Show HARRY POWERS IS HANGED FOR FOR KILLING WOMAN Signs Confession Admitting Five Murders Protests Protests Protests Pro Pro- tests His Trial By Associated t d d Press l W. W r Va March l 19 Harry F. F Powers died on the gallows gallows gallows gal gal- lows last night for the tho murder of Mrs Dorothy Lemke who had been en one of several mail order sweethearts Shortly after Powers was pronounced pronounced pronounced pro pro- dead Dr H. H H. H Haynes a physician of Clarksburg W W. Va an announced announced em- em he had a signed confession from the condemned man admitting In detail the murder of five persons including Mrs The others were Mrs Irs Asta Asia Buick Bulck Eicher and her three children of Park Parl- Ridge Ill The bodies of or all aU were buried in a narrow ditch near a ga garage garage garage ga- ga rage on Powers Powers' wife's deserted farm near Clarksburg Powers was brought to trial and convicted only for lor the death of Mrs He d denied nied guilt until un un- til the moment of or his hL hanging ENVELOPE OPENED A short time after Powers' Powers body was removed from the death chamber chamber cham cham- ber an envelope addressed to Warden Warden War War- den A. A C C. Scroggins was opened Therein was a letter in which the theman theman theman man about to die had protested his innocence He assailed capital punIshment pun pun- which he insisted fails to re reduce reduce re- re duce the number of murder cases He reiterated that his trial was unfair unfair un fair that it was held in an opera house where people go to be enter enter- tamed He recalled he had twice been menaced by a mob yet had been refused a change of venue Fears that Powers would suffer a nervous collapse were expressed an hour before belore the hanging when he was visited by the sheriff sheril and the war war- den SWEARS ON BIDLE Questioned about what had become of Mrs 1 Lemkes Lemke's jewelry Powers sobbing sobbing sobbing sob sob- bing bitterly staggered from his bunk crossed to a table on which there was a Bible and cried With my hand on this Book of oC God I swear by the teachings of my mother that I know nothing about them Nearly an hour later however he walked unassisted with firm step to the gallows Asked If jf he had anything to say Powers replied No with an emphatic emphatic emphatic em em- shake of his head |