CITY EDITION
Dally avorng net paid circulation for
monl: ending April 3U, 1926
v: FAIR TONIGHT
fn tho Interior, cloudy on the coast to
night and Saturday. Moderate tempera
t,uxe. Moderate went to northwest winds
-Local: Max., C5; mln. 43; rain, .01;
river, 5.5; ntmos., cloudy; wind, north
cast. 6755
AvornfjQ dally distribution 701.
Momhor Au-JIt Huroau i.f Cir-Mtl;itlons.
FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 122
SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1925
PRICE THREE CENTS . ?tanu3 mvb cents
fWn)
BRAMWELL
JUDGE ASKS
AFFIDAVIT
EXPLAINED
Mere Assertion of Preju
dice of Court Not Suf
ficient, McMahan Tells
Attorney In Case.
Judge McMahan thie afternoon
fasucd an order requiring Fran It
C. Brnmwcll, state, superintendent
of banks, to appear in court per
sonally Monday morn in at 10
o'clock and give hi reasons for
his affidavit of prejudice against
McMahan as presiding judge fn
tlio case of Putnam against Bram
wcll. Circuit Judge McMahan this
morning (old Sidney Graham, at
torney or Portland representing
Prank C. Tlramwell. state super
intendent of banks, that he want
ed Uramwcll in court to explain
his nffldavlt of prejudice against
McMahan fn the case of George
Putnam against lira m well, to
compel Dram well to maintain
headquarters of the otnte banking
department in Salem.
"If you cannot persuade Bram
woll to come by himself I will is
sue :.n order to see that he does
get here," McMahan told Gra
ham. Wants Explanation
In the affidavit of prejudice
Dram well swear that he believes
McMahan is prejudiced against
him and that he believes he can
not have n fair trial in Judga Mc
Alahan'e court.
"I don't know Frank Bramwell,
in fact I don't know that 1 ever
saw the man in my life," stated
Judge McMahan. "I want to find
out wherein I am preju Heed
against him and wherein I can
not give him a fair trial."
Attorney Graham asserted that
the statute under which the affi
davit of prejudice was filed in a
Washington statute and that it it
the practice in that state whim an
affidavit of prejudice is filed to
merely transfer the caue:e and It
i considered the court has no au
thority to examine into the facts
Bet out in the affidavit as to alle
gations of prejudice.
Fiuht is Promised
"What the courts in Washing
Ion pay relative to a statute is
Interesting and enlightening in
determining the interpretation of
mich statute." said Judge McMa
han. "Hut this court of oquky is
not hound by a decision in cmach
decided in the atatc of Washing
ton." District Attorney Carson, ap
pearing for the state on relation
of George Putnam, assumed the
position that the court has a right!
to inquire into the allegations of
(Continuel on Page Nino)
10-Cent Mileage Held
"Shameful Graft" by
Judge L. H. McMahan
Declaring that officials putting
In claims of 10 cents a mile pro
miscuously for travel expense cov
ering autoombile trips are foist
ing a "shameful graft" onto the
taxpayers, Circuit Judge L. H, Mc
Mahan today declared that th
law relative to such traveling ex
penses contemplates that the offi
cial put in his actual expenses for
the shortest route and cheapest
route that could be t4ikcn.
"If he wants to take any othei
route that is hi.; own business and
a matter of Irs own convenience
for which he should pay," stated
the judge.
"Judge Kelly and T travel bark
and forth from Albany to Salmi.
When he crmes here the t.ite pays
his expense on it when I go there
It pay., mine. The rnii'd trip from1
AKnny to Salem is miles, and
under the theory of 10 cents r.
mile we would be entitled to $5. SO
for every trip we take by autimi-j
bile. We put in a claim of ?1 30 '
Ontario Beer
False Alarm
Say Yankees
Toronto, Ont., May " (By As
sociated Press) Tlioi : u of Am
ericans living on t '; lo's bor
der have satisfied t curiosity
but not their thirst.
"Fergle's foam" is " tly froth.
Thore isno kick in "four by
four" beer, legalizec -f the Fer
guson government, y ' i went on
sale yesterday " ne er'u day."
After drinking ste .i..; for seven
hours on a wager to find out
whether the beer was inotxicating,
an Ogdensburg, N. Y.. parched pil
grim at Prescott, Ont., Insisted that
ho was still "plain sober." Tho 11
p. m. closing provision of the law
ended the te.it.
