Show IS PUT TO DEATH IN NEBRASKA Lives After Five Minutes of Current In Electric Chair FIGHT FIG FIGHT T. T MADE Cowboy Cow oy and and Deputy Leaves Note Claiming Innocense LINCOLN Neb Ni-b. Aug 11 4 11 Valter Walter Ray flay TIa tot forme orm Montana cowboy and deputy depOt sher Iff mt was wall electrocuted t oJ at the state prison hero here today for tor the slaying of or Frank lahl Spencer pencer Neb eb ga- ga gauge gaa gaage age uge a man The current which ended Sim- Sim limos limos' life was was' was was' sent em Into Inlo his bed bod beda a 0 a. a m m. an ama i was as turned off oC Ml 7 10 a a. a m. m m The doctors doctor pronounced Sim Simmons Im mons dead shortly I after Simmons left a n last letter with h Ii h sister Ister Mrs Irs Emily Bateman of oC Pompeys Pillar rillar Mont addressed t to 10 his hl hi son on Walter alter Hay Itay Simmons Simmon unIon sayIng lie H was wa leaving lea i I i currency to be used for Cor his sons son's education A final statement was wa made b by Simmons to lo his Ma attorney orney for tho public It follows follows- HIS liAST SI There Is but bUl a 11 few cw moments l I left ft t that there Is a n hereafter and that If It I were werl leaving the world with a He lie on my tongue I wouldn't have the chance I have ha If It I tell the truth and realizing that as al J 1 jito do ito antI and believing belle that to betrue be true the only thing I can say gay is III that I am Innocent InnocentI I t apt n dying d log without any prejudice lice dice against any anyone all one one all all is for for- forgiven forgiven given ln by hy me He and I ask forgiveness eness In place of oC It as much as a pos pos- sille sit lef t The death of or Simmons ended an adventurous nd career careEr and one of oC the r cl bitterly fought criminal cases case I in tn Nebraska court records Frank rank Pahl PahI Spencer Neb ga- ga man was found beaten to toil il ath In lloyd Boyd county in north north- northeastern northeastern eastern Nebraska May 15 1922 In his 27 7 ears ars Simmons was wa wasa a It cowboy baseball bal player deputy sheriff and finally alleged t boot bool ledger Iger Most of or his luls 1 life lIe was spear in his native e Montana where a s wife now divorced and remarried ard ad d a n old year son live lI Near Near- X Nearly ar by ly In live his aged par- par nIt no Ills HIo mother an invalid nev ne' n neen cr er knew her sons son's rate fa Ie is J l Finding of Pahl's body In a n shallow grave Kra under a n bridge e eC C a n furore in northern X- X The TIe skull was crushed d dH's K's Ks new automobile and ISO wa was war r r A coroners coroner's Jury called robbery the motive moh Simmons was captured d at al Norfolk Neb short Iv h afterward registered under an antis alias l as Taken laken Tn ken to lo Spencer the SUSI was 15 threatened with mot mob action nt oral rushed to lo toe lne penitentiary here until the Jury JUl trial which re no sUited in his death sentence Governor Go lullen twice ye- ye e e heard Simmons Simmons' couns coun I 1 IId his sister Elste Mrs Irs te t a. a a doctor at Glenrock V o 0 hid evidence of or a half breed In dlin dIm killed Pahl Pahi But Hut he refused uither UI ther |