Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-10-19 | Page 1 | Die Bravely without Rum. Egan Advised

4 Die Bravely Without Rum Egan Advised I IBy Br By Associated Press NEW YORK Oct 19 19 Dallas Dallas Egan condemned convict of San Quentin Calif prison today was urged by bythe bythe bythe the Mens Men's League of Mercy to Lace face ua e legal murder br bravely vely The league sent this telegram I Face legal murder bravely Die trusting God It was signed by Ernest Whitehorse Cortis ex executive secretary of ot the or or- Apparently th they y want to get geEgan Egan blind drunk before hanging him declared de de- de- de glared lared a spokesman for tor the league OSSINING N. N Y Oct 19 UP UP- UP Men awaiting exe execution In Sing Sing ate afe not t given intoxicating xI liquor before before before be be- fore going to the chair Warden Lewis E. E Lawes Law said today when asked l to comment on the Egan case We dont don't do it here it is not n necessary ces sary he said I would not Yat wan wanto want to comment on t the acts of oC others EV EVANSTON N IlL III Oct Gover 19 nor James Rolphs Rolph's action was turned tume into an argument against the use se o of intoxicants today by bythe the W. W C C. T. T U U. Mrs Anna Marden Deyo former forme Californian and friend of the go gov said The fact tact that Governor Ralph Rolph gave whisky to a condemned man just before execution to give him a false sense of happiness and dull his senses is is' isa a good argument against the use of whisky in this age when every faculty should be bewell beell well ell balanced and alert NEW YORK Oct 19 UP Chris UP-Chris- Chris Christian tian consolation rather than intoxicating eating cating liquor should be administered to Egan the Rev Christian of Broadway tabernacle said today This action Dr said is in line with the spirit of th the day which concludes that liquor solves all allour our problems It is an an absolute ab abuse se of the notion of punishment BOSTON Oct 19 19 UP UP UP-I If Dallas Dallat Egan spent his last few hours on onearth onI onearth I earth with the prison chaplain i it would do him more good than all the burdon whisky in inthe the world Mrs Aimee Semple McPherson Califor Calior ida evangelist commented today