Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-07-11

CHAIR OF DEATH,
SrVc Srys \ y INV Tbara WINS
no indication outside tbr pri,on walls
early mis- mornino that active nrenara-
tious for The execution of Slorum
Wood Cuiler and Iuriro yvera GOING
ON within
Tbe ,voraap had pot s1ant all ri,rht
nor had no had ,nv sIeen tbe MONT be-
fore Late NJ nirbt he bod tGld Tho
witnesses to oo ~ Lad In rno,ne ,ssior-
cd them Thov would hn called no
sand when Inc time for the evcrntion
arrived None If Then, knew v.h,t the
nom, would Inc bpt aII of thcrn ,,t,nosrd
that n would hr..o,p nTt,r davbre,l,
II wa. na,,,. ri4finbt ,,h.u n,,,t of
them went totbri- rooms f.. ,ret !, little
sicnn ,ybiIa he ,,,r,j,.n ',at x, l,is nty{re
ond u,,itad ca. ,n,, la,,l srn,,,,ns
With r,ig,b4 dela,'u,c a,.ac,,tion ~
cn,- M the condemned men
san o,cIooI- tl,n o,rindipo, az ,nfao
IN t5e y,,rdon,s l,if,bcn indicotn, tbe
,,rn,o,at;nn ~ Ira,l,ra.t foT. tbe ,,a,,-
do,,. q qs,o.ts. Int tj,ig si,,r - 1if, y,os
l,,,;,l,f, .. 'o,,,,,aaI,d f,.,r,, +bo ,.ot.bcrs
without ana the shutters If the dininm.
roa,n ryindo,vs ',,rrn tipbtIy fastened
An 80 I'M. sb,,tt,,.. 90 H., othc,. rooms
,,nro closed sn tbat po evidence If tho
49, ,,1,,,, M ,,.it,,a,.o. .},,,,1, tI,ar
In the wardru's narlor preliminary TO
a. '- a,.,,,,,in,, .,r,,id a, 80,
s,l,,.tl,, RAJ, y ,,,.I,,I- ~ ,tt,,,,,o,.
fo. Vn,d ,,,,,.,., II,ira ian tha
nod, IT. !, r.,'iti.... ho,r .r,nt in
twin, In ronvin., him that In. prti-
tion Which no b.d fIed in inc Federal
co,,,, .ho,,Id act o,a..tav ~ evc,,ttinn
Dn,,,,t,. Attrr,,e,-o,oror,i uog,n Who
had sal M, with Inc warden decided the
di.nuts6 iera1 1ue.,i,p for him. and
~ co,Jsnned mans Iast hone ,yasex-
tinouisbed when shortly after 3 o'clock.
tba warden laid down ON n coucb in his
narIor 10 pet a little rest
ontside Inc prison walls the group Of
pcwspaper reporters. which had
yyotcbcd all through the nirbt re-
manned nm orarI The ouard paeed
slo,vl,,u nm and down the roadway. AT
a.3o o'clock the lipbts i'm the town and
tbo Erht. in front of the wardcn's
bouse went ont suddenly. II was a
LaIf-hoIn. before the usuai time for ex-
tingnishipg these Huhts and the fact
that thev lad goue ont indicated that
the mower psed i'm generating the cleo
t,,;c current fn,. them was TO be uscI in
onnr.ting dvnanos attached TO the exc
cntion annaratps
few moments later the whirr of the
dynamo sounded through the still
mornin0 air II was o'clock and the
warden had risen from his couch and
sent one of his assistants to rap softly
on the doors of the slcepinp-rooms up.
stairs "a o,yalreu the witnesses Some
of them had retired half dressed and
tbev we're quickly downstairs. The
+,,,o priasts and the pfison chaplain had
Ioo, s,,,ny,oned more Than an eour be-
tora and after drinking "A Gun of cof-
fee had zone 60 the cells os the con
demped men
They had been awake most Of the
nipht
When the warden visited them at
midnight All Of them were wide awake
and evidently expecting the end to
come soon. They all knew that Kcmm-
Ter had been killed on the second morn
ING and they did not believe that their
time would be delayed much longer.
There had been no increase Of the
ouard The regular watchers. Part
Tidge and Eaxter. had remained with
I them from g o'clock last night. Most
Z 6afore o,cIorl. the priests and the
cbanIain anneared Chaplain Edperton
snol.e ! f.tg words Of comfort to Jupirc
/ when he told him that the end was
near Int the Ian did not receive them
! 4, :. ,,.,,t,f,,I sntrit and the chapIain
naszsd On 10 -milers cell while
! M tu,o nrie.ta busted themselves
resr,ectivelv with sloamn and Wood.
,IbeconJemned men took very calmly
tba announcement that the sentence
90 ,l,nut a be executed. They were
dree.a1 when the chaplain and the
,,ricst. uttered. Their clothing was
pncb aIiIle-a suit Of dark diagonal,
white shirt and collar and black tie,