Show V t I j i This his Is George F t H Hamby Y if or so He Calls Himself tack lh t J I he Thief and t tt i IS' IS I Murderer Whose hose Good Goad i I r Lack Manners ns of Conscience and s Utter L j r Would You Yu r Believe It to Be That of the Most J. J y r i Have Astonished and I. I f Conf Confused sc All StU Students 4 4 I Criminal in t.- t. in History g i of C Criminology m r r rs f r it Read Otters Say and What Hamby trie e Murderer Says 0 tt i t r ox Imse in a M Most os ost U Uncommon I Interview n f oti i- i I f l j. 1 I rf S v y N ff C f J rf y J. 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and rl more tore astounding as it still ill what he said said o of oj himself u ill in a u frank 1 interview view ew with a woman who his ind l COrI confidence j I l i m By Euia x v SA SAW W the thc most ast astonishing criminal in in history I while he awaited the call to th the electric chair A Abo boy 26 boy 26 26 years ears of a age e. e A faced clean clear clear- eyed boy Nothing freakish or sinister about abo him Just the sort of a young oung fellow you mig might t meet without suspicion sitting at a mahogany desk in command of some bi big business enterprise George Georgc Fawcett Hamb Hamby is not his real name But a man can die by any name At this writing he sits in the death house a aIn at Sing In Sing Sing- with tobacco and books on psychology theosophy aviation and navigation I found him awaiting death with no regrets for his deeds aid to the jury jury-as as one who participate in in the robberies which led Jed to th the shooting of several several several sev sev- eral men men every every man had a chance The few weeks of life which still belonged to Geor George c Fawcett Hamby who also calls caBs himself Jay Boyd Allen were to him hint merely the time which must elapse c before he hc experiences the so so- far most interesting phase of his souls toul's existence He lIe believes in evolution of the soul soul via the r r re reincarnation t incarnation route In answer to my question t f How do you look upon death 1 he said It lt It is interesting to contemplate what is beyond beyond if if there here is anything thing If I Feared Death Death- Death h t. t You know he hc continued if I feared death deathA A 1 I would now be serving a life term in Washing Washing- niton t But I could not stand confinement and I gave myself up for the thc crime I was wanted for in New York state that I might b end it all allI I quickly As to the electric chair this enigma amon among j 4 criminals believes there is no pain connected with it lIe He does not have any theories on the right or orI wrong of capital punishment but believes that r 11 many men who would otherwise bo a menace to I 1 society are frightened into decent living or 01 to t Careers of crime by fear of capital punishment r I L 1 1 t j 16 VF i f j t i i i vr 1 tit t. t 1 JI Joi j. j lf t f Do you ever 01 think thin about the sorrow and suffering Suf suf- sur- sur fering you have hn brought to the wives children or sweethearts of the men you have killed I asked him luring one interview which will never bo he for for- gotten oUen For as I talked d to the man mat i who was sitting sitting sit sit- ting with it a background of prison bars as the confessed d murderer of three thice men and the robbery robben- of many banks I could believe neither my eyes nor 1101 ears as ns he dramatically unfolded in in an impersonal impersonal im im- personal sort of a way with no bravado nor regret re Bret gret ret his deeds of he vast east years I HI I Gave Them I I a Chance Never until killed Bob Dob he wa admitted I HI wai very cry fond of Bob and no one regrets his death more than I do 1 I meant to provide for his and adopted child but hut with the others well others ell I gave them a a chance It was all a part of m my vocation It was twenty to one in in favor of the others But usually I did not have to shoot In the West Vest men Bien respect a gun They would rather be live men than dead heroes But if yoU you do shoot in the West Vest you shoot hoot to kill or they get you first I guess I shot too straight in tho Brooklyn n Bank r Has your sense of oci soci obligation ever madu you vou hesitate te to carry out a planned robbery was as another question it seemed the thc public would be interested in m Vin h having answered No uNo never he replied after a seconds second's thought Once lOnce or twice before entering a bank I have thought I would rather not but I alwa always s went on as I had harl planned for fear the men wor working ing with me would not understand and would think thin I had lost my nerve vc I UI never could have ha controlled the men if they didn't know now I never lost Jost m my I always found the opportunities for or a robbery made all nIl 1 uj 1 f e plans and directed the work I never shot unless I had to Sometimes the thc men I ha had t select select- selected cd ed d to help mo me would los lose their nerve and 1 I could P. 