All pirts or tho province report
ed no luLixicatlon. Not one drunk
was arrested in the city of To
ronto.
WORD FROM
POLAR PARTY
Failure of Amundsen Air
planes To Return Leads
To Theory of Landing
In Ice Fields.
New York, May 22 The North
American Newspaper Alliance
said at noon today that it had re
ceived no word of the progress of
the Amundsen effort tHnee the
planes hopped off at King's Bay,
Spitzhersen, ycrtcrday afternoon.
No communication is po.jdible. Hi,;
Alliance said, since the pl.tnes
have no wireless and uo report
will be available until the party
lands at a point where ttie is com
munication with the outside
world.
Oslo, Norway. May 22. (A. P.)
Given favorable conditions, lh-
two i-e-ipl'incs of the Amundsei:
expedition which started from
Kingd Bay. Snitzbergcii yesterday
afternoon, in an attempted High:
:o the north pole should be baci;
at Spitsbergen f" about 24 hour
:'rom the tlr.ic of the take-off.
Tho distance to tho pole. 1100'
kilometer.-, or about tiSO mile?.
wa-e.p cti d to require about nin:
hours flying time.
K a fiivo-able landing place W
not found a the pole, the journey
from King-. Bay to tbo pole an i
return should orcupy about IS
hours and the planes should !:
back at Kings Bay by this after
noon. If trouble develops and Ihc
planes must be abaniUmid, the
pirty will try to reach Cape Co
lumbia, Greenland, where tbo
Peary expedition bad a base.
The Norwegian government ha-
empowered Amundsen to occupy
(Continued on I'ago Seven)
for each fip, or the amount of the
exact rornd trip railroad fare.
That ia a savins of $4.50 on every
trip.
"The law contemplate-) thrt ev
ery officer do this. It expects the
official to be honest enough to put
in his claim coveting the actual
expense over the shortest and
cheapest route he can take to ge"
to his destination. If he can go
by tr?:n ivnd wishes to travel by
automobile, it, is all right. But
Ms clrim should cover only the
actual fare It wnuld cost him. 0
course, the 10 cents a mite rin'sfl't
ray for the automobile hire. But
tr.at ten't the point. The official
could go by train, trancart bis
business and cnTie home at ri
cheaper rate than by automobile
he wants to ride by Automobile,
'hat Is all nrtv, but lot him pav
the dTfrrene himself as thr-t
me'-ely n matter of bis own con
vcnlrnce. "It is a slmnieful giaft on thi
axn.ii'ew and hould ie stopped. "j
IS
DUPLIGATE BRITISH WAR
WORK COSTS HERO PASSES
STATE MUCH
Saving of $100,000 a Year
Or More Possible Thru
Division of College And
University Courses.
By Harry N. Craln
JiuU what the needless dupU
cation of courses in the Univer
sity of Oregon and Oregon Agri
cultural college 16 costing the
taxpayers of the state cannot be
accurately estimated without a
searching and detailed survey,
but a cursory study of tho cata
logued and study schedules of- the
two institutions reveals waste
that will easily exceed $100,000
a year In duplications alone.
Most flagrant, perhaps, of the
duplications are those to be
found in the commerce, journal
ism and physical education de
partments. Here we find the spec
tacle of each institution offering
largely tho same work and with
the same apparent purpose, in
view. Pernsal of the list of cours
es offered in no manner tends to
riiipport the contentions of the
college una university faculties
that their encroachments over tho
dividing line are purely in the
nature of service courses for stu
dents preparing for other lines of
work.
Theoretically the college in
supposed to offer undergraduate
work in commerce and the unlver
sity the graduate work, but ex
amination of tho courses offered
(Continued on Pace Seven)
KK All
EXPRESS UNE
Chicago, May 22 A coiiiiiieiciiil
iir line between New York and
Chicago carrying express anil
freight by night, will begin opera
tions early this fall n n result of
the organization here yesterday of
rhe National Air Transpoit, Inc..
capitalized at $ I 0. 000, 000.
Colonel Paul Henderson, second
ajwlHtant postmaster general in
charge of the mail will resign hia
poflt, effective August 1, to become
general manager of tbo new line.
It was announced.
No pawseniiei'H will be transport
ed. A tentative schedule calls for
plan cm leaving New York at 8:30
p. m., flying over a lighted airway
to Chicago, arriving here about
3 a. m. Direction of the lines will
bo by radio. ,
Prevent plnns em bra re only the
eastern route, but others will b?
mapped out to the south and west
with Chimgo as tho hub.
