South Bend News-Times, Volume 32, Number 211, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 30 July 1915 — Page 1

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0 L Federal Judge Landis Orders Seizure of Ship Pending Result of Tragedy Probe. DRASTIC MOVE IS . MOST UNEXPECTED United States Marshal Takes Ship at Moon More Bodies Are Found in Hull. m i.i.i n i. ciiiCACiu, .Jui "Tiio iii-r-tigatioii Into the Titian li-a-lrr a comlm tfl S'- Ktlfichl N a lane-. 1 lit- ity will oiiiIim t an iiuestigatlon thai will l a real one. It will get at the bottom of tin tragedy and li tlio Mann when it belongs.." lii a. the- dot laiatioii mad I oi lay l Mayor William Mali Thump-on. ClMCACn, July :b. Fed. ral Judge I.andis, exercising tho power of his " olhee today issued an order seizing in tho name of the Fntted States government, the overturned steamer Kastluml on whii'h more; than 1,000 lives were lost la.st Saturday. The action of Judge Landis was tho most drastic taken by any otticial .'ince the disaster. It was as unexpected as it u-s drastic. The order placed the Fastland wholly in the liands of federal government and lifted the matter of investigation and ri'.s'iit: of bodies from the sunken hull of the vessel out of the hands of the police and the state authorities, except in so far as Jinluo Landis may direct their acti itie-s. I'niled States Marshal John J. Bradley went to the Fastlund ami seized the ship at noon. He nut Coroner Hoffman on the wharf. "Fine." sail the coroner. "All I ask is that I he allowed to take the e. loner's juiy aboard when the ship is 'righted.' " "Tlurr will be no dit!ieulty about that," replied Bradley. It was al.-o agreed that Corumr Ilotfman should take charge of all the hoilies jenioed from tlie hold of the ship regardless of the order of Judge I.uidis. Tlo vu forcemeat of tho federal conn's older did not interrupt the work of tearing away wreckage to get at a pile ot bodies that were discovered far down in the hold today. The follow ni'-r crdtr was posted on the sunken st ea m r : "This t".imer. Fastland. having ln'i ii attached );.' me and now being my possession by order of court, notice is herehy ;'iwn thai anv ntlempt to remor said steamer Kastland without my permission or in any way Interfering with my duly authorized d piit or keeper in i haru'". will oNTLri:i x I'Ac i: six. GERARD 0 Washington Officials Instruct Ambassador to Get Damages For Leelanaw.

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WASHINGTON. July ::c. While nwaif.r.: the new British nolo on the I 1 1 m k a i i e i.ae--whi. h is nutning Li.Mt, r :!:ii'n:nr.v d tip. this governm ut has in.-:: net d Am l-assa.PT i;, hp! to ,p in and :' ',.-rmun r pur-a'i-:t for the fieir-.e. tion of thi' Amerb- , u st am r l.e.-k.n.iw and the de!.,.!'.d was p- c?cd to he presented ..l" lb r tin t d. ay. State departno nt ojtnaals mV the !. .!.!: aw .;.- ra;es the satae issne.- ; the WillMMi IV I-'rye iucid.nt and Cnn.ii'.y will h- ;n1erm-d that she is . peeleii lo pav !' tlie toTpedo-d eS.w. With the' h: .f tht- claim for cam.c.:-.-. the 1 ..adanaw ita ident hi . :m - of Ti'.inor uuportat'ce as com-...tr-,.,1 t,. tio- r.nti.-h h'.o.-kade :.s'-. ; v.d t r i ' read v eov.t rov, r.-' oia rn.j tin- ;.,-e of -marines hy F.ermany. Th- s'.ii-iii.M'it'.-' if JTohahlv will he dormant f.-r th- pt..-eat at h ast a 1 1 . 1 t h r i- sotee i - 1 t o n I" A m e r - . ;'(;, - -, hi!- the hlockade oUe- , . It j i r . i r . i , T l -1 - -1 m rio,;s at -In.;,,... of trie il' -,'art;ia nt eiti- . . -! .-' . ! v. : . h d 1o-l i th.it th.e pro-t.-'v Am I aai e :d : j -1 -ers and im- ; - t, t - a-ala-l the I'.rtfsh 1-h.cKad.e I I . . i .' . ii,;it" rii and ixro ; h ;t !h- r tat-- h pa r t ! i . e 1 1 alt ; adv j. .o'.e ic.phatl- . '-.t lnlot'taal. lej.ie- ;.:.,!;. ;. to the l'.i;t:-h - etli men t . 'h -' re; r - :;;.dio;i-. ho.-..w r, ap- ;,.;,! To law I.e. II 111. II' - tlO' 111 th iairi an-i the ,-;U;al;on d.t.A lat utuii mure uu-U-.

