Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-08-08

] nv 'he "aIuehe uueh'lon DT. fell
stepped rward with y Ing syringe
in his hand and deftly wetted two
-ponRes which were at the electrodes.
one on top ~ TIE head and the o'b.P
1T the base os the spine. The water
which bs put on them wss impreg.
nstrd with sslt. DIR. Spizka answered
the warden's question with the shout.
"All right" which was echoed by
Others about him. Ready" said
Dur-ton sgsin. and then "good-bye.n
H. stepped to the door aud through
an opening said to some one In the
next room, but To whom will probably
never be known with certainty.
Everything i. ready" There was sn
aim s. immediate response, and st
6:43l the electric current was turned
on.
There WAS a sudden convulsion of
h. frame in the chair, n spasm went
over k~mmhr fr m : cad TO foot, con-
Il ined by tha raIe and suring- that
held Tim fi'my, u that no limb or
other part Of h. body stir. d moro
than a small Faction Of an inch from
its re-ti ~ plsc-. The twitching that
the muscles Of the face under went
g'vr ~ for moment M expression Of
ain, but no cry --cap,-d from his lips,
winch were free to move at will. No
s"und anne forth TO sugpest that on
scion-ne-s lasted more than an In finI-
tr--iInal frsc ion Of q second, b-yo,d
the oscillation of the human mind.
The body remained In q rigid position
for seventeen seconds. The Jury and
witnesses. who remained seated up TO
this moment, came hurriediy frwand
AID surrounded the c',air. There was
no movement II the BODY beyond the
first c"nvu'-ion. 1t wss not pretty
sight. this mao in his shirt sleeves,
bound hand, foot. body and even hesd.
with q heavy frsmsw rk pressing
down On tie top Of his skull.
Dr. McDonsId held @ stop.ws'ch in
hi hand. and ss he seconds few by
he noted their ppssge. Spi,zka. tho,
10 'k-d Mt the stop. watch, and No the
tenth second expired he cried out:
"Srop!" and "Stop!" was repeated
by other voices about. There Was q
ral"xs,ion Of the body a. the current
Was shut off. "He's de.d," said DR..
Snitzka. d.. Batch was bending over
The body 10 king st the exposed kin.
Suddenly he called out sharply: "Dr.
Mcdonald. see that rupture" The
index fngsr Of the right hand bad
curbed back ward ss the muscle con.
trsctrd and scraped a small hole In
the skin at the bsse of the thumb on
the hack ri the hand. There was no.
thing strange in this. but the little
rupture VAS dropping blood. Turn
the curre Vt on instantly. the man Is
not dead, said Spitzss on, the cur
rent could not he tu,n.d On. When
the signal to stop h 4 come the
operator had sir mated the eng ineer to
stop the dvnam", whirh ws- slm,-' ut
q -tsndstilI. The operator sprspg to
the hutton and gave n sharp s'gnsl
ard there WAS a rspid response. A
was anticipated there Wrr- -igus of re-
viving consciousness. X mmler's lips
began TO drip spittle and 4" y moment
more the cSest moved and from The
mouth csme q heavy t. n'"rious
sound, quickening and incr asiug
with every respiration. There was
no voice but that of the wsrden CRYING
b. tie operator IN turn on the current
and the wheezing s'und, half proan.
~hicn forced itself past the tightly
closed lips and sounded through the
It'll chamber with gtasfiy d'stinct-
ness. Some Of the witnesses tnrned
awav from the sight and one tainted.
II seemed long time In rescbing o
climax. II reality there were hut 7s
seconds in the Interval between the
moment when the first soupd ispued
from Kemmler till q response from
the DYNAMO room came. II rame
with the same suddenness that marked
the firt shock. The horrible soupd
was cnt of sharply As the body oncs
more became rigid, slimy ooxe still
dropped from the mouth ano slowly
down the beard h the gray vest.
Twice there were twitchipgs ri the
body ss the electrician In the next
room threw the current on and o6.
There was to be no mistake thIs time
about killing. The dynamo was run
up to its highest speed and again .
e. u currrut of 1000 volts wss srpt
through the body. How long II was
kept In action no one knovs.
To the excited group abou, the
chair II seemed an tntermipahls
time. DR.. Daniel. who looke1
at hts watch excitedly. ana vhe
'houxbt h. had an approximat. idsa
II the tine at least, said II wss foar
-rd half mlnntes In oil. The wsr-