The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-04-08
INTO HIS CELL, TO WATT.
Kemmler is Resentenced and
Goes Back to Auburn.
Death Comes i'm the Week Ending
April 2S-Neyer TO Look Upon
a Strangers Face Again
A HeartlesS Sentence
That was Taken
HeartleSsly.


liam Kemmler, the wife murderer
who is to die by electricity this month.
Buffalo, N. Y, April 2.-It is hard
to conceive of the existence of man
born in these days and in this ceun-
try 80 morally slow and SO stunted in
intellect as this "the said William
Kemmler," the first who will attain
the bad eminence of dying by the
electric spark. AS he came out Of
the Auburn prison be wore a neat
suit OF brown, c'ean linen, g vari-col-
ored scarf with an imitation diamond
in it. His black beard had been al
lowed to grow, but it Was ragged in
places where be has been gnawing it
nervously since he knew there was no
hope His face wss flushed a bit.
His nose and part of the flesh under
his eyes were red and marked with
dark spots. Beside him was Daniel
McNaughton. who b. done nothing
for ten months past bat guard him in
his solitary cell, A hand of each was
linked with stee,. TO that of the her.
kemmber seid nothing. There was
no expression ofjny or satisfaction
the prospect of the open coun nv
again after his days Of Loneliness. In
the ears he sat quiet, though he and
AcNaughton sre good friends.
''Do you like your trip?'
cit is nice"
The words meant nothing. The
impression his appearance and man.
ners conveyed was that he was numb
with dread When Kemmler was
first immured be did not know his
letters. Now he can resd with diff
Guilty a child's box, but the truths of
religion are beyond his comprehension.
Dull and stupid still he passed out of
the train here and YVES taken In
Carriage to the Court room.
Warden Durston, VT, accompanied
Kemmler here, stopped for dinner
and sent the prisoner 10 the city Jail,
int nding to have him arraigued later.
In his absence, however, the prisoner
was led into the court room. Every
inch Of space was occupied. Outside
i'll the corridors crowd craned their
necks and stood on tiptoe trying to
peer into the room.
At 2:10 Judge Childs entered and
at once took his seat upon the bench.
The District Attorney asked that the
date OF Kemmler's execution be fixed.
Judge Childs ash ed If KemmIer had
anything TO say WHY the judgment of
of the Court should not be carried
out.
'No SIR"
''Tnen, the order of the Court is
shat the former sentence in your case
se carried into effect within the week
beginning April % aud that you be
returned to the State prison at Au-
burn and be there kept in clese con-
inement until the time of execution"
That was all. Words as cold and
heartless as the science which has
been called in to kill him.
The old formula of death ended
with a prayer, Aud may God have
mercy on your soul" Here. nothing
of all this merely taking of a
sentence without word of sympathy
or remembrance of a hereSfter.
Science knows no God, but at least IL
might be human. .t nrr
As they were passing back to the
Jail Xemmler missed his old keeper,
Dan McNaughton. Hello, where Is
Daniel-in the lions den !?
1t was poor courtesy on the part OF
the distr ct attorney to have the prs
oner arraigned otherwise than Ia the
presence of the walden, who was not
at all consulted in the matter. Quin-
10y is little msn physically, but he is
great in bis desire for notOrlety In this
case. 1t will be historical, he knows.
Scientific Journals in every city of the
civilized world wilt speak of it and the
name of Quinby must not be forgot
ten.
The World correspondent has
been with Kemmler for two hours try
ing to judge of the effect upon him o.
thS terrible sentence. He bites hi:
mustache every few moments and nj:
ewes roll continuously. His hands art
clammy. He is terrified, not with
terror of the mode of death, but witt
the terror of death itself. The man
ner makes little difference the fac
strikes home. Not even to his coun
sci, who was anxious to draw him on
about his feelings to day, could b
speak of his emotions. How ar
you feeling, KemmlerT The Worl
correspondentasked Pretty good.
"You re looking we'll" He smiled
The remark fattered him, but il oil
not loosen his tongue. He was aske