MARRIAGE LICEi SES FEWER i HIS MONTH t Si Many Want in .Marry Hut Mori .k !'r Mannr Skillcil I.alnrers lc-t Aide f Ma;ry. ftecor'is in th-" unity clerk's f.thco show that thus far during the month of July there have heen f,7 rnarriaKO licenses issued. Durini? last June the month whhh holds the record (n il p;ir there were lis licenses issued. This month, however, has Iron more prolific in the numher of petitions for divorce than was the previous month. In the superior court this month there were 27 petitions lihd and in the circuit court there were f iuht. In the superior court last month there were 1' 1 such p-titions tiled and in tlie circuit court 10. An interesting sido-liht on th economic conditions of the day is shown hy the lines of work represented in the men who take upon thernIves th- burden of maintaining a home. Tlie marriage licenses secured durinir July show that skilled workmen most generally are the ones who consider Ihcm.-vlves financially aide to many. During the month there were :7 surli men, who luul learned a trade, that wore granted licenses. f f the other lines of endeavor represented there wore 10 factory hands, eitfht farmers, eiht laborers, five salesmen, live business men, two clerks, one professional man and one who had no business.

CANNOT SEND CIGARS TO FRANCE BY PARCEL Kinhariro is IMacetl on Packages of Tobaero by Mail necausc Customs Cannot lx Colln-tcd. If imo has a friend in the French army or anmn? the prisoners of war in Prance it will do no piml to attempt to send that friend any toaacco, ciuarets or cigars for such merchandise can no longer be delivered by mail. Postottice otticials have received instructions to refuse parcels containing Hindi merchandise for France and the information has been Kiven out that any such parcels which may have been sent and are undelivered, will be returned and the postage, refunded if application is made at the postolhce. This action has become necessary for the reason that the French service is unable to effect delivers of such parcels 'to soldiers and prisoners as it is impossible to collect from the addressees the French customs charges to which all such parcels are liable. EX-N0TRE DAME MAN OFFICER IN FRANCE Charles Sweeney CiUen Commission In Army Honor is ViuiMial. France suspended one of her strict military rules and appointed a former Notre Dame student a lieutenant in the army. Charles Hvoonv o? California, with the Second regiment of the Foreign Legion, is the man granted the honor ot sub-lieutenant. According to the reports of special correspondents with the foreign legions, he was picked for promotion, last May and was sent to a military training school. Dispatches and letters from the front havo mentioned him frequently for a constant display of pluck, and have always spoken of him a.s a favorite with the men. P.efore his promotion he ranked aa a sergeant with the reuvment of w hich he is now lieutenant. He left Notre Iame in 1S1'.i for West Point, where he remained until r.'4. The fact that he holds an ottice in the legion is a compliment to Americans in the legion, since the French rule is that none but Frenchmen may hold comi:i Nsions. DOMESTIC TANGLES BECOMING FREQUENT City Court Pnnlng llarlwtr Tor Cruel Wives ami llmhand. Domestic taimles are becoming common in city court. Friday an already lom: i;st was added to when Mary Mittamyer a nil Frances Ihehstadt appeared, each charging their respective husban'ls with assault and battery. Due case was sM for trial, but Steve F.ichstadt. 1 S N. Lincoln st.. drew a fine of $2." and. costs, which was suspended. Mrs. Mittamyer u-hired that lgnatz Mittatmer. l.'.U Kendall st.. after a turbul nt marital career, had saceecd' d only in makim: her misera'.do. She declared that he had beaten her, abated her and called her names. Mitlamycr phaded not iruilty and the case will be tried Aug. He w.is released upon 1-on-is of $". Fichstadt is all, -red to ha. beaten both his wife and his children. It was the plea of the latter that caused th court to suspend the sentfme after he had 1 een committed to the county jail to scre out the tine. The wife and mother agre t to gi e him another chain e. and the ourt ordered him t'n-iM the room, with the advic e to seek work and he kind to his family. in riNi:i sit. VI. A. Pt soTii.i. an automobile riair i.-.ati. S Main st.. was arraigned in i it court Friday mornini; i h.arueil with operatin.- a motor car without proper lii.en.-es. I lo was ifivrn a misjend d tine of mi upon Ills story that lie had remol In-: plates to clean them, and had answered a call to an automobile smash-up before replacing them. He de hiicd that lie had si: i-t ts of license hitcs iind only 'c t a i s. i Mini i.ici:s!;. Iv,nahl L. X'ehpiette. m.ciinist; Ida chian ;er, andy nul'r. To'cdo, a.

