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THE WEATHER: . Horth Oarollne Fair, warmer , Friday;., Saturday , fair. CITIZEN WANT ADS ; I V i BRING RESULTS j VOL. XXXVI, NO. 91 ASIIEVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 30, 1920. PRICE FIVE CENTS RE6UL ATIONS FOR OBTAIN NG LIQUOR L Are Made Public by the Bu reau of Internal Revenue. OFFICIALS COMPILE SYSTEM OF PERMITS Physicians and Pharmacists May Get Permits From Director. WASHINGTON, Jan. 21. Methods by which Intoxicating liquor may. bo ootawea ror medical purpose ana detailed regulations governing their sale were made publlo tonight by inenureau or Internal revenue. An nouncement also -was made that the bureau had compiled a system of permits, providing a definite and fixed channel through which all Intoxicat ing liquors must move, and bv which hereafter the government will know tne location of every, gallon of dls tilled liquor within the nation's boundaries, except that stored - I private homes. In setting forth the wave lit isfh liquor may be procured. CoramMtion- er - Koper took occasion to Issue warning - against profiteering- in it sale. The commissioner . declared that exorbitant charges for liquor for medicinal purposes . "certainly, places the .dispensers' tburoof la the clasa WKO. profited, sjA ttuy will t lo- aftigtey , 2 .. . Storjdv sdsn nnnnfuubf ,fliai ! qjr aeiaed Wer xedml Jaw pri. . s (tost. October - SI . vnloee 1sIbvv Wider Cm e day ttiUntz. would, be sold by order Of the court undo fit Jurisdiction of whleh t la held. It must be sold, however, to a holder of a permit to use It either for me dicinal or non-beverage purposes. Must Have Permit. Tlrt.K .1. ..kMi,,L. kA iw and the pharmacist who sella liquor, the regulations provide, must have a permit which may be obtained from the federal prohibition director. Other details of the method by which liquor for medicinal purposed' may be purchased follow: "Any physician duly licensed to practice medlalne and actively on gaged in the practice of such pro fesslon may obtain a permit to pre scribe Intoxicating liquor and may ,,.then issue prescriptions for distilled spirits, wines or certain alcoholic medicinal preparations for medicinal . purposes for persons upon whom .he. Is in attendance In cases where ha . believes tha the- use of liquor as a medicine Is necessary. In no oaae may . aplrltous liquor be prescribed by one or more physicians In exeess of one ' pint for the same ' person within any period of 10 days.-- -' j "All prescriptions for. Intoxicating nquor are requested to be written on prescription blanks provided for the oureau. except that in emergency cases pnystcians may use their reg ular prescription blanks. "Prescriptions for ' Intoxicating liquor may do nliea only by register ed pharmacists who hold permits au thorizing them to do so, or who are employed by retail druggists holding rucn permits. pnarmicasts and drug grists holding such permits will pro euro their supplies of Intoxicating liquor from manufacturers or others persons holding permits authorizing in exu 10 hii liquor. . rreocription Plan. "Persons to whom Drescrlntlona for Intoxicating liquor are Issued by pnyncians may procure the liquor prescribed through pharmacists or druggists holding permits without Ob- tanlng permita "Physictane may also . obtain per mits entitling them to procure not more than six quarts of distilled spirits,, wines or certain alcoholic preparations during any calendar year for administration to their pa tient In emergency cases where de lay in procuring liquor on a pre scription through a pharmacist might have serious consequence to the pa tient. "Provision Is also made In the reg ulations for Issuing permits to hos pitals and sanatorlums to enable them to procure Intoxicating liquor to be administered for medicinal purposes to patients at sucn institutions and also for Issuing permits to manu facturing, Industrial and .other es tablishments, maintaining first aid stations, authorising them to procure such Uqu6r for administration to their employes for - medicinal pur. poses in emergency eases.' MRS. WM, CBTECRXEY DEES, MACON Oa., Jan. It. Mra. Wm. Checkley Shaw, widow of the former vice-president and general manager of the Georgia Southern and Florida railroad, died suddenly at 1 o'clock this morning. Mrs. ehaw was a mem ber of a prominent Baltimore fam ily and her mother, Mrs. John fltew art. still resides there, BARK GOES ASHORE. NORFOLK, ; Vs., Jan. !. The three-masted Italian bark Gluseppl I'AIII. steel hull, around from Genoa Norfolk, went ashore this morning tn the Carolina coast, about IS miles louth of Capo Henry, The craft is reported to bo In Imminent danger. FOR MEDICA HATE YOTT . BEEN ENUMERATED? - ; If not or if you hvn any doubt, fill out toe coUpoa. be low and mail to Philip C. Cocke; Assistant Supervisor of - the Census, 3 Library Building, Asheville Jf C. fc, vv t "On January 1st, 1920, 1 was livinjr at tjie address .riven ' below, but to the best of my knowledge and belief I have . not been enumerated there or anywhere else." ' Name ..:..;.;..