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Show THE EVENING HERALD, MONDAY, APRIL 5, 1925. PAGE SIX CHAP5IANT0DIE ATIiIIBIflGIlT Ta d 1 1 . . Clothes ade r-I-V! Now cost no more HARTFORD, bere to bang, Gerald pmaa early tomorrow morning ta the only one of Its kind in the United State- s.It Is a permanent affair and no preparations were uemsary to make It ready for use. The death chamber Is a .small room not far from the solitary cell where Chapman has been con fined for more than a year, In, this chamber In a long rope going up ,Jbe high wall out of fLTka , Have your cktke designed, cut and made for joo. o thmp ow self' . It will save you money In the long run, make " you rich in the :'v - nd.'-"'''''"r- sight. Actually It goes through: a pulley at the top of the wall and down the other side where It .connects with a counter weight, many times as heavy as an ordlnay mate. f After the noose Is adjusted, a guide rope releases, this weight The Tailor which will discuss productlim, disApril a ti . ff'iittflry fanciers of the United tribution, and the .'tine of poultry 1 Stati have already begun.to groom products as well as raining prize j their stock forexhlbltlon "nt the stock". n'orld Poultry Congress at Ottawa, ."... Canada, in 1927. I The meeting, to be held from July THE J PATRONIZE 27 to August 4, Is the first of Its WHU MERCHANTS kind in America and the AgrlcuK SUPPORT 10 UK HOME TOWN PAPER lure 4epartoiut .ii.urxluK 4xuUry to enter their birds FOR THEY ARE THE , buahandrymeu MOST RELIABLE for priies, AND PROGRESSIVE i Every country in the world will be represented at the Congress, AUI.N(iIU., .,'.- - " letters, Asks Z,2Z - 5 prlaon BE WELL DRESSED Has.. 200 Conn, April (UZPJ The gallows that will be used at Wetbersf lfeM 8tat Act Your Best ,,- I ' A .' . went against b'm la bis bitter court Look Your Best Feel Yonr:Best V ' TO POSTPONE LXECUTION DATE . CHAPMAN TO HAXG ON I'MQIE CALLOWS Mitchell - AFTER FAILURE OF LONG FIGHT than ready mades " . ': ''- - .' 1 I : $50,000 i - ' on the ether 1U M the-deat- h and the condemned' man la Jerked' sharply It Is contended that the first upwurd swing breaks his neck, bringing death Inntantly . and painlessly. If the However, npward tunh docs not kill hitn, the sharp Jerk back when the weight reaches the "flnror-en- r tbe' otbw side of the wall breaks bis neck. The condemned Is allowed to bang until it is certain that the spark of life is extinguished and then ' 4 cut down. Under1 the law the Yale Medi cal school is lyen jthebles of ,all those executed by the stae, which are unclaimed. At first it was thought Tale would get Chapman's body andelaborate plans were made to study it in an effort to find out the causes of a criminal career, but Judge Frederick J.. GroehL senior counsel for Chapman, announced that a "friend" would claim it for burial. ; --, j. wall- - . By A. '.BOBBINS (United Press Staff Correspondent) WETHERSFIELD STATE PRISON, HARTFORD, Conn., April 5 (U.. P.) In a solitary cell "behind the huge grey walls of the prison house here, Gerald Chapman, once "Prince of Banflits," sits under-th- e watchful eyes of theguardfTloday, counting the hours until midnight. For shortly after midnight the notorious bandit will be hanged the State .of Connecticut for the murder of, Policeman James Skelly during an attempted robbery In New Britain in 1924, unless some unforeseen last .minute .circumstances ' ... arise to save him. (his real Althqugh Chapman huine is Chartler), has spent a large part of his 30 years in prlsonH he Is one of the most romantic figures In American criminal annals since ' the famous Jesse James. Until recently a balo of romance hung round his slight figure, but his fail- ure-t-o escape from the. prison, here after his conviction and sentence and his long legal fight to escapfe the fiullows, has somewhat dimmed the sentlniental .vlewof him. Alert, and lntelll Kent, iJnapnian nas preserved an 'air of calm, suave courtesy to the last. His guards say he most . ... gentlemanly w,v.... ... iw TWO nunarea ieiir lunu they- have prisoner Dr. Leonan ia :mhieh Miss Marie Crtacheau of thtcago prosecuting against ever had, never forgetting to thank Enamineer of Indiannpolts inet. She says aha met aim as he wa. them for favors or services1 and al- H : boulevard. a a driving hla uio nlong Chloago wiirs . pIpBxunt, invpti' whim things . good-lookin- g "" - 5 !r flghf 1 , Frieda Behavior. Chapmaa has eent mach of his tin in Wethersfleld reading, writJie b been kept ing and studj-lnalone In a solitary cell away from the rest of the prisoners. He Is never out of sight of one or more guards and tikes bis meals la bis celL Twlos a day he 4Uewed to exercise ia tbe prukm yard, but never when there' are other prisoners there. At such times two guards accompany him. la spite of U this he baa' told attorneys that bis life in prison ba been as pleasant as possible. He has been aHowed - any - books - be wanted, fte prison officials going to considerable trouble at times to procure them for him. Chapman did not seem to care for light fiction. Aside from law and technical books, on which he spent a great deal