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V t. iff - : miis. ( iiahi.i:s hi:cki:k. SEARCH HERE FOR Federal Officers Reported to be After Man Hiding in the West End. Is one of the ere.w of the ill-fated Eastland which sent over 1.000 merry picnickers to their deaths when it toppled over into the Chicago river last Saturday morning, hiding from federal ofticers in South. Bend'.' Interest in the probe of the steamer disaster suddenly shifted to this city Friday when it was learned on good authority that two federal ofticers were here searching for a man connected with the Kastland. The man was said to be a petty officer on the ship which capsized and had lied terror-stricken from Chicago immediately after the boat turned over. That the man wanted here could lo held criminally liable is possible and the fact that the federal government is searching for the man puts the case j in a serious light. The Chicago investigators are making every effort to find the person or persons directl.." or indirectly to blame for the disaster and have taken in custody all those connected with the tragedy. It is understood that the Hastlanl sailor is hilling on the west side with relatives. The federal officer..; could not he located Friday but it was known 'that they ware working here. The police denied knowing anything about the affair but admitted that it was possible that the federal agents were here. Several of the crew of the Fast land are known to be missing according to advices from Chicago. These men arc being sought for and the government, state and county officials are making a strenuous effort to locate them. According to the information received here, the man supposed to be hiding in South Bend, escaped from the boat Saturday and aftr staying on the scene about an hour, disappeared. It was just at this time thai the officers of the Kastland and members of the crew ware being rounded up by the Chicago polite and the missing man took fright and fled immediately. MICHIGAN ALUMNI HAS MEETING AT OLIVER Alumni of Michigan university representing the -"tire body of the alumni of that university located in auth Hend. met at the Oliver hotel Friday noon to discuss preliminary plans "for raisin? money which is to be contributed toward. the sum hei upraised by the ::n,eti Michigan alumni for the erection of a union huildinc at the university at Ann Arbor. The meeting was ealh d by 11. I. Ault, chairman of the district in which South Hend is hcatd. Those present at the raeetinir were: Louis M. 11am-m-rschmidt. William A. r.ertsch. Tarrv A. Frcrman. Dr. Willi:im H. 1 lillinan. Dr. I. i Travers. Fdi 1'- Xeebirt, Dr. Charles L Varier. Kdmtind Day Wil!. 1.. J. Montgoiut ry and John S. Hordner of 'outh F.end. and I'harles W. Binuham :md llalph H. Jtnu-'an of Mishawaka. These men will act as :i cMiiiPiittf p :"or ortraniziir-r the n-ni- ' uan alumni located in South lend. There are at present 1 1 ' ' Michican alumni in this ity. Included in the other cities aaot;t Sowtli H'.-nd winch are in this district, are some 14" other graduates of Michigan. The cities that are represented are: Bourbon. Bremen, Burr i i.ik. Mich., t'ulvcr. Dakeville. Mishawaka. Wv Carlisle. Notre D:tnc. l'lymoutli. h'vir Bark and Walkerton. The camp tign is to be formally opened Oct. L when me ttns of Michigan alumni will te held all o er the country. Money will he subscribed at these meet in for the rntion f the building. The commons," which is to ost $ l.f'i'io iioo, s to be erected by th- alumrd. the state not eing called upon to suhscrihe any aid. The campaign in this ( ity was started a year ago. but dropped because of the war and business depression.

