Imperial Valley press., 1928-08-31
SLA Y { R
DIES ON
CALLOWS
Supreme Penalty Paid BY
Washington Veteran For
Numbering Daughter.
ASSERTS INNOCENCE
Condemned Man Protests
To Last That He Did
Not Commit Crime.
~, tai,si rrss~ i.ea.ed Wire

NAIIA WALLA. Wash, Atg.
Waa.. e.. Bob GaiHes o..
aas raId ir. supreme penalty at
ttr ,taf. prison taf 90, murder of
BAL. - tHar oId daughter. Sylvia.
fbr r.sHf of IHIv l6 1925
ta.n.s so. tlkeu from the death
.rli af 8. u. Af }.uf u. H. the
aaHows f.T r- sprung and eight
mlUHt, af,r Gaines was prunounc
20 decd g Prison rt,.Ir.au 4 ".
Ingram
70. ssna,mard Hsu was eampar
afE.Iy taim a. BE- stood uu The gal
Iaas trH %, tr.mhhd .IgI ~ hut
srurueB preferred >arI'rt
llr h#d walked unl.-isfed from
10. death CELL accompanied hv his
-pirifu8i adviser Frank NuNat, and
prison authorities.
WnI. prison attend ma hastily
mad- ready fsr tts hanging and
No,ut FteA,d. taaus- stood uumoN
80 Onea l. commented
'r,t ftl- over ~ Vu'E - YOU
can
Those san, Dos 4st words.
taiues as' hIs nsr,. dUrn1 'hr
Tong huaf. at ras night. hHf Hhru
prison uffIs..I. gathered ~ his r,ll
b. for. fas l.l.l mar,h De- Lad rr
covered 10, beds >n,ak ta-rvril
sua vaIE.4 hrates fl"m bls#e.Il
Refuses TO Confess
Following fh, execution Noyat
retired - fb, prison office. IT, J Lad
spent thr ,ut.r, utstf with thr .ou
t.mu.d u.n
"lt Ha- .t, hardest night ff,r
.p,uf in my Hf-. N",uk said
.'Daiu.s a.uf fH pieces last might.
lost his u,r.,. HuI spent masf ut
thr night praying
''I a~b-' boom fa urh, s tHnt
siuu. tef FL. -t.I H h.d nothing t"
confess Ih, u-t aari, he said 'o
Hr Nvre.
".I 'm innocent. thank nv
friends auJ f.I m. .u,mie- for
ciy, rhsm. hae, nothing u w.
L,ar against anyone
go ioI rm iha. 10 Do. dIdu o CON
Jos. IIS conscience vuuIdu bc
,,ar 30, th.u confessed o'hrr
Hhug. ir ti. nf,, hut said in r,',r
ems. to Inns drusA,Hr'- murder
,au o confess fHat and ~ay Pm gull
tN. lr,lusr m NOT
Mr.. Elizabeth Gaines, fhr widow
sud strrmuin,r Of thc murdered
girl. spent thc night 600 th, Graui
hotel here. as did Giiu., brother
william
Gaines lott letters for Captain IS
T.. bunker. chief OF the prison guard
90 his widow. his brother anal q s.,
Ter boa She east
The murder of Sylvia Gauurs. %
quiet. reserved graduated nt Smith
COLLEGE. Northampton, Mass. N1.
one of thr most revolving r Wash
ingtua criminal auraE.
Gaines, although at first mot s1s
pcc,rd of the crime. WAS convicted
upon the testimony ut ueishh"t
Lewis Stern, WHO swnrr that 6aiurs
becoming intoxicated iwm,dil'r''
after tle murder, ,uufc -rJ th.
crime 80 him
The body of "a" girl wuiilatcd al
most beyond recognition, wH~ foam,
ON the shores ct Green Lake th'
morning after Gaines vgs af stern
home.
Brother Flags Prosecutor
Gaines was accused during OBJ.
trial hy Prosecutor Colviu uf ,rime
against his daughter us revolving a
the murder itself
The Gaines ease caused p"lI'l'u
war iu seattle. William Gaines
brother of,''Eoh' was county ,uW
missioner. lie fought for 1nlur
throughout. When tho latter wa
sentenced. William Gaines ar">'
dramatically in the courtroom 1n'
asked that he, instead of hs broth
cr, be condemned TO death.
al am responsible for this terri
Bile miscarriage of justice, h
shouted ~ am rrspousih." h'
cause appointed that skunk
pointing to Prosecutor tulNln
prosecutor,
Veterans organizations st"Hd
fastlv stood 10y Gainc, whose va
record was highly comwoudah'r an'
to the last n number ot such organ
izations aud hundreds of individual
Veterans, pleaded with GoFcrn"
Roland Hartley To commute the sem
tence to life imprisonment.
Gaines body was sent 20 Seaiil
where it win be given a funcra
with full military honors