The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-12-08

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watch and nodded again at the Warden. In q
the condemned mans body again. There were
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to the h sa nSs
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to tar% ths sw as
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and carried to q table In the room back Of the
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and blistered. The S witnesses fled out. save
Dr.. JsnkIps. and Pr. Van ellison. They found
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died In the chair The doctors themselves. at
the Warden,s DEMAND. declined to make pub
Warden Bro w after ali the witnesses and
the doctors had gone. made o statement for
ton ts yas complete success; the current was
On when The ~ o,cloSk whistle blew: There
1Ss seconds. The ether made 4 Soi! seconds'
Death was, instantaneous. Beyond sud.
the body. WHOM the current was stopped the
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GOV; HiG the result: Hs also said that the *;
tors asked that an sIperinent DO trisd VIII
t Was kRed About the autopsy the ee
sutd that It was made Immediately after Ioppy
boy ppSw
examination by the rhyslcihns. He was not
present ~ TIE sutopsy: and did not ask Then
Loppy wore at the execution new suit OF
clothes such as are given to conyicts abont to
though. He went calmly to the chair and was
glnd to die"
The execution. said the Warden finally. was
not more successful than the other four. but It
DO than Wood smiler slocun: q JpgI,rS !who
told to order machine for future execution.
no would get one that could apply current Of
from :, 500 to 5000 volts
The Warden md DR.. Mcdonald don't entire
~ agree. DR.. Mcdonald said:
This was successful in every particular;
much more 30 than the last"
Chaplain Law said:
The affair passed OF nicely"
Loppy's body was buried IN qU!Gklime IN the
prison graveyard at O'clock the after
noon. Tho CONN WAS dropped into the grave
by ono convict, while guard watched him
eover II, up. Tlorc was no ceremony OF any
kind. There. was no claim for Ills body. He
had no friends.
Dr. Cariss Mcdonald yaid last night. when
no heard the stories told by the lay witnesses.
that Loppys death was certainly instsn-
facts. and that altogether they lasted 81
was necessary, but that four were given to
make death absolutely certain. He said. too.
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