The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-28
STORM DELAYS
ELECTROCUT|ON
THREE HOURS
TuberCuIar Murderer'S
Prayer to Die Natural
Death Fails.
GOES TO CHAIR CALMLY
SnoWbound Prison Forced
to Hold Up Execution,
Awaiting Doctor.
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BELLEFONTE. Pa, March %
Quincy Wallendez. 34-year-olc
tubercular murderer, walked to his
death in the electric chair ir
Rockview prison today after a
heavy storm snowbound the district
gave him respite of almost three
hours.
Walendez, who prayed foi
months that he might die a natural
death, was pronounced dead at ga
a. m, by DR.. w. A. Barrett, prison
physician brought to the execution
room after a two-mile trip on a
sled, through two feet of snow.
It had been feared that Wallen-
DEE might have to be carried to the
electric chair because of the seri-
BUSINESS of his condition.
Suffering from tuberculosis anc
heart trouble, physicians predicted
his death from natural causes
within a short time.
New Reprieve Refused
WallendeZ, convicted last Novem-
Der of first degree murder in con-
nection with the Staying of, his wife
Mrs, Carrie Porter Wallendez, was
given a months reprieve at the re-
quest of Judge Harry A. McDevitt
Philadelphia, who had sentenced
him.
Judge McDevitt who had been UNI
aware of the doomed mans phys-
cal condition at the time of his
trial, unsucceSsfully sought a sec
ond reprieve last week.
The state pardon board made nc
recommendation in the case, and
Governor Clifford Pinchot informed
McDevitt he could not intervene.
When the first reprieve was grant
cd, it was believed that natural
death would occur before the
month of grace expired. Physicians
who examined Wallendez, con-
CURED in this belief, and the
prisoner himself prayed for such a
death.
He made the 20O-mile trip from
Philadelphia to the prison in an
automobile Saturday without i'll ef-
fecSs other than fatigue. His con-
dition would not permit him to be
brought by train, it was said.
Meets Death Calmly
Today he was to have been exc
cuteo at a. m. But the heaviest
Snowstorm in this district for the
season blocked highways and de-
layed the arrival of witnesses and
officials. 1t was more than two
hours before he walked to the chair
Wallenoez, his body emaciated by
the disease from which he suffered
walked calmly into the execution
room at 9:37
At his side, Father Francis Nc
Creech, prison chaplain, said a
prayer which Wallendez repeated
after him. He made no statement
Guards strapped him to the chail
Immediately and the first contact
was made at 9:38 a. m. Four min
utes later DIR. Barrett announced
that he was dead.
Boys, Die Brave"
In his cell simple message wa,
found.
It read:
Boys, l die brave. Put your faitt
in God"
Wallendez had no visitors ovel
The weekend. Prison officials mott.
fed his mother in Lake City. Fla.
hut have received no message re-
gsrding disposition of the body. He
had no children.
Fuses were blown out at a near
by substation, causing the first delay
in the execution. They we're re-
placed. but a motor truck sent K
bring DR.. Barrett, stalled in a snow
drift.
A second machine was sent anC
it, too. became stalled. A team o.
horses and sled then were sent tC
the physicians house, two mile;
from the execution room.