No stock will be offered for pub
He nle. Of thf $10,000,000 capita!
izatlon, $2,000.11) alrrndy hns bef-n
subscribed. The project represents
tho flrt effort of private capital
to operate a wtrictly commercial
air line on n large f-ale.
Howard Coffin of the Howard
Motor Car company was eb'Ctr-d
president, with Clement K. Kys.
Curtis Aeroplane and Motor com
pany, New York chairman of the
executive committee.
Temporary executive office will
he In Detroit with operating officii
here.
BUGHTEHlELDlNSANE ,
BY BOARD OF ALIENISTS
Por-lfind. Or., May 22. Clu-.K-r
C. Buchtel, former city fi:tnan.
who confessed starting SI firrs
while be was a member of the fl'c
'ifpertment, in Suffering from de
mntia-pra.-'ox. snid a report sub
mitted ti-day to Prniiling Circuit
.lodge Morrow by a-mm in is? inn oi
nlf en h. who hnve examined hi'ii
nee hi" arr-vi alout two inonlh;
r.go. The eoinnii't-don leconimi'iid.
ed that he be ulneed in the alnn
for life.
CALLED INTO COURT
TO LAST REST
Earl of Ypres, Formerly
Field Marshal French,
Dead; Called Luckiest
Man In Army.
Deal, Eng., May 22. (A. P.)
The Earl of Ypres, better known
as Field Marshul French, British
World war hero, died here today
aged 73.
The Earl of Ypres underwent
an operation on March 19. Soon
thereafter he was reported to be
recovering but subsequently his
condition became worse.
Rising to the highest places and
honors in British military circles,
the Earl of Ypres often was char
acterized as "the luckiest man in
the army" and French luck be
came almost proverbial omong the
British soldiers. uater events.
however, caused a difference of
opinion as to whether the luck
had been on the soldier's side or on
that of the British army and the
British empire.
Hero of Ynves
Perhapi the most important
event of. his career which had to
do with tbetse tv?o Ideas was the
historic battle of Ypres In the
World war, tbo winning of whicli
barred the channel ports from the
Germans und saved England from
probable invasion. It wns at Yprss
that the (ierniiins first rcsorted to
(heir deadly gas attacks, a form of
warofare that impelled the British
commander to deplore the fuel
that on army would stoop so low.
What was termed the earl s
biggest piece of sheer luck oc-
Lrrcd in 1S95 when the Biitisu
military utithorltlcs r.ccided to re
vino the cavalry drill book es a
prelude to re-organization of tb'-
uountcd arm. At that time be
wns Colonel French, on Hie re
fired lit at half pay and had been
for two years, having been shelved
it the age of 41 to give youneer
men a chance for promotion. Hi
career apparently was ended.
"luck" Explained.
It happened that the inpct-i)
uieral of c.-valry was Sir licorg"
i,r.ck, undo. whom French, ha I
.served in India, where he per
formed brilliantly In bringinu
r aval y commands up to a high
oint of efficiency, Sir Ceorge had
tot forgotten that service and
I rouRiit Colonel French out of re
tirement to write the new cavalry
book. The result was character
ized ns a "a masterpiece of lucid
explanation r.m f rrse precision."
Then the question arose ns to wa
to carry out the alterations called
for in the book. Koine answere-l
t'ho one who suggested them."
r'renrh wos made assistant ndju
fant gene -al of cavalry and pro
ceeded in climb upward to the
command of the first 100.000
British scldicrs who met the firs'.
terrific onslaughts of the Germans
n the World war.
In the meantime French had
n.ade oxtenaivo reforms and
'iven command of a cavalry brl-
grle. In the maneuvers of 1S9.I
ho attracted the attention of the
ni ire British army. In these.
t Continued on Pag 8ven
Pail. May 22 (By Associated
Pr) The Fieneh cabinet nl a
meeting today approved the pre
liminary men tire. of Finance Min
ister Cull In ii x for hn lancing the
'.niilirei. Ur-tfilln were not revealed
but it in understood the plan in
eludc the levy in (f of additional tax
at ion and the withdmwnl of r
eeipm from Germany under the
Dawes plan payments from the
tntdiret, so ns part ran be devoted
to pammt of lnternlited dehtji.
