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Show Slayer Pays With Life Salt Lake. Henry C. Hett, alias George Allen, was executed at the state prison last Friday morning. His body quivered and crumpled at the sharp bark of the state's rifles at 7:46 a. m. In exactly two minutes and five seconds he was pronounced dead by County Physician Dr. F. E. Straup. The celestial croupier had collected from him the price society demanded for the slaying of Police Sergeant N. P. Pierce on the night of November 27, 1922. Hett took the ordeal bravely. With appalling calmness calm-ness he waited while he was being made ready for the death chair. Shortly before beginning the death march he spoke freely. "I have left a note with the warden for you," he said, a half smile casting away what fear of death lingered on his face. "I might add that the last few hours nave been Ihe happiest of my life. 1 say this with no spirit of braggadocio. braggado-cio. 1 say it sincerely. I guess that's all. |