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t, but he rath to co: acter, He s willing to die ber that Ae wes apparent!y, 9% in hetorie, vw. * yun alse odhe , of the undervorld Yo the Tas:, cmon the weit been mm. He vw But there are oth ; con, We Inve iafo was mere zx Awhat “on or death, rested in protecting certain : ocent parties than in saving. either his Sawn reputittion or his Ele. ‘3 Ano taese he wes protectin: au onteen-year-eld da patter whose exit it his death. ¢ insisting Unet he. wait fom af Ver tn Bag suppres tag. nation the name le journa! at hir Our ne L.A, papers v: the Front page, art some wwenturesng hy the had identified ap shumber ad + copy ot his criminal + net hes C info Les ngeles cx ant anon}: e “Has Bill. go: the voice abe governor's yet?” srosey. soyvvered that he the inforvation @ fall cf acid. Gitta, 507" we govern, cd not san Nite vhree + Waat dil srene vit make? Do you mea te say you'd rather die in the gas her than live “vith the reputation of steel pigeor it may seem an anomaly to yor ‘out that’s the way T feel.” vationed a name he didn’t know I m if he were protecting »” he t forget about that part of it, H senionsly shaken. Chessman’s Last plea for Towe got tegether for Davis, Chess The: hat man’s eter altar he was imocent, ‘en Te read th terial, Davis had been Gubting for his client strictly because he bad been der process af kaw, Whe descr “trond “overwhelane five wscention’s case, ancl the pee sitive ctr tenitave” ae far te th eae ted 5. Las dleged admissions to the police, Here's what we found at the heart of this “overwhelming” evidence. csdontificatio-of: Garyl. Chessman. tel Light Banelt, questionable, Chessman was tricd, convicted tomas Bartle 33 am. Robbery —Floyd C, Buillew tine Bushaw 1/48/48, 7:30 pam. $20. 3. armed Robbery~of Jarnigan Lea, Anaping for the purpose injury (a capital fetim to oral copula- ing bodily injury in above Johnson “1/19/48, and ton. thus constitu ) OF Re 9:40 pan, to armed Robl: Nana sor for the ¢ bodily injury (the second capital ollense), violation of section 2SSA Penal Code and the attempted forcit: te rape of Mary Alice Lam A oury women and ene man found Ce all counts. Pres: aw the Red Light B dou 1. San ras Bart’. in his complaint to the police’ ites after he was robbed ily ed ithe Red Light it as being Bandit, € A, “tan con v'exion” it had “ezooked compani: Dim. hat FE hese Abort one wee tel WS oN five fect eleven, wei wep dark brown wavy hi narrow nose with bump on bridge of nuse, brown eyes.” Although Bartle’s description, given ten minutes following the robbery, fails t describe Caryl Chessman, Bartle, a mori: later at Chessman’s preliminory hearing, positively identifi ‘Sst asthe Red Light Bandit. When Chessman. acting as his own attorney, asked Bartle if he could recerrize any ticular ides tifying fea- ture that he mig ave Mentioned to i” police, in his ori ginal report, Bartle ane told thy rs tat you had vg tower he and Lthiek you vil find it ia the repo: What ‘thomers ? ae dosti by pre that the Hes ; rooked fient tevth. Caryl Chessinan had remarkobly strabeit tecth-as Dr. Bartle mst have discovers ? when certrouted by esse ae Cart, Chessinan’s fr fee apes cy Ba 2. Hew and Bhan made tthe Tage Nene Ped panes ry, gemma Mel BW Bros. ag gy bs weit fat the prctimin + tl tw identify Chessina cane Phat’s the ex tor dd” the (Red Jit) car was mot a fs = Dassenger. coupe Te was a sedan. Balow furthe: . fied th telling the police “4 the Beal way “thirty 16 pounds, and protec junc.” This is vad: F WH Batlow . the companion of fe gina Jel hnson, te: hed at the prelininery heari n Febriaty of 148 that he bd described the Red Light Ban lit to the po- lice as being “between five tet cight avd five Sect ten (with 2 hat on), sppproxime ats o ls, with crooked teeth, et Chesser Dye NINE coigan Lew “And Pores P crooked teed. 1 Lia Calms to Light Bandit” wits at A that, in reporting te he had rot ment a prominent nose 3 d Cary? Chessmar coat, (Chess- ose is his most disiin- Be « Nie that ‘he bandit ha: he ident man's hawk-like + ag feature Even more dive ing is ths information to by found ins Los Angeles County Shes i's e%ce epee “4.2637, dated Jantary 27, 1949, bu: neeer introduced in evidence aring or trial, porting the identifi. ssmanci David H “ys partner who was <1 2 by Mr dea and » ths folk : sai then epprow: atifie ting