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Mohr Parsons Belmont Callahan DeLooch Mu.cre McGuire Fosen Tamm Trotter W.C.Sullivan Tele.Room Ingram Gandy t6-Idn (CHESS MAN) COURT TODAY IN AN EFFORT TO SAVE THE CONVICT-AUTHOR FROM EXECUTION FRIDAY MORNING IN CALIFORNIA'S GAS CHAMBER. MISS ROSALIE ASHER OF SAGRAMENTO TOLD REPORTERS HER PAPERS HAD BEEN PRESENTED BY THE SUPREME COURT CLERK TO JUSTICE FELIX FRANKFURTER "AS THE SENIOR JUSTICE AVAILABLE." THE ATTORNEY, WHO SAID SHE MUST RETURN TO THE WEST COAST TOMORROW AFTERNOON, SAID'SHE WILL NOT TRY TO CONTACT OTHER JUSTICES IF FRANKFURTER TURNS HER DOWN. TODAY. MISS ASHER SOUGHT AN ORIGINAL WRIT.OF HABEAS CORPUS FROM IS A *VERY, VERY RARE OCCURENCE.* ISSUES OF**CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT,* WHICH CHESSMAN HAS HE HAS BEEN CONFINED IN DEATH ROW AT. SAN QUENTIN FOR 11 AND ONE HALF YEARS. MISS ASHER TOLD REPORTERS SHE ALSO INCLUDED AN AFFIDAVIT BY AN OAKLAND, CALIF. HANDWRITING EXPERT J.L STERNITZKY WHO SAID A His notes. /16--GE202P Q FEB 23 1960 WASHINGTON CAPITAL NEWS SERVICE 52FEB 25 190