-.:,;v.i;iV-..;. Street and Number ........ ;; ; ;, - city:., t;;:. :... (In mailinfcr mark the envelope 'official business', pos tare not required). , - ', , 'v.: T t h-x Always on The Job mi inn nrrn pnnrn Financial Interests. Does Not Favor Some Phas es of International Con-1 ference. WASHINGTON, Jan. II. Tha United Btatea treasury does not look with favor upon certain features of. the proposed international conference recently called 'by a coterie of na tionally known financiers and com mercial leader , In , an effort - to lead the world out of the financial -and commercial chaos lata which it was dragged by the war. Secretary Glass declared tonight In a letter-to a committee of the cham ber of commerce of the United States which has sought, a government., ex pressionon the meeting, that such a fuslon . and revive hopes, doomed to disappointment, of further govern' ment loana'1 . r . With a note -of some finality, Mr. Glass set forth the government's pol Icy with respect 1 to furnishing cred its stating that the. treiwury "Is op posed to government control over for eign trade and finance' and even more opposed to- private control. It is convinced that the .credits . required for the economic restoration must oorae through private channels." In this respect, this government fears the proposed conference would mean many Europeans would .assume that the united States was about to shoul der more of their burdens," Mr. Glass explained. ' "If the ' chamber of commerce of the United States (to which were left details of tha conferences call) consid ers u aavisaote ana .aesu-aoie . to aes. ignate representatives to attend an un. official conference," Mr. Glass , said, "tha treasury, department does not of fer objection provided the scope and character and limitations of such a conference. ' a well as the impoesl blllty of United States government ac tion, . are clearly understood. , But there are numerous sus-restlons . con tained In 'the memorial sent broadcast by tho letters which are clearly not appropriate for consideration,, auch as cancellation of some, or any obliga tlona of foreign governments held by the United Btatea or even the. defer ring of obligations of foreign govern menta to llena created - In favor of loans hereafter made for reconstruc tlon purposes." Differences) tn Call. Mr. Glass directs attention to dif ferences which he discovered In the formal call. for. the conference as Is. sued hero and in several foreign coun- tries. . The memorials, . circulated In Europe, Mr. Glass said, apparently advocated further governmental fin ancial assistance and requested the respective governments to designate representatives to those-international meetings which' thus would accord in an official character." This, however, was omitted from the document cir culated In the United' States and made publlo In New, Tork January 14. Tho . situation . facing urope, the treasury secretary said, .was one to be solved by- the activity of those na tions and their nationals and not for settlement . by' any world-wide plan such as the 'proposed ' International conference .contemplated. ; , .; . . ;: : v.-kvTi.s'-V 5 '' ' WILL GO TO AID OFTWOAVITAOHS PexmifiLoa to Orosa Border BROWNSVILLR Texas, Jan. It. ' Several aviators of the eighth aero squadron at - McAIIen, Texas, tonight were awaiting permission from the Mexican government to cross the In ternational boundary to carry oil and gasoline . to Lieutenants E. F. Davis and G. E. Grimes, who made a forced landing to miles below the Zapata county, Texas, border, yes terday. Major Torres, acting commander or Mexican . troona in the Matamoroa district, telegraphed the Mexican war department today recommending1 such permisson be granted. So far as known here no reply . had been received early tonight Grimes and Davis still are at Guer rero. a Mexican village, lie' miles west of MatarnOToa. aooowtlna1 ee the hatest advice received at Fort Brown. It was said the two flyer probably would remain there until they are able to bring out their machine. The landing waa forced by exhaustion 01 their gasoline after the aviators had become lost In a fog. They are not prisoners except in a technical sense, It waa said at Fort Brown and are being shown every courtesy by Mex lean officials. F, GRILLED BY Statement on Wall Street Control Results In Spirited Tilt. WASHINGTON. Jan. 19. Benja min C. Marsh, representing the farm ers national council, opposing the sale of