ARIZONA REPUBLIC NEWSPAPER
I sit at my desk this morning. It is quiet in the newsroom. Several people are out on assignments. I don’t have a special assignment today, at least not yet. I sit wondering what this hot day will bring. Maybe I will walk over to the Legal Eagle and have a cold drink and try and drum up some local gossip. You never know, there may be a story there. It’s always interesting what Mary O has to say about the local Phoenicians.
My phone rings it is Chief Deputy Harry Morse. He states he has just received a call from the warden out at the prison in Florence. That’s where they have been housing Pop Nagel after his conviction and until his execution date. The Warden says Pop Nagel is depressed and on suicide watch constantly. All he talks about is dying. The other inma
