The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 31, 1919, Page 11

lacoma’s “Gentleman” Bandit Frets at Delay of Execution THE SEATTLE STAR—THURSDAY, JULY 81, 1919. | REASONING CAPACITY PERCEPTIVE TALENT CUNNING AND DECEPTION FIGHTING spirit RESOLUTION BY JESSIE ALLEN FOWLER Fawcett Hamby has evidently a decided sind which comes from the basilar part of his ‘the organs of destructiveness and combat- which he has set to work under control of his higher instincts. of his life his conscientiousness and ‘which also appear to be large, might make at the thought that he could steal or perceptive faculties have made him a to crime, tho if he ormally they would have made him a clev- observant man. N. July 31.—Gor- ‘Hamby, said to be the bank robber and mur- the days of Jesse James, d of murder at Ta n, and later in New ‘Mot die in the electric Execution has been appeal. Hamby, that his attorney, ap- court, had obtained a of execution, declared A. Staff Correspondent, and the popular serial, “ ‘& Summer Girl.”) N. ¥., July: 31.—Blue- gentle of manner is tt Hamby, sen- the electric chair. quiet good taste. and well-spoken, as “the language to be questioned by on the morning he in, telling funny things to whom he was n he smokes, but has @ drug of any kind. - of college life have to his speech. He likes phrase. Teady to help anyone charm, magnetism, | he is one of the arch- | WHEN You FOR DENTISTRY you receive the very tention. Your case is taken care of by a MEMBER OF THE FIRM who is an expert in the par- tieular kind of work you need. that we employ no operators, but do all of the work ourselves, is. responsible for ‘our reputation for the highest class dental practice at reasonable prices. . . The fact Phone Elliott 4357 | Momber Washington Progressive Dental Society Famous Phrenological Expert make one think He could not be without allowing At his eyes; second, resolution In the that he, robbed others simply for the sake of the money, but rather to satisfy a certain art: fulness and cleverness in the boldness of his attack. a sneak thief, for only the larger things appear worth while to him. In short, he shows, first, cunning and deception in a fighting spirit in the nose; third, lips; fourth, endurance in the chin; fifth, resistance in the jaw; sixth, strength of consti tution in the length of the ear; seventh, destructive ness over the ea had applied these | iveness; ninth, w: r; eight, daring in his large combat- ill power and resolution in his large firmness; tenth, reasoning capacity in his large caus ality; and eleventh, keen observation in his large per- 7 is not so largely developed as to | ceptive faculties above the eyes. . he had talked to him half an hour. “He's got me guessing,” remarked a dozen hardened old detectives whom it is difficult to surprise. “You are a worse scourge than Jesse James,” thundered Judge Faw- cett in sentencing Hamby to the elec- tric chair for the murder of DeWitt C, Peal, assistant cashier of the East Brooklyn Savings Bank. “You're a cold-blooded assassin!” I think again of his neat yellow hair, his fresh color, his nice smile and the utter castialness of his bear- ing—a sort of philosophic indiffer- ence to all things which do not bear directly upon the interest of the mo- ment—and try to explain him as a freak of nature, a being entirely without a moral sense, Only his eyes giv: a hint of his evil code of life. They struck me as ever so slightly shifting, ever so Uttle close together. Yet one could easily imagine him looking with in- finite kindness upon any woman who loved him, any child who was de pendent on him, any animal who showed fidelity. would kiss a wife good-b¥e, toss a baby playfully into the air—and go out to rob and slay. TRUE NAME UNKNOWN, HIS ORIGIN A MYSTERY He is an enigma, this fellow whose true name is not even known and whose early life is swathed in mys- tery. This good-looking, decent-man- nered young man who had not even a great human love as a possible ex- tenuation of his crimes. This smil- ing egotist who shrugs a shoulder and says: “I had brains enough to earn as others do, but this was— easy money!” Easy money! And Gordon Faw- cett Hamby in the death house at Sing Sing, penniless, friendless and on the eve of execution in the elec- trie chair at 26. Easy money! And no living soul to care whether he lives or dies, save those who dissect him with their pens and sell their analyses of his weird psychology while he smiles in faint amusement. Easy money! And at least six dead