Emerson Rudd, 31, was pronounced dead at 6:26 p

Emerson Rudd, 31, was pronounced dead at 6:26 p.m.Rudd, whose offenses began at age 11 when he stabbed a schoolmate, had been convicted in the 1988 killing of Steve Morgan, 23, about 3 weeks after Mr. Rudd turned 18. Rudd had indicated he would not go quietly to the death chamber, and at first he didn't. But when it came time, he calmly accepted his death. Prison officials had to use gas midday Thursday to force Mr. Rudd from a cell at the Polunsky Unit, the prison where death row is located, so he could be moved to the Huntsville Unit, about 45 miles