Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-08-06

those VINO had made the ptsfara-
tions for 1t, and who were watcn-
ing is progress to the final fatai
conclusion.
When the straps had been ad-
justed the warden placed his hahu
| on Kemmler's head and hei1 u
against the rubber cushion, which
I ran down tine back OF the chair:
Reminders eyes Hes turned toward
the opposite side OF the fcOrlI before
they had followed the warden III his
movements about. Then the cor
demned man made one or two re-
marks, In n perfectly clear anu
! rompOsel tone G! voice. wei,
wish everybody E5Si iucss" was
one Of them, and ''DurstOl. see that
things are all right" was another.
Tel Ely Nts'inS unfas;eued the
thumb screw switch, which held
the back Of the chair in place and
began 10 lower it. The warden as
sisted in the preparations by
HOLDING KExMLER's HEAD.
Kemmler said, sob, / could bet
ter press that down further, L guess;
press that down" So the head
piece was unchanged ard pressed
further down While this was be
ing done kemmler said "Well,
waEt to do the best can, ! can't 10
any better than that" Warden
DurstOu took in his hand the leather
b lrness which vas to be adjusted To
Herhrnler'g head. There was also
a broad !eaihe. strap which
went across the fyrehssd and
chin top. The strap pressed
down against the nose Of kemmlsf,
until Il fiattened IL down slightly
over his face. The harness was then
putin place. The chaplain, who was
standing near the chair, said, "GiOd
bless yoI, Kemmler," and the con-
demned man answered, "Thank
vo,,;' snnly. The door leading into
the room Thers tire switches were
arranged was partly 0pe1. A pan
stood in the doorway; beyond him
there were two other men. Which
one Of them was TO
TOUCH THE LEVER
aud make the connection with the
chair was not known. Warden
Dur-ton says it never viii be
known.
The dynamo in the machine shop
was running at good speed and the
volt metre on the wall registered
little more than a thousind volts.
The warden turned 20 the doctors
assembled Immediately around the
execution chair and said: "DO doc
tors az - = all right?'' Hardly had
a minute elapsed -'i,re the ADJUST
ment OF the STRAPS. There ~ss no
time for Kemmler to have weak
ened, even If his marvellous courage
had not been equal 10 the test Of fur
ther delay. But there was no fear
that he would have lost courage.
He was a. calm in the chair all
through as he had been before be
entered the room.
At the varian's request DR.. Felt
stepped forward with q lyrg syringe
in his hand an deity wetted two
spOnses which were at the eleCs-
rOdes, one on the top Of kemmleT's
head and the other nc the base OF
the spine. The water which he put
on them was impregnated with
salt. Or. SpitZSa answered the I.
Warden's question with
a SHORT GALL RIGHT,
which VS. echoed by the others ,
ab0u. him. Ready" said Durs- !
ton, ord then ''FOOd bye" He .
stepped 10 the door and through the .
said 10 some one in the next Z
room, with certainty ibut TO whom
will probably never lie known: |
Everything is ready" An al /
most immediate response and at .
6:iS, the electriccurrentw was turned
on. There was a sudden cOuvul- /
sion Of the frame IN the chair, a I
snasm wrnt over kemmlgr from
head 10 foot, confined b.y the straps
and springs that held him firmly.
30 that no limb or other part Of the
body stirred more than a small fraC-
ton ofan inch from its rJsting-Dlace.
The tw!tChing that the muscles ofthe
face underwent gave IL for a moment
the expression Of pain, but no cry
from the iiis, which were
free 10 move n wiil-nO sound
came forth 10 suggest that con-
seriousness lasted more than an in
fDitely small fraction Of a second
beyOEd the calculation OF the
human mind. The holy remained I
~ = RIGID POSITION
or seventeen seconds.
The jury aud witnesses, who had
remained seated up 10 this moment,
anne hurriedly forward ami sur
.ouuded the chair. There was no
Of the holy beyond the
Inst convulsion. IL was no inviting
light, this man in his shirt sleeves, (
'Ound hand, foot, body, and even (
head. with q heavy frame
york pressing down on the top =
4 his skull. d.. Mcdonald
leld a stop watch i'm his hand and
: the seconds few by he noted their ;
.assige. DIR. SpitZSa, too, lOOkei .
{ the stOp-watCh and as the tenth {
econd expired he cried out, STOP
Stop!" cried other voices about. ,
he warden turned 10 the doorway ,
nj called out ''Stopl' 10 the man ,
: the lever. 4 quick movement OF ( !
he arm and tile electric current ,
'as switched of. There was a
slaxation Of the body in the chair.
"HE's DEAD"
Md Spitska calmly.
DIR. Hatch was bending over the l
Ody, looking at the exposed Skin. I
uddenly he cried out sharply: "Dr. !
lcDOnald, see that upiure.H In 0
moment Doctors SpitzSa aud Me-
'Onald hai leaned over and
ere looking where DIR. Hatch
a. pointing, at little red r
ut on the hand which rested on
ic right arm Of the chair. The 7
.deX finger Of the hand had curved Z
icswsri as the muscles contracted c
nj scrapei 4 small hole in the Y
in at the base Oi the thumb on the h
lex Of the hand. There was $
thing strange in this alone, but Z
Ie little rupture was dropping
God. Turn the current on in '
aniy. The man Is not deadiv
ied SpitzSa. Faces grew
nitc and firms faiI T,,.t- q