men and thetrobbery of 13 banks charged in black—and red— against his saul I looked at him long, trying to read the mysteries behind his baf- fling eyes, wondering, among other things, why some woman has not come forward, saying: ‘I am the an- swer: he loved me. He gambled his life away to provide me baubles,” or, “I am his mother; I can solve the mystery with the tale of his early years—bitter years that made him what he is.” ee) COME HERE best of individual at- Open Evenings NepeRRAAY EET SONS HOD PEAT TRAE REDS SIRS ers But no one comes. Few women have figured in his career, and none seriously or long. One must cast elsewhere for the answer to this riddle. Brilliant, daring, sensitive, full of executive talent, charming in person- ality, of excellent mind and educa- tion, why must this man take his Place In the electric chair instead of at the head of a directors’ board? Briefly, because he detests work! He turned to his first “Job,” a daylight bank robbery, because it would bring him several years’ in- come for 10 minutes’ extreme haz- ard. He chose the hazard. In his eight years of crime Hamby has stolen nearly half @ miljion dol- lars, Today he has nothing. He loathed laborious getting. Hence what he got meant little, and went easily. Which in turn meant fresh needs and new hazards to’meet them easily. So goes the circle which will short- ly close in Sing Sing, when George Fawcett Hamby, in the flush of youth, meets his inglorious end. Hamby, awaiting execution in Sing Sing prison, told Zoe Beck- ley the story of his three big epi- sodes in. crime. Miss Beckley has compressed Hamby’s inter- view into a article, which will appear in The Star. JITNEY BUS ACT UP FOR HEARING Moore’s Ordinance Is Laid Over to Next Wednesday The jitney bus controversy will be up for a public hearing next Wednesday afternoon in the city council, The decision to hold a public hearing on Councilman Moore's new ordinance providing stringent regulations for the jitneys was reached Wednesday by the public safety committee of the council. The proposed ordinance provides that the jitneys be foreed ‘to defi- nite lines of travel and regulations jas to overloading. A limit 10-cent fare is provided. The ordinance providing for the construction of a new stockade at Kent was approved by the commit- tee. The prisoners will be quar- “Know them by the Jet Black Tread!’’ VACUUM CUP Quality—Safety—Economy—Service, The standard of quality first set for the making of Vacuum Cup Tires and Ton, | Tested Tubes, is today as always—the absolute highest. 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SOLDIER RELEASED, BEATS UP JAILOR SAN FRANCISCO, July 31—Homer Swisher, a former soldier, recently |released after serving a short term Jon Alcatraz island, early today met |Sergt. H. Schoenfeld, who was his “Jailer” in the disciplinary barracks, |and proceeded to settle an alleged | grudge he bore the non-commissioned jofficer. Schoenfeld was considerably mauled, but+ Swisher was arrested and haled before Police Judge Fitz- patrick on a charge of assault. Sergt. Schoenfeld told the court that Swisher had promised to admin- ister to other officers on the island the same beating he had given to him. “Well, he won't for some time,” said Judge Fitzpatrick, “for he is going to the county jail for six months.” ;MAIDS WILL STUDY j SERVANT PROBLEMS LONDON, July 31—Mistresses and maids have formed a joint committee at Hampstead, to solve the problem of domestic service. After a confer- ‘nce at the town hall, they agreed hat each servant should have a separate room, pictures, books, easy chairs and reasonable facilities for are several colonels who rank John- ston and that the reduction in grade probably will mean that Johnston will be superseded by an- other officer as commanding officer of Camp Lewis. ef 3. Cashier - , Tenn. Li “irae set fing, eae from skin trouble—mitd PD. | receiving visitors. Work is to cease at 9 p. m. with two hours Off in the daytime, a fortnight’s holiday a year and only necessary work on Sunday, 9,000 miles 9,000 miles After serving 11 years as super: visor of training for primary grades at the Minnesota state normal school, Miss Helen Reynolds was selected Wednesday by the Seattle school board to head the new city primary department. Her salary 1s $2,500 a year. The school board also approved Broadway high school improvements to cost $3,335. Two rooms will be sub- divided and new linoleum laid. The salary of T. H. 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