New-York tribune., 1890-08-06
TO DIE AT SIX O'CLOCK.
THE PREPARATIONS FOR KEMMLER'S Exc
CUTION COMPLETED.
MANY PHYSICIANS GATHERED AT AUBURN-ALL
THE WITH ESSEs ON HAND-THE DOOMED
MAN INFORMED AT THIS MORNING
OF THE HOUR OF HIS DEATH.
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Auburn, Aug j-Kemuer will have another
night of mystery and suspense Every hour
which the warden adds TO the wrctchs life gives
him nothing but misery. The cause of the
delay is the quarrel which Warden Durston has
had with every expert electrician employed by
him The result is That the machine not at
mid igh: II condition for use HID the warden kept
10 any one plan or theory all this delay and sus-
pensc could have been avoided. But he got rid
OF Harold T. Brown: then he took up
with Charles r. Barnes, of Rochester.
and the TWO quarellcd; the. last two men
10 hc seccted--Charlcs NJ IIuntley of Buffalo apd
T. +. Davis of Ncw-lork, have not been with him
long enough to get into any trouble vet
At O'Clock this morning Chaplain Yates and
the Rev Dr. Houchtop went to Kcmmlcr's cell
and 'oll him of the hour when he is 70 die.
The rdcrcr took the announcement calmly,
without any change from his sullen demeanor.
II is now definitely settled thnt he will be
executed shortly after o'clock. and the physi-
clans and witnesses hnve been ordered TO be at the
prison a half an hour earlier than the oppontcd
time.
At o'clock this evening the physicians and wit
nesscs WHO are 70 attend the execution went 10 the
Jail to hold n conference with the Warden on the
two important points Of the entire alair-thc hour
of Tie execution and the making Of thc autopsy
Among the physicians present were many leading
men Of the medical profession. Bat the conference
was by 30 means a satisfactory one rs the Warden
desired 10 run the medical part Of the execution
rs we'll as the elect rical. The coming here of Dr
, George F. Shndy of Npw-Yorl, with DR.. Spitzka
wns a surprise Dr. Shrady did not receive notice
until This morning and In giving out the list Of
names Of physicians who had been asked 10 attend
/ lcft Snit1l,a'S uuti
his attention was called to the omission
Other physicians present are Deputy Coroner
! William r Jenkins. Of Nrw-York. who has per
/ formed antop~es upon nearly all OF the bodies Of
/ the men w.o have been killed by The electric
/ Eeht wires in that city: Dr. Carlos f. Macdonald.
/ chairman II tie State Commission on Lnnacy :;
! Irs Souihwck, Daniels Fell and Fowler, Of
! Buffalo: DR. Louis Ealch secretary Of the state
! Board Of Health and Dr. W J. Nells. of Albany :;
I Dr. Hcnry AICne of Corning; Dr. Samuel p.
| Ward, OF Buffalo and Dr' J. VI Jenkins. 7. X.
! Smith and II. r. Allison. of Auburn. DR.. Shrady
,oo, the place Of ex-senator McMlllan Of Buffalo,
! who J., ~ Washington.
IL tie afternoon tLr physicians who have
reached Le.r net ~ tie Osborne House and frey
/ discussed tie situation. They al agr"r that tie
outops- thoull not take place within. at least,
three Lonrs after the execution for they do not de-
.rc T. 10y thcm,cyc> open to any chrrgc from those
who have hecn opposing the death penalty by
electricity MI along. DR.. Southwick was especially
IN earnest on this point and both lac md DR. DAME Is
viii probably Withdraw from tie AUTOPSY in cas.'
! ou attempt In made 10 perform one within the tmo
/ mentioned. They are also. Ike Or Shrady, in
favor Of giving tD the press everything TINT occurs
/ in Ire dca,h.room ~ well rs tie results Of their
! examinations, for friends Of a humane method
| Of lniiiciiug capital punishment they want the
! world - know Just what occurs and just how death
! is caused.
\ few minutes aftrr the physcians started for
NJ. mil Warden Durston and Charles K Barnes,
| of Rochester. met at the Osborne House and had
! au excited conference II concluded With their
making up. and Barnes. with r. F. Davis. of
! Ncw-York. au assistant Of Harold Y. Brown. and
| G. T. Huntlry, % Buffalo. will have charge OF
| the electrical apparatus. The three electricians
went Immediately ~ the room whcrr he machlu-
| cry Is situated :. give il a critical examination
! The physicians discussed the Plan % hc fol
/ lowed IN making the AUTOPSY and arrived Al an
agreement. which they were cnioincd by the
warden 10 disclos 20 none They werc then sent
, back {, the hotel with the information that they
would not he wanted before morning AID would
! hc sent for when needed. This they understood
10 mean that the execution will take place be-
|
chine can be- got into fhapc in time
There WAS more excitement in Auburn today
o,cr the coming execution of Kcmm.er than there
has been at my time heretofore The kemmlcr
cNccutlon has all along seemed TO interest Auburn
,ronlc Tar le.s, than the reports of the baseball
scores or the victories of the horses AT Saratoga
and Monmouth Park But TINS morning the town
was fairly alive TO tie fact that. after all. the
! man would ir executed and the verdict oi me
courts respected. This served 20 bring th" curl
Gus ores 70 the jail gates. where they stayed, ap-
parentlv content Ia stare n thr barred WhGoNS
| # what they supposed was heminerS cen.
| Whether or not the man was really pehihh 'le
bnrs al which many pairs of eyes were ducc''u'
none save the Warden md keepers knew, ana
! they were as dumb on this point as they nave
been all along, except when they Intentionally
mislcd the correspondents and the puphc'
Nevertheless the people Of Auburn. who have mere
| tofurc appeared TO take no interest IN th' eN''u-
| ton i'm considerable numbers stared at the harS
| and were satisfied.
Inside Of the prison proper everything weh' on
A. u,,ictly and as regularly rs though nothing ont
/ of the common was going TO happen. Inc
prisoners marched 70 tbeir breakfast and work
as before. none Of them knowing bat that per
hans at that instant the process of death by
electricity WAS going on In the 0llce. however.
there was more or csS hustle and CONFUSION
Warden Durson. feeling the position WHEN lie
now occupies in oeluS the posS'Ssoi
of "A great secret, walked abont Win
| an all-mportant air. On the hrS' '''''
from Tire east several OF The witnesses
10 the execution arrived. Among them were Ut
Carlos F. Macdonald and Robert Dunlap inc
halter and cable news mau. MI. Dunlap was
taken 70 Kcmmers cell. where he talked with
the prisoner for "A few minutes anu Ic icp'' '''
| that the condemned man was cheerful. Bui IRON
other sources it. was learned that this cheer
fuIpess WAS assumed by Kemmler temporarily,
and after Mr.. Dunlaps departure he sank into
lis former morose and snllen state. There wac
little variety. However. in kemmlcr's life ana
| manner to-day He was nervous and fretfui. an'
ate bu, little. and the day wore on ne became