Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-08-06
ABOUT THE PRISON.
Scenes and Incidents of I<cmmler's Las
Hours

ArrrHN. \. Y, August The best
Judgment possible 10 be formed, with the
information now at hand is that kcmmlcr
win DE cXec-ted tomorrow morning.
81 don't propose" ," said Warden Durston
at noon to-day. "to state when this man is
20 be taken of, but this thing is going 10 be
an right.
Are YOU going to spend your afternoon
fshing." the Warden inquired.
The plain intmatiOu was that the killing
IS not to take place this afternoon, which
indeed nobody expected, but it leaves open
10 question whether or no 10 may not take
place during the evening This, however
is improbable Several of the witnesses
arrived this morning, but not more than
quarter OF them. and it is not likely that
the Warden would employ the indecent
Taste which would be involved In hurrying
his witnesses. travel-staincd and Un0athcd,
INTO a room where they should witness the
death of "a human being before having got
ten the cinicrs ont of their eyes
DR.. Carlos Mcdonald, the Chairman oil
the State Luuatic Asylum, was the hrsi
witness 90 arrive to-day. There was mo-
mystery about his movements. no Hush.
-Kcep 10 dark. "Ialk-to-me- hchind-the-
door stvlc about his movements. lie
strolled about the prison, talked TO VINO
ever chose 20 talk TO him, and had only the
a'rOf one who was upon an errand. Inc
tirne for the execution, he frankly said, he
did not know.
Dr Southwick. Of Buffalo, of the com
,,,iseion which recommended the new exc
,rtion law. also arrived this morning, and
with him came District Attorney Qmmoy,
of Erie county DR.. Fell, OF Buualo, IS
here. also DR. Joseph Fowler and r.. \.
Kreiper The name of Robert Dunlap
y orb /. fine
register, but those who know Mr. Duhiap
say he is not here in person.
KENNIIER WAITING FOR THE CALL.
Down I'm the basement of the prison
building, kemmler sits on the side Ol MS
little iron cot, staring M the steel walls OF
his narrow cell, awaiting the call that VIII
summon him to death. Kemmler does not
know when the call will come. He knows
that he is 10 die some time this week, and
he is as nearly prepared for death as me
has been 40 any time He ate a good break
fast this morning If there was any doubt
of his healthy appetite and his sound physi-
cal condition, il should be dispelled by the
story which comes from Dr. Sawyer, the
hospital physician. DR. Sawyer inspects
all the food that goes 10 kemmler. \ few
davs AGO he heard that the keeper who
carries the food down stairs had been cat
iur part Of IT, He spoke 10 the man about
the story. and the reply he received was
"Oh. Kemmler eats too much. He licks
the plate
Warden Durston said this morning, that
no test of the dynamo had been made with
i'm the last 81 hours, and that none would
be made to-day. He is confident that the
machinery is in perfect condition. Kemm-
ler's body will probably be buried in the
prison burial lot on Fitch avenue This is
a desolate patch of ground, bounded on the
north by Fort Hill Cemetery, on the east
and west bv the property of citizens and
I'm tbe south bv Fitch avenue. Kemmler's
coffin was made in the prison shops several
months ago.
MAY TRY TT Oh ruE CORPSE.
Dr. Fell of Buffalo, is the man who trisd
his patent resuscitating apparatus ON the
calf and the horse in the prison, when they