Show lights of new york L y L STEVENSON lie he Is the man who walks alone ills his name Is robert G elliott and he la Is in ills his early gog in the last eight years he has killed more than men and two women but instead of 0 breaking the law lie has obeyed it ile he makes his living by killing fellow human beings ile he is the official executioner of the states of 0 new york massachusetts new jer sey and Delau delaware are lie ile Is the one who adjusts the straps the lie electrodes and that steel cap that looks so much like u I 1 football helmet ills ills Is the hand that throws the switch that sends a death dealing current into human nerve centers ills his are arc the ees that watch the meter that registers amperes lest there be smoke and blue lame flame for each execution lie he receives at sin sing sing from 20 to 30 persons are exe each year twice this bear there here have hare been three executions ln I 1 one night thin gaunt gray Is robert alliott ll liott off ills face Is lined nod and furrowed ills his eyes are piercing black ills forehead bulges slightly and there are hollows at ills his temples ills his hands are large possibly because lie he has handled tool nil all his life for 20 years he was in the service of the state ns an electra clan at slug sing sing in WIT 1917 he retired davis the states first executioner broke under the strain of threats resigned and went wandering from town to town john fl hulbert fculbert took ills place in time Il ulbert also broke elliott Fl llott had assisted davis in preparations for executions lie he was the only one who abo know about the grew some business so lie he came out of ills his retirement and tool took over the job that was in 1925 1025 a for a year alliott rl liott was not the raan man who walks alone ile he the state executioner then so far its as the knew the executioner was merely mr X whose identity was wa s concealed by a black mask robert elliott was n retired electrician who had turned to the real estate business even cven his family bellei ed that nights when lie he was wearing that malk black mask at sing sing lie he was supposed to be out closing deals deals which filch meant a of alfio each but after lie ho had put 10 men to death there was a revelation and reporters and photographers rustled rushed to the two tiry frame elliott home in queens a 0 0 robert Is a man of steady nerves lie he lias has been known to sleep on hie file way down from Os ossining after an e execution rut but the be newspaper men perturbed him two things worried blin that his daughter learn of his occupation anil and possible reprisals from survivors and friends of those whom he put to death cut but lie gave out an interview lie ile had taken tile the lob job through a sense of duty he fie said some one has to do those things lie he added but lie he was no more revealing than that thal within a few months his tears fear s seemed jus titled ills house wad wa wrecked recited by a bomb loaded with steel slugs ile ie and his family were in it at the time but escaped injury the bombing has never been solved at the time it was suggested that radicals brooding over the execution of sacco and Van zettl performed by elliott had attempted belated revenge kut but with ing a 1 month elliott again threw the sw switch I 1 tc b at sing sing sin 0 0 0 in nil all four women have been electrocuted in new york mrs smartha place ilice of brooklyn who killed her stepdaughter in ISOO mrs mary farmer of watertown who killett killed a 1 neighbor in IWO 1000 mrs ruth gray cray of queens who with jud snyder killed tier fier husband in rind a little while ago sirs mrs anna antonio who tibb ft ath two accomplices killed her husband eiliott threw the switch that took the lives of mrs sender sander and mr antonio mrs antonio executed after two last minute reprieves was tile the mother of three little children elliott Is the father of a son and a daughter what t thought as she died possibly ii will ill never lie be known lie ile has given only one I 1 interview Pter view rie ile is the man 11 ho walks alone 0 0 bell S ni licato service |