Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-08-02
NEARING HIS DOOM
Kemmler Has But a Few DAYS
More to Live.
he IS RAPIDLY BREAKING DOWN
The Wardenh Wife Cannot Cheer Him
With Kind Worda

All HIS Former ssOiCism Has VanIahed
A Belief That he Win Weaken
and Have to be Carried TO the Chair.
Reporters watching the Mardsn's
Movements.
AUBURN, N, Y, Aug. 2.-Within the
week beginning Monday next William
Kemmlsr, the brutal murderer of Tillie
Zeigler, will pay the penalty prescribed
by law for such crimes,
There seems now to be no possible
chance Of his longer escaping justice.
All the State courts having jurisdic-
ton in the case, and the highest
tribunal In the country, the United
States Court, have been appealed to In
his behalf, but in each instance tho
decision has been against tha Oon,
ThousAnds of dollars have undoubt-
eddy been expended in conducting these
appeals and 1t is almost an open secret
that the electric companies have stood
the expense. This was NOT
done with the object of chsatinG
justice, fOr II ever there. was . muir
aerSr who deserved the laws full pun
tshment Kemmler IL one, but the desire
has been tOprevent the State from using
electricity as death agency.
Most al! the companies who are inter
ested in the development of this mYs.
ferrous power are opposed to It's use as
. meangof execution and there Ia no
doubt that they would still further
hght the new law but for the fact that
there are no more courts to appeal to.
That Kemmler now fully realizes his
terrible position there is no further
doubt. All his former stoicism has
vanished and he has reverted hack to
the miserable wretch he was at the
time he first came here. The
kind words of Mrs. Durston
do not cheer him up as they did a short
time ago. He is sullen and has not the
boyish- appetite he has hitherto en-
joysd. He talks but little to his keep
srs Aad his illustrated Bible. present.
from Mrs, Dunston and which greatly
interested him for while, is now
seldom opened. He has lost all care for
personal appearance and often does not
comb his hatg unless expecting q cali
fr3na the Warasnis wife,
1t would not surprise some if. WIN
the fatal hour arrives, he S;ould bresE
down completely ana have to be
dragged to tbs death chamber.
"afSen Durston is as close as clam
concerning the murderer and all ar
rangements for the execution. If he
has decided upon the hour for the final
scene he is closely guarding this knowl-
edge in his own brain.
Almost every movement of the
warden and any unusual activity or
new arrival at the prison is watched
closely by the reporters. Mrs. Durston
10 expected to leave the prison Satur-
day afternoon, and those who are to
be present atlthe execution will likely
begin to arrive Sunday. II is under
stood that Warden Durston will &C.
oommodate them with quarters within
the prison immediately on their arrival
in the city, where they will remain
until all is over. He will be a shrewd
man indeed who succeeds in getting
within the walls of the prison without
the newspaper boys knowing of the
fact at about the same time he does
OF course nothing definite is known
regarding the hour for the execution,
hut the general belief is that by the
time the sun has made its appearance
Tuesday morning, Kemmler's earthly
troubles will be over.