of time, his favorite reading was tbe works of Josepb Conrad, tbe famous English writer of sea tales and pyye holoKlcal-Bovt'l- a. Chapman alsa spent some tlinev wrftlng poetry, some of which was ( made public by his attorneys a short time ago. He has aided bis attor neys in every move of bis legal fight and has often suggested new details. No step was taken by the attorneys, until they bad consulted the bandit. Chapman spent a great deal of time studying the points of law involved in his case and working on the Various briefs necessary in his npiienls to the courts. George Chartler, or Gerald JCbap- man, as fie is mucn Detter Known, was born In New York City some at and re- 36 yea ra spectable home. He has a brother living In Brooklyn at the present time who holds a responsible posi tion; Little Is known of Gerald Chapman's early life except that he was wayward "and early got Into trouble. His public career started in 1912 when he was sentenced to ten years in Sing Sing for grand larceny In New York. He served part of,, bis sentence at Clinton prison and part at Auburn, N, Y. It was whlhat the latter prison that be met George A. "Dutch" Anderson, renegade aon of a noble Danish family and al ready a figure Jn the world of .' , crime. ' "Dutch" Anderson Anderson and Chapman struck up a menasmp at once. Anaerson i started Chapman's interest In .book and knowledge and from then tft the "gentleman Chapman 'became crook," suave, polite, well dressed and cultured. He was paroled from Auburn in 1919 and at once Joined Anderson, who had been re , leased a short time before. Between them they planned and executed the famous $2,000,000 ' . 1 W II 0 : af - '"' ? 1 the giMqk THAT is the simple story behind the line of snowy clothes you see in your neighbor's yard - the clothes that make you think immediately, "I wish my laundry might look Eke that! I wonder how she does it." It is no deep, dark secret - it merely means that your neighbor uses CLOROX! For CLOROX get the best results in laundering use with cold water in the proportion of one tablespoonful of CLOROX to each gallon of water. Add your favorite soap or washing powder, and stir well t7 - insure even distribution oftheCLOROX.Then soak ' this clothes for white solution ii your 30 minutes, or if more convenient, for several hours or overnight isTO't-pfeichf-T- 'aw'to-wB-hone- , aTf t . However, CLOROX is Just as effective when used in the first rinsing water; and many housewives pre fer this method Use, the same proportion of this Bottled wwgickt the' clothes, remain in the solution, for half an hour, then rinse thoroughly in clear, cold "water. In tfio anqpk, inexpensive way all white cot' ton, Haea and aercriaed laundry may be kept as wrote aaspodess ds i'day yw bought thori - 1 Let CLOElOXaid you on wash day and every other day. Ortfer a bottle from your grocer; complete direct tionsonthelaberwill teUyouhow touaetowonder' working product! Xieonar(LStreeLj)06taLrobbetyJ.in New York City in October, ,,192$, which led to their downfall,JM brought them national notoriety. Several other big robberies, Including the $70,000 American Express at Niagara Falls, Company hold-up- s N. Y., shortly after that, were laid FovSale . PW Sseriisiltas BY ELECTRICrna 3r at aU Qrocers the police for some the scene of the crime and confessed in this state was pn hand. The Chapman admitted knowing Shean They thua Tn m22 rhapmsn took a trip his part implicating Chapman as trial deaU-withItself was one oTthe most sp to 'Europe.. When be returned he the actual " slayer. tflcuiarex-heldJQonnectkprlngfield, ut roatedan-apartmee exclu,nt ' Chapman's Capture and public opinion was much divid- the Skelly case he was "framed.'' sive Gramercy Square section of Chapman was finally captured ed. Many people openly expressed lower New York and lived In lux Whatever the real truth may be ury and ease. However, in July of near Muncie, Indiana, In January, the opinion that while Chapman the law has decided and Chapman Hu pain tuny had 1922, Chapman was arrested in his 1925, and was at once taken back might have been guilty of many will pay with his life shortly before was a ttrfmn. Ms 1 a. m. tomorrow. apartment. He would not talk and to Atlanta to serve out his federal crimes, he did not kill Skelly. His last reprieve aattO a Urn, It seemed he might go free, but the sentence. But meanwhile . State's After 18 days the case went, to expires one minute after midnight lit mat police rounded up Anderson and two Attorney Hugh M. Alcorn of Hart- - the Jury, which returned a verdict and within the hour Gerald Chap- anil ton 14 nt tot. whom of .one 'their a fend In uf ford county, had gotten busy and man will be dead. the first degree companions. Sine taking Tanlac orguilty :' made a.daring few weeks later Chapman was Judge Newell Jennings sentenced V mytnutluarttoer.1 t thrill frm Harold Lloyd jiiay sonie day attempt, to escape through a third bro tight to Connecticut to stand Chapman to ban; In June. His atktaltk Tanla floor window at the post office but trial for the Skelly murder. He torneys appealed to the State Surequests of the thousands tata