Evening journal., 1889-07-20
MEN WH0'vE BEEN THERE
Witnesses Tell of Electricity's
= Effect Upon Them.
STRUCK BIZ A BOLT, BUT ALIVE.

Further Interesting Testimony Before
Referee Baker on Behalf of Murderer
Monkey With Dynamo in Operation
kyEw YoRK, July 20-There was little
Eqelty Infused into the hearing Of the effects
2alectricity in the Kemmler reference, In
e shape Of man who had been struck by
-Atning, and had escaped without suffering
y much injury. The hero OF this remark
able escape was Alfred West, a speculator,
Of AL West Forty-seventh street MIR.
Vests story was 70 the effect that in june
1852, while standing on the Palisades at Fort
Lee, be was struck by lightning, which
threw him twenty feet When he regained
consciousness he heard somebody say he was
dead. He tried 10 explain 20 them that they
were mistaken, but could not move. II was
some hours bsfore he recovered, and then he
learned that the clothes on the right side Of
his body had been torn off and the path Of
the lightning marked on his body from his
breast down the right leg by red stripe
about three inches wide. His left arm was
doubled up, with his hand close to his chin,
and il was impossible for his friends 10 re-
move il from its position. He was confined
20 his bed twenty-one days and suffered con-
siderable pain.
Mr. smith Took I.4O0 Volts.
T. Carpenter Smith, an electrical engineer
since 1915, was next called. He testified 70 a
shock he received from a Westinghouse
dynamo. II was a voltage Of !, ,050 and the
sensation was as II the entire body had been
struck by a ton Of loose bricks This feeling
lasted about ten seconds and dazed, but did
not make him unconscious His legs gave
way, and he fell 10 the floor. II took fifteen
minutes for him to recover, and the only
effect was a burn on the hand where he
touched the machine. The witness said he
wns in a favorable position TO receive a
full shock From his own knowledge Mr..
Smith said that shock Of 1000 volts was
considered nothing by the men used TO hand
ling the machines He knew five or six men
who had received shocks Of this force and fa,d
not experienced injurious effects Mr. Smith
also received a shock from continuous cur.
rent with a force af 400 volts
Considered Dead FOR an Hour.
Ben iamin d. Acler, Of the Keystone Light
and Power Company OF Philadelphia, testi.
fed to his receiving n shock from Westing
house dynamo OF 1000 volts. He felt as
slough he had been struck in the stomach
ith a baseball bat He recovered In two
Burs On other occasions be received SINH
shocks which burned him severely. The
fitness related the experience OF Mr..
Alright, OF Philadelphia, who received q
koO0 volt shock and was supposed TO be
sad for an hour after MIR. Wright is now
IN Denver, none the worse for his acquaint
ance with electricity.
Mackin Was BADLY Burned.
Frank H. Mackin, an incandescent wire
man, Of 170 East One Hundred and Four
feenth street, next came before the refere'
with both hands concealed Ia bandages III,
explained that he was Just recovering from
shock from an alternating current with
force Of 1900 volts. II occurred in th,
Eighty-second street station Of the Manhat
tan company on Tuesday Of this week. Thl
bandages We're united and eight ssverel,
burned fingers were exhibited and an accoun
Of the injuries placed on the record
Mr.. Cochran then announced that he ha'
neentally all his testimony in. The stat
vill offer its evidence on Monday