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Show Toy Cheers Moron Waiting Execution CANON CITY. Colo, Nov. IT (UP) Joe Arridy amused himself today playing with a toy automobile automo-bile while waiting to be put to death for murder. He la 22 years old, but has only the mental capacity ca-pacity of a child. He la to be executed In the lethal gas chamber cham-ber Friday. He realized that he waa about to die, but did not know why, and inquired of Warden Roy Best: "It la not fair. I do not want to die. Why are they going to kill me when I want to live?" He waa condemned for ravaging ravag-ing and murdering Dorothy Drain, 15. |