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MADE ON EVE OF HANGING!Mahoney DeclaresHe Killed AgedBride; HammeiUsed in Crime• trt\\ AI As A \\ AU.A, Not. 30.— On the «*%e of hi* execution, James K. Mahoney ha* con-fa-sed |o fhe murder of hi* agedand wealthy bride, Mrs. Kata 1 t honey.New* of the confession was gi\en out today by WardenThom a* 1**4 o, who said that Mahoney had made * writ ton statement yesterday to hi* at torney. la-e Johnston, admitting ) that he alow hi* wife with ahammer.The confession bore out inevery detail fhlt; case against Mahoney as built up by theproperut inn Mii| hi» trial inSeattle la at year.It I* understood to hare been mad** by Mahoney In an attempt to forestall a reported ef-\ by hi* slater, Mm. HollyI John-on, to win a reprieve for, j him by confessing the murderliervrlf.i■, . Mahoney, If anythin*, aeemed re. i llevcd to get the confesaloa off hU mind.•»Wall, I've rot a good dinner to be tliankful for. anyway, he remarked pocosely when warden* brought him hia Thanksgiving din ney in the death bouaa of the stau penitentiary' hern.The dinner was a re*ular feast—turkeyr, cranberry sauce. mashed poJ tatoea and gravy, plum pudding in^j everythin* else In the way olI Thanksgiving dalntiee. The condemned man ate ft with apparent relish.As a matter of fact, Mahoney ha* actually been In better KpirJta since he was Informed yesterday that hi* fat chance had disappeared with the refusal by the t’nited Htates *u preme court to grant hia petition for a writ of error.. j Tin glad It a all over—tomorrow * can t conn any too soon for m«, i j aecms to be Mahoney’s attitude.I lie went to bed shortly after | receiving the news of his final legal reverse, and spent the fimtundisturbed night of apparentlydreamless slumber that he has had since he was brought hers from the King county jail.He aroslt; early this morning and announced at once that bo wanted to see Father Stephen Buckley, prison chaplain, whom he has repeatedly repulsed bo-fore. Gone was the expression of morose stoicism wlilrh he wore a few days ago when ho told the chaplain, tersely, If I want you I’ll send for you.While no definite announcement has been made, it la expected that he will receive the last rites from Father Buckley before he goes to th** scaffold In the morning.Mahoney received the news of th« supreme court's action with th« same lack of emotion that has characterized his conduct ever since li« went on trial, more than a year I ago, for the murder of Ins wealthyj bride.| *‘1 thought so.” was the only remark that he made to his attorney,In* Johnston, when the latter In-(Turn (n Pace 7 I jiliimn 51
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Seattle Star
Seattle, Washington, US
Thu, Nov 30, 1922
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