The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-03
nAva or KRMMLRR.
-, r.,nos Ready for the First Elec-
AL trocution at Auburn
=, ~, York World


July SI.-The week pre-
IT, the electrocution Of the murderer
g gs,,e- Is not marked BY such excitement
A0 -Lo..e-;-,-d the few days before April
a. E---r,ting in and around the prison Is
=" - execution, and crowd OF
realy -. -..,rssentatiVes is expected 10 De
newspaper reg
here. ..:,,,ol articles have been
ut c',t IN regard 20 this man, HiS oO .sSI
SION his bearing phleL t-e 80 ,orrr,bIa
bh1' 1. - = the conflicting statements
anu ua, hoy many times Mrs. Durston
10 r-a.ssd to explain her position and
H1s =, Ks affair, tbs reporters nave hot
"olA ~ -, IN erstanI her bearing toward
oS - Kemmier came nere, over a
tue p go a man as nearly devoid OF moral
S,irrPs and intellectual tastes as one eau
h and stili he human. mere nave oeen ~
NC on ohsracles thrown I'm the path OF justice
4La. y.6s man might we'll think justice, SO
tnI u.I would never ovsrJake him, and
800 o,,a DELAY constantly o'erlaps another,
..+sd.rs or those ia the prison, are apt TO
Lose interest III the case.
A0I9 .,ot for one instant has the warden's
Ito lost interest in the man. She mas
olUavs felt. with woman's instinct, 1nat
the legal knots would all unloose, ana Tue
man finally be brought TO the eiscCrIcal
chair Her work in this unfortunate analr
>,a,''ot he oyerestimated il we look at the
,~1atter in its true light. She has never
-1nsaJ az a reformer, missionary, or a
a1,oyoan bant on saving souls IN the cnurcn
accentation of the term. and had her nus
Ison5 simnIv been the Auburn lawyer in
staad of the warden of this institution she
would never have visited the man, or
eviuced any more interest III MIN Ihan
rhouSauds of other women
This work. or duty, simply came in her
1rav to do. and she did it bravely, quietly,
without thinking that in any way the
world was going to take especial notice OF
-. work. But the question comes up as 70
what the labor has consisted or.
Nearly all the reports sent out have
elaborated the idea that she simply spent
her time in singing, reading the Scripture
or praying with him, when suca Is not tne
case First, he was an inmate OF the prison,
under the same roof as herself and family
q man to die by new, untried method.
and the penalty to be inflicted under her
husbands direction. She was true to all
the qualities that mark woman superior tC
man. aud became keenly alive to the sltua-
tion of this prisoner, endeavoriDg to bring
out the best results possible.
The hope of a noble woman has been
achieved for in place of a suIlen, british
creature, with no sorrow LOT MS CTlIlo OF
no fear of the cOnseq hence, we now behold
q man into whose face a light appeared.
Kemmer is more of man to-day than he
would ever have been had he not committed
the awful deed and been incarcerated here.
Not that murder has made better man of
him. but had not something been done to
bring him under these conditions he would
never have had the advantage of the kind,
helpful interest of a true woman.
The feet that all work done for men in ais
situation has usually been of that sensa-
ito al character that merely seeks notOriety
aud consists i'll flowers, psalm singing and
praying, many press representatives have
i beel determined to make a similar case OF
& this. All effort to make Kemmlers last
II DAYS brighter ard better has not been at
tended with these manifestations and
thus a wrong impression is abroad
Us regards Mrs Durston's laborS.
4 All change in him has been wrought
by woAan's sympathy, a woman's
s. quick perception Of the case and intuitive
81 understanding Of the cOnd ton and needs of
II the man, and these things have been exerted
u SO constantly, so faithfully and with such O
81 deep conviction Of duty that Kemmler has
been more blessed than the average GRIM
Il inal, and this may i'll way compensate
him for being the victim of scientific ex.
pertinent. Not converted to a trust in the
unknown, the divine, but to implicit faith
In wOman's promise that in some way all
things will come right.