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Caryl Chessman — Part 1

17 pages · May 09, 2026 · Broad topic: Prisons & Escapes · Topic: Caryl Chessman · 17 pages OCR'd
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4 aw e aE wl {itr ears in Death Row ical errors are the very newspaperman’s RETA HAYEK ORTH “THEY CAME 10 CORDURA® VINCENT FPRECE THe TIrNGLER Sun. Mon. TUES. J. Weep .D. NELSON C. WEBB, JANE WYMAN *SoLS BAY FOR LOVERS* SFECE AL ba nae PMR SARIN Sa I BOSTONT NATURE” Cincea SCOPE & COLOR Renovo, ANN EAXTER, | CARNEVEL STORY, Ri ckaRD EGAN, 30 ° iy EYckory €-3272 FRIBAY AD SATURDAY Gary CoorFee, T. HUNTER Att. cCvcrvy WEO, Oe ed a Ee A RI4-&200 NOY THRU TUE SOAY S PARAGISE FOR ADULTS "Some tR PLrace® LAR RENCE EARVEY?S. Rotw at THe Tor WAP KEET EVERY SAT. & SUN to 6, S¢ e car. ia Rl eit Bicaiow CLOYHING for the ENTIRE FAMILY HARDWARE, HOUSEWARE, PAINTS & TOYS Steve COCRAN TEKH. D. MCGUIRE SIGNCRET { 5a ee AMES SELES SST SEA, Sp SP NI RE PLL EATS Hardware & Dept. Sore P.O os boone Should be Enough for Chessinan? life. They happen in the bes¢ of publicatioas, even in good pDooks, but more often in news- papers «hich must beet dead- zines. Sonetines I kouder if it is alxays a histake. Rhen I ¥as a cud reporter, Wwe had a fovisl linotyper nemed Job, and iike the Biblical Job, he too, had patience-- with my often dashed off copy, sad of course he cor- rected it: But I remember once when I céught a slip in print, I asked him how it ever got past his machine, He merely said “J dunno’, witha teinkle in his eye. T gess sonetines they let their husor. get the best of efficiency-- with a laugh for all. Recently in the SD Union was one that struck me as being correct although it was an error) the stay told of Caryl Chessman’s new petition on bis Ktay of execution: ‘It as the isth tise the highest court has turned Chessman down diring the 116 years he has been in San Quentin, Prison’ s condesned row’. Facttaliy be has Jived 11% years in aaath row, been con- depned seven tines to die a horrible death in civilization’s grisiy gas chamber for a crine many are not sure he committed, and which he stoutly denies. He has been refused a jie-detector test. California prosecutors gre in a dither to get him under ground. “Bat he bas a good point of lex- the transcript of his trial is clouded es the court reporter died before he could sake @ transcription, according to law. An alcoholic nepotist steno- prapher was paid a high sun to o it, proved to have over 2000 errors. (See Story in Union's MORE ON PAGE 27 . Box 118 2216 Hwy 80 oh 7 PR Dea AES OS OES ja 22
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