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Caryl Chessman — Part 4

50 pages · May 09, 2026 · Broad topic: Prisons & Escapes · Topic: Caryl Chessman · 50 pages OCR'd
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Tolson —_____— Boardman _--_— : Belmont —————~— : | Mohr ee ; , Heat - cn ee ee tee : Barcus ee ° Rosen —W———- Tamm . Trotter —_—__-_-_—— Clayton —=-—— Tele.Room ——— Holloman ——— . ° ‘VIRTUES OF STUDY’ : Gandy ———————_ : Editors Interview Caryl Chessman Death Row’s Ten-Year Rest deni t “Did you have the opportunity to go to college , hen you were younger? “I have "had a semester of junior college, and a@ Se me¢ster of university work. I did fairly well.” “I'd like you to elaborate on your work lead, and ° how you achieve these results that you have. Do you j , plan ahead, or do you go step by step?” ‘ “Well, much like a soldier on a battlefield, I think: that you simply plod through from+day to day. I° think: ° that you have to have an overall objective, of course, which was supplied for me with the return of the death penalty, and the other judgment of conviction. It was dif- af ficitit to anticipate the problems that would arise, or the next step that would necessarily have to be made in the litigation. I have had to meet so many emergencies and Wash, Post one many deadlines, and I didn’t know exactly what a parti- Times Hera ° . cular court or judge might ruje, so consequently when I : Wash. News, had to come up against a new problem, I had to meét Wash. Star it as such rather than taking it arbitrarily, or trying to, N. Y. Herald . anticipate exactly what, each court would do, or read its Tri ° mind.” tibune “Well, it's been suggested fo us that your cell N. Y. Journal- lights are on unti? the early hours of the morning, American .¢ and that you expand your efforts in many extra-cur- . N.Y. Mirror ricular activities, and it's also been suggested to us: N. Y. Daily:-News ~ how you approach these things. You don’t allow your- oe — . ” self to get too far involved, so you can get through N. Y. Times each project.” ; Daily Worker —__. “Well, of course I've done a great amount of work in The Worker addition to legal work, I mean authorship as—sxok~per- Bags ond other things that I've had to fit, in effect, .
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