Little Christ

Ed Collins (alias Chester Howard), 27 got out of San Quentin Prison last month after doing a stretch for a payroll hold-up in San Diego. Last week in Reno, Nev. he ran across two former pals who were with him on the San Diego job. They urged him to join them in a new robbery. He said he was going straight. To fortify his soul he attended evening services at the Reno Baptist Church.

When Ed Collins came out of church his two pals were waiting for him. They took him to a lumber yard, made him steal two stout boards. Then they drove him to the edge of town, to a lonely spot near the County Hospital.

"If you want to be a little Jesus Christ," they said, "we'll make one out of you."

With the two boards they made cross. With tenpenny nails through his hands & feet, they crucified Ed Collins. His screams brought help in time to save his life. Police asked his pals' names. "Swede" and "Joe," replied Ed Collins. What else about them? asked the police "Skip it," said Collins.

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