The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-03-20
ASSASSIN DIES
 DEATH OF CHICAGO M AY0R
Is Electrocuted in Raiford, Florida, Prison, Early
 This Forenoon
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 Joe,' and the switch was thrown. zangara's body stiffened at the firt shock His head jerked up- ward and the hands cienched the chair. The current was turned off three minutes later. The body then slumped forward.
 [ No announcement was made this ' morning as to what would be done l with the body. Physicians per-, formed an autopsy and found the assassin's brain perfectly normal on gross examination Al T. Death Sentence
 zangara was sentenced to death on March 10 on his plea of first degree murder for the shooting of ! Mayor Carmak in an attempt to i assassinate President Roosevelt.
 Judge Uly O. Thompson decreed the mad Italian bricklayer should die in the electricc hair at the Raiford Prison but did not set the | date. Gov. Dave Sholtz. later de- i creed the assassin should die dur ' ing the week beginning March 20
 The Chicago Mayor, shot down by zangara in Bay Front Park at Miami February Is during a well ] coming celebration to Roosevelt, succumbed to his wound on March 6. t f7ir as @n i Mrs Joseph Gill, another of Zan- gara's victims, is expected to be recovered sufficiently to return to her home this week. She is still listed as being in serious con- dition, however, as the result of an abdominal wound s@vf 4t
 Fires Five Bullets 1 Mayor Cermak wat shot the night of February 15 by zangara, nat | utalzed Italian bricklayer, who tried to take the life of Roosevelt at a public reception in Bay Front Park Each of the five bullets he l fired into the crowd around the Roosevelt car found a mark, but none touched the President-E Elect, | as spectators deflected the assas- sins aim by seizing his arm.
 Roosevelt Picks Up Mayor l Widest excitement prevailed as the shots rang out. Secret Service men ordered the President-El car to move forward, but Mr. Roosevelt, ignoring his own danger, halted it, picked up the wounded Mayor and hurried him to a hos pital.
 Meanwhile Zangara was seized by bystanders and police and his clothes were almost ripped from his body by the angry crowd before he could be got to the jail. There, were cries of Kill himl Kill himr' as officers hurried the assassin away from the scene. t0aee Even as physicians worked over Mayor Cermak he smiled gamely and told MT. Roosevelt, eIm glad it was me and not you.''e a sinI
 Speedy Trial
 | Zangara was given a speedy trial, pleaded guilty defiantly and re- ceived sentences totaling eighty I years The initial cases brought l against him involved assault with attempt to kill Russell Caldwell of Coconut Grove. Fla; Miss Mar garet Kruis of Newark, N. J., and William Sinnott, New York police man, the three least seriously | wounded victims, and President Elect Roosevelt. le is Nj zangara's first hearing was a bizarre occasion. He refused to plead insanity and declined to have lawyers, though three finally were appointed by the court to represent him. From the witness stand he told how he had determined Io kill President Elect Roosevelt--with an $8 pistol-because his stomach; hurt him constantly and because he hated capitalists.
 Following the death of Mayor Cermak, zangara was charged with murder, plead guilty and sentenced l to die in the electric chair. l zangara spent yesterday on his cot in the death cell. He made only one request Sunday and that was for chicken dinner which l was granted. Up to late last night he had not been notified that it was his last day on earth. He talked very little and then only to \ Supt. Chapman.