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row, and then he will examine the
young man. and if he still persists in
his intention, propose that wetake
him at his word"
"Certainly," answered Brown.
"Now the fault that have with the
proposed method of execution is not
that it will not kill q man quick
enough, but that the appalling prep
aration adds an agony to the death,
which makes it quite as objection
able as hanging. 1t is proposed
that the victim shall take his place
upon reclining chair and
that d band of copper shall
be placed around his temples,
and another around his throat, and
these bands shall be attached to
spOnges saturated with a solution of
zinc, and that each band shall be
connected with the different wires
that communicate with the dynamo.
Now, | maintain that it will take
an appalling time to have
it adjusted it will be nee
essary to adjust it. Although
| have very little sympathy
with the criminal, yet, yOumust adj
nit that the amount of agony which
he will spend in that reclining chair
with two or three doctors around
him, adjusting this cumbersome
apparatus, will equal a life time of
ordinary torture. What PROPOSES
this: there can be arranged in room
certain metallic ornaments. or other
fixtures that can be charged with
electricity; and the victim on touch
ing one of these will be killed instant
ly, and without the tOrturing of q
long waitduringc cumbersome adjust
ment What do you think Ofthat?'
Every well, then" ! said, Brown,
you make all the arrangements for
the execution: manage it your own
way Smith and | will see the Young
man tomorrow with the professor,
and if there is absolutely no hope
for him, and if he continues in the
state Of mind he is to-day, why, then,
we will be ready for him.
At II o clock the next morning
the professor was in my room wait
ing for his patient. \ few minutes
after the hour the young man enter
ed. The moment he did SO the pro-
lessor recognized him.
All" he said: 'youhavereturneu
from Germany"
Yes" answered the young
man, II have returned. have also
been in England. All physicians
Ihave seen aoree with You i'll the d.
agnOsis Of the case
Then the professor shook his head
and spoke sympathetically to the
young man.
You seem to know each other
said | to the professor.
"Oh. yes, answered that gentle
man. Mr.. Stevens did me the honor
of calling on me assOOn as he arrived
in Paris. Unfortunately | could
give him no hope, but advised him
to consult other specialists, both in
Germany and in England
With this the professor left us.
"YOur name is Stevens. then" |
said to the young man
Yes, and my home is New York.
Have YOU gone any further with
the matter which proposed yeSter-
day."
well, my friend, Mr.. Brown. has
that in charge, and | presume lie
will wish to see if YOU still persist in
your intention.
My dear sir, OF course persist: in
fact look upon myself as a dead
man. | expected to have committed
suicide before this time; perhaps last
night, probably this morning. All |
ask is that there shall lie as little de
lay as possible, and that | shall
know nothing whatever of the ar
engagements. ,
VERY good then. Supposing We
say tomorrow at l at this place.
THANK you. Now as q token of
my earncstness | wish to leave YOU
this check Ask Mr.. Brown to see
that everything is done properly, SO
that there will be no mistake. Don t
spare money. |, in particular, am
anxious for complete success,
Next morning by l | We had all ar
engagements completed. Brown hat
taken a room next his own, which
was unfinished as far us carpet was
concerned, the floor being the usual
polished floor of the Partisan lodg-
ing room in the Latin quarter,
Brown had attacht-
wires to the gas tiX1i~-I
pended from the ceiling Ia tnf idf ttef1r9r
OF the room, so arranged that if a
man touched the fixture at any point,
or attempted to light the gas. he
would receive the strongest shock OF
electricity that it was possible tor
the Dynamo Company of Paris to
supply,
Mr.. Stevens came upat II O'clock.
We asked him if he would have any
objection to occupying this room,
which was next to that of MIR.
| BrOwn's?"
He replied that he was perfectly ut
our disposal, and said that hewould
| be ready to occupy the room by I
o'clock that afternoon.
At five o'clock Brown turned on
the electricity SO that we could watch
the lone tenant OF the room as we
sat next to the wall in Browns room
through holes made for that pur-
pose. Brown kept his hands upon
the switch so that if anyone else en-
tered the room he would be ready at
a moment to turn off the current.
We watched with palpitating heart
for an hour. Stevens was reading
by the window. As Intervening grew.
darker, he put down his book and
sat looking out the window for a few
minutes; then he arose whistling nh
air, went to the match safe and
struck a match. which he held in his
fingers until it flared up and lighted
the room; then he reached up to turn
on the gas. The next moment he
was a heap upon tho floor. We
rushed in and found him quite dead,
The electrical appliances were NJ
moved and a coroner chilled in. The