Show IE i WEESE GREETS BULLETS ULL WITH SMILE SLAYER lA A ASSERTS RT HI HIS f fI i I IN INOCENCE A AS fI FIRING IN AU r PULLS ll TRI TRIGGERS R I Man of Mystery Leaves Bu Bullet let Pierced and Blood Soaked Handkerchief to Former Husband of Wife A GRIM le legacy acy to his murdered murdered mur mur- dered dere wife's former husband husband husband hus hus- band Harry W W. Fisher to of New NewYork NewYork NewYork York and ana a curt urt note warning Fish Fisher r to put his Louse in order that his doom was pending was left by Howard De Weese as he died with a mystery behind his sealed lips which may culminate in a series of startling revelations The Mexican silken handkerchief which had hung for days on the wall of De Weese's cell and taken from his lifeless body this morning by the penitentiary penitentiary peni peni- warden punctured with four bullet holes and soiled with life blood was left by De Weese to his murdered wife's former husband a New York haberdasher An accompanying note hinting strongly at a secret organization so powerful that it defies all who interfere interfere interfere inter inter- fere with its purpose purpose and whose members members members mem mem- bers do not hesitate in risking all even life to avenge another member was left in the charge of the warden to be forwarded forward d to Fisher DIES WITH SECRETS Never before to Utah's criminal history history his his- tor tory has a man died with so much unexplained unexplained unexplained un un- explained mystery mystery- surrounding his ac ac- ac For days De Weese has pas been Interviewed with city county and state authorities in an at attempt empt to o prevail upon him to reveal things things bIg big things which he has has' refused to I dl divulge A secret organization the most exclusive ex- ex ex exclusive In the world and the members I ex-I of ot Which are composed of the highest class jewel thieves In the world is the medium through which De Weese hoped to be avenged The note left by De Weese to Fisher though somewhat cryptic was partly explained by shortly before his is death He ref refused sed to divulge the theline theline theline line of action other than to state what the secret fraternity was STRANGE LETTER Dated in the Utah state prison last Monday Monday four tour four days before his execution I tion the tion-the the missive was placed In the I hands of ot Warden Varden Storrs with to deliver it together with the I handkerchief to his wife's former husI hus hus- I band It reads I Utah State Prison May 20 1918 I Mr II W. W Fisher Second Avenue I N N. N Y Y I Greetings I In accordance with customs obi observed observed ob ob- ob- ob i served by certain people I herewith i conform with precedents and laws govI governing governing gov gov- I the of ot aforesaid people I I r have adhered to my vows You have violated yours Therefore put your house in order The allotted time customary In such cases is yours I The souvenir herewith by bythe bythe I the warden of this institution will doubtless serve to convince you that time distance political influence or money cannot change the Inexorable workings of things decreed by men who do not hesitate in risking all even life for things they i have sworn to uphold The Tho U. U B B. C. C through one whom has proven n 1 loyal yal bids you prepare It Itis Js written Signed J J. J E E. W. W USES HIS ALIAS The initials affixed at the bottom of the note stand for his alias James alias James E. E Warren The U U. B. B C. C was vas was was' revealed by him just before his death as standIng standing stand- stand Ing for the Universal Brotherhood club headquarters in New York As early as October 1916 when De DeWeese DeWeese I Weese In his famo famous s twenty-one twenty page statement written In Chicago on the I eve of his attempted suicide was con- con tined a communication to the Universal sal Brotherhood club of New York I Persons who attended the trial and heard the famous statement read left the courtroom as did the Jury later perplexed to know the meaning of certain certain certain tain codes names and characters mentioned mentioned mentioned men men- in the statement to the th club That such sucha a club was in existence I Iwas was substantiated when the documents I were found In a safety box In Chicago I after atter his surrender Beyond a positive assertion that his I narratives s of New Yorks York's high brew and college collese educated fraternity are I true and were written from actual experience experience ex ex- ex- ex De Weese persistently refused refused re- re re-I re j fused to betray his brothers in crime i iby I by revealing any further secrets of the organization other than those disclosed disclosed 1 in his series of stories j Seemingly Unconcerned Young Slayer Walks to to Death Chair at Sunrise f Execution Goes Smoothly By Kayem Crier Grier rv DEATH EATH and a a i j U service unsung were th the reward today for HowarDe Howard Howar De Weese j Four o steel 1 missiles tore re their within way through his heart within the walls of the state prison at exactly y o'clock and he died one minute A r t. t later In blood atonement He be settled the the Cj debt for his folly to society and law k t His life was the toll demanded In expiation ex- ex J. J 4 5 for the murder of his wife and s she Jf he paid it like a sport and a man andy Bearing up bravely under the grim grim i ordeal of his last hour he greeted his fate with the smile of a thoroughbred A glem of ot defiance flared from J th eyes until the fatal tatal messengers o of death snuffed out his mortal lif life De Weese went down clown to to his do doom doorn m 7 with the stoicism of a martyr and the Hie thea V 1 nerve of a man of ot iron Not the slightest tremor impeded the speech of of- off