Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-08

not reveal what occurred within
the execution chamber. The warden told
them that if they refused 10 sign il they
would not be admitted to the execution cham
Der. AL the witnesses signed the agreement.
1t is said that the agreement was drawn
up in the office OF the Encouragement at
Albany. 1t was supposed TO be iron-clad.
The autopsy was performed at 4 O'Clock
and the corps of physicians left the prison
ksarsS0rt time after that for New York and
Albany.
DR.. Mcdonald, who conducted the execu-
ton and autopsy, was asked for a state
ment. He declined TO give any informa-
ton, saying that the results would be given
out in Albany from official sources. Asked
as 10 the statement that the men did not die
Instantly he said: Il have nothing 10 say
aS TO that. Inconsistencies was Immediate
and the men suffered no pain. They made
no resistance at ALL
DO you deny that they were burnedl"
was asked.
4 decline to be interviewed on that
point
DR.. Ward was asked, did the first shock
kill the menu and he said: Il do not care
TO answer that. l think the execution sue
cessful.''
Mr.. Mcdonald was asked how many volts
were used and declined 10 answer.
Al Of the witnesses have gone, and
the prison has returned 10 its
natural state. Warden Brown says
all information viii be given
out at the Office Of the superintendent of
prisons at Albany. The bodies of JugigO,
Wood and Slocum will be buried o-night in
the potter's field in quick-lime. Smller's
body viii be removed by his wife in the
morning.
The prisoners had received some intima-
ton beforehand that the executions were
to take place this morning, and they were
prepared. They went 10 the execu-
tion chair bravely and met their
fates without a struggle. They offered
no resistance, but rather assisted when
they were bound down in TIE chair. The
electrodes We're not applied as in the
kCmuler case &c the top OF the
skull and base Of the spine, but
were bound to the foreheads Of
the condemned men and the calves
Of their legs. The current was turned on
in each case for twenty seconds. The volt
age was about 1900 to 1900 in each case.
There We're apparent evidences of
revival, IS in the kemmler case,
and in each of these four
cases the current was turned ON a second
time IN spite of the fact that the Sponges
were kept constantly wet all Of the exc
cuted men were
BURNED BIZ THE CURRENT,
and especially about the calves Of the legs.
49, '@4N+@ 7@iiS 49, 1870 ~t-N
on the first contact, that the seeming re-
yivals were merely relax muscu-
lar action. None OF the Wit
ncsSeS were overcome by fTlght ana
all of them who have spoken have made
the statement that the electIocutionS We're
successful, ana that death III all cases was
instantaneous and painless.
At u o'clock Drs. SOuthwick and Daniels
and Attorney General Hogan left for the
West. None Of them would talk
JAMES J. sLoCUM
killed his wife, Nellie, with an axe IN their
rooms AZ Ia Roosevelt street on the night
Of DeceInbe" 81, 1852
Mrs. Slocum was young and handsome
woman, although she had led TO some eX-
tent dissipaled hte IN consequence OF the
conduct OF her husband. Slocmn was at
one time professional baseball player.
For sometime before the murder he was
supposed TO Work IS a longShoreman, but
he really was supported by the scanty earn
iugs OF his Wife.
He and she spent most Of their time IN
state of QUaIrGjSome nt0ElcatloE. He beat
her frequently and stabbed her three tunes,
but she made no complaint TO the pollce
a"alTst HIM. S!ocum was Out short tlme
out Of prison for larceny when he killed his
VIE. bn the evening Oi December 81, 1881
he found her when he returned nome, III me
rooms Of Jutu Williams, 4 Dache4or. living
ON the same iloor, where she uad gone TO
borrow kerosene. He ordered her 10 her
room and slammed the door.
Ncighbors heard the sound OF blows as
well rs the woman 3 crleS Tor mercy. None
OF 'hcm, however, came TO her reHel or
were curious enough 10 ascertain the nature
OF her injuries.
Two days aftcrward the door OF Mrs. So
Gums room was broken IL and her dead
body found upon the bed. Hcr f2ce was
tisiigured and covered with blood and her
mead Fractured N many places. a bloody
axe, on which long hair was c-ingiug, lay
beside her.
Three weeks later Slocum was arrested
in stable on Greenwich street. When
asked why he had killed his wife he replied:
81 didn't know what l was DONG. was
drunk! 1t WAS rum.
Sl0cum was tried before Judge MARITIME,
and was defended by X j. Heinzelmar,
who, Il has turned out since, was not l law
Yer at al, although he had been pfactiClng
n the courts for several years. 1t was
shown on the trial that Slocum had threat
encd the life OF his wife several times.
After five hours talk the jurors found
him guilty of the crime as charged. Slocum
was sentenced II Gic III the week commence
ing Monday, May ., 1880. Through the
laws delay Slocum' 5 execution was de-
ferred. lie WAS re-Sentenced, and short
time before he was to be pat TO death
his counsel again invoked the aid Of
the law and secured another stay. Slo-
cum was the first upon whom sen
tence To death b. electricity was
pronounced IN the court of general sessions
On the second of last month Slocun WAS
brought down frCm Sing sing and arraigned
before the general term of the supreme
cour; for sentence for the third tiIuc.