A Hough9 Jesse Bishop dies in gas chamber CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - Jesse Bishop, the tough- white shirt and white socks, was brought into the chamber and heroin addict and professional robber. He said he robbed a talking murderer wbo sneered at attempts to save him from strapped into a freshly painted death chair. country store at IS and was working on a county road gang a the Netada gas chamber, was executed early today, the third But the feisty prisoner said no, just as he earlier spurned year later. man put to death in the United States in the past 12 years. offers to see a minister before going to his death. Wolff sent He had spent more than 20 years of his life in prison — "This is Just one more step down the road of life," Bishop the prison chaplain to see the convicted murderer on his last mostly for robbery and drug-related arrests Still, he was told State Prison Director Charles Wolff Jr. In his final words. day. twice married and the father of two children Moments later, he was strapped In a freshly painted death Bishop had told authorities "I believe in Jesse Bishop. 1 Bishop's execution, the first in Nevada in 18 years, was the seat and green curtains went up in the gas chamber. Bishop don't believe in any religion. I don't believe in God." second time this year that a man had been put to death in the smiled at a reporter among the 14 witnesses — IS men and i Prison officials pronounced the execution complete at United States by government order John A Spenkelink died woman — standing in an adjacent room. 12:21 a.m. Moments later, Gov. Bob List, who had refused in the Florida electric chair on May 25 after a desperate court "He looked each of us in the eye, I think," said Tad clemency sought by others on Bishop's behalf, said the convict struggle to live. Dun bar of KOLO-TV in Reno, one of those wbo watched the It- had paid his due. The only other execution this decade was the death of year-old ex-paratrooper die for the murder of a Maryland "The sentence of the law has been carried out and Mister Gary Gilmore, who, like Bishop, spurned appeals to save his man. Bishop has paid his debt to society," list said in a statement life. Gilmore died before a Utah firing squad in January 1977. Bishop shook bis head and said nothing. Cyanide pellets from the governor's mansion. "He is now in the hands of the In the death chamber, guards drew straps across Bishop's fell into an acid bath, unleashing deadly gas. Bishop made Supreme Authority." chest and attached a stethoscope A long tube from the what appeared to be a thumbs-down sign, wrinkled his nose, Last minute appeals to two U.S. Supreme Court justices stethoscope stretched through the wall so a doctor could seemed to search the room and breathed deeply several were turned down yesterday. Bishop had not authorized them. pronounce the execution complete. times. "He was genuinely not afraid to die, and that's an awe After a metal door to the 10-by-10 death chamber clanged His eyes rolled upward, his head fell on his chest and then inspiring sight," a brother, who did not want to be Identified, shut, three volunteer guards flipped switches to activate the snapped back. He took another deep breath and closed his had said after a recent meeting. device that lowered cyanide pellets intottcid beneath the eyes — then Bishop's face reddened, saliva ran from his One of the last things Bishop saw was a slip of darkened death seat. mouth and his body shuddered. After a series of convulsive Nevada sky visible through a window in the chamber. Only one of the switches was live, so none of the guards jerks, it was over. Bishop dined late yesterday on a final meal of steak, sent knew which one would kill Bishop, convicted of murdering a One witness went down on one knee, but recovered and his compliments to the cook, and refused to pick up the newlywed Baltimore man during a 1977 Las Vegas casino stood up again. telephone provided him so that he could file an appeal on his robbery. Wolff had offered Bishop, 46, a chance to appeal even up to own — something he flatly refused to do. The gas which formed beneath him rose up slowly. He Jeste Bishop the point at which the Inmate, clad In blue denim pants, a Bishop, a decorated Korean War paratrooper, was a See Bishop, page 2. Ihe The Daily Register Register VOL. 102 NO. 100 SHREWSBURY, N.J. MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1979 15 CENTS Resignation of Dayan could trigger crisis JERUSALEM (AP) - ganization, which drew