Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-01-10
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ENTRAtTS FaoM THF HIARG % = SfrfCrDr
The Nonug man who wss kfilei ~ the vest
sfh terminus az the Erie rail Nay tunnel.
Jefsey tltN. Thursday uighf, hiss been den
uned Al The y cirque a. Charles Preis. = q -
mar, Ot stS west 2tth street. New Nork A
committed tuicide. The entries Show that
ne Ieit bone January Z. 1865, aud during tue
picnic season tel an love win y German giri
named Lire Riess. They were engaged
October rs, iSs5, and three days aferwArts
ne was cslled 20 account for hts attentions
ny her parents In his diary was the entry.
Charles Prcis and LiEzte Reiss on the niebt
OF the 18Th OF October. swore eternal frieod-
ship aud TO prove true 20 each other az long
as they live" The second entry A. datssi O,-
tober Il, ISIS. and is n record OF bebo.ual
liking the date OF marriage In one wear. A
short time Afterwards they madc a compact
10 abstain from all intoxicating LIQUOR. be-
cember 8, an entry tells of an assault mate
on Miss Lizzie by some person who gave her
chloroiorm. Under the date OF December IS
ber AN H,s sntsy e snowing thst ne bad presented
Louis holte Jeweler, FOR SIS. lis sec ms to
hsve gone on spree about New Years, aud
street The last record was enIeret' on iast
wednesday. the day before the suicide Lon
the morning OF the attn OF January, iS56. the
only dear frieud had, my dear Lizzie. went
hack on me, and broke friendship bv n wing
me back my ring" Immediately under 1his
writing. In a cramped and unsteady hand IA
The following eli my body be found I hope
the city may bury IL don'G wsnt my folks
20 know IT. IL is believed that Preis walked
TO the tunnel, and awaiting tue apprOsch Of
the western express train. threw himself ia
'front.' OF the engine. He WAS about % wears
OF age, and was clothed neatly. Miss Reiss
ives In l7th street, New York.
ELECTRICITY INSTEAD OF THE GAL
LowS.-Tbe Scientific American discusses
hanging as mode OF capital punt IN ment,
aud proposes substitution az electricity for
the gallows- The lightning stroke causes
The most certain aud patuless death known
10 science. powerful discharge Of cleo
trtcity into the body OF the condemned from
battery and RumhkOrff coil would amount
10 The same thing in eXtinguishtng life rnts
Il the way I'm which the Scientific American
battery and coil should be OF sufficient
strength 10 deliver al eighteen inch spark
In case OF there being more than one parsOn
10 execute, all OF the condemned would be
conducted with all due ceremony 90 the
place OF execution. the left hand of one man
handcuffed 10 the right hand OF his neighb1r
and the conducting wire fastened TO bracelets
on the disengsged wrists OF both cri minals,
n only two are 10 be executed, or 20 the
wrists OF the outer men, ~ more than that
number are 10 suffer. The culprits being
seated so as 20 be seen by the legal Witnessed
the sheriff presses a button. The current IA
instantly established from the coil, masses
through the bodies OF the men, and All ia
over. The same igDOminy which attaches 20
the gallows would be transferred 10 this
mode OF destruction, when the pecull ar de ain
ny lightning, which, among the ignorant of
All nations and ages, has been the 81 biect OF
profound superstition, would. without dou b.
through Its very incOmprehensibiltty aud
mystery, Undue the uneducated masses with
deeper horror"