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Army of Czar Reported to be Evacuating Warsaw in Favor of Teuton Armies. LACK OF AMMUNITION CAUSE OF DEPARTURE Muscovites Escape Trap of Germans and Retreat Will be Orderly as Railroads Are Held. LONDON, July 0. Kvacuation of Warsaw and the entire line of Vistula river defenses in Poland has been begun hy the Russian troops, according to unoificial, but reliable reports received here from I'etrograd today. The czar's troops are said to be withdrawing in perfect order, taking with them their artillery and great stores of war munitions. Warsaw, Ivangorod and Novo Georgicvsk are understood to be still garrisoned, but only enough troops have been left there to protect the general retreat of the main forces. otticial announcement of the evacuation of Warsaw is expected from Pptrograd a.s oon as the Russian armies have successfully executed their retreat to the second line of defense on the front extending from Kovtio, on the Niemen, through Grodno to Rrest Latovsk oji the Bug. The Russian abandonment of the Vistula front is attributed to the same fact that caused their retreat in Ga licia lack of ammunition. By tho time the Germans reach the new line of Russian defense, if they are able to continue the:r advance immediately, the czar's Meld commanders hope that this lack of ammunition will be removed. By falling back to the Niemen-Bug line, the Russians are shortening their front. This will permit the dispatch of troops to the Baltic region and the Galieian-I'oland frontier, where the right and left wings of the Russian armies ate under heavy pressure. GKKAT ACTIVITY. PARIS. July :U. General military activity along the entire front from Flanders to Alsace is reported in today's otticial communique from the war otfiee. but it indicates that no decisive conflict has been waged at any point. A German aviator has thrown four bombs upon Nancy, but the communique states that these caused neither casualties nor damage. The most severe fighting is going on in the Vosges. The emmunique characterizes the conflict as one of "great fury" and states that the Germans have been repulsed with very heavj losses at Barrenkopf. Di:iiv c.MTnu-: ROME. July :,(. Reinforcements received by the Austrian at Gorizia, on the Isonzo front, have delayed the capture of th.at stronghold by the Italians, but military men predict that its; fall is now only a matter of a few days. The fighting on Carso plateau, south ef Gorizia. has developed greater intensity with the Austrian delivering violent counter attacks all along the line. The positions whie's the Italians had captured were fiercely shelled after which the Austrian tried to carry them at the noint of the bayonet, but the attacks failed and the Austrians left hundreds of dead .and wounded upon the field. Bloody fighting is taking place in front of the Goiizia bridge head where the Italians sutfered considerable losses owing to the bravery of the troops. The men advanced with reckless courage in the teeth of terrific machine uun fire. More guns are being sent to the Isonzo front to reinforce tlie batteries bombarding" the forts of Goriz.la. The stiff resistance of the Austrian.s has proved a surprise to the Italian general staff. Near tho frontier of Tvrol the Italians are attacking the Austrian positions. Artillery dm ls are taking place in the mountains. The Italian guns are slowly reducing the Austrian fortresses, hv.t they are being subjected meanwhile to heavv nie from the Austrian piece. IX API 1 THAI'. PHTBOGKAH July cmnd Nicholas and his ;rmies have e-scap d tli- trap sot by th- German general staff. While it is w, n underod that Warsaw and ;.ll that part of Poland west of th.- Bug river arc h.-t to Bussia. th-re is r.o -i-n lf n VAnc h. re. The r- is instead a feeling of -rim rnnliddii'O that Bus-sin's vast retrees, which are Tiu.-ai p.1S5eV will yet be the deciding factor in the' war Late reports from the front characterize th lighting in the iirev,. rc-fon a rear guard engagements in which the linearis hae be.n unif.-.rnilv Uccssful. This indicate that the enr's force have kept open their lines of communication and that nrither on Hindenb.jrg nor v..n Mackenzen his been able to , -at the railway Uf net ssary for a succor ;iJ wilh,Irawal from the istula front.

