Skelly in New Britain, Conn.
Mouths ,of unceasing effort for
clemency or for the privilege of a
new trial with the hope of escaping
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-04-06

PHOENIX. April 5.-March saw a
total. of 644 cases of contagious dis
eases developed in Arizona and re-
ported to the state board of health,
the board announced today. Influ-
enza predominated One case of lep-
rosy was found in Maricopa county
and the person afflicted was sent to
a government 1eprosarium. There
were 112 cases of tuberculosis of
which 55 were reported from the
Whipple barracks at Prescott and SIS
from Maricopa county
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-04-06
STATE GAME WARDEN

G. NJ. WILLARD DIES
PHoENIX, April Sc. NJ. willard,
state game warden, and one of the
early pioneers of the Verde valley,
died here today following an illness
of about a week. He was GA years
old. He served in all 10 years as
state game warden, being appointed
the first time to that position in
1914.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-04-06
CooIidges Are Host to
Many Kidides Monday
Continued From Page one)

House she joined wives of cabinet
officers and other friends who were
her guests during the day In the
afternoon she sa1 on the south por-
tico in company witlt7 these friends
and members of the cabinet who
came to watch the scene.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-04-06

duce to a minimum the illegal diver
sion of alcohol from industrial chan
nels. Explaining that he did not want
to crowd court dockets with minor
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-04-06

HANGED AT 1904 A. NJ.
WETHERSFIELD, Conn.,, April g.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-04-06
Dry Hearings Opened
by Senate Group

Continued from Page one)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-10
Strikers Plan to
Keep Children
Out School Monday

Passaic, n. j., April 9--(AP)-De-
termination to lead a parade of 90
600 children of textile strikers
through Passaic streets tomorrow, OF
keep the children out of school on
Monday. was expressed today by AL
bert Weisbold. organizer, and chair
man Of the United Front committee
of Textile Workers.
Permission to hold the parade was
denied by Passaic police on the
ground that lives of children might
be endangered. Weisbord at a
meeting in Garfield today, read let
ter of refusal from Richard Q. Zober,
chief of passaic police, and asserted
that not one child must enter school
on Monday in the event that the pro-
cession was interfered with.
Arrest and punishment of six
youthful pickets, accused of stonins
and booing police, shared interest to-
day only with Weisbord's announced
new attempt TO reorganize Paterso !
dye house employees. and the sentenc-
ing of Nancy Sandowsky, the strik-
crs' Joan of Arc, to 80 days in Jail.
Leading picket line of severa,
hundred children in the Botany mill
section last night, the six were taken
into custody by Patrolman Thomas
Crawbuck. -Four of them were re-
leased after night in Jail while
Louise Bochuo, aged II, and Steve
Fugel, aged 16, were kept in cells un-
til tonight.
The youngest of the prisoners was
II years old John Wurst
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-10
Great Blaze at
California Oil
Farm Dying Out

San Luis Obispo, Cal, April
(AT)-Tbe six million barrel ii, .
on the Union oil Company's tam y Y
reservoir farm here, which $50,
with the striking OF a lightning -
Wednesday, appeared today to ~
spent most of its fury.
Three of the great OIL reservoirs !.
parently had burned out, two ofhss
were dying out and only one 81 a
large containers remained an seslr
menace.
In the tank field only six OF IN. I,
surface containers, all of ms,
smaller capacity than the reseryals'
remained intact. Fire had wrecker !
damaged, the Others. A high wind /.
day struck portion OF Brea, \.
miles southeast OF here, where 4 4.
ond ire was burning in the Union 4.
Comp a. tank farm.
The storm unroofed several hons.
and demolished a garage. Several ma
were injured.
! There was no confirmation at .nfs
of reports that two men persisted III.
the explosion of a number Of tank
last night.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-10
CONFERENCE TO coDIFY

Whereas the United States of
America is DESTROYS of promoting
peace on Garth and establishing as a
rule of international conduct that
right is master OF might; and
Whereas the peace and security OF
nations and the happiness of peoples
require the establishment and re-
spect for international law; and
Whereas the existing rules of in
ternational law require restatements
amendments and additions thereto:
Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate and the
House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Con-
gress assembled, that the PRESIDENT
be requested to call q conference OF
delegates from all the civilized ma
tons of the world for the purpose OF
making more definite. certain and
comprehensive the body of law by
which international conduct is to be
ruled.
What is there, il anything, that is
untimely or illadvised about this
resolution offered in the Senate by
Means of Colorado?
Senator Means declared that h
was prompted by no desire to en-
barras the administration or the
committee on foreign affairs.
There may be reasons why the
obligation at this particular time OF
this matter may to some, seem in
opportune but they do not appear
Certainly anything which may en-
able the world to progress in the
codification OF its law is welcome.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-10
Raps Style Used
By Foreign Writers
On Int'l Affairs