government-owned ships. In testl mony before the senate commerce committee today, came In for sharp questioning by committee members when he declared that he represented a considerable proportion of farm or. ganlsatlons which are not controlled by Wall street. Pressed by Senator Jones, republican, Washington, chair man of the. committee, to name those farm organisations which Wall street controlled. Marsh said the National Federation of state Farm Bureaus was one and that '.'In a large meas ure" the National Orange was an other." Senator McNary, republican. Oregon, during an exchange, told Marsh that he "represented none of the honest farmers of Oregon," and demanded that he cease using expres slona which might make it appear so. AH you do represent is those non partisan fallows," Senator McNary told Marsh. Senator Nelson, republican, MIn neeota, asked Marsh if there waa any alliance between his organisation and the Russian Soviets, to which ques tion a negative reply was made. Marsh Informed the committee that It was the purpose of the farmers national council to "elect a new sen ate and congress" and that It was the desire of the council's 760,000 constantly growing : membership to have -the ships retained until this new congress took Its seat. Senator Fernald, republican. Maine. wanted Marsh to say whether or not the farmers generally were satisfied with government operations of rail roads and ships and Marsh returned promptly that they were not. Their dissatisfaction however, he claimed to be due to Inefficiency of the pres ent congress. -"We want to defeat bills for the sale of these ships" he concluded, "be cause J. P, Morgan and company, will buy most of them for Great Britain and the bolsheviks of Wall street will get the rest," , WILL INVESTIGATE BOUNDARY DISPUTE OKLAHOMA CITY. Jan. II. Ad jutant-General Charles F. Barrett and Colonel B. H. Markham, commander of the Second Oklahoma infantry, left tonight at the - request of Governor Robertson for Oranfleld to Investigate the . boundary dispute which la dis turbing claimants of the oil produc ing bed of the Red river between uaianoma ana Texas, -.-; : ADM DELEGATE SOUS By Billy Borne t CONSOLIDATION OF ROADS ADVOCATED ( 'i.v ' i 1 ajsgjjMaaMesBMafc ' ' By nfcrefcAdflrearciore Loulsrflle CWb. Urges the Necessity of Division of Excess Earnings. hOXnSVtLLBL Ky. Jan. tl Walker Ok ' nines, 'director-gen eral of rail roads, in an address before the Trans portation club, here tonight, urged the necessity of a division of excess earn ings of railroad corporations above a reasonable return in order to Dro tect the public against excess earn ings of very prosperous) railroads and tw-ofor tnawg Tabetuni to an railroads.- r---, '- . ; Mr. Hinea declared hie belief that Unless the railroad, problem- at the present time is dealt with "in a bold and effective way" tho return to pri vate management after federal con trol "will bo wholly disappointing." .The director-general also urged the compulsory consolidation of the rail road systems of the country into a few large systems and suggested the participation of the publlo and labor in tne management of the railroads. Major-General Leonard Wood, who Is visiting Louisville on an Inspection trip, waa another speaker at the. ban quet.- . In hie discussion of the railroad rate question and the. reorganisation of the railroads which he believes necessary after . government control, Mr. Hlnea said; . . . ''I believe that no prompt, confident and liberal regulation of the railroads will be , practicable unless provision Is made for the appropriating for the benefit of the public interest an im portant part of the excess which any railroad company may earn . over a clearly, reasonable return. "The excess earnings thus appropri ated for the publlo benefit ought to be used largely tor the creation ' of re serves to protect the railroad situation in unfavorable years and thus an ad ditional element of stability will be given to. the. situation. - SALE OF GLOVER SEED. ' ROANOKE. Va., Jan. ft. Clover teed, sold on the Roanoke market to day, for t 7a bushel, an Increase of $11 over last year's price. Further advances are expected. j PEACE PROPOSAL IS MADE TO POLES BY HEADS OF SOVIET RUSSIAN Declaration Is Signed By Lenine and Trotzky. Bequest Made for Release of TJ. S. Bed Cross Work ers Held By Beds. LONDON. Jan. I. A" .wireless dispatch received from Moscow says that a declaration signed by PremleW Lenine, , Foreign Minister Tchitcher In and Minister of War Trotsky, ad dressed to the Polish government on behalf of the council of the peoples' commissaries, invites a friendly set tlement of all disputes and questions outstanding, between Poland and so viet Russia. At the beginning the declaration .ye that It Is Incumbent on the Po