Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-14

eng, 1road-shoulderedl little raan, wear
4ngA fell beard with carefully arranged
@sair clus tering about his forehead. He
(fas dressed in D new suit of clothing
q sack coat and vest of dark grey ma
Qerial, trousers of . mixed yellow pat
Germ and white shirt whose polished
'front.' was exposed directly below little
Cow Of lawn of . black and white check
qsattern.
This was William Kemmler, who was
about to undergo the sentence of death.
Behind him walked DR.. w. E Hough-
q Con and Chaplain Yates.
Eemmler was by far the coolest man
isB the party. He did not look about the
room with any special degree of inter
est. He hesitated as the door was
closed behind him and carefully locked
by an attendant on the other side, as if
10 did not know exactly what to do.
%Giv0 me Q chair, will yOu?" said the
Garden.
Some one quickly handed, him .
0tsoOden chair which he placed in front
aad q little TO the right of the execution
Chair. facing the little circle of men.
Eemmler sat down composedly, looked
about him and then looked up and down,
1Bithoht any evidence of fear, or of es-
fifSCi@A AAlcIcSb III Uuc cNcuG his lace
1Was not stolid, it was not Indifferent.
We looked, il any thing. as if he were
Gather pleased 1T being the center of in
0erese
Warden Durston stood at the left Of
(jhe chair, with his hand on the back of
o. and. almost at the moment that
Kemmlcr took his seat he began to
speak ilA short. quick periods.
s1<fOyx,- Uant1auaD - ho aai6
1Alliam Kemmler Ihave warned him
Chat he has got 90 die. and IL he has any
Ching 70 say he will say it"
Aa the warden finished Eemmler
gGokea up and said in o. high-keyed
voice, without any hesitation and as if
R9had prepared himself with the speech:
DWELL, - wish every one good luck in
kais world, and l think l am going to
good place, and the papers has been
saying lot of stuff that amt So That
o Is all have to tell
With the conclusion 60 the speech he
ldfhed his back on the jury and took off
Bis coa4 and handed it to the warden
ifhis disclosed the fact that hole had
been cut from the band of the trousers
flown, SO as to expose the base of the
spine, against which one of the cleo
Irodes Gas to press
When his coat was 90 Kemm1er
turne9 - the direction of the door
Through which he had come into the
room and began to unbutton his vest.
Warden Durston called attention to the
fact that it was not necessary to re-
move his vest, and Kemmler calmly
buttoned it again and carefully ar
ranged his tie.
Don't hurry about this matter" said
the warden. BE perfectly COOL
kemmler was perfectly cool He was
by all odds the coolest man in the room.
When his tie was arranged, he sat
down in the electric chair as quietly as
if he were sitting down to dinner.
Warden DurSton stood on the right
and George Yelling. of Albany, on the
left. They BEGAN Immediately to adj
just the straps around Kemmler's BODY
the condemned man holding upohis
arms so as to give them every assist
ance. When the straps had been ad-
iusted about the body, the arms were
fastened down, and then the warden
leaned over and parted Reminders feet
SO as to bring his legs near the legs of
the chair.
When the straps had been adjusted to
the body and limbs, the warden placed
his hand on Reminders head and held
1t against the rubber cushion which
ran down the back of the chair. Kemm-
ler's eyes were burned toward the oppo-
site SIDE OF the room. Before, they had
followed the warden in his movements
about Then the condemned man made
one or two remarks in a perfectly clear.
composed tone of voice: well. I wisb
everybody good luck" was one of them.
and ''Durston, see that things are ali
right" was another
Deputy Vieling unfastened the thumb
screws which held the figure at the
back of the chair in place and began to
lower it so that the rubber cap which
held the saturated sponge pressed
against Kemmler's head. The warden