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Show K i Just Waiting . e, "NCE more the supreme court of Nevada holds thai it is legal and humane to exe- cute condemned prisoners with lethal gas. It Mrbe'en two'or three years since the legislature legisla-ture first prescribed this form of execution for Kevada. It was something new and aroused considerable discussion In various parts of the country. ' , Finally' the law was taken into the courts; after two. Chinamen were condemned to die under its provisions. The question has been carried to the .supreme court twice and counsel for the condemned men ll still dissatisfied it is announced now that the question will be taken to the United States supreme court for final determination. Meanwhile the condemned men pursue the even tenor of their ways. Years hence, when the highest tribunal finally passes on the question, ques-tion, we would not be surprised to hear the warden say: "It Is too late! The men died of old age, years ago." . . . ' ' |