lish government to decide whether or not to make war on Russia." It proceeds to accuse the supporters of Winston Spencer Churchill, the Brit ish' war minister, and - M. Clemen oeau, the former French premier, of endeavoring, to Incite Poland In a "senseless, criminal war against so viet Russia." . The declaration as serts - that the . soviet government, from, the first, recognised the Inde pendence! and sovereignty of the Po lish republic and that this-, will be sonflrmed at the February meeting iv-i'-fV1 "V- -; MESSAGES IY BE FROM MARS. NOTED Communication With Planet "Not Improbable" Says Steinmetz. ABBOTT SAYS VENUS MAY BE RESPONSIBLE Marconi Announces Time for Investigating Origin of Sounds. NKW YOniC, Jan. 29. Wireless communication with Mara U "not at all improbable," ttr. Chtirlen P. Bteln mrtz, Invettjor. and a loading author ity on eloctric waves and power, de clared In a statement here tonight. He said that this could probably be done by the consolidation of all the electric power in the country into one great sending station at the cost of about tl. 000,000, 000. Lofty towers at least 1,000 feet high would have to be -erected, he added, in order to transmit the messages to the planet which- never cornea any nearer the earth than 50,000,000 tniles and at certain periods U 250,000,000 miles away, "If the United States would go Into tho effort to send mes sages to Mars with the same degree .of Intensity and thoroughness with which we went, in to the war," contin ued Ir. Stelnmetx. , "It is not nt all improbable -that the plan would suc ceed.". -i,'.;, ?. .. ,...., ... TOe' inventor, urged that 'the im tartoua wtrolosa . messages received at I Q w WMi a' W leasagea' received - at as b. recorded, a number of than, i tha same fdnmm the vyaMotw stations explained that-if were . reeelved with tho. same ''degree or intensity in aiserent parts or tne world and were of greater ' ''wave length" than required for "our. great est earth messages" It would then be "reasonable to suppose that they must have oome from some point outside of the earth." He added that if Mara was "trying to communicate with this world It Is doubtful If it would ever be possible to decipher the code, but It would be satisfaction to know that one planet oould send messages to the Other and that intelligent beings were Inhabit-! tng tha planet from which they came." "We know enough about Mara to assume that : the Inhabitants are there for. the planet hat snow and air and all the requirements for hu man occupancy," : he added, "would very likely be the first to aerid mea. agea f rom -one-lanet , . to -another, It is a much colder planet than ours and therefore Its Inhabitants ought to be further advanced In intelligence and scientific investigation. FROHABIiT VESVB ' WASHINGTON. Jan. X9. By the Associated Press) If wireless mes sages are being received on the earth from some, other planet, as auggested by William Marconi, it la not Mara sending ' the signals, hut most prob ably Venue, says Dr.. C Q. Abbott, director qf the Smithsonian astro- physical ' observatory and assistant secretary of tho Smithsonian Institu tion.' i Dr. Abbott - makes no claim that the mysterious wireless signals do come from another planet, but says If they do, Mara la eliminated aa a possibility because known con ditions on that planet probably would not permit the existence of anw form of living ereaturea ; ANTI-RADICAL BOD Y IS FORMED IN S. C. wuuwuuu a. v., , tn ti . ui - ganlsed effort to defeat propaganda or any ox tne revolutionary forces try imr to gain a foothold In South Caro lina waa begun at a conference held here today when an organisation waa formed' of oitiaena from various sec tions of the state, headed by former Governor - Richard I. Manning and called by President Henry Nelson Bny der of Wofford college. It waa announced that South Caro lina la now 100 percent American and that an effort will be made by a cam paign of education and publicity to keep It ao. INVENTOR ASSERTS This la the type of Russian armored train captured by a de tachment of American troops from General Semenoffs forces the other day when the Americans were fired upon without provoca tion. , This picture waa taken, in Bolshevik Russia, - ' . of the supreme executive commit tee of the soviet Further, U de clares,, there is no territorial, eco nomics or other questions which can not be solved peacefully by negotia tion, concessions and mutual agree ments, auch aa are now bslna ar ranged with Esthonla. TO SIGX TRKATY ' COPENHAGEN, Jan. II A peace treaty between Esthonla and so viet Russia will be signed today, ac cording to a Reval dispatch to the Pelltlken. -The Berllngske Tldende's Helstngfora correspondent says the -:,;':' -V'"-" . - "FLU" CASES ARE INCREASING FAST