Show Oregon Holdup Men MenDie MenDie MenDie Die in Gas Chamber SALEM Ore Jan 15 UP UP- UP Henry William Merten 32 and Walter Valter Lorne Lome Wilson 35 5 died Monday Monday Monday Mon Mon- day in the first double lethal gas execution conducted in Jn Oregon They died for tor the holdup slaying of at Ralph Dahlen 27 Oak Grove carl early in the morning of July 22 1943 Merten was vas the first to die He had no comment for newsmen walked unaided to the death chair and died bravely Wilson was smiling as he sat down in the chair and displayed no emotion He told newsmen in his cell he had no belief In religion but had no objection to it for others Neither of the men asked for chaplains before beCore their deaths I |