Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-07-08

In an Instant tho body IN the chair
Htiiiencd against the straps, every mus.
Gle firmly set and the straps strained;
their edges pressed deeply Into tho
yielding flesh NJ the face and gripped
the clothing tightly. rhc expression
ofthc face was lost under the broad
tands drawn across the eyes, nose ami
chin, but the skin turned purple red.
When DR.. McDonald's stop watch had
marked twenty seconds he nodded 20
Electrician Davis, who turned or the
current.
Tho effect ON the body Of Slocum
was aim VI instantaneous. From n
position Of great muscular activity, II
suddenly subsidized nio hollow chest.
ell collapse. Instead Of stfaining
against the straps II hung against
them limp and unsteady. A moment
Of uncertainty followed. Would the
dead man appear 10 revive M kemmler
had dont? The seconds passed slowly;
how many Of them l. not known, but
In lee. than a minutes space there
came between the llps OF the pallld
face hanging In the death lerncss, a
rush Of airwhich whistiei between the
half clinched teeth aud ended In half
sigh, half groan.
Only once did the Limits seem 90 con.
tract. A. quickly n DIR. Mcdonald
couli raise his hand 10 give the signal,
the electrician
THREW TIM SWITCH,
the electric current rushed through the
death circuit, aud the body In the
chair stinened again against the strap.
Tho time OF contact was not made
public. Dr. Mcdonald ha, n record OF
u. The stop watch didn't regulate the
length Of contact this time. The same
unhappy event that brought Kcmm.
ler's execution 10 n close made a sud.
den end OF Slocum's experience In
the death chair. The skin and
fiosh Of the leg, and almost
Immediately Afterwards the skin Of tho
forehead began 10 smoke. DIR. Nc.
Donald again signsllcd the electrician
~ turn the switch. The current vas
withdrawn aud Instantly the body
collapsed again. This time there Vas
no response from the musclca-SloaIni
being silent aud mOtlonlcss IN tho
sirnIs. There was no doubt tiiat
slocum was dead. when the slfaI-
were unbucklcd unlike l<cmmlcr,
Slocum'e remains were - limp that
they would have Slipped from the
chair a. the Last strip was unfastcnuI
had not tho attendants held them In
place.
The second Of the condemned men
was Smiler, the salvation Amy
bigamist who murdered QUO of his
wives. lie canip with a calm Aep,
aIaFafauNN.a4N l.sH Hos ~ a..
one side and Rev. MIR. Law on the
other. Like slocum, he stepped for.
ward without n summons and seated
himself, placing his hands on the arms
u the chair aud waiting for tho attend.
husied themselves with the strap.
again. Smilcr sat calmly looking
ahead until tho bandagc was drawn
acfo-s his eyes.
Again tile straps and buckles were
Inspected; again the white handler.
chief dropped. The eloctfirlsr., 49,,
the switch, aud IN n mom.i, hso', hs
iaiiait imiii:aisgas III" J6lsicifie sS n
shot through tho body. The contact Ia
this case, as In the other, was twenty
seconds. The current measured some
100 volts. AZ the end of twenty sec.
onds the current was turned OF, bat
only for n minute. Tn. chest Of the
man In tho chair began o. heaye aud
the current was turned on once more
until, az In the case " Slocum, II
burnt TIM FLTsu.
Then II wns shut Oh ngain, aud after u
delay which showed there was no
chance Of revival, the body was un.
strapped and taken from tho chair 10
the autopsy room.
Wood was tho third IN be executed.
He came willingly, accompanied by
two pficsis, aud went through the
ordeal with substantially the same
rrsults.
In Krmmlcf'a case the burning Of
the body was ancri6ed In part 10 the
fact thai the bpongca nj the electrodes
were not all well wet. In all four
cases today spongca were wet con-
stantly aud still the flesh burned.
The fourth man 10 meet death was
the japanese, Jugiro. II had been cx.
pcctod, N any Of the prisoners made
resistance 10 being placed In the chair
II would be him. But the long term
Of confinement had bowed Juglro into
tame submission. When the warden
and keepers camo 10 his cell. lac sprung
up and followed quietly. His perhaps
was the most repulsivo face that had
stared nj the Witnesses from the chair.
II was distinctly brutal. lie took his
place In the chair quietly, suffered at
PENDANTS 10 bind him without protest,
aud stolidly awaited tho shock, II
came 10 him rs 10 the other three,
aud with like results.
Tn. iirst contact did not destroy all
appearance u life aud the second
burned the flesh. The autopsy ON the
bodies was commenced early IN the
morning aud lasted until well along In
the afternoon. Those who conducted
the operations were DIS. Mcdonald,
Rockwell, SOlIhWick, Daniels and
Prof Laudy. The body Of Jugiro was
tue first b. be placed under the dl-sect.
Ing knife. A. 10 the results OF these
examinations, there appears 10 lie n
difference OF opinion among those who
took part In the autopsy. some physi'
clans report that no burns or mark,
were discovered, while others tell ex.
aotly the opposite story.
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