As manager of this memorial you can add or update the memorial using the Edit button below. Perkins and Santo would be executed later that afternoon. What helped send Barbara to the chair was hubby Henrys testimony on the witness stand. In a photo shown to her by police, Olivia identified one of, Barbara maintained her innocence until the end. Had this happened in todays world, she may have lived, perhaps been sent to jail for a short time, but without conclusive evidence, she may have walked. Graham pleaded guilty to the murder of Mabel Monohan and robbery, which led her to the gas chamber. I just saw the movie and the death penalty was instituted by God as a way to remove from society those who have no respect for human life, the death penalty was never intended to deter people from killing, so if anyone has a complaint about the DP, take it up with the Creator of the universe, I think he knows whats best for us! This post is really, though, to show the extraordinary photograph of Barbara saying goodbye to her twenty month old son Tommy on the day of the execution (note some sources give two years). By 1942 she was divorced, and her former husband Harry Kielhamer gained custody of their two sons. | Harry Kielhammer is the son of Barbara Graham. I thought Susan did a tremendous in this film. In 1953 she met Henry Graham, a bartender at one of her frequented establishments, with whom she had a third child called Tommy. Burial will be in the Graham Family Cemetery in Scranton, SC at 12 noon on Saturday, October 16, 2021. I was ready to go at ten o'clock. A system error has occurred. I hope my baby drops dead if I did it she said. I researched this once before, and I am curious if the info I found about her son, Tommy is true. trial and upon whom Barbara Graham depends on to support her http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedailymirror/2008/11/barbara-graham.html. She was scheduled to die at 10:00 am on June 3, 1955, but was granted a stay until 10:45 am. Compared to todays interminable appeals processes and their costs? "[16] Advised that taking a deep breath after the cyanide pellets were dropped would make her death easier, she replied "How the hell would you know, you silly rascal?"[17][18][19]. But, she was an intelligent woman who was very good when it comes to writing, speaking her mind and acting all smart and cool.