Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-07-08
or the Elcctrocution Of the Four Muir.
d,rsrs in Sing Sing Prison
Yesterday.
GRAPHIC STATEMENT OF ALL rAr
PARTICULARS.
II Is Asserted and Denied that the
Men were Burned by the
Electricity.
Ny Telszrsph 70 The Nrwai
TuE SCIENTIFIC DEATH
OF tho Four cond.musd Men In sing
sling.


OF tho Four Condemned Men la sini
sing.
SING SINu, July -Four murderer
were put to death BY electricity In In,
States prison here early this morning
The men were James q. Slocum, wht
killed his wife December "a, 1850
Harris A. 5milcr, an ex-5alvation
Amy captain aud bigamlst, who muir
derci his second wife April 3, 1852
Joseph Wood, negro aqucducl
lnbofcr, who murdered a fellow iaborer
an italian named Carlo Rum, Ia May,
lss0; and Shlbuya Juglro, n Japancs,
sailor, who brutality killed n fellow.
countryinan, Mura Canni.
The execution ~ the four men IL
declared 10 have been perfectly sue
c.ssful and without any OF the horror.
attending tho execution Of murderer
kcmmler Mt Auburn prison. There
are, however, statements from wit.
ncsecs which do not confirm the as-er.
lions by officials. There IL an inter.
eeting fact connected with the expert.
ments made yesterday In tho presence
Of witnesses Of today's electric cxccu.
tions which has n bearing on the seem
lug in.tilclency Of singh, contact. a
honc was brought 10 lie killed. The
dynamo was run up 10 n speed which
would generate from 1900 10 1900 volts,
the force Of current which II had boon
determined would be turned into thu
bodies of the condemned men today.
Tn. inst contact, ON account OF thc
greater resistance Of tho animal, was
twenty.clght seconds. Itdid not kill
tho animal. IL ned 10 have stunned
him, and y second current, aud third
were turned before tn. work was com.
plcted. The necessity Of two contacts,
which IL affirmed 10 have been the
casc IN each electrocntion today, finds
It's excuse, II not IL explanation, In tie
experience with the horse ut ycstcr-
days experiment
Witnesses Of the execution signed an
agreement last night that thoy
WOULD NOT REVEAL
what occurred within tho execution
chamber.
The nutop-ics were performed by 4
O'Clock this afternoon aud n corps Of
physicians left the depot short time
aftuf for New York and Albany.
Dr. Mcdonald, who conducted the
execution and the autopsy, was nsbci
INN - NV " wv
any information, saying that results
would he given out Ia Albany fran
official sources. ~. was asked 10 deny
thu statement tia, tho nen did not die
Instantly. lie ssldi III have nothing 10
say to that. Inconsistencies was I'm.
mediate and the men suffered no palm.
They made no r.sls,ane. nj ALL"
ADO you deny they wer, burned?n
81 decline u DO interviewed ON that
point"
Dr. WArl was asked. "Dld the first
shock Nil the men2" aud ho said; ~
don't care 10 answer that: | think the
execution was ,ucccfhful."
The bodies Of Jugifo, Wood and
Slocum will Ice buried late tonight, In
the potter's Held In quloklimc. Smilor'a
body willie removed by his wife In the
morning.
one Of the witnesses Of tho a0aII
gave
TIM FOLLOWING ACCOUNT
Of the occurrences In the death cham.
bcr
After tho experts had tested IA. cleo.
trio current anu found everything IN
order, Warden Brown, Deputy Warden
connaughtOn aud two deputlcs entered
the death cell huildlng. Slocum was
selected M the iirst victim, aud as soon
IN the priests had finished the supplica.
lions he stepped out Of his cell with
alacrity, anu his walk 10 death began,
Following tho warden md deputy,
came Sloeum between two priests who
held al0f, In front OF him cTuciiiI, Al
which he gak.d. Two deputies brought
up In the rear Of the fatcilil procession,
Slowly the heavy door swung back,
and with solemn tread the lIltle pro
cea,iOn walked Into tho room wh-r,
the silence Of death prevailed. They
had but n fcw steps u tn. tall chair
which WINS directly In their front. Al
the leaders parted, tho chair stood Out
Ia all is nwhilness before the mar
about to Ut Ia It and die.
Slocum halted nj the warden's COM
mand AT the edge Of tho rubber, which
was 10 protect those who were q
watch his life 40 out. The doomed
mans gnze wa. nveted on the chair
Then II wandered 10 the dangling wir,
anu closet from which II was suspend
ed. Back 10 the chair II came, like a
needle 10 n magnet, aud he started NJ
though he had received shock from
the wire when tho warden began read
Ing tho death warrant, while the rev
erend men were engaged In silen
prayer. The Witnesses we're grouped u
the left OF the chair, the scientists
stood In front OF the switch boar
watching the current which they rad
like u book as II flashed In the lamps
and through recording instruments.
THE EXEcuTIoSEH
was heard 10 rise from hl, chair In thu
closet and plao. himself ready 10 III
his duty. With an attempt nj smile
slocum seated himselfin the chair ant
leaned his head back against tho rub
Der rest as though no was simply pre-
pairing 10 be shaved. The forced rnll'
remained on Ills face, aud as fathen
Creedon aud Lynch took up position
IN front OF him, he again directed hi
gaze at the cross. while COnnaught0I
began fastening the s,raps. The strap
were crossed and recrOsse,l over this
body and his legs were tightly bounI
"a the foot rest. Then his arms were f.s
tened, anti Slncum could no lonRe
move muscle; hnally, tho odiiy
arranged set VI STRIPS that bound III
chair In on. position aud covered bi
eyes were put In place.
McD nRld Rnu Rockwell aud Pro
fessor Laudy apr iarhed 10 attach tn
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