sharp cords damaged in an accident Begin admitted the resig- the Cabinet majority, many Prime Minister Menachem criticism. at an archeological excava- nation would not help his gov- politicians and analysts said Begin and other leading One of the few doves in tion in 1968. ernment, which is under in- his resignation would have members of his Cabinet say Begin's government, Dayan Begin will be hard pressed tense fire for its failure to little or no immediate effect Foreign Minister Moshe sought far-reaching con- to find a replacement for the take decisive action to hold on the course of negotiations Dayan's resignation won't cessions to draw Palestinians man whose blunt, pragmatic down an inflation rate ex- change their tough stand in into the negotiations. In a tel- style and black eye patch pected to top 100 percent this in some sense the gov- the Palestinian autonomy evision Interview last week, symbolized Israel's independ- year. "No resignation helps ernment has actually been talks. But it threatened Be- he suggested that Israel turn ence. The often-squabbling a government," Begin said, strengthened by the resigna- gin's coalition government over administration of the oc- partners in Begin's shaky and, asked whether Dayan's tion," Energy Minister with a domestic political cupied territories to local Ar- coalition have already begun resignation had weakened it, Yitzhak Modai told Israel crisis. abs. competing for the foreign he replied, "Yes, if you force Television. "The govern- minister's portfolio, which me to say it, yes." ment will now be united on Dayan, who played a key In his letter of resignation, Dayan described Israel's re- Begin will hold until a suc- But because Dayan's policies which Dayan op- role in hammering out the cessor is named. posed." peace treaty with Egypt and lations with the Palestinians views jarred so sharply with of the West Bank and Gaza as THE Y'RE OFF — Runners cross the Verrazano Bridge In New York vesterdav is considered by many to be I • at the start of the New York Marathon. More than than 14,000 runners Israel's most creative nego- "the key question in our lives participated In the 26-mile, 385-vard race won bv Bill Rodgers. Race officials tiator, quit yesterday to pro- over the years, one which can said 11,533 participants finished the race. Other stories, page 13. test his lack of influence over be solved." the four-month-old autonomy "Last week I expressed talks with Egypt and the my reservations on the way United States. in which negotiations on au- "I was relegated to doing tonomy are being con- Rodgers, Sheehan what I didn't want to do, at- ducted," wrote Dayan, who tending cocktail parties and called the talks "to a large ceremonies," Dayan told re- extent barren negotiations. porters after making his "I believe that the foreign bombshell announcement at minister cannot perform his marathon victors the weekly Cabinet meeting. function properly as long as Although he was the chief he is not personally involved, NEW YORK (AP) - Bill Rodgers ov- They crossed the line in two hours, 18 architect of the original pro- informed and among the de- ertook Kirk Pfeffer yesterday and won the minutes and two seconds. posal for autonomy for the 1.2 terminers of Israel's policy 10th New York City Marathon for the Rodgers, of Melrore, Mass., had lost million Palestinians on the on the question." fourth consecutive year. six straight races after setting the U.S. occupied West Bank and in Dayan, who is 64, said he Rodgers, 31, the American record mark of 2:09:27 in winning the Boston the Gaza Strip, his home-rule would retain his seat in Par- holder who is considered the nation's No. 1 Marathon for the third time last April. concepts were blunted by liament but gave no hint of hope for the 1980 Olympics, was timed in The 26-mile, 385-yard race covered the Cabinet hardliners who de- other plans for the future. an unofficial 2 hours, 11 minutes, 44 sec- five boroughs of New York City. manded Israel retain firm The hero of the first three onds in beating a record field of 14,153 Rodgers kept a steady pace before control of the territories. Arab-Israeli wars, he was entrants. passing the unheralded Pfeffer with less In recent weeks, he spoke drummed out of the govern- Greta Waitzof Norway was the leading than four miles remaining. out repeatedly against gov- ment after Israel's initial woman finisher in two hours, 27 minutes Pfeffer, the former American junior ernment proposals that would losses in the 1973 war. He and 33 seconds.