| Show r 1 t 4 4 ru 11 k 4 S. S Associated ell Photos Photo olos Last MI Milt Mile Nears Near Louis Lous Lepke Buchalter right who is scheduled d to die in the electric electr c chair at cit Sing Sing Thursday night along with his associates Louis Capone left and anal Emmanuel Weiss center U. U S. S Court Denies Denie Lepke A Appeal peal pealOn On Eve of Execution in In Chair NEW V YORK March l 2 Z AP The AP-The The U. U S. S circuit court of or 1 appeals Thursday denied an appeal from a a. decision of Federal I Judge Clarence C. C Galston who Wednesday denied a writ of habeas corpus to Louis Lephe Lepke Buchalter scheduled to die lie Thursday night in the electric chair I ALBANY N Y March 2 INS Governor Thomas E E. E Dewey Thursday weighed minute last moves to save Louis Lepke Buchalter from death in the electric electric electric elec elec- chair as an n aid branded as I largely untrue stories that the gang leader had ma made e an eleventh eleventh- hour statement Shown a newspaper story de declarIng declaring de- de claring daring that the boss of Brooklyn's Brook rook rooklyn lyns lyn Murder Murder- Inc had named hamed three nationally known men allegedly allegedly allegedly al al- al- al involved In the 1931 murder murder murder mur mur- der of ot a New NewYork York contractor Jn in inan an effort cHort to escape death at Sing Sing prison Thursday night Charles counsel to th the governor governor gov gov- said That story is largely un untrue rue Beyond that however he re refused refused re fused to comment Nor would he pick out the untruthful portions of the story tory or reveal whether Lepke had made such a state state- ment He refused to comment too on whether Lepke had had even evert begun talking as the story aU alleged ged If It the prisoner had anything to say added I dont don't think it would be in the public interest to advertise it The news stor story published by bythe bythe bythe the New York Journ Journal American American l-American unfolded a yarn of national political political cal intrigue It declared that Lepke had charged in his death death- house statement that one of the then n nationally prom prominent e t m men u n had ad offered offered of of- f- f to arrange for the murder indictment against Lepke to be quashed First however the paper said Lepke would ha have e to make a a. statement implicating three political political po figures in the killing of ot N w York contractor Names of the principals of the yarn were withheld fr from publication While refusing further comment on the story beyond hl his statement that hat it was largely untrue Brie Brie- tel pointed out that Dewey necessarily necessarily must investigate every last- last minute move minute move to save any convicted killer from the electric chair said Lepke's epkes att attorneys have be been n in touch with him often oCten during the past past- day or ox so He refused to comment on whether Dewey had made or or even planned a a. minute last reprieve Five men are scheduled to die in the chair Thursday night In addition to Lepke and his p pals Js they are Joseph Palmer and Vincent Vincent Vincent Vin Vin- cent convicted of ot slaying a a. Brooklyn detective Buchalter Emanuel Weiss and Louis Capone were convicted of slaying a a. Brooklyn storekeeper eight years ago On Wednesday Buchalter was denied a writ of I habeas corpus in lit 1 New York federa federal federal fed fed- era eral court |