RICHMOND, Va.. Jan. 10. With Hi new- cases of tnfluonxa reported today, arrangements were tuado tonight with the medical col lege of Virginia." for the occupa tion of the Dooley and new col ored hiwpltal an emergency build ings to house the patients. . Health reports tonight gave a total of 1,57 tnfluensa cases, with one deuth. making the total fatal ities nix (or the month, .All the hiwpltulii are filled, health reports show, und arrangements were made for a temporary hospital for colored patients. The stagger run-of traffic be comes effective tomorrow and new regulatiiAis were posted today by tho welfare department clarify ing the various buxlnettt workers to the end that with a change in working hours, the traffic conges tion will be eliminated. New rules aluo affect the theatres which will be open from 10:30 to 1, from 2 to t:15 and from 7 to 10. During the lntermlxalons the theatres will be thoroughly fumi gated. Persons who cough or sneexe will be ejected from thea tres undor the new rules.!' ! In Trial of Suspended As- semblymen at Albany. Party War Program Is Bead Into Record By Counsel forCommittee. 'i ,';..- ..'..:(" h f . ' eei-a. TftL3' JZiJLjTtJZi SSSL JSLl !T nltton. 9rlar w a v hi socialists were vmtreirr i.ked by their party to employ In 1ta program of "continuous, active-and publio od- positlon to the war," was made today by the prosecution at the trial of the nve unseated socialists assemblymen charged with disloyalty. Counsel for the assembly ludlclarv committee conducting the Investiga tion, read Into the record the procla mation and war program adoDted at the St Louis convention of the social 1st party on April T, HIT, on day af ter me unitea Btatea entered the world conflict, " tn which workers were nrged to oppose the -war "through demonstrations, mass peti tions and all other means within our power,"'.1! v.'--.' , The proseeutloa 'al r Into the I record denunciation of the war In the peoeiainaiion as one caused oy tne treachery and trickery of the capital istic class through . their representa tives in congress." . ' Finally committee counsel brought out that the "anti-sabotage clause" In the party's constitution, of which the prosecution- asserted 'socialists formerly ? had "boasted" , had 1 been strloken out at the same convention. Part of this afternoon's session was devoted 'to examination of . Frank Washerman, a New York- lawyer.' who testified that in a debate' on soclal lsm, with Assemblyman August Close- ens the latter had called the federal constitution "a mere aerao of Daoer" and. that the people when they got control under a' socialist government would take things by force, .Waaserman also testified Classens had said - "the flag does not count; the red flag Is the only flag that amounts to anything, the flag of brotherhood; and- the workingman has no country." , i j . . Aooordlng to Wasserman, ? Assem blyman . Charles Solomon, another defendant, had asserted "in a private discussion - on. a- street corner In Brooklyn" that assembly-chamber- he had stated he was, a bolshevtst and that he had told, the witness he ap proved of the methods adopted by. the bolshevlsts. . Solomon, the witness said, also told him' that socialist were conducting Bunaay school class es In the Brownsville section ao, that children "may be. ready for the revo lution." Subjecting the witness to a long cross examination. Mr. Htedman brought out that the witness under standing of ."revolution" waa use "of organised force outside of aovsrn. 'mental functions to overthrow the prevailing order." GOVERNMENT signing of peace1 between Letvla and soviet Russia la expected in a few daya , . ' ,;" ;. ' RELEASE BOUGHT WASHINGTON. Jan. II. Request for the release of the four American Red Cross workers recently captured by the bolshevlkl In Siberia already has been forwarded to the Russian soviet authorities through the Cseche Red Cross headquarters, waa Inform ed today by representatives In Vla divostok In - a cablegram. Tha cable eta ted that the prisoners were not believed, to be in any danger. v - ' - 'i. - - , - ' - SOCIALISTS VIEWS ON WAR ET . T? I. I S ''i lu" ' 'i''v . . HAMBY MAINTAINS HIS COMPOSURE TO LAST HOUR Of LIFE Murderer and Bandit Walks to Electric Chair Un . aided. I 'GO AHEAD BOYS" HE TELLS ATTENDANTS Spends Last Day Beading, .Writing and Eating-v Is Not'TTnnervecL OSSINING. N. Y Jan. ID. Oordon Fawcette llamhy, ' murderer, ' bank robber and train bandit, whose crime record reached from coast to coast and i culminated In the murder. of two Hrooklyn bank employes in December, l'JIS, was electrocuted In Sing Sing prison tonight. , i n s - -; . Hamby maintained to the last the Iron composure which marked his demeanor from the hour of .his arrest in Tacoma, Wash., last June. He re fused, the offer of the Protestant and Roman Catholic chaplains to accom pany him to the chair and walked to his death - unaided - and with a firm step. After he had seated himself he turned to warden Lawes and asked permission to make statement. In a clear voice which betrayed' not the slightest symptom of emotion, he salds. hndthe misfortune for indood it wt, a mtnfortaae, Jo come In front bf 3 y B..J n's gun had e, chance ani a ed Aawe.'