New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-08
LOPPY PUT TO DEATH.
THREE SHOCKS REQUIRED TO KILL HIM.
DIR. WARD SAYS THE EXECUTION WAS PAINLESS

DIR. WARD SAYS THE EXECUTION WAS PAINLESS
NO Confession MADE.
| Martin H. Ioppy. the wife murderer. was execntco
nv clcctricity In the state Prison ut sing sing yester
dav A black flag the signal showing that Loppy Nan
been nut 20 DEATH was hoisted on the hsgpoie on war
/ den Browns ho1sc eight minutes after noon. Iho
execution took place FIVE minutes before the death
signal was raised The electric current was turned on
| three times, as nearly as can be ascertained.
The persons who were in the Wardens house waiting
q, witness the execution Dr. Carlos Macdonald OF
| the state Lunacy Board; Dr. s. B ward, OF Albany
professor Laudy of Columbia College; Warden Isaiah
Fuller and DIR. J. b. Ransom, both OF Dannemora
Prison: DIR. Daniels, of Buffalo; DR.. Van GlesSer OF
Brookyn Dr. W. p. Jenkins, of New-York; Mr. Barton
| friend OF Warden Brown, Of Newburg; Chaplain Ed
nrton of the Sing Sing Prison. and Chaplain Law, OF
the Tombs the latter being the spiritual adviser OF
| Loppy.
| Chaplans Law and EdgertOn were with Loppy during
his tSt hours and were present when Warden Brown
| read the death warrant Loppy showed no emo'oc
| when the death warrant was read to him, but sat
motoDless with bowed head. After the death warrant
had been read the condemned man was taken 10 INC
death chamber. Loppy was quickly placed In tie exc
cuton chair and strapped to ii firmly Two electrodes
| which had been Inoistened with salt water were
| then applied to the condemned man, one covering
the forehead and temples and tho other the cali
| of the right Leg Tho chair tho one used at the
| execution of the four murderers last July.
As soon as the witnesses arrived In the death cham
Der the signal was given to start the engines. The
electric current then tested carefully, showing
moro than 500 volts As Loppy was pro-
nounced dead his body was taken from the chair to
the adjoining room, where autopsy was held under
the direction Of Drs Macdonald Lady and Van Giesser
After the witnesses had sighed Warden Browns GER
ucate they left the prison and drove to the railroad
station They steadily refused to answer. questions
concerning the execution The doctors will make an
oal report Of the execution aDd autopsy to General
Lothrop, the State superintendent Of Prisons.
Warden Brown was pleased with the re-
suit Of the execution. Under his direction
the prison. grounds were surrounded by armed
guarl3 before, during and after the execution.
No one was allowed to cross the death nne.'
Dr. Ward, OF Albany. who was one of The witnesses
was seen by reporter. He said IL, as well as the
other Witnesses pledged to maintain the strictss
secrecy regarding the execution In my opinion il
u success. / do not believe that Loppy felt any
pain. 1 believe that eectrocuOn is the most sue
cessful form OF capital punishment. do not see any
why reporters should be excluded from tie death
chamber during the execution. l believe that one Of
the earliest OF the next Legislature Will be to
amend that portion OF the law which excludes news
paper men,
Chaplain Law, Of the Tombs said. after the execution.
that LOppy TO the LASS had refused to make any con-
fessOn declaring his Innocence ignorance Of the
crime.
At O'Clock p. m. Loppy's body was buried in the
prison cemetery. The body In a rough pine box.
guard will be stationed at the grave for eight days.
| Martin ID. Loppy was executed for the murder of Il
woman supposed to be HIS wife. The crime was COM
mitted July 4, 1890, at No. 900 Chrystiest. in this
city, where they lived. No witnessed the crime.
Loppy stabbed his victim to the heart with pair OF
| sharp pointed scissors. Loppy's case went TO the
Court Appeals which sustained the decision OF the
lower courts. Several unsuccessful appeals made
| to Governor Hill to commute the sentence To life i'm.
| prisOnment. LOppy fftyOne gears old lie
was engineer In the Union Army during the Civil
War; serving chief engineer the transport ship
Eastern states, which carried troops aud supplies TO
! Join Burnside's expedition.