Evening star., 1926-04-06

brilliant eyes. His last look before the
hIack can shut out the light was
toward a corner in which were tho
windlass and weights of the hanging
machine. A pressure OF the warden
foot upon q plunger in corner OF
the death chamber put the machine III
operation.
Immediately after the hanging the
hodv was lowered till the feet touched
the Noor. Physicians examined the
body with stethoscopes. Then guard
with n iarkknife cut off the lasninS
ends of the rope where 1t had beea
made into a hanEman's knot, ana the
body was removed from the room Ill
an undertakers' basket.
Chapman paid the extreme pe haIJ
after the most eventtul Gay IN the
states criminal history lie haa PEI
sonalIy appeared at the prison before
the Board OF Pardons, over Whlci!
Gov. Trun7bul presided, and pleaded
for Communication OF sentence [" IRE
iu1prisonnlent lie spoke for 81 MIR
jtes. He indulged in sarcasm and IL
yectiye at the States attorney.
He demanded mere time IN "nich
to obtain "justiC1" and to ouer rev
witnesses and new evidence ct Ms
innocence.
Rack in his cell Chapman SAID.
| "C;ood.bv. old pals" 10 his Attorney
nd they flied in Hartford petition
for q new trial, but the document was
of no value, as GOV. TrUnlbuH refused
another reprieve.
Fiery Crosses Burned.
Fiery crosses were burned at SsN-
eral places iii the county during the
night, but the authorities said these
had nothing to do with the execution
of Chapman
Rumors were many, bat none hal
any substance in fact. One story was
that n car laden with dynamite had
been driven toward the State r..son.
and another was that this same cal
was in Plainville, the home 9f GOV.
Trumbull.
In view Of the ri.mors. tho State
poI!ce took precautions to protect
Gov. Trumbull, States Attorney hugh
NJ Alcorn, who prosecuted Chapman,
and Superior Court Judge Newet
Jennings, who sentenced him.
State troopers were at the I'"'''a
| of the State officers.
states Attorney Alcorn, informed
| Of the rumors, remarked: "It wouldn't
surprise me what that Chapman GanE
might do"
State troopers were busy outside
| the prison during the execution, keep-
! eng hundreds OF autOmODlIcS moving
/ with their curious occupants
Chapman was given no opportunity
to say anything just before lie was
hanged.
| II have acquired a sense of the
| fltility Of the whole proceedings.
was one striking remark i'll his plea
| to the governor. He said iiC sought
| Justice, not mercy.
Declares Self Innocent.
| Attributing the charge that -
xtlled a policeman to "a prison sense
| of humor." he asserted hs was n
| nocent. He made his plea on "the
human side" not the LEGAL aspects.
| He complained that he had been
rushed to Connecticut upon his returH
| to Atlanta penitentiary after hi
arrest as a fugitive in Muncle, IVd.
Prison guards who have had Cha
man in their care for n year todaJ
described him as an exemplary rris-
oner, always courteous. He never
/, complained about his cell or food.
Two women some time ago sougn.
| to see him. saying they were sisters.
They left when questioned as tn .hs
truth of their claims. No other per
sons claiming to I've relatives eve-
tried TO visit him. he was horn and
reared in New York, but il there arc
:ny relatives of his there now Ihey
have not revealed themselves since
| his criminal exploits attracted atten.
ion