Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-08-07

be another execution BY thas means" By
I diigent probing of the few men Who sav
tie execution and are ras nos engaged
( in Witnessing the autopsy, IL was leAfned
/ that the erst injection Of the electrical cur
rent into kenmier did not produce death.
The application vas for Is seconds. KEN
naier VAS 10 all appearance dad. The
carrsai was taraed OF. xnd = half dozen
medical men sprang TO their feet and felt
the palse of the man In the chair. They
pronounced him dead. and fell into . Dis
cass;on Of the case, examining this feature
and that, the pupils of the eyes. the pulls
ing places in the neck and other points,
when suddenly the body began TO chow
sigas of life. There was faint respiration.
and kemmler was surely returning To life
as did that linenisn whe was Knocked from
laider IN East Stth st. tso years ago, and
revived after being taken ID the morsne.
For q moment there Vas commotion. War
den Darston, who had calmsd down his in.
tense sgitation. became excited again.
Word NM be sent TO
the dyi aaio room 800 feet away
Ar order was given 81 tara the pressure on
again. 1, WAS lone in fes seconds, tut
each second was an age TO the Witnesses.
animate man. this time for nearly two min
uics, and thea kemmlsr WAS dead beyond
eeuh'. TIE relief experienced by thosc
Who were but spectators can better be i'm
aginsd than described. c. X. uuntley. the
electrical expert, 10 even more outspokeu.
H said. The scene was most horrible
There was a smell as of burning flesh. or
as if hair wss being .corched. There vas
A a..
at the point of contact al the small Of the
back There was foam On tbe lips of the
poor fellow. and there vas horror ON every
face.
Mr.. Bsin, the United Press representa-
i've, was so affected that he vomited, and
was very iii fer some time afterward DIR.
George T.. Shrsdy, who was taken into the
scene of the execution, said have seen
many men hanged, and | must cay that
there is nothing 10 the old method 80 re
Voting AS the scene have witnessed this
morning. The execution was not reassu--
lag OF the scientific value of electricity a.
All txpeulioner.n DR. Carlos +. McDon-
aid. who has all along favored The new
idea II think the execution was sue
eess. 1t is true that the first application
of the electric current did not extiuguish h
the life of the subject, but it was quite
evdeLt that he experienced no suf
fering and died without a pain '
These expr, ssIons were gathered from the
medical expert whtle they were down to
thc hotel fer lunch, The autopsy was
sdjourned tor half an hour 10 allow time
breakfast. 1t vas noticed that those who
fret emerged from the scene were pale
hsggard and perturbed. Quimby. the first
to come out, wss noticesbiy so, but each
of the N reported that the experiment hsi
been entirely successful except ID. j. II
jenkins of Auburn. who choked something
down his throat as he replied mo, he did
not lie like the snap of your thumb" But
he would 70 no further. DR. Fell has bee u
al enthusiast in favor of electrocution for
wears The medical men have all returned 10
the prison and are engaged on the antorsy
Jos Yelling. the Buffalo deputy sheriff who
assisted War leu Durston at the execution,
was invited 10 be present at the request OF
kemmler. lie was with the man when the
clergymen knelt in prayer, and. at Kemm-
ler's request, assisted in adjusting the con
llemned man in the death chair before he
took his seat in the chair. and once when
the Buffalo man stepped out IF the cell,
kemmlor called planuvcly, Don't leave
me. Joe"
kemniler removed his coat himself pre-
paratory to taking the chair and was abou,
to remove his vest, when the warden sait,
"Ob, think that's not necessary, William
You're all right" kemmler's vest and
shirt were slitted up the back to make
room for the application of the elcctrode to
The spinal column and that part of the work
the warden performed himself.