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U r 1 1 i Ik i r dat I Xi 1 I 1 i not carry out the plans This happened in St. St Paul We Ve were to hold up a n certain bank ono afternoon One bo boy and myself were to go inside with a bag bag- bagas as if we were going to make a deposit The third mien man was to come in draw his gun and andye we ye were to make a quick get n et But he did not come conic The bo boy with me me now serving time timo in a Minnesota penitentiary and I stood at the tilt side Nine i t desk making maling out a deposit slip We Vc waited as long as we c could without exciting the suspicion suspicion of the bank officials and then said something about making the deposit the next da day in a n tone loud enough to be heard When we got outside there leaning up against the thc wall was the thc boy we had been waiting waiting- for He Hc said he was not coming coining in until the policeman on the corner comer went and I almost lost my temper as I explained to him that th the policeman left his post at 6 G o'clock and the bank closed at 3 3 But he would not act saying he did not like liko to commit a robbery with witha a policeman so conveniently near That r t N Needed ceded the thc Money loney I was without funds at the time and had been bori borrowing owing from a pawnbroker who in in tho terms of the underworld was a fence I d did d not want him hum to maJ make e fur of me that night when I told him I would not be able to pay m my loan So the boy who had been with me whom me-whom whom I had had sleeping with me for some nights to keep him from telling tellin anyone anything anything and and I gave tho the third chap the thc empty ba bag and let him go I did not want him to know anything about m me inc or where I lived On our way to m my rooms we passed a laundry y which was in an nn inconspicuous place and on the spur of the moment I decided to get my funds there I figured that it was possible possible pos pos- sible that the laundry had hod not banked the days day's receipts I saw that the safe door was open We Ve walked into the laundry which was peculiarly built built- I sat on the counter casually as if ir I had come in in for a friendly chat pulled my gun from the hip so it was wa hidden from the str street et and told the ine entire force which included two men and several girls to keep cep their hands just where they were I 1 could not tell them to throw their hands up because any one oe passing would under under- stand Tho The poor stenographers were so frightened frightened frightened fright fright- ened they held their han hands Js rigid above tho the ke key board I told them to drop their hands in their laps Japs and not to be frightened All this time tho the bo boy with me was standing still It is a way with green men they men they cannot act until commanded So I ordered him to take the money from the safe I could see bee as he put the bills in his pockets that we were not doing a very big piece of work As we were ready to go I noticed a small suitcase suit suit- case on one of the tha desks Take Tako that bag I te lc Venture Feature tura Service lJ 1919 9 r i- i it t 1 f a J J l' l J ft i F- F r 7 I J TJ I. I 1 ol m v 7 k s fr I y rJ 9 r r 74 rf It I Is i s s lIY J l ti i 1 f F Fy y Jn j h a ar r f nt Wr w- w r y j. j ii t 4 JAI JA JAY Y I UIo 4 4 y I It 2 y v. v r r it f 1 n t J 4 0 nr I crite c. c The rite Brooklyn N. N Y Bank in Which Hamby Committed His Last Crime r What T They ey Say o of This Astonishing Murderer The coolest one ever Inspector Inspector Faurot expert The most unconcerned criminal I ever met Warden Warden McCann 5 r. r I never sa saw anyone more respectful to women Head Head jailer LOne L. L One cool bird The The other prisoners An interesting study in human nature Psychoanalyzed Hamby would prove piove of real scientific value Dr M. M Keshner Undoubtedly his acts are a form force of sex perversion Com Commissioner of Health Copeland he good looking and polite Courtroom Courtroom wom women n. n H I I dont don't think l hes he's es e's absolutely sane Hornby's lawyer r rHA A tA second Jesse James Judges o Facett t tWe We find th the defendant legally cane anc TIa Lunacy C Commission n r S I J IJ I ordered but one one girl who was walking about m nl we ve came in and who had h refused to stop all the minutes we were there said No you rou dont That's m my y yand hand bag and it ha has nothing in it but fare car-fare and a few fen clothes clothe i. i All right I said We Ve will take the ladys lady's word for it Put the bag back The next day clay I read lead a small notice in in th the paper which said Woman Routs Bandits' Bandits and the article j stated