j- j f his last words and h he be trod the final J death march with a steady and unfaltering unfaltering unfaltering un un- faltering step DISPLAYS NERVE Unlike nearly all such gruesome fi spectacles no cowardice revealed itself it- it Li d self In the last moments There was S no physical collapse or assertion of mental weakness His Ills utter corn com com composure composure t and stoic display ot of of I nerve seemed as defiant mockery in contrast to the gruesome sordid task II of the executioners I Guilty or innocent De Weese car car- carI carried I ried red the secret of the ghastly murder to the grave He either sought solace I of ot mind in silence or salvation of his soul In death in the knowledge that God alone will be the merciful and and final judge of his guilt or innocence Although twelve good men and true heard the evidence and judged him guilty De Weese even as he s sat at strapped in the death chair on the tha brink of ot et eternity faced the cold steel R A muzzles of ot gUns guns and calmly reiterated s hl his innocence EATS HEARTY MEAL After a a restful night and a a. hearty breakfast of ham and eggs coffee fruit and hot cakes De Weese calmly waited in his cell the arrival of the crucial hour He Ie scoffed at expressions expressions slona of ot condolences and regret from fellow convicts and prison authorities I He deplored with a seemingly normal demeanor his plight and even laughed On one occasion when he surveyed himself in his party suit This was the characterization given given- by De Weese to the black broadcloth h s suit furnished by the state He picked up a small pansy from amo among g a myriad of flowers sent to him in the past few days by prisoners and Inserted in inserted inserted In- In it In Inthe the buttonhole of ot his lapel He inhaled deeply its perfumed odor r sighed stretched his arms and coolly remarked Bring em on WALKS VIGOROUSLY I De Weese walked down the winding stairs from his death cell unsupported I Continued on pa page e 8 S. SLAYER ASSERTS Continued from page 1 There was a faint flush to his cheeks and no death paler revealed reve-aled itself until he had been shot The rhe grip of his hand was warm and st steady ady and as ashe ashe ashe he emerged from the cell house into the sunlight of the jail yard he said to Warden George A. A Storrs this a glorious morning Sheriff John S. S Corless led the death march from the e to the scene of the execution in the east end of the prison yard Between n Warden Storrs and Chief Criminal Deputy Carl C C. Carstensen the doomed man struck out with a martial stride He lie held his head erect and swung his arms loosely at his side DEATH MARK PLACED As the procession neared the death chair where a small group of spectators spectators spectators tors were stationed the sheriff placed placeda a black death mask over the head of De Weese precision the doomed prisoner was adjusted to the death chair and securely strapped hand and foot Dr C. C J. J Nielsen assistant county physician physician physician cian located the exact position of his heart When the spot had been determined determined determined deter deter- mined a small pasteboard target was pinned to his heart The lapel of his coat was thrown back and Sheriff I Corless stepped to the door of the house in which the executioners were I stationed i ASSERTS INNOCENCE INNOCENC Have you anything to sa say Howard Howard Howard How How- ard asked Sheriff Corless Yes came ame a prompt and loud re response response response re- re from the prisoner Can I talk Well Vell not very very long replied the sheriff Then I have only this say Im I'm not guilty folks that's all Let her go goI And throwing ba bask k his head De DeWeese Deb I IVeese Weese straightened his shoulders to meet his fate He opened his hands which were securely strapped at th the wrists an and not a tremble of a finger was perceptible I SHOTS RING OUT A moment nt later the stillness of the lie I morning was shattered with a loud report Five shots from five muzzle ends and four steel bullets tore their i way through a living heart There I was only a spasmodic of l 1 nerves a faint groan and the head head dropped forward on the breast 1 Dr Nielsen pronounced him dead In InI Inexactly I exactly one minute The execution of De Weese Inscribed I finis to the closing chapter of a wasted life death he stated emphatically that he was God-fearing God and that in this crucIal crucial moment of his life he would make his peace with God Godo Godon Godon o on on n earth i by pouring the tru truth from his soul And with his last breath he ho proclaimed proclaimed proclaimed pro pro- claimed what he was that truth truth his his innocence MAN OF MYSTERY RY Endowed with a brilliant education and inertly sealed to the tho mysteries of his past De Do Weese proved himself to the last a baffling and unfathomable psychological enigma It is a matter of record in court that he voluntarily gave himself up and furnished virtually virtually virtually virtu virtu- ally every bit of evidence used against him He lie laid open as a book his career as a diamond thief and established Inthe in inthe inthe the eyes of the law of scores of cities his genius as a Raffles Baffles But in the face of all his admissions of criminal escapades he persistently proclaimed his Innocence of the murder murder murder mur mur- der for which he paid his life this morning I The state spent thousands of dollars In importing witnesses that could link together the thread of circumstantial evidence woven about him He lie re repeatedly repeatedly re- re re-I re p admitted here was a adeep adeep j deep mystery back of the murder but hut decla eel dedal-eel t ed that unless those who knew the truth came forward his chances I Ithe were meager |