The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1879-12-06
Modes Of Capital Punishment.

ua'ionsi-'ake immediate cogni-
zance Of the opinions on methods
Of infiicting capitalpurishmen,, as
they were detailed yesterday to q
Herald, the days Of hanging would
be few. indeed. All of the emf
ncmt scientific and professional |
gentleman visited were unanimous
in their opposition to q system as |
cruel as it is antiqaated. Mr.
Henry Bergh considered the mat |
ter @sthically, showing the effect
Of public executions on u peoples
morals and argues that man should
not :be the Immediate agent of
mans death. but that some more
civilized mode ofexecution should
be usesl-so painless that the crim-
inal would not feel its infiiction
aud as secret as possible, in view
OF the duo ccrtilicaiion Of death to
show that the law had been fulfill.
cd. Professor Draper Inclined to
the French method OF the gui!lo-
tine us causing instantaneous
death. Professor William Dar-
ling, of the University Medical
College, advocated the insertion Of
q knife between The accipital bone
and the first bone otthe vertebrU.
dividing the mcdulla oblongata--a
purpose very impertectly fulfilled
In the Spanish garro!c.
Mr.. Dcrgh was found in his
pleasant office in The hnilting Of
the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals, at Fourth
avenue aud Tweaty.sccond street.
The reporter stated the object Of
his Visit, saying thatas Mr.. Bcrgh
had had SO much experience in the
subject Of causing instant and
painless death 10 animals his opin'
ions on humane methods of cxocu-
ton would, no doubt, have very
great valae.
"With regard to animals" said
Mr.. Bcrgh, 1--WE have discovered I
bullet for large animals which W.
discharge into The head, and thu
, characteristic Of that bullctis thai
| I 1t cxplodcs Immediately Oh enter
IN. tho brain, 50 that ii acts like
stroke ofligltning, causing instal'
tancous death. There is muscula
! movements after that perhaps
) bat there is noscnsibliiy. Snalle
animals we destroy by the use OF
\ concentrated essence ut prussi
: aci,l. 1t Is almost instaulaneou
! in its opcrationh. Put a drop I
y il on the tongue Of n cat or do
q nud The annual dies instan'l,
!; Some such means might be resor'
. ed TO for capital punishment
IS "What do you think of Il
a a methods at present in vogucf'
q IL think that tho modes adoptc
|. by States generally to rcmo'
Il from this world their criinina
% % are certainly cruol and denloral
n zinc at the same time. The .oth
VI VI day there was an execution, al
q q within twenty feet Of the scalio
- - were women aud children al
iie girls and boys. laughing and jc'
ID Iss ing, while two people were Oh =
IS' ISs scaiIold with ropes around the
las necks. All that is manifosily il
81 proper"
NJ NJ !" What would you substltu
" Y, for such proceedings n
10 "I lhiuk that there ought not
be any public execution at
The State is bound to take the !
of an offender as quickly and
ID. mcrcifully as possible, not, p
vn haps, SO much out Of regard tor
criminal, because he showed
Es norcy III the destruction OF
victim, but from the injury u
% society sustains by the law ma
q Testing any application OF cr'
90 ty or revenge. Now, chloroio
! ? y" w or some other very active pois
|, 90 would remove the offender IN
. 60 prison without his being expo
: : 60 60 10 public gaze Or offending pu'
0 90 morals"
o 90 .Iow would the guillotlne
garrote dor"
"Thc gull lotine, you know
bloody, aud that renders the III
ills. more tragic and revolving.
:" iron chair used in Spain has b
{" !. to 90 around the neck VII
q screw in the back, by giving
: turn to which dislocatcs thesl
ills. The head drops forward and
criminal is dead. That is OF
,ills tioual on the same ground . a.
/" pallows--tbc death is visiDi
manual. and man is made to {
init murdernud with his own
takes the life Of q human %
It may be called all scntimen
uar- YOU like; but sentiments
important elementin this W
'nai' II ;s the manual destruction
,,pth the offender, and thc man
and does it feels that he is mo
re on dana ged forever ai'efw
49,, have men who