that the bag contained 40 Since it was not the company's money I forgave her However I bc began an to realize realise e then that a woman will not keep her hei word nor tell the truth As s vc we were leaving the laundry I held my myun gun un in front of me and as I backed through thedoor the thedoor thedoor door I advised those left behind to keep off alf of the streets for a few minutes as it would not be safe saro saroto to tome come come out I 1 smiled good day and closed the door For a minute following this narrative the tha robber smil smiled d reminiscently then he said in the tho th light and anel humorous manner he uses The liThe boy with me wanted to make good in my eyes I guess for he opened the door on my gentlemanly exit Yes dont don't any of or you come out or orwell orwell orwell and nd yelled well we'll shoot hell out of you His Hatred of Bad Language One must know Hamby Hamb to appreciate how v much of n u hit such language longua e would make with him Vulgarity strong language even slang ia is offensive He did not say ay r so but there is is no doubt in m my mind that the accomplice ended his connection with Hamby then and there there even even as would he that never again Hamb Hamby made a vow risk lisk his y professional respect over ovel such a petty job ob He lIe held himself as a five figured figured professional professional professional and nothing below gave him hinr the tha sense of ot exclusiveness his soul desired Durin During the eight years he has made his living Jiving by robbing banks at the point of a gun Hamby had never novel been under arrest until he gave himself himself him him- self felI up in in Washington Indeed he believed that he never would be arrested but that he would meet his end in a n gun J light which he so loved The play of the guns acted on me mo like mill tart tary tar music docs does on a n well trained trained soldier ho he told mc me I wanted money and the things money can buy but more than the money I 1 craved the excitement of or getting ITcHing it and the automobile races race it bought and the ease and books Gun play certainly furnished the thrills and gave me a atense atense tense sense of elation The most noticeable things about Hamby are l y i his hib gentle manly characteristics which arc no not veneered nor assumed and his instinctive respect for women though he does docs not believe they can cm keep their word or a secret ecret On his first trip East while riding in an elevated train he lie arose aros and offered leis his hi seat to a 3 woman Gentle with Women I u ah always s 's tried to quiet the fears of or of any worn en who were around when I was at nt work he hI told me mc a nf as I did the woman in the Brooklyn bank 1 I never could shoot a n woman I am confident dent What would I do if she should refuse to do doas doas do doas as I said Id I'd run Of h his s mother he spoke with feeling No uN bo boy had a better ch chance nce to live the kind of a alife alife life you ou believe e right he remarked However Howe had m my mother lived 1 should have hn done exactly as I have done one I should have gone none to another country countr to work no doubt and hoped she would never find out But I know myself Hamby was not flattered nor pleased to be bo called a second Jesse James He believes that the methods of Jesse James and his contemporaries cries aries were wre crude crudo and would not be feasible these da days s It is the wish of this interesting occupant of th the tho Sing Sing- Sing Sing- death house to be in iii a class alone as the thc last word woid in up-to-date up five-figured five high finance as it were In eight years he has hns added to a sel seldom om light high mone money belt Some of oC this he has had share sharo with his his' helpers with whom to he neve never associated after the money was divided thus avoiding the police Hamb Hamby will die if the writer judges right with no regrets expressed or unexplained Ho told m me that if he were wee free again he would reimburse reimburse reimburse re re- re- re himself from some bank and leave th the tha country country But he emphasized I would never never ne go away without funds When his day conies comes t to pass through the gate which leads cads to the elec elec- electric electric trio chair will walk erect He lIe will not weaken Not ot because he will not i regret egret and repent repent repent re re- pent but because he cannot The part of us wo we call a conscience he seems to lack luck altogether Before closing the green gate gote on this youthful bank robber and and murderer whose real name a athis at this writing is not known but which he lie confesses can cnn be found in a n combination of letters used in his aliases hear his warning Once you start you can never neer stop There is only ono one way Never begin p t t |