New-York tribune., 1890-08-07
OPINIONS OF ELECTRICIANS.
FAITH GENERALLY FxpRrSSrD ~ Tur Nrw
METHOD -EICOIDEE sMYTH A%D ME.
BEDFORD DO NOT LIKE 1T.

While New York cIcctricans were loa;h 81 pass luig
mont on The K~rmcr execution until thry wore ia po-
sion of fui and accuai" detail about H. several e
ilcin who were seen b, Tribune reporter wcr- "ilHt
to cAp,c-s their opinion, In "7d To- the result, -' far
rs known.
Fugcne T Lynch jr formerly general maraf"r Of
the tinted state, Electric Lighting .npauy. clor
trca expert aud engineer u much Pcricnoc, Vh' ha
az office In the Equitable Eudiug thought that il
a mi .tase to a commercial dyurm" a--ocat"d VIII
particular c0mpauv while other electrical death na
ching, ,ould have hccn used. said ho: The Wrestling
house commercial dynamo has voltage Il LOO "nd
they have u.rd that DYNAMO and pccd"d IL mp 80
- to have It generate about 600 volts. IN Ep-lnd
tncv are using 10000 volt- commo, ,callv, and '"'
could have got here apparatus 81 that sort u th,
lad wanted #. But instead of HAT. Win a. if"l 81
rinuins the alternating hrfn"s-. The commercial ap
pa.ltu, win % slight increase by speeding up the ha
chine has been used. Thcy could have "b'ia'ed all
difficulties and made the execution absolutely -afc and
certain by using q higher voltage machine. | think
however that II The connections were properly applied
Kcurcr died after the first sh'ch II hc suffered II
wa, probably due - poor connections. once i"cV'l
q shock Of 400 volt, from direct current hr 'Ac
at once II / had kept hold / think IT would have
Killed me. thih over lo"' N"i'7 wiz "'' "''
properly applied
+ : ua-ting. treasurer of the Edison General
Electric company, aid Nftr the first ~hoch there
wa, an absolute alton OF sensation have hn""i
c,,c- of people shocked by a current. ana "PPt
emily dead. who have been restored & Aic b. irh
rciai re4 piration know casr oi 4 man ih -
paul who after touching an an rnl'ing wire, fell
+, the ground a. # dead, AID after being IN con
dltiou Of SUSPENDED animation about thirty minutes
was ~torcd hy artificial respiration. lie had no
recollection OF ANYTHING after hc touched the wiro
and in his canc the contact lasted abort srcOnd
In che case of Kcmillcr Che current was app"l
long ,.uou,h 10 cause death. and thcrc might hc
1 4lg lint ft..fl tfft tr.ftt1
make me believe That there ves any feeling after the
shock / have man u'c, and fifteen or twenty
| minutes aftcrNafd have seen movement of the
lungs thouch lie was undoubtedly dead. II is The
urc.,,re Of electricity that Kills aud The quantity
In the case Of the mcdlcO legal socictc,' experiment,
on animal, at Mr. Edison, laboratory, burning wa.
noticeable when tic Application was confined In The
animals for u length of time II was bcral.c of the
driving mp the contact and the increase u resistance"
aaa this may have happened In Keumlrrs ca>e.7
Paul D. CIavath aiioru"T for The westinghouse
! COMPANY made the follow ing statement a, a hri-
manitaran hope that It has now been proven that
killing man by electricity Il the height OF cruelty,
some les blut manner Of carrying out the death
tcnce Will be adopted.
The trouble Is that 1t IS impossible to measure cec
tricitv accurately. long - The metre works all
right the exact power he asccrtaincd but 1t +,
| Of the most delicate construction end the least thing
Will throw it ont Of order and render II worthless. Even
| five minutes after an experiment Il may Zee utterly
! unreliable Hence, IL Will hc readily that clcc
irciiY j. not the thing t. LII man by due proccs-
it, C. Townsend attorney for the Thorn ,on llon.ton
| electrical machinery must have been deceive. The
elce,r,G~s g,, %cl, Ho' Rr"rery a1iu,,ra or @ Son
| contact. ! read an account some time ago oi
| the appliance proposed 10 be used NJ first. A.