| washington, April 9-(AP)--Criti.
cisms of the some irresponsible
European correspondents OF Ameri'
can newspapers who deal with I'M
| terna tional affairs like they deal with
a prize fight" was made by Jonn
| Fahey. publisher of the Worcester
Mass, Evening Post In discussing
newspaper ethics at today's session
Of the PAN American congress VI
| journalists.
Pointing out that the service rem
| dered to North American newspapers
| from Europe by responsible press
associations has been excellent, Mr
Fahey asserted that the writings oi
! an undue proportion OF correspon :
! dents abroad has been irresponsible
sensational and superficial in eS-
| treme." Many of the special CORE
spondents. he said, "have in their
hands responsibilities for which they
have not the training nor background
| to assume
Emphasizing that he had "a pro-
| found respect for the careful work
of. a limited number OF experienced
special correspondents" Mr.. Fahey
| declared that abroad there are toe
| many newspapermen who are dealing
with the great affairs Of nations and
| peoples with carelessness ano
| abandon that would never be permit
| ted by their editor in work under
| closer supervision"
The publisher led the discussion
after the topic of newspaper ethics
| had been introduced by Senior Juan
Jose Tablada, of Ell Universale, Mex
leo City. The business session pre-
cedcd another round of social affairs
and sight seeing for the journalists
| coming from this country and ~
southern republics.
| Secretary Hoover was host to the
visitors at luncheon at the bureau OF
standards, whcih they inspected, and
later they placed wreath on the
tomb Of the Unknown Soldier. A
| cavalry drill was arranged for the
newspapermen ct Fort Myer and to-
| night they were guests at dinner OF
! the Chamber of Commerce of the
United States, being addressed by its
president. John w. O'Leary.
| Senior Tablada declared the news
papers have the supreme function
and indisputable privilege of being
1.-The dissemnators par excellence of
| human thought" and that this su-
ijpremacy cannot be contested by re-
! cent inventions such as the motion
picture and the radio, which need
rather the newspaper to assure their
| efficacy"
| Asserting that the newspaper de-
rives its chief force and authority
| from its freedom and from ethics by
| which it is guided, the speaker added
| that the paper puts Itself at the SER
vice of interests which are not di-
rectly related TO the public interest
and the welfare Of society loses its
quality and fails in proportion as ii
| departs from it."
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-10
Hold and Question
Four in Robbery
Phenix, r. l., Bank

Providence, r. l., April 9-(AP)-
-Four men were arrested here today
and questioned in connection with
the $23,75S robbery at the Pherix
Trust Company at Phenix They
said they were Hugo de Silva, 81.
waiter, Of 20 East 10Th street, New
York. Pellegrino Gaglione, 81. and
Sam Gallo, 81, both seamen, of II
London street, East Boston, Mass,
and PaSquale Bassi, 81, clothing de-
signer, OF 1SS Heather street, Grams
ton. They were charged with being
suspicious persons.
The Phenix holdup occurred last
Friday. Four masked bandits, hand
cutting the bank employees, including
two girls, together, took the $4,000
payroll of the Interlaken Mills from
a desk, $4,000 more from the vault
and the remainder from cash draw
ers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-10
Isss by David Cory

Well we left off in the last story
Just as dear Uncle Lucky picked a
pretty dandelion for his buttonhole.
Or was it after Grandmother Maybe
had scolded him for wearing his sun
day pants on Monday?
However, such trivial things never
worried the old gentleman rabbit and
in little while, not so very long, he
drew up before the Old Bramble
Patch. Out he hoped in a hurry. for
he had just returned from Coalville,
where he had gone to buy coal from
Old Miner Mole, and it had taken near
ly week to make arrangements TO
ship it over the Rabbitville Railroad.
No sooner did Lady Love hear the
Honll! of the horn, then she opened
the kitchen door to say howdy, when
generous Uncle Lucky handed her a
vanity bag he had bought while away.
Wasn't that nice of him?
Come out for a drive" he asked,
looking over her shoulder at the same
time to see if his little bunny fephew
were around. Yes, he was home, hav-
with his small head full of facts about
leaves and buds, learned from Pro-
fessor Jim Crow.
I'm too busy putting the winter
things away in camphor balls and ce-
OAR chests" answered the little lady
rabbit But the the little bunny wasn't,
No, stree. and in few minutes he
and his nice old Uncle were rolling
along. over the hills and far away,
as they say in Old Mother Goose.
After a while, and maybe a mile.
they came to a bridge, close to which
in little house lived Old Duck Toll
man, who always closed the gate until
the toll money was paid. Well sir, all
of a sudden something got into the
Luckymobile. 1t kept right on going,
even when the old duck tollman
shouted STOP" and surprised Uncle
Lucky slammed on the brakes and the
angry tollman let down the gates!
Dear, dearest me! OF course there
was a dreadful crash and bang!
cracked the lamps, and bung! went the
tires Oh the front wheels. And, dearest
me! again. What else went off? Oh,
yes, oh. yes, Uncle Lucky's precious
wedding stovepipe hat. Then, right
away quick the old gentleman rabbit
became dreadfully angry, for if there