Connecticut western news., 1890-04-30
THE DYNAMO IS READY.
When Will Electricity End Mur-
 derer Kemmler's Life?
WARDEN QUESTION ALONE KNOWS.

The First Victim of New York's New Death
 Penalty Will Receive the Fatal Shock
 Some Time This week-Preparation for
 8 Noted Execution.
 AUBURN, N. Y, April 28.-Win it be Tuesday morning or Wednesday morning that the fiery force that has accidentally destroyed so many persons legally dis patch it's first victim? This is the ques- tion that is on the lips of nearly every per son in Auburn today. Keepers and guards in the prison hear the question asked con- tinually: "When?" Yet only one man can answer that question and he is silent. Warden Durston has peculiar faculty of keeping his business to himself. But there is one man who apparently does not care-Kemmler.
 Kemmler Shows No Fear.
 Sitting in his cell, catching occasional glimpses of convicts passing his window, the condemned man eats with 8 hearty ap- petite, studies his Bible, chats with his guardsmen and whistles and sings his favorite song, Gall Me Back Again." His face shows no sign of fear. He re- gently said to MT. Durston: ''You have U0cu h1uu CO ulc duu Sud11 UIy UO AhAO your work easy"
 He Has the Autograph Fever.
 During the past two weeks he has written nearly thousand of his autograph cards, on which, in strikingly neat characters, with few ornamental fourishes, is Will jam Kemmler, Auburn, N. Y., April, 1890" Kemmler never lost faith that he would get a new trial until he was taken to Buffalo to be resentenced. He seems we'll aware of the interest his case is excit- ing and wishes the cards he has written to be given to all who want them. So strong is the autograph fever upon him that he will undoubtedly write cards up to the hour he leaves his cell to walk to the death chair.
 His Spiritual Adviser.
 Could he live until May he would be 31 years of age. Some day this week he will die. At what hour? Prcl bly, between and in the morning. Kemmler's spiritual adviser, Dr. Houghton, visited him Sunday and conducted the usual services. Kemmler was very attentive. He brought his rug and knelt at the chaplain's side Kemmler's dinner, on large platter, was brought in by convict. A little later Mrs. Durston sent down the ice cream and cucumbers she had promised him.
 The Murderer's Only Friends.
 Kemmler gets only ordinary fare There are no flowers to adorn his room, no delica- cies from outside sentimentalists. In fact, he is treated as prisoner who, outside of his keepers and the warden's family, has not friend in the world. No sympathetic letters are sent from Philadelphia where he betrayed the wife of his best friend; no anxious inquiries come from Buffalo where he brutally hacked her to pieces. His only friends during the whole trial have been the alternating electrical current system companies, whose only object was to defeat the scheme of rival organization. Preparations for the Execution.
 Extensive preparations are being made for the transmission of the details of the execution by the telegraph companies. The Western Union has fourteen special opera tors here who, with the regular force, will be able to send out 900 words in four hours time. Many scientific experts will be present. The prison gates will be closely l guarded until after the execution. Only authorized persons will be allowed to enter l and even then they will be closely watched. l Warden Durston has issued tickets to those l be used to prevent outsiders from getting in. A Queer Complication.
 A queer complication has arisen which y Among the persons invited to be present are William Henry Smith, general man. ager of the Associated Press, and Walter Phillips, of the United Press, who were to represent the newspapers. MT. Smith does not want to come and has asked to be per mitted to send substitute.
 This request Warden Durston positively refuses to grant, and says further that if l MT. Smith does not come MT. Phillips shall ~H~A1< IL >sAI send substitutes. It has also been discov- cred that there is no provision in the law binding jurors, witnesses, assistants or others to secrecy as to the details of the ex- i ecution. They may be prosecuted, however, for misdemeanor if they knowingly tell the details for publication.
 The Death Warrant Prepared.
 At the execution no cap will be placed over the condemned mans face, and every contraction of the muscles will be plainly seen by the jury. The physicians will hold a post-mortem over the body, and any marks caused by the electricity will be carefully noted. After examination the body will be deposited in rough box par tially filled with quicklime, and buried within the prison walls. Were it buried outside it is almost certain the body would be stolen by medical students or curiosity seekers.
 The death warrant is all prepared and nothing but the warden's command stands between William Kemmler and instant death. He will probably be informed to- day by the warden of the exact hour of the execution.
 State Electrician Harold P. Brown will remain in the dynamo room, 8 thousand yards away from the scene of death, and do nothing except to see that the dynamo is kept running smoothly. Warden Durston will himself turn on the death current The Frost Jury Disagree.
 UTICA, N Y, April 2s.-The jury in the Frost divorce case at Pulaski failed to agree. and after being out forty-eight hours ware discharged. They stood eight to foul Su1 tho plA1uta6, Mx. Ffest