M. Cniliaux reiterated that the
French government had n nt no
no'e to Washington reirnnlini:
I-"r-:inre debt to the Foiled Htntes.
The finance bill will be presf-nt-ed
to the chamber of depute ,nn
fl.lV.
PAY DEATH PENALTY
, N J
" . .. i
Arthur Covell
li;
Washington, May 22. Discus
ions of agriculture and the mer
chant marine by Secretary Jardin'
and President Leigh C. Palmer of
the em orgency fleet corpora t ion
and consideration of resolutions
omifi'ised the concluding business
oda- of the convention of the
chaiS'ber of commerce of tin
United Stales.
Another cabin, member, Secre
tary' Hoover, lohi the delegate?;
last night (hat re-organization nl
'.lit. administration function of
the pnvernmeut is necessary foi
cliitnnat inn of waste in overlap
ping agencies.
He advocated three primary re
forms gro.ijiing of all ogencles
of ti.e iame major purple uiuLm
one ad mi nisi i ative supervision ;
reparation of semi-judicial und
;emi-lei;id;itlVt and advisory func
tions from the administrative
funciions; putting the former un
der joint minds and the latter un
der j'ingl.' rcsponsinility and re
lieving the prr.sidi nt of n vasi
uno si ut Oi direct administrative
labor.
The government, be declared.
can have ii definite and const st
ent policy for conservation ami
use of national resources so Ion?,
as responsibility i spread among
everal departments. Ho cited the
"recent occurrences in the oil
leasv"nd "our deplorable lack of
a defhiite and organized merchant
marine'" as examples of what niay
happ.Mi undor divided reponiiil
ity. It in impoi tant, Mr. Ilo'iver a--
sertcij t; bring kindred agencies
together under one authority "
that their over-lnpplng edges can
be clipped and their fights stop
ped. '
Han Kntnelsco. May 22 ( Hy
AfFocirted Pi I Horothy Filing
won, J7 year old ntnfessed matri
cide, pronoum-i'd pane iifler six
weekn cfHiiliieiiKnt at the Napa
state hospital will be returned here
this afternoon to be arraigned for
the aerond time on a minder
ehaige. She will be arraigned prob
ably tomorrow before Superior
.ludvc Harold Iotiderbak.
The girl b Intimated that she
would plead not guilty to the flrnt
degi ee murder charge standing
agaitiRt her. In a written state
ment irl "en out lat nlKbt, Dorothy
repudiated her signed r-onfeton
given the pollee nbortly nfter her
arrest about January 15 and put
the blame for tho killing of her
mother to one "Jimniie LaMirr,"
whom ."lie :iyn was one of her
former noe:ite in night life -capai'fu.
l'oh'e rue searching for
I-ft.Marr.
Ilics from Heat.
St. I-'.uis. Mo., May 22. (A P.)
The fiit heat fatality of 192.1
here, ocrum-d yesterday when
' l ;,rlefl Smith. 47. negro, died at
a hfsipifil. The emperature r.'g
'R'e; ed !' 1 degrees, tho warmest
!n-y 21 In Hie hifHtry or lh-
t!i r ! -ire.-iu here.
if
and L. W. Pcaro
Courtesy Oregonian
I
IS REVEALED BY
Boston, May 22. (A. p.) Fed
eral officers, who raided an office
in Haymarkel Square today said
they believed they had uncovered
the biggest rum running organiza
tion found in this city since the
Volstead act went into operation.
Ilocordu seized, they said, revealed
that thrve steameiti, together with
:ichocners and a fleet of U.r -kn.it
peed boats vcie ucl-J and thai
wholesale booileggi'i'd and persons
of prominence throughout the
country were customers.
Tho s-teatuei- Van v.as seized nl
her berth her,; by customs' officers
aided by Bosion police, who found
E00U ca;uH of ns.-.r(cd liqiiurH on
iioard. 'i'he eleven iiicmb-ra of llr
crew wciv arresti d. The vessel,
which ordinarily plies between
Boston and Cras: ell I, N. .1., bad
rKared from lon-vport, Maine.
President W. II, Burton of Hie
.Maine Coast & Canada Steamship
company was arrvsled charged
Willi conspiracy to violate the cus
toms laws. He was to be arraign
ed with Captain McLean of tin
Van and the members of the crew.
