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Show BABY ELMER ROSE SEES HIS FATHER LAST TIME Condemned Murderer Asks to Sec the Baby, but Dis- j plays No Emotion at Parting:. 1 1 lsh glee, "You can't catch me papa." and "Nowi you can't see me." Rose made a second and third plea to be allowed to hold the child in his arms, but each was denied him. the officials offi-cials fearing that some foolish idea might suddenly come into his head and he would strangle the child before he could be rescued. Elmer again tried to kiss his father through the closely woven wires. He was then told be must go. With his mouth close to the wires he shouted cheerily: " Bye. papa.- MGood-bye. my boy," replied the father, who turned and walked away as unconcerned as on the morning when he walked into the police station and confessed to the killing of his baby's mother. Deputy Sheriff Sharp picked up the boy, who seemed to forget all about his father and who gnawed contentedly on the orange Clerk Stowe gave him. He was more pleased to see Mrs. Stickney at the office than he was to see his father, as he ran into her arms and kissed her repeatedly. i ' Baby Elmer Rose paid his last visit to his father, Frank P. Rose, who Is to be shot on the 22nd c-f next month for the murder of his wife on Christmas day. at the penitentiary yesterday. The meeting between father and son was a Joyous one, id was also the parting as far as any outward signs went. , Baby Elmer is far too young to realize real-ize the solemnity of the occasion and h!s father either has no feeling of love for his child or controls his emotion remarkably re-markably well, for after the baby had bade him good-bye he turned sharply on his heel and sauntered down the corridor cor-ridor to his cell, which he entered and closed the door behind him. "Ross expressed a desire yesterday morning to see his eon and say his last farewell and accordingly in the afternoon after-noon Deputy Sheriffs Sharp sjd Steele, accompanied by Mrs. V. A. Stickney of tha Home-Finding association, took Baby Elmer to the prison. The ride on the street car and the change of sights were novelties to the little fellow, who clapped his chubby hands and laughed 1 lustily as the car sped toward the penl- 1 tentlary. ' At the office Clerk Stowe Joined the I two officers, while Mrs. Stickney stayed j behind, not . wishing to witness the meeting. Elmer was placed on the floor In the room at the end of the corridor, a fine wire screen separated him from his father. The latter was there to meet him. ' When Deputy Sheriff Steele asked the boy who that was looking at him, the baby replied, with a laugh: "I know papa." He then started to run around the room holding an orange in one hand, and a lead pencil and paper In the other. "Oh, let me take him In my arms," pleaded the father, but the request was denied. Shortly afterward Elmer walked up to where his father was peering through the" wire screen, and putting his fat, rosy i mouth against the wires attempted at-tempted to kiss his father. Falling in this he ran first to one corner of the room and then to another, hiding his .v&face In bis hands and shouting in chlld- |