SAVED FROM ELECTROCUTION.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3527, 14 July 1920, Page 7

SAVED FROM ELECTROCUTION.

Folll‘ y(,111J1g 111011 1100111011 to die in 1111,electric hair :11’ Sing Sing Pl'isoll be’t'Qru 111id11ight 011 the 211 d of May for the n1111'<'l(*1' of :1 111u11icipt1l I':lil\\'»:l_\' :Igolll‘ ill "New York in N(>ve1111)<-1'4, .1918, had 1085011 :1 (.”()i]] some 1110111’hs back tb douinhr who 5111111111 c(1111fio:\s :If’tcl* 3111 11-()pOM0f I'epl‘io\'(‘ }lzld.golle in rmier to clear 1110 oHl(>l'.<. Just five’ hours bCfol'oi[.}lc I.io:lth poxiulfy \\':l.< to 11.-.1111 been i’llflictod, :li'l’cl' the 00111-15 and ‘tlle” G‘o‘\'ol'llol- of the E~‘t:lto had -absolutely 1‘ct'11so(l to _l‘ocollsi<lol' thv evidence,‘ J'osepll '.\['llullo sllllllllmlcd ihe w:1.1‘d_011 and 111:1de :1, “cleall bl'e.asl:" of the whole ufl‘ilil{. with the I'osu‘.l' that it .~:t:1_\" <ll.’ 1-.\'ccllt'loll was u131’:1i110d at the 1-.191, nlillllt‘os. and the four 111011 will be gi\.‘ell allothel' opl.>ol'tllllil§' 10 fight 1"01' their ]il‘'(>. ' Only one shot was fired in the 11-51 gcdyifor 11111911 :11] {’olll' were to forfeit their lives hmcallse none would 91101161‘afe‘lli.~' co111p:111io11.<. Joseph Milano 11011’ s\\'c:;ll'.~2 _U1:1l J’-.1u1e:: Czassidy, .agcd_ 25, and C‘}lal'iie .\i2Lallghlill, 22,b0t}1 incnt-ally <l(‘f(u3t‘ive, were hollllr] to do his will, and that .3'.*.u;~=t_=l'lh Usefof, 22, was 1111«'1"111<H’i a1.1(l ‘tot-aiiy i,<.>,‘ll(u".lllt of the 111isSi(112 of the Ofhcl‘ three. The W:11-Eu;-11 nf §~‘illg Sillg‘ \v:l.‘~‘ so i11111'1‘0.s:5‘ ed with 1113;; l{1::‘&~211iIv11f.(e. m‘illFos.<ioll

that he <l:llh‘w.l up the S\lpl'<mm C0111"r judge by telephone. "and begg'od for a tempcmwy H‘pl‘i(‘.\'€‘. ’.l.‘he jlld_Q‘(‘, in turn, called G.ovoruor Smtih by telephone, and word from the E.\:ec.utiVo Mansion zit ;\lb:ln§.' reaulxed the prison just an hour be.f’ol'e the tinw set: fur the fix‘:-1: man to be led to his doom. The Warden rushed to the calls with the good nc-xvs, and there was hysteri. cal rejoicing by me three px'i.°.om‘.l'S exonerated, udn ovmx Mihum smiled wifh hope th:lAt_ his coxxfrssiml might win fof}-11111 life i:nprisonn‘lollt ixasrealfl of the deV'.\tllr.<entwl(?o.

’[‘hl'oughout the trial the yo1111g" men’s mothers have been OILI'IIL‘S‘E sup-g pliants to film Court‘ and the (:‘x;o\'el'nol', 1 and the cnnvicteu‘: mm‘. gave then: all! ('.l‘edit for their s_r-u.'».'*. fortuxw. “\/\'el all appreciate our mot‘.)er.~: :1. bit too late,” said I\I'L1:1no whlen he heard the] news of the I'epr'u)ve, and the 'fil‘.s'l'k thought. of C:lssid)" was: “It a funny ', fhillg_r that 1110‘rhm's think of 21 fellow? when we have given them gray hairsi and made them forget how to l:1}1gh.”