mt." E. E. ! was lodged In Wethersfleld state preme Court of Errors and the gov of admirers throughout the was recaptured. country, Ttmy.W Bryant ' ernor granted, the bandit a reprieve t! produce a college sequel to "The Amazing; Escapee prison as a federal prisoner.; Su.Duhnant.hma. m!d court the so. the hear a . In AugnVf, 1922, he was sentenced but that Freshman," his latest comedy, Chapman gathered large stiff ' )TiIs statement merely backs up to 25 years for his part In the niail of attorneys to conduct his fight appeaLV When the State Supreme "For Heaven's Sake!" takes him out one over thousand what hundred robbery .and sent to Atlanta pent for him. At tbe head was Judge Court refused to grant;., a retrial, of the light atmosphere that distin- grateful users have said about Tanalso given Frederick J. Groehl of New York, Chapman's attorneys took the, case guished his football classic Into the lac. Our flies are tentiary. Anderson-wa- s packed with such a long sentence for the mail rob as senior counsel.' Associated with to the federal courts. Meanwhile more sombre atr of a big city's un- testimony. , V If your system Is run down, if -bery. A few months later Chapman him were Joseph M. Freedman of Governor Trumbull .granted two derworld. The picture opens at the you can't seem to eat or sleep, have escaped Jrom. the prison at.Atlanta, Hartford, Ray M. Wiley of Spring-- more reprieves so that various fed- Columbia theater tonight; Jobyna Ralston Is again his lovely lost weight or suffer' from trying but was wounded and recaptured. field, and Charles W. Murphy of eral courts could hear the case. It why not let Tanlao start you was carried through to theU. S. leading lady, heading a supporting pain, However, a short time later he Danbury. back to rigorous strength end ' ' ' to which ast includes In Its notable refused beeto whloh made good his escape from tbe hos Court, has character Supreme Chapman's health. : many of the players who No long, wretched wait to get repital, olthough weak from loss of the basis .of much speculation. It review the case, and then his law- personnel sd .have assisted the starred' ably all over again. Is sala bis .calm cool exterior is yers bespec- sults! Tanlao starts right ia to ' blood. tacled comedian in the past. Sam build you up. It cleans the blood, - ? V CliapmBn'a Methods Anderson es but a mask for moral Insensibility, Soon afterward Chapman's methods' were his own Taylor performed . the directorial revitalizes digastlve organs, fixes caped from the prison. Irf a myster and that a queer mental quirk is feel lous manner and It wag believed responsible for the career that start- He, operated quietly" and showed a hpnors, while the story was written up the liver and makes you by Ted Wilde, John .Grey and like a new person. For constipation Chapman engineered that, furnish. ed while her was still . in school. nerVe' and resourcefulness that few take Tanlas Vegetable Pills. Bruckman. Outwardly Chapman is pleasant criminals have equalled.'' While he Clyde ing the tools. flglntinr -htst y Don't be satisfied with pooiyieldsr make youf land and Anderson roamed the conn try ways to wear 'a mask and no one caseibrflughthejKiUEtsrdsame while police of every city, fown and knows what may go on behind that that bis pal, "Dutch" Anderson, had produce better crops by using " hamlet sought them- - Every, crime thin, sensitive face and those steel-blu- e been killed by the police In a little Ammonium town In Michigan. Chapman refusy ' ; :'; eyes. that could not be solved was fasten Physically be Is some five feet ed to believe It, saying that Anderf&l on them, but in spite of this . federal operative have reason - to seven and a half inches tall, weigh- son wisU probably- - lying low .and : Acid believe that several daring post of ed about 130 pounds at the time of would be heard front In due time. fice robberies and some big boot- bla trial, though be is said to be Chapman has steadfastly denied GARDEN FARM legging operations were the handl thinner now, and has dark chestnut that he killed Skelly, maintaining A sallow hair with work of Chapman and Anderson. complexion. that he was never in New .Britain In October, 1924, Policeman Skel Throughout his long Imprisonment in his life. Shean has never been . LAWNS . . ly was killed during an attempted at Wethersfleld, be has. kept his ap- brought to trial and is still in the ' herei New" on Britain. Walter petite and good health, y his CARPENTER SEED CO. Skelly, county Jail burglary at When the trial opened here on death bed, accused Shean of the E. Sheah, black sheep son of 76 North University Ave. . promlment and wealthy Springfield, March 17, 1925, one of the largest murder but It ; was proved that Local distributors of Columbia Steel Fertilizers" . I not ever near do crowds Shean a was did attended trial that the shooting:' Maw., family, captured -- in-th- ' in Tanlac ' -- trit I X L. T - tdf l Heat er Home CMS vssjv " : ' . -- "(OTTO1KTI AND ENJOY CALIFORNIA COMFORT HERE IT'S CHEAPER Sulphate Potash Phosphate for your " FLOWERBEDS' , . By Don ICirkham And His Full 10 - Piece Band 1RS.IW 1 |