New York, May 22. -Ale and
whiskey vr.lued at mor. than
$150,(100 were seized by custom
agcnUi Hi is afternoon on Ihc
steamship Boston, of the Eastern
Steamship company's line, and tb"
freighter Winter':. Customs offi
cials said it was the biggest seizure
ever mrifle from const-wise vent'-ls.
The re.-ignation of Ward Willi
Long, for the past four yeara min
ister of the First Presbyterian
church of Salem, was formally ac
cepted at a meeting of the church
com rega t ion last night. In pre
sent'.ng bis resignation Hev Mr.
Long expressed his thanks and ap
preciation for thp co-operatlun of
member. of his church during hfs
;.astorale here.
Arrangements were made lo
hold a Joint meeting of the board
of trustees and the church session
to appoint a committee to concur
with ltev. Mr. Kong in bis request
to the Willamette Presbytery to
dissolve his present church rela
tionship here. Ills resignation is
t take effect June 15, nnd be
will go immediately after to Stock
ton, California, nnd take up hl;
new pastorate there.
A committee on pulpit supply
v ill nlo be formed Sunday, and
will be authorized to select the
name of one man and present It
the church congregation for ac
ceptance or rejection. There are
a ntimliT of applications already
filed for th-? position here.
nationOhamber
endorses secrecy
Washington, May 22. The
chamber of commerce of th"
Fnited States today unanimously
n dop ted a rnr.nl nt Ion approving
t he recent net Ion of the federal
trade cnmmisAion in adopting new
r.'.lc governing its publicity pro
cedure.
DEFENSE 10
CHALLENGE
NO JURYMEN
Attorneys For Shepherd
Say First 12 Accepted
By State Are To Be Ap
proved By Them.
Chicago, May 22. The fiiwt 12
men decided upon by the state n.s
a jury to tr; William U. Shepherd
on a charge of Killing his wife's
millionaire ward, William M. Mc
Clintock with typhoid germs, will
be accepted by the defense.
Shepherd's attorneys said they
would do so to halt talk of de
fense tampering with jurors and
witnesses which has been investi
gated since Itobert White, state
witness, disappeared and Philip
Barry, u venireman, said he hud
been "approached" by a man who
said he was acting for the defense.
Jurv FixW Denied.
James C. Callau, local politician,
named by Barry, denied through
his attorney that he had made uiiy
attempts to "fix a Juror. The at
torney said he would surrender
Callan to the prosecutor.
Whilo tho county grand Jury
continued Its Investigation of
White's disappearance search for
ill in extended lo Miami, Fla., where
Robert F. Crowe, ntute's attorney,
was told he had lied. Miami au
thorities did net find him nl a
given adilrms and dtectlvci were
Kent 0:1 roads to Jacksonville to
Mitercept 1j tin should be come that
way.
White gave nervine allornryh
an affidavit withdrawing an orig
inal slaiemenl that Shepherd had
been connected with C. C. Fainiau.
bead of u small science school, be
fore he vr.nlslud, Arthur Byrne, a
prviate detective employed by tip
defense, was reported to have told
the grand jury. Byrne was said ('
have tcntificd that White bad fold
him his life has been threatened
and that t be original statement
b.-.d been drawn from him by In
timidation. The state planned to
use While In corroboration of Fat
tnau. who confessed he supplied
Shepherd with the typhoid germs
for a promise of $100,000 fro;n
McCIinlock's estate.
Storic: Conflict.
A different f.y of White's
disappearance was reported told to
the grand jurors by William
Adam, blind news vendor, win
said White told htm be hail b.'eti
offend $25,ooo and a furnished
bungalow in Florida to leave Chi
cago. Adams aid While told him
he intended refusing the offer.
Meanwhile tup progress of selec
tion of the jury bad been back
wards. Two state per emptor y
challenges reduced the tentative
jurors to ten, one less than had
been obtained last Monday when
the trial opened. Seventy venire
men have b"en quslioni'd.
SHORT SKIRTS IN COURT
I. os Ange!.H, Cal., May 22.---California's
highest court has been
asked to decide the hgb skirt suit
of Myrtle M. Kirsch. Miss Kirwch
sued a 1-os Angeles grocery firm
for $50,000 damage, alleging lliai
one of the defendant's delivery au
tomobiles bad struck and Injured
her In such n way that she has
:dnce been unable to wear horl
skirts without great humiliation
and menial nnguish. The super
ior court awarded her $:t000 but
the defendant company declared
the amount too high and filed a
plea with the supremo court.
