Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-08-07
ENGLISH rEEss OPINIONS.

4 AaNHaH a.HNaNa " ANN' = JOY hf..HHr s
I commenting upon the billing Ul
| kummler hy electricity. says the
scene was worlhy Of the darkest
/ chambers Of the ingui>iJion % the
| sixteenth century.
The Times says IL would d. i'm
possible 10 imagine more revolving
| exhibition. II advocates death
/ chamber in preference TO the use %
electricity Throughout the civilized
world. "We cannot believe the
| Americans VIII allow the electricity
| legislative act 10 stand
DESCHIITIpN CD the CHAIR.
AUi:URN. y. y. Aug. G.-FoiIUW-
ing j. description o.! the clgct.Ical
chair ia which kemmler was ext
cu;ed:
Fastened To the back j. IN adjust
able figure : which can be raised OF
/ lowered 80 as Ia come down over
/ the head OF the condemned. The
technique Of tae thing is very
simple. Through the ! iere is e.
hole. and through this passes
rubber tub containing a rUd 81 steel
or copper To which 4 wet sponge i
fastened. This sponge will touch
the crown Of the condemned mans
head. Another pipe, with webbing
Inside aud q sponge, PASSES up
/ through the seat 50 rs % touch the
base Of TIE spine. when the man j.
strapped firmly In his seat. This
was accomplished by the use Of
5, veral straps, one passing around
/ the chest, another around the
abdomen, " hiCh drew the webbing
against the spine, while the arms
were firmly strapped 10 those Of the
| chair. The feet rested on 4 com
Portable fOOtFest, after the fa-hiou ~
those in use III 4 barrier shop. In
deed the strong resemblance Of this
1 IN stTument Of death to n barriers
chair mas already caused the prison
officials TO speak Of elcctrUcutiOn in
/ their roughly humorous way rs q
| baldhcadei shave. The electricity
was generated by 4 dynamo near 20
the power room 4 thousand feet
away from the place Of execution.
There i nothing uncomfortable
about the chair save the deadly cur
rent which gUes with it, and II
death by the latter be as sudden AMI
painless rs tine advocates afiim, il
will certainly be tine most mcrciful
means Of capital punishment used
anywhere.
RErOETISG TIE EXECUTION.
New YORK, Aug. 6.-Here is a
| portion OF the electrical execution
law which nearly all tie newspapers
Of New York state have violated:
mo account OF the details Of any
such execution beyond the fact that
such convict was ON the day in
| question duly executed according 20
law ut the prison, shall be published
in any newspaper. Any person who
shall violate or omit b comply with
the provisions Of this section shall
be guilty OF misdcmeauor.o
\ question arose as to whether
the principals Of the Western Union
and Associated Press were also
liable 70 punishment. The telegraph
company fitted up n new office in
Auburn, new wires were run into Il
and twenty operators were sent there.
All these preparations were made so
that al the matter which the
official correspondents mad, Of which
there We're about forty. could BE-
transmitted to the newspapers with
ut delay. The Associated Press
made elaborate arrangements 20
telegraph 70 the papers OF this State
and all over the country the fullest
obtainabie details OF the execution
Of kemmler 10y electricity. The
company had a special wire, which
had been run into 4 house near the
prison. Alr. FearOus, attorney for
the Western Union, expressed the
opinion that the Western Union
would have
| NOTHING To FEAR
from lending the newspapers all the
wires and operators they wanted on
this interesting occasion. Mr..
| Fearons quoted the law Of IS4q
chapter 265, section II, which ~
quires telegraph companies TO az
cept messages from other comuauies
and individuals and to transmit the
same with impartialty and in good
faith, unuer penalty Of SiO6 for
each refusal so to do. The gentle
men in charge Of the Associated
Press said no suspicion Of violating
the law had troubled the head or
any Of the members; the Associated
Press was merely agent and reporter
OF the members and clients Of an
association That had nothing 10 DO
with publishing and was. in his
opinion, entirely free from response
bility In doing the bidding OF these
constituent members and clients.
Dramatically opposite 10 thee