MEW YORK POL GE1VIAM PHOTESIS HIS

HISTORY OP CASK. July 11. 1011 Rosenthal publicly accuses Lieut. Charles Becker, noted leader of the "strong arm squad' of gambling raiders, of accepting graft. JuV 12 Rosenthal's affidavit against Becker published in a Manhattan newspaper. July 1T Rosenthal promises to tell his story to Iist. Atty. Whitman and the grand jury the next day. July 16 Rosenthal murdered at 1:57 in front of the Metropole, Forty-third st.. just off Broadway. Whitman hurries to the scene and thwarts police efforts to cover up the trail. July 17 Shapiro and Libby, owners of "gray murder car," arrested. They say Jack Rose hired the car. July IS Rose surrenders ;.nd is held for murder. July 21 Bridgie Weber arrested and is held for murder. July 22 Harry Vallcn surrendered and is held for murder. Whitman names the four gunmen as actual killers. July 25 Dago Frank arrested. July 29 Rose. Weber and Vallon turn state's evidence, accuse Lieut. Charles Becker of instigating murder, which they performed. Becker arrested just before midnight. Aug. 1 Whitney Ix;wis arrested. Aug. 5 Becker formally pleads net guilty. Aug. 10 Sam Sehepps arrested as witness in Hot Springs, Ark., and returns voluntarily. Aug. 15 Jack Rose. publishes complete story of murder. He says he collected $180,000 in graft for Becker. Sept. 14 Gyp. the Blood and Lefty Louie arrested. Oct. 7 Becker's trial hegins. net. 24 Becker found guilty of murder in the first degree. Oct. 30 Becker sentenced to die during week of Dec. 9, 1912, put in Sing Sing death house. Nov. 19 Four gunmen convicted of first degree murder. Fob. 24, 1914 Becker's conviction set aside; new trial ordered. Gunmen's cn.se affirmed. April 13 Gunmen executed. May 6 Becker's second trial called. May 22 Becker convicted the second time. RE ENTER GIT! Mexican Leader is Expected to Occupy Capital Again Today. WASHINGTON. July 30. Gen. Pablo Gonzales, at the head of the Carranza. army which marched out of Mexico City on July 18, is expected by the Carranza government to reenter the capital today, recording to a state department dispatch from Vera Cruz. Villa Guadalupe, one of the suburbs of Mexico City, was reported occupied by Gonzales yesterday. Gonzales declared that he had retaken Pachuca after six hours fighting at that place and that the Villa flying column of cavalry under Gen. Tierro was completely routed. The United States has no intention of making the famine situation in Mexico a pretext for a decisive move to end the anarchy existing in tho southern republic. This was the situation outlined by iec'y of State Lansing today. He said that the demand on Gen. Carranza and the convention government in that city that railway communication from Vera Cruz to the capital be reopened was "purely a humanitarian step." He declared it had no-.hing to do with th general program for settlement of the Mexican factional war which the department has in mind. St-c':-" Imsing bluntly den.ed that the department is considering sending food supplies to Mexico City under an American military guard. Pres't Wilson conferred with Sec'y of .State Iwtnsing by telephone on the Mexican situation and other state affairs today. It can he stated that the American government will insist upon the opening of direct communication between Vera Cruz and Mexico City in order to help the starving inhabitants of the Mexican capital. Sec'y Lansing's efforts in this respect have ht.cn. indorsed by Mr. Wilson. A full statement on tne Mexican situation may be issued from Washington within a few days. .ntka.tisiiip m:ws. NT-TW VOI IK. July ."C. steamers sailing today, none. Iue to arrive t. lay: Kursk, from Arch Angcl; Chicago, front Bordeaux; Kuropa, from Nap es; Platuria. from Copenhagen.

