Show STANFORD WHITES LAST DESIGN was wa monument to martyrs and con tract to build has been let york contracts Conti acts have been awarded toi foi the construction of the monument to the prison ship martels in greta park brooklyn by the special commission created by con can gress gresh to lupoi vise its construction the monument was designed by stanford Stan foid white and was the last nc lie tive won k hii be did he was shot ahot by harry efaw having completed ed his design only a short tinie time before his death mr whites whiles design was waa accepted in I A competition in which several other widely known architects participated ills ilia design provided tor for a ati night of newport white feet in height with bronze bronza nga capped with a bronze urn an ele do vator has been provided to carry per sons from its ita base to the top and in addition there will III be two stairways s it la Is to be built on the highest point in roll green park and will have granite appi auches ouches ono one of which aich e ex tending to myrtle avenue la Is to he be mot moio than 00 feet in length aari Is to begin at once so BO that tho the col coiner ner stone may bo be laid july 4 the pilhon ship martyrs were revolutionary lutio nary sold leis who nho aero confined AR ay lye e A IV 7 design for fop monument to prins arlbon ship martyrs martyn in tho hold bold of the condemned english Aara bip jersey which was waa ancho anchored rei off ff the long island shore the pris otters were viere subjected to great cruell and a nd wre poorly fed and it la Is bald that it ot of theta them died tn in the th sev eral years ali the ship was used as i A prison |