Evening Star Newspaper, April 16, 1937, Page 13

" THREE EXECUTIONS ARE “HUMANIZED Chicago Prison Guards Pull Four Switches as Slayers Die in Chair. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, April 16.—Three mur- derers of policemen died in the elec- tric chalr today in Cook County’s first test of its “humanized” execution. Hidden behind a panel back of the chair, their identities carefully con- cealed, four regular jail guards pulled four switches for each electrocution, but only one of them sent the electric current coursing through the bodies of the doomed men. None of the guards knew which was the actual executioner of the three | slayers, Joseph Schuster, 30; Frank “Doc” Whyte, 47, and Stanley Muraw- eki, 37, all ex-convicts. Warden Frank Sain said each left the execution | — chamber with a clear conscience. Disputing the contention of Dr. A. A. Brill, New York psychologist, that each guard would feel remorseful, Warden Sain said the men clearly showed they had not been under any strong tensn during the executions and told him afterward they felt no inkling of guilt. Mechanical improvements on the electric chair to speed final prepara- tions also were designed to “humanize” the ordeal. The time elapsing between the domed men’s arrival in the death chamber and the aplication of the cur- rent averaged 30 seconds. The renovated chair has clasps screwed to its arms for straps which circle the victim's chest, thus eliminat- ing possible fumbling by guards who strap the men in. Its mechanical seat | and arm attachments are worked by | spring levers, and the straps have no | buckles. Wires in the seat are hidden beneath a mat. .. Bulgaria to Vote on Goats. Whether goats should be kept or not 15 to be decided by a nation-wide vote, in Bulgaria where they are damaging trees so badly that reforestation is said o be impossible. TOP NARCISSUS HONOR WON BY MRS. KINNER Woodridge Garden Club Show Second Place Goes to M. C. Wilson. Mrs. H, C. Kinner, 3006 Bunker Hill road northeast, wen first place over 24 entries last night in the 1937 narcissus show of the Woodridge Garden Club, held at Sherwood Pres- byterian Church, Twenty-second street and Rhode Island avenue northeast. Mrs. Kinner also exhibited the best individual flower in the show—Ber~ sheba, & white trumpet narcissus. Second place went to M. C. Wilson, 3005 South Dakota avenue northeast. Other heavy point winners were Mrs. M. C. Kissinger, Mrs. A. L. Foster, Mrs. R. G. Peterson, Willlam White, Freeman Weiss, George Gee and H. J. Clay. E. C. Powell of the Agriculture De- partment was judge. Miss Harriet J. Rawlins was chairman of the Club Committee which staged the show. e — Demand for more qualified dentists is being heard in London. Minute Service Station o =N } CHANGE TO SUMMER WEIGHT | OIL Spring! Your car needs this invigorating tonic. There’s a quality Quaker State Motor Oil and Superfine Grease for every moving part. We'll ap- ply it for you, and do it right. Minute Service Station 3939 Canal Road N.W. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1937. TAXICAB DRIVER HURT IN COLLISION Truck Operator Also Treated at Casualty—Man Knocked Down by Auto. Booker E. Williams, 33, colored, 416 First street, received severe head in- Juries early today when his taxicab collided with a truck near First street and Indiana avenue. ‘Willlams and the truck driver, Ben- detto Verzi, 46, of 816 L street north- east, were treated at Casualty Hospi- tal. Versi was cut about the head. Willilam L. Thomas, 69, Bethesda, Md., was treated at Georgetown Hos- pital for cuts received when knocked down at Wisconsin and Western ave- nues last night by a car which, police said, was driver by Albert W. Brown, 31, of 5509 Ninth street. A police wrecker was requirad early today to remove from the railroad tracks near Thirteenth street and Vir- ginia avenue southeast a car operated by Olarence McCree, 33, colored, uoo' block of Alabama avenue southeast. Police sald McCree drove off the main road and down a winding path onto the tracks where his engine died. The car was removed a short time before a freight train passed. McCree was charged with driving while intoxicated. Leroy Brown, 5, colored, 1608 D street southeast, suffered a broken leg and face cuts when struck by a car while playing in the street near his home. The driver of the car, police said, was James R. Keene, 54, of 1424 E street southeast’ Complete 8-Pc. Bedroom Outfit 3-piece modern Bedroom Suite, Panel Bed, Chest of Drawers, choice of Dresser or Vanity, choice of Chair INSURANCE OFFICIAL DIES OF HEART ATTACK George Graham, 55, of Manhat- tan Company Was Native of Scotland. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, April 16.—George | Graham, vice president of the Man- hattan Life Insurance Co. and former president of the Central States Life Insurance Co. of St. Louis, died of | THE NATIONAL FURNITURE CO. A 1 - 4 A3 a heart attack at a hospital yesterday. } tan Co. His widow and two sisters He was 55. survive. Funeral services will be held A native of Scotland, Graham came | b ¥ to the United States in 1906, Mm‘:iym’ SN, e serving in the actuarial department of the New York Life Insurance Co., he was actuary and assistant secretary of the Capital Life Insurence Co. at Denver and actuary for the Iilinofs | Insurance Department. | He then became actuary and vice | president of the Missouri State Life | Insurance Co. From 1921 to 1933, he | was vice president of the Central | States Co. and its president from 1933 | to 1936 when he joined the Manhat- | 7th AND H One-Day Special! 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