The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-08-06
Nc INVITATIONS VI \
Issued to Witnesses Of Kemm-
ler's EIectrocutlon,
But It Is Thought the Last Act in the
Tragedy Will be Played
~. Thursday.

The Only Hope for the Condemned Man
Lies In the Possibility OF an Injunction
Being Granted the Westinghouse Com
pany.
AUBURN, N. Y, Aug. mo invita-
tions have been issued yet to attend the
execution Of Kemmler, the murderer.
and so there caa be no certainty about
the date Of the execution except that Il
will be latcr than Tuesday. The law
requires that three days notice shall be
given the witnesses. There are indica-
tions that the invitations will be issued
to-day and the execution will take
place Thursday. All stories concerning
the possibility Of postponement on ao-
count OF the mental condition OF the
condemned man, or possible injunc-
ton to be got out against the warden,
ere OF doubtful origin.
Warden Durston returned from New
York City yesterday morning. On the
train with him were reporters from
half dozen New York papers, but he
vouchsafed no information to any Of
them. 1t is believed tnat the dynamo
is In working order and that there is no
probability-hardly possibility-that
the execution will not take place this
week.
The chief local Interest In the event
is taken by the sw...a of reporters who
have come here to pick up what informa-
ton is obtainable when it is over The
warden may admit two persons con-
nected with the press associations to
witness the execution. They will go in
as members Of the jury. None OF the
special representatives of individual
newspapers will be admitted to the jail
on that day One New York evening
paper has a platform twenty feet from
the ground, on telegraph pole directly
across from the prison. A long distance
telephone wire will connect the watcher
on the pole with the office OF his paper
in New York. He can see nothing,
though, except the bare walls Of the
prison. The Western Union company
will open an office in the freight build
ing OF the Now York Central railroad,
uirecbly opposite tne prison, on the
morning Ct the day fixed for the exeeu-
tion. fN tElFK
There Is curious feeling here among
those who have been interested In the
case from tho beginning that the exc
cution will not take place. 1his feeling
is doubtless due to the fact that there
have been so many delays in the past.
The warden undoubtedly believes that
1t will occur. He has made every prep
Grafton and unless something extraordi-
nary occurs he will put the sentence
into execution. There is thought to be
q possibility that the Westinghouse
Company Will at the last ninu To be able
10 get an injnnction from one Of the
judges Of the Supreme Court to prevent
the use of the. Westinghouse dynamo.
The company has made no omovethough,
SO far as Is known, and the opinion OF
eminent lawyers is that every legal
remedy has been exhausted. This or
the question Of Kemmlar's sanity is all
that conld possibly intervene to prevent
tho execntion now As to the latter,
those who have come In contact with
Kemmler officially OF late arc reticent
but they do not seem to give much
weight TO tho stories which have been
sent out saying that Kemmler Is losing
his mind. er.t