The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-20
Strum at Jacksonville, who refused c writ of habeaS corpus"
 Parents of Dead Boy

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 Parents of Dead Boy
 MT. and Mrs. J. B. Cash, parents of five-year old Jimmy Cash who was kidnapped and supposedly acci- dentally killed by Mccall last May 2s, at the prison when the delay was announced.
 Chapman said the Cashs had asked for permission to see the con- demned youth and had spent about 20 minutes with him. It was the first time they had spoken to him since the night of May 28, a few utes before Mccall abducted their son.
 Mccall had benc prepared for the execution. His head had been shaved and the leg Of his trousers slit for the electrodes.
 Then at 8:30 6. fn,-exactly 90 minutes before he was to die-came the announcement of the delay for four days in carrying out the death warrant.
 Prison attaches said that the Cashs had informed them that they would not witness the execution, had 1t taken place.
 Tn the death house Mccall was jubilant. He had been confident tin- til yesterday that he would not die, but at dusk Sunday he broke down and protested he would die an inno- cent man.
 Then he asked for paper and pen- cil. Throughout the night he wrote my story" of the case-contending that he was tricked into Q confession of the crime by G-men.
 Rejoicing in One Cell
 While there was rejoicing in cell No. IT. where Mccall has been since last June, prayers were being said in cell No. 2, where Paul Fried Bunge was prepared for death.
 Bunge, Tampa poet. was to die in the chair for the staying Of his wife and two children in a suicide pact, which he did not complete. There was no stay nor delay for Bunge.
 Last night he broke down, sOb- ping and whining and protesting that he would die an innocent man. His attorney, c. 4. Avriett, was inform ing him that he had exhausted every legal recourse and that he would surely die after this one last night. 4 few hours later he recovered him. self and called for paper and pencils.
 It was a different youth from the boagtful, caIlous farm boy who last spring hunted the kidnaper Of the Cash baby with the rural Florida posses south of Miami, shouting as loud as any what he would do to the <idnaper if he should happen to find him. His new attitude also was in contrast with his attitude after he had confessed the crime, made it pOs- sibie for the G-men to recover the body and the ransom money, and calmly said he would plead guilty because he wanted to die as quickly as possible,
 Mccall Steals Baby
 Last May 28, Mccall stole into the home of James Bailey Cash, farmer and store keeper Of Prince ton, at night and stole the baby from his crib. He stuffed handkerchief into the babys mouth and carried him to his home, where he discOv- cred that he was dead. He insisted he had not killed him deliberately. DispoSing Of the body in thicket. he returned to the scene to see that the parents got the first of three ransom notes which he ultimately was to send.
 He had once rOomed in the Cash home. and the Clashes thought him nice boy" He had played with the baby and tine baby liked him. He comfOrted the parents, searched tireleSsly with the posse. and, in the next few days. sent tw0 more ran- som notes. demanding. like the first. S10.OOO in small bills on penalty of the baby. which already was dead. being killed The notes were pushed under the doors of the fathers brothers homes. The second note. he discovered" himself by calling on the brother a few minutes after he had delivered it.
 Father Pays Ransom
 A week after the baby was stolen. the father paid the ransom
 G-men suspected him because he was too helpful Questioned. he con- vinced them that he was innocent and they turned him loose. But. checking back OFer his stories. they found discrepancies and arrested him a second time This time he con-