The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-07-08

Macdonald and Rockwell then stood on
either side of the chair. Other physicians
| among the witnesses also drew near, Will 9
| the laymen stood back as though not sure
OF their nerves. Drs. Daniels, Southwick
and Ward took especial interest in these
hand, waited the signal. Prot. Landy's
hand grasped the handle OF the switch,
which turned current into the wires into
the electrocutioner's closet Warden
Brown raised his hand and Prof. Landy
turned the switch. Then the warden tap
ped on the closet; the unknown inside gave
q quick pull to the lever: the electric fluid
was released before the sound OF the tap
reached Slocum's ears, and sped through
his body. There was not tremor OF the
body as the ply sicians counted the seconds,
and when Prof Landy turned OF the current
Slocum sat rigid and lifeless in the chair.
When the electrodes were removed it was
discovered the skull and flesh OF the leg
had been slightly burned, but there was no
smell of roasting flesh such as made KEN
ler's electrocution so horrible. The straps
were uuloosed and the body cassied back
into the rear room.
"Smiler did not hesitate when told his
hour had come, but when the death chair
appeared before him he almost fell to the
floor. His knees knocked together, and
but for the support of his spiritual advisers
he would certainly have collapsed. War
don Brown quickly read the death war
rant and Smiler WAS hastily seated In the
chair. His face took a CHASTITY hue, and
Connaughton got NO assistance from his
victim in arranging the straps. Smiler
was bound and the electrodes applied in
much briefer time than in Slocum's case,
and in few seconds Smller was also dead.
The same slight burning under the cleo
trodes was noticed as in Slocum's case.
"Wood had been prepared by Fathers
Creedon and Lynch while Smiler was going
to his death, and he was all ready. He ut
tered no word when his time came; he
walked to death supported by the priests.
Wood exhibited no emotion when he gazed
on the chair, but kept his eyes on the cru
cifix. He sat down in the chair dif6dently,
and the thing was accomplished 30 quickly
that it was only twentr-four minutes from
Smiler's end until death came to him. 1t
was becoming easy to kill men. The wit
nothing to cause nausea, and death came TO
its victims so quickly that it was all over
before they realized 1t.
"Jugiro at first refused to leave his cell,
but when Connaughton said Come on, Joe,
be brave man. the Jap walked out
quietly. Two additional keepers marched
one on each side of the Jap, when the chap
lain followed behind the warden and his
deputy. The Jap did not seem to compre-
bend the purpose Of the chair and seated
himself without protest. A keeper assisted
Connaughton 10 bind the jap, and the last
act was quickly accomplished. The cur
rent was allowed to remain on the Jap's
body about three seconds longer than the
contact with the others, and accordingly
his skull and leg were strongly marked by
the electrodes. Jugiro's body was taken
away. Six bells were struck IS signal
to the electrician in the dynamo room that
all was over, and the witnesses returned
to the warden's room"