| Show Clemency Cheats Electric Chair of Four i o 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 New York Governor Halts Execution I I 1 Convicted Murderers l of I Subway SUb Ticket Seller Are G. G Given R Respite S By Bj UniTi I o 0 N. N Y April Apr A 29 A prison pris- pris on trusty carrying a tray on which were four st steaming aming- aming st steaks aks baited bait alt ed cd at the thc door of the death house at Sing Sing- Sing prison at o'clock tonight tonight tonight to to- night to U permit Warden La Lawes er before him As the warden passed into the death house corridor thirty- thirty one pair of eyes fastened themselves upon him from behind the barred doors of the cells Gentlemen I 1 bring bring- good news said tho the warden Thero There was a crescendo murmur aa as the tho thirty one men men breathed in re relict re- re hot lief They knew his mes message aGe It Waa was Wa wasa a gift of or life to four of oC them T Two iivo o Week kA Respite Granted d Executive o Lye clemency prescribes that each of oC the following InE shall ahall bo be granted ranted at least two weeks respite h the warden warden warden war war- den continued Then Thea ho he read the names Joseph Milano 21 1 James F. F Cassid Cas- Cas sid aid 26 Joseph 22 22 and Charles McLaughlin 22 It was the climax of or a a. nerve neno straining strain strain- ing lag da day In tho the death house The rime re reprieve re- re c came camo ov over r tho telephone from rom Albany dramatic unexpectedness rg condemned four Cour were er e convicted of oC killing Otto Flab Fialo an aged subway ticket agent In the tho Drome and sentenced sen sen- en- en to bo be electrocuted and the tIme prison prison pd- pd son officials had become convinced that thal tho fearful ordeal would have havo to tobe tobe tobe be gone through During DurIng- the day the tho supreme court had refused to grant a stay and the governor Jo had remained firm In his refusal to Inter Inter- vene ene Con fenced d Milano youngest and most intelligent intelli gent ent of o the four tour had ma mado e an eleventh hour effort cHort to save sa the others by confessing confessing con con- that thal ho fired the shot hot that killed Flab Fialo hut but tho the confession conCession had apparently accomplished nothing Relatives had made mado frantic appeals for tor m mercy rc In vain The Time executive e mansion had been flooded with re requests requests re- re quests for or a reprieve that were Jar largely ely Inspired by the judgment of or alienists that McLaughlin n Is an Imbecile When Warden arden Lawes completed th tho announcement the death house boomed d with Ith cheers The strain on all the time Inmates had bad ended for the death he- he causo cauBo there thero would be no death m march marchat reh at al 11 Condemned Men n In Tears T. Tho waiter walter who served the dl dishes hes of or what was sas to have havo the condemned condemned con con- mens men's last meal macal found lound them all In tears l Even McLaughlin who had b been heen cn chattering Incoherently allday all allday day a to the annoyance of oC the others hall had been silently crying Milano was near collapse Cassidy was the first to speak sp IgIe I 1 give I cr credit to the time mothers of oC Milano and he ho said Funn Funny how mothers stick to their kids Cassidy has haR four Cour brothers All 11 are In state prison He lie has learned to torn rn read l and anti write since ho he ent entered red the tho death house a year ago He said It would be bo a u pity for tor a fellow to croak Just when he ho IB Is beginning to learn something I think m my learning learning learn learn- ing to push a pencil il was a n luck lucky buck for Cor tho the whole gang gung J ll er boily I Is II Happy From tho the prison ho he had sent out appeals to friends to send messages to lo tho time governor o recovered quickly and time the four men ate hearty meals with evident evident evi evi- dent enjoyment In tIme the prison office relatives made madea a merr merry party Somo Some of the witnesses Invited to the slayIngs arrived before beor word of the reprieves reached them Instead of or seeing men put to dc death th the they sa saw comic pictures at the regular nightly nl prison moving picture ex cx- cx |