-'Tha0i,a''-);Oo,BJead' , tne nmi of trmi .xtan;.- w Ad i ted -that his right seme wee JajrAlleiW".- . " . .' ... - M' ii:ipraawi"' iwmw Hambr spent his last day In the death house writing letters tn hie cell, reading newspapers and "talking" with the oulja board. -' He. expressed relief when he learned that an elev enth' hour effort to get Governor Smith to give htm a reprieve had failed. , ' i . .V When asked what he wanted for supper, Hamby. ordered lobster salad of which he at heartily. - Ha then , proceeded to enjoy some of the cigars and candy-' which his companions In' the death house had furnished Mm., , Father William E. Cashln, the Ho rn an Cathollo chaplain, spent a half hour with -the condemned man this afternoon, who- did not actually re--fuse spiritual consolation but request, ed the priest and Rev. , tv A- N. Pet- -erson, the Protestant chaplain, not to acoompany him in his walk to the chair,.-, .; v r I .' t . When asked by Father Cashln If , he had any message for the youth of the country, Hamby saidi "I don't wlah to appear In the light of a moral ist but rou can tell them for me nev- ; er to start doing wrong. Once you get started In crime you can never atop." t . - v . r, . Arrested In Taoorna. -, Oordon Faweett Hamby, the bandit who today expiated hia crimes In the death chair, was arrested In Tacoma. Wash., last June under the name of "Jay B. Allen," aftter killing a man there In a revolver fight. He was later identified as one of the two rob bers who, oa December II, llil, held up the East Brooklyn Savlnga Bank and, after killing two of Its employes, winail In an automobile with II I.v 009. v ! ' Extradited to New Tork and tried for this crlmg Hamby stood revealed as a self-confessed participant In the robbery of thirteen banks and two trains and many killings. He steadily refused to tell anything about hie family. He said he preferred to be known as "AlUn" and that he was , born in llll in Alberta, Canada, He declared his parents were dead and that he had two brother whom he had not seen for five years. He aald he waa a college graduate IM HU speclaUsed in psychology. After tfamDy a eonvicuon nerev an attorney, ' against ' the prisoner's -wishes, appealed his case. He ob-v tained the appointment of a oommie- slon to determine the bandlt'a sanity but the higher court affirmed the 1 verdict and he was also fbund to be normal" He freely admitted me crimes and said he waa wanted In Chicago, - San Francisco and other . places. After the Brooklyn robbery, Hamby said he met a girt in New Yorkand. that they went successively to Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore,' Pittsburgh. Chicago, California ana , Tacoma. , - "I was surprised the California po-' Ilea did not get me." he aald, shortly after being brought Beat. "Then in ' Tacoma I got In that poiKieai row with 'Bob Davis and ' killed him. . Bob' waa a game fellow and in sor ry I shot him, nut l was arraia ne waa going to get me.' After that I was all ready to beat It to Shanghai, China, and now here I am." 1 -exoeeted to get ISO.eOI out- of the Brooklyn 'JobV confided, "and rgreatly disappointed at tne lit tle we did get. This was because my partner did not carry out my Instruc tions. I had ordered him to -jump over tha rail tha minute we entered the place but he was an amateur and r wasted too much time. It took him about four minutes to pick up what money we did get when it should not have taken more than a minute." -Who was vour nartner In the Brooklyn robbery t" he waa asked, a "I don't care to say. I dont want to Implicate him. He la married and think by thia time naa ten me country. I met him first in NorroiK, Va, a short time before the Brook- . lyn 'job'." Hamhv aald he had never had any women accomplices in any of hia rob oenee oecivv m j The day he waa brought to Sing Sing the prisoner wae asked what "in ter cet" he had In life. He lighted a oiga- ; rette and watched the match burn Itself down and go out hefore he re- plied: , no roasiDM "The only interest i rws va saa:... that I spend the time from now n-, til I go to the electric chair In smok ing, reading and making myseir com fortable. I know there I no possible chance of acquittal. I am guUty and .' that Is all there Is to it." At another Continued en Page Two ... " v'--"- ' '
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