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Show oo Bigamist and Yegg-man, Yegg-man, Murderers, Put to Deairr Osslning, N Y., June 12 Two men were put to death in the electric chnir In Sing Sing prison this morning. Frederick Gebhardt, convicted of killing Anna Luther D. Woods at East Isllp. N. Y.. in April 1909, was executed exe-cuted llrsL Gebhardt committed bigamy big-amy in marrying tho woman that he might got her money. Gebhardt collapsed when the guards told him in the death house to get ready and it wa3 necessary to almost carry h.'m to the execution chamber. Thomas Bnrne3, a jejgman. known as "Bangor Billy." who shot Jack Leonard, went to his death after Geb hardt, Barnes killed Leonard because of tho latter promising to aid the of-ficsrs of-ficsrs in breaking up a band of yegg-men yegg-men Barnes went ccoly to tho chali. |