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Was "Strong Man and Hard Necessary to Send Him to Bravely in Climax Life of Hy William i;.iserville. OSSIN1NG, N. V.. July 30. Charles Decker, former czar of New York city's tenderloin and once the most feared official of that city's police force, was electrocuted in ing Sing prison today for the murder of Herman Rosenthal. Becker went to the chair protesting his Innocence. Even as he was being strapped to the instrument of death, the doomed man leaned close to the Rev. Father Curry, one of the two priests, who accompanied him and whispered: "Father, bear this message to my wife and friends: J am not guilty by deed or conspiracy or in any other way at the death of Herman Rosenthal. 1 am sacrificed for my friends." Becker entered the death chair at 5:42 o'clock and at 5:0:' hf was dead, having paid the penalty for his crime in the same chai- in which the four young gunmen, the actual slayers of Rosenthal, were executed 15 months ago. A little more than an hour before he went to his doom a dying statement, which Becker had written, was made public. In this statement thoformer police lieutenant made emphatic declaration of his innocence, and paid his tinal tribute to bis loyal and devoted wife who has spent the past three years lighting for her husband's life. His Dying Statement. Recker's flying statement follows: "Gentlemen: I stand before you in my full senses knowing that no power on earth can save me. from tho grave that is to receive me. ii the face of that, in the teeth of those who condemned me an-d in the presence of my God and your God I proclaim my absolute innocence of the foul crime for which I must die. "You are now about to witness my destruction by the state which is organized to protect the lives of the innocent. May Almighty Co 1 pardon every one who has contributed in any degree to my untimely death. And now on the brink of my grave 1 declare to the world that I am proud to have been the husband of the purest, noblest woman that ever lived Helen Becker. "This acknowledge is the only legacy I leave her. 1 hid you ail goodbye. Father I am ready to go. Amen." Mrs. Becker, crushed by the blow but undaunted in spirit was in her home in New York, when her husband was put to death. Immediately after Becker had been executed the following statement, prepared by his wife, was made public here: Will i:po-o Mean-. "I shall never rest until 1 have -posed the methods use to convi-t my husband. Whether he was guilty or innocent, there was no justilication for tho means employed to coriviet him. In all the lo years of our married life I never had occasion once to regret I was his wife. I would rather have lost all the other members of my family, dear as they are to me. than Charlie. "He was not an angel he never made any pretense at hein one. He was an ordinary human being and perhaps that is why I loved him so." Becker never lost his nerve. At the very last moment the only evidence of emotion wa a slight trembling of the voice. He seemed to he the coolest man in the death ehamber as he took his heat in the death chair in which he had been strapped IT. year.atro as a joke. Three shocks were administered. Becker was the hrst man to die in a double execution which took plac in Sing Sing in the gray of a humid, foggy morning. Sam Haynes. a negro murderer, who slew a woman in Putnam county, followed Decker to the chair and by 10 minutes after ?, the corpses of the to men. one a former ooieial in the police force of America's greatest city and the nth r that of a cruel, ignorant negro laborer, were stretched side by side on a marble s!ab in the prison morgue. Twenty See Death. There were 0 witnesses in the death chamber, seated upon two long benches in the grim, bare room. Inrectly in front of these benches is the death chair. By 5:4" o'clock the spectators were on hand, most of them tense ami white faced. Most of them kept their eyes riveted upon the little green door through which tlie condemned pass as they enter the cham