The Velvet Hammer
By Arthur
P. II. P'AUt Y
The glory of our city and our country nnd our .-tale has nccr for
a moment been the object of debate, but often when the orator
arises to endorse, be praiMM even heaven with a waul of pep and force,
while earthly wonders ho may lackadaisically laud until bis phrases
Injurs man and try the tact of Hod,
But D'Arey ran salute the flag with wind that makes It wave, enn
make the woodland echo nnd the eagle scream and rave. In days)
gone by be was the guy for every public fest, who thundered nil tho
verities with patriotic chest. A lawer who enn make tho Jury weep
and blow their nose, bo seldom fnils to shake the tii'o on which his
verdict grows. "
He beads the S'ate society of gray-haired plo.ieers, of those who
ventured hflherwurd behind a learn of steers. He's heard tho Indian'
war drum with lis homicidal beat, but only union barbers ever trimmed
the. hair nf Pete, nnd when Ibe pioneers and be h;ivo nothing eNe to
o. he testis them hs their president in eating barbecue.
EXECUTIONS
GREWSQME
IN EXTREME
Drop Fails To Break Neck
of Cripple Who Stran
gles To Death; Blood
Covers Peare.
Two executions, gruesomo in th
extreme, took place nt tbo Mat
penitentiary early today when L.
W. Peare, 08 years old. wan hang
ed for the murder of his wife nnd
James Culver, and Arthur Covell,
helpless paralytic, swung to his
death for inciting tho murder of
his sister-in-law, Mrs. Ebba Covell
of Bandou. Both were sentenced
in Coos county. Peare went thru
tho trap at 7:T9 and was dead In
H minutes. Covell, strapped to a
board, dropped nt 8:32 and was
lead in 27 minutes. Tbo fall fail
ed to break bis neck nnd he strung
led to death.
Whilo Peare was In (jail at Co
Itilllo ho tried to commit suicide
by slashing his throat. When hia
body shot downward through the
trail door of the ncaffold today lha
old wound broke open nt the. Jerk
of the ropt. From beneath tho
black cap the blood poured In jets
and cascaded down the chest nnd
limbs of the banging figure, cov
ering the shoes and forming a pool
on the floor. There was a long
drawn whistling as tbo air rush
ed from the lacerated throat, much
like that from a child's toy bal
loon. Then liio body hung ttiet
ly, and Old Man Pen re's tumultu
ous life had ended.
Accompanied by Warden TJal
rymple and guards, Peaie filtered
the execution chamber calmly, nnd
walked up the steps of the scaf
fold unassisted.
A.M;d if he bad anything to say,
he replied:
"I haven't nuj thing to say, ex
cept to bid you nit good-bye." To
t hu hangmn n ho said : "I mn't bo
fraid to draw It up tight." Int
night the (dd mountaineer said: "I
have had trouble all my life. The
months I have l.i-en In prison havo
been tbo cnlmest I have ever bad.
I have g;ilned in health and ft'-sh,
I want to die, and right now
wouldn't trade places with any
other man here."
Peare profefed belief in a su
preme being. "I will soon know,"
bo said. But be would accept no
creed. ltev. C. M. Bryan, the prison
chaplain, uttered a brief pniyer n
Peare stood v. lib noose and black
cap adjusted.
There was eoriHiderablo delay In
getllng the helpless Covell ready
for his execution. It was ncees-
y to dre;;s hliil, for he had lain
for weeks wiih only a dressing
gown on. He was wheeled In In
the invalid eha'r at 8:30, removed
from the chair ami carried to the
trap. Tho services of several men
re necessary to strap him to .h
boa rd.
nrtl SIiiiiikIis
'I wish all well," said Covell In
bis calm, nilky voire. "I have no
ill will toward anyone. Good-byt
lo you nil." The ehnplnln prayed
;tnd the trap wns sprung.
The noose a p pea red to be MieB
lineally adjusted. Hut a beav
board was strapped to CoveM'l
hack, and, according to the prison
loci or, this rtnln t allow tin
"whip"' Jl.at Is necessary to break
the neck. Covell died by straugu-
itlon, but apparently without suf
ferlng. Half a dozen physicians at
tended the body.
Though he welcomed the min
ist rat ions of the prison eh;i plain.
Covell did not accept his faith
He relied on a faith related In
some way to his study of the stnn
and the occult sciences.
Both men slept some during th
night, and both att brenkfast. Yes
terday nnd this morning both talk-
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