The Washington times., 1938-06-16
M'CALL TO DIE
FOR KIDNAPIN
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kinson ordered the prisoner trans
ferred to the State prison at Raj
ford, Fla, where he will be helc
pending the date of execution
which will be set by Governor
Fred P. Cone.
The earliest date at which he
can be electrocuted under Florida
law is the week of June 27.
Date for McCall's transfer to
the Raiford Prison was not set
and it is expected the prisoner will
be taken away secretly to prevent
possible mob violence.
Throughout the proceedings
Mccall was under constant guard
to prevent an attack on the priS,
oner, and spectators permitted in
the courtroom were searched for
arms.
The sentencing of Mccall to
death came as something of an
anticlimaX in the rapidly moving
case, for Immediately after CON
Tossing to the actual kidnapping
Mccall gave up all hope of eScap-
ing the electric chair.
ASKS CASH FOR WIDOW"
On one occasion, he sent word
to news reel company saying he
would grant their request for pic
lures for $500, which he might
leave to his widow"
When led before Judge Atk;n-
son for sentencing today, Mccall
had once more regained the ap-
pearance of college boy. He was
clad in a light clored suit, white
shirt, blue tie and tWo-tone shoes.
And when the words condemning
him to death were pronounced
there was not so much as the
flicker of an eyelash to betray his
feelings.
Yesterday. his action had been
different. He was somewhat pale,
and his face showed lines of deep
worry. Throughout his testimony
he had leaned on one elbow and
nervously rubbed one side of his
face with his left hand.
STORY OF CRIME
Here is the swift story of the
kidnap-murder of little 5-year.old
Jimmy Cash, jr.
About May 21, Franklin Pierce
Mccall, the 21-year-old Florida
minister's son, decided on the
crime. He prepared the first kid
nap note. At $50 the night o.
May % he went to the general
store of James Cash, ST., and
found Mr.. and Mrs. Cash there.
He went at once to the Cash horne
with a knife, cut the screen of
the door, let himself in, and
bound little Jinmy's eyes and
mouth with two handkerchiefs.
He carried the boy to his home,
a half mile away. When he got
there the child was dead. He
rushed through the woods in the
rear of his home to a swamp,
where he left the body unburied.
PLANTS" RANSOM NOTE
He took a ransom note to a
Negro living nearby, with orders
to deliver it. When he saw the
Negro was not obeying his instruc-
tIonS he wrote a second note and
left it with R. A. Cash, the baby's
uncle. He wrote a third note to
James CASH, sr., which he de-
livered in person while pretend
ing to aid in a search for his
victim. He demanded $4,000 ran
som money, which he collected.
On June 7 five-dollar bill from
this money-the only money ex-
pended by him from his death
fund-Was discovered. Omen ar
rested him and questioned him on
June 8. The next day, June 10,
he confessed.
On June IA he was arraigned
and pleaded guilty to the kidnap
ing but denied the murder, say
ing the baby died accidentally.
He was brought to trial on June
Is before Circuit Judge H. F.
Atkinson, and was declared guilty
of the kidnapping, which carried
the death penalty in Florida, and
was remanded for sentence today.
This morning he was sentenced
to die in the electric chair
twentv.SiY davS from the time he