to Kill," Four Shocks Being Death Wife Bears up of Her Battle For the Husband. ber of diath. Other 'vatchod as though fascinated by the bl.ick straps and the other fatal harness which hangs from the chair. At 5:4J o'clock the little crecri door swung open noiselessly. Theres was a gasp as Becker, erect and e-alm. stood upon the threshold. In hi. hand he carried a crucilix which was grasped so tightly that the knuckled w ere w liite. pressed hi Black. Becker wore an ill-litting black suit which was wrinkled ;i though he has been sleeping in it. He wore a soft shirt open at the throat which showed up in strong; contrast. Becker's hair was cropped close to his head and his face was clean shaven. The right trouser leg was split from the bottom to the knee jn order that the electrode might be strapped against the bare flesh. The underclothing was also split and Ibis, as well a.s the leg of the trousers, was rolled to the knees so tightly that tho veins stood out upon the bare llesh. Backer's left hand hung down at his side. He opened and shut it several times as though this action helped him to retain control of himself. Immediately behind Becker stood hi.1? spiritual adviser, the Re. Father Cahin. the Roman I'atholh- chaplain at Sing Sing and the Rev. Father Curry. Following the priests va3 I deputy Warden Charles 1 1 . Johnson, who came in with Becker at tho doomed man's request. Becker glane-e-l uneasily about the room. Then his eyt s fell upon tho window and he looked out into thf gray, foggy morning. It was his lav-t loving glance upon the hwng world. Becker's lips moed and he murmured, so quietly that he could barely bo heard : "Hae mercy on uy." This was repeated time alter time. Half .way to the chair Becker was heard lo say: sus. most humble I izi e .iu my h a rt and sou I." The dofimtd man triersd th distance from the door to th" stair in seven irr' gular steps. The hrst two were short and faltfrin". but then Becker gripped hims If and ttb'-l i.ito his normal stride. Becker stopped in front of th chair. He squared his shoulder ami without mo mg his fet blamed over his shoulder. Boliowd in God. "I beije-, e in my God." mutter l the condemned man. "1 love Thco w it h my w hole- he t rt." Becker's knees se m d to s.tg and he halted suddenly. Six keepers and assistants surrounded the prisoner as he took his seat. They b-usied ther.iseps immediately, but notwithstanding their haste. the suspense was dreadful. A tragedv as tlie stage lias never mimicked s uoh a imo was- t)iis o -i urr !;ce arh t hi morning. As Ib-cker rais 1 both his arms tr allow a strap to !.e p! f d around his waisrt. he intoned softly: "Jesus, have m r-y on us. Hivq :ie-r y o:i us-, rir .k-.-:'." The piis'-ne-r's eyes Were widely opened and lie gd.'in.ce-d about th5 room, but th re was an mpt:nss In th-cm which led more than r.e persrr to believe th.at i merciful injectio;i of morph h.o! 1 n fiven him before he left his cell. Becker's had was turn 1 toward the ceiling as the black helmet waj could not be heard. An attendant who hud adjusted the plate strap which was fastena l wi,h metal against the skin, was aff rl d so greatly that his h'ir.ds trembled and he dropped it. In nr. infant, hwvr. he had re-:o-ered himself and rill w4; r-ad for th fatal shock. lb ' k r sat with his head titb-d backward. The lower half e,f his fAi was visirb' ;r;d his lips moved restlessly all th- time. Hi arms re-t I upon his kne.-and in his riht hand he still gr.ipfd The little cruMuv. At th.at moment a mar.. whes id-ntity was not rrvab'd. pushed thft switch. I'.e-ker m:idr- rv sound, but; h:s bodv rolled in the chair ami th straps '-naked and groar.d. smell of IVh. The sir.eil burr.i:i: t'.esh ar.J singing hair greet the ncstrils. Purple veins swelled up n the dvinjj man's throat. Th.' lips w t re drawn back from the ueih as Though caught '. XTINFi:t N PACK KhlA L.N)