, 1935-02-03
Taken in Wheel Chair

winter daybreak, Mas told Super
tntendent Rice M. Youell that ne
vas not present at the Staying OF
Huband but that he "a present
when the robbery was planned.
I&genla maintained a stOical sill
ence.
Mas walked to the chair &C
companied by two guards. LegenZa
was taken IN a wheel chair. unable
TO walk because OF two broken legs
suffered in leapIng over ar en-
kankment TO escape Philadelphia
police.
A plaster cast was removed from
Legenza'S right leg TO permit affix-
ing OF the electrode. A cast on his
left leg was not removed.
Last hour spiritual m-iniStrations
and prayers were said by prison
Chaplain r. v. Lancaster and Col
onel Fred Seller OF the Salvation
Army.
Both men refused breakfast be-
fore ele~ctrocution.
The executions we're carried out
before "a jury o. witnesses As pro-
vided by law. Newspapermen re-
ceived announcement OF the deaths
In the office OF the prison board
from William & McCraw, secretary
OF the board. Asked how the men
stood the ordeal, he said:
Il did not see IT,"
The switch was pulled by a guard
whose name was withheld. Both
men received two shocks, and were
pronounced dead by DR.. Herbert
Mann. prison physician.
Both Gangsters Pale
Major Youell said II was exactly
two minutes In each instance from
the time the switch va thrown
until the physician pronounced the
men dead.
Both gangStars were pale. Legenza
naturally s because OF his injuries
which neceSsitated blood tranSius-
ions in New York. Hoods were
plRced over their heads just before
the deadly current was turned on.
A witness said MaiS appeared TO
humble something, but that It was
ipaudible.
The crime for which the gang
sters were put to death occurred
near the Broad Street station about
dusk on March 8, 1884. Huband'S
truck was blocked as II crossed a
railroad bridge by the gangSter cars
and he was shot down as he sat IN
the truck with raised hands. A
negro companion, who was not in
Iured, said Huband, was unarmed.
The gang gained nothing but
worthless cancelled P.WA. checks
in the sacks they believed 10 con-
tain securities. Huband was driving
N Federal Reserve bank mail truck.
Big George Philips and George
Kaufman, VINO aided in the crime,
met violent deaths. the former shot
by Washington police and the lat
ter taken for a ride" in Philadel-
phia. Arthur Dutch" Misunas, an
admitted machine gunner for the
Tri-State gang, was captured In
San Francisco and admitted part
iclpation in the robbery, naming
Legenza as the killer. After serving
Az states evidence In the trials Of
Mas and Legenza he was sentenced
To 81 years In prison
Escaped Jail
Mas and LeBenza were Captured
I'm Baltimore, the former being
shot six times IN the arrest. After
their conviction here they shot their
way out OF Jail while awaiting
transfer to the death cells. fatally
wounding one officer and injuring
tgo others in o blast OF gunfire
from smuggled pistols.
They returned TO their old hauntS
in Philadelphia and New York and
pursued their careers OF murder
and robbery.
II was Marie McKeever, gang
mol" friend OF Mais who unwit-
tlnEly led federal officers and
Philadelphia police TO them, Leg
enza In n hospital and Mais IN q
hideout. Brought back 10 Rich
mond. they were sentenced 70 lie