Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-11
WHAT THEY PROPOSE TO DO.

A Talk with One of the Members of This
Singular Corporation.
CHICAGO, June T1-"Hanging done here
at all hours. Executions in any ssyle while
you wait" is a sign that may be looked for
In Chicago at any day.
The latest business venture afioat is the
American Executing company Qimited),
duly Incorporated with a capital of $25, 600
The originators and fncorporators Of this
cheerful scheme are NJ E. Clear and Stephen
Lawson, coal mer, hants at 70 Fifth avenue.
An application for choke license was made
last Saturday and the papers will arrive
from Springfield to-day
Mr.. Clear told a reporter last night that
the firm would start to work on the GRIM
inals who wanted to be executed as soon as
the details of the business was completed.
With Neatness and Dispatch.
"What induced you to embark in the en-
terprise" was asked.
swell, replied the executioner, at is well
known fact that sheriffs as rule do not like
to hang a man. What we propose to do is to
take the job off his hands and execute the
condemned with neatness and dispatch"
Have you a fixed pricer
mo; that will depend on the state where
the hanging takes place. Some states pay
more than others, but the average will be
about 500. We can do the work at a fair
profit and leave something for the sheriff be-
sides"
Details of the Business.
"Will you advertiser
YES We will first open a correspondence
with every sheriff in the United States CIV
ing price-list and terms. Then we'll start a
a.
samples Of death by strangulation in the lat
est designs. They will call on criminals who
have been awarded death-warrants and show
them our styles We intend to carry a full
assortment of plain and cabe-laid hemp,
silk, manila, and wire-rope for hangings,
from which the condemned may choose; that
is, provided the sheriff Of his county wants
to trade with our house"
Will Adopt New Styles.
"Wil you do any taking off by cleo
tricityf
If it comes into general use in the bust
ness and is satisfactory we will Our motto
from the start will be to please, no matter
what method is employed, and we guarantees
satisfaction We contract to remove a man
for so much and when the doctors pronounce
him dead our responsibility in the matter
ceases. We will. not hang the same man
twice"
The Operations and PLANT"
"Who will do the work.
Professional strangers will be employed
We furnish the gellows, rope, shroud, cap,
and coffin Gallows stations will be located
at different points throughout tine country
with a competent hangman in charge of
each. He will have a portable scaffold
which he can pack and ship at a moments
notice, step into q town, hang his man, and
travel on to the next town A specified ter
ritory will be assigned to each man, who
will always be on call
"Our scheme will also do away with
bungling and needless suffering Oh the part
of the gentleman who is making his demise.
Half the executions are miserable botches,
and the crying need of the country is scien-
tific strangulation. Death is assured to our
patrons in ten minutes from the time the
drop falls"
Will Adopt q Trade Mark.
do you intend to form a combine or trust,
and have you made any provision against
cheap imported pauper hangmens"
mo, but we may take out letters patent
and have a registered trade mark Custom
ers will be warned to look out for limitations,
as no hanging will be genuine without a skull
and cross bones blown on the corpse Com
petition is sure to follow the intro iuction of
any new industry, but the better classed
murderers are bound to come to the place
where they can get the most for their
money"
Mr.. Clear said the proceedings were un-
doubleday legal, and there was money in the
scheme if enough work could be obtained
The main office would be located in Chicago
and branch offices in Omaha and ROston