Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-05-05

~ ,i'e ueath which makes 1t quite IA on
Je'liohable as hanging. II Is nronnsad
'it't me victim shall take his mac 49,
" 'eoli''hg chair and that band Of
upper slli'ii Dc placed around his temple,
anu another around his throat. and ,basa
D''N'a siall be attached 10 spopoea gat-
uraled with solution Of zinc and 49,.
each band shall be connected WITH ns
inherent wires that Communicate Nil,
lhe dynamo. Now, | maintain Tho, -
WIN take an appalling time to have -
:. J"5.e g, as Il viii be necessary to ad lust
IL Although have very little syn'
pathy with the criminal, yet YOU nust
aunt that the amount Of agony which
ne VIII spend in that reclining cbair
WIN two or three doctors around biz,
ad JuStlng this cumbersome annaraf,Is
VIII equal life time of ordjnaru torture
what propose is this: there can he or.
ranged IN room certain metallic orna-
nents or other fixtures that can be
charged with electricity; and the victim
on touching one Of these will be killed
instantly ana without the torturinc Of a
iohs walt during cumbersome ad lust
menu. what do you think of thaty'
very well, then" said. Brown
you make all the arrangements for the
execution manage it your own wav.
smith and will see the young man to-
morrow with the professor, and if there
Is absolutely no hope for him, and if he
continues in the state of mind he ia ia.
day, why, then we will be ready for
him."
At II O'Clock the next morning tba
professor was in my room waiting for
his patient. A few minutes after the
hour the young man entered. The mo-
ment he did SO the professor recognized
him.
All" he said, you have returned
from Germany"
Yes" answered the young man. 81
have returned. have also been in Eng
land. All the physicians have seen
agree with you in the diagnosis of the
case"
The professor shook his head and
spoke alphabetically to the young man,
You seem to know each other" said
to the professor.
"Oh, yes, answered that gentleman.
Mr.. Stevens did me the honor of call
ing on me as soon as he arrived in Paris.
Unfortunately could give him no hope.
but advised him to consult other special
lists, both in Germany and in England"
With this the professor left us.
Your name is Stevens, them" l said
to the young man.
Yes, and my home is New York.
Have you gone any further with the
matter which | proposed Yesterday
well, my friend, Mr.. Brown. has that
in charge, and presume he will wish to
see if you still persist in your intention"
My dear sir, of course persist: in
fact | look upon myself as a dead IlL,A
| expected to have committed suicide be-
fore this time; perhaps last night, prob
ably this morning. All ask is that there
snail be as little delay as possible, and
that | shall know nothing whatever of
the arrangements"
Very good then. Surprising we say
tomorrow at II at this placer
"Thank you. Now as a token of my
earnestness wish to leave you this check.
Ask Mr.. Brown to see that everything is
done properly, so that there viii be no
mistake. Don't spare money. |, in par
ticular, am anxious for complete success.
Next morning by il we had all ar
engagements completed. Brown had taken
a room next his own, which was unfur-
nished as far as carpet was concerned,
the floor being the usual polished floor
Of the Partisan lodging room in the Latin
quarter. Brown had attached the cleo
trio wires to the gas fixtures which de-
pended from the ceiling in the center of
the room, so arranged that if a man
touched the fixture at any point, or at
tempted to light the gas, he would re-
ceiye the strongest shock Of electricity
that it was possible for the dynamo
company Of Paris to supply.
M Stevens came up at II o'clock.
We asked him if he would have any OBJ
jections to occupying this room, which
was next to that Of Mr. Browns?
lie replied that he was perfectly at
our disposal, and said that he would be
ready to occupy the room by ! o'clock
that afternoon.
At 5 o'clock Brown turned on the
electricity SO that we could watch the
lone tenant of the room as we sat next
to the wall in Browns room through
holes made for that purpose. Brown
kept his hands upon the switch, so that
if any one else entered the room he
would be ready at moment to turn off
the current. We watched with palpitat-
ing hearts for an hour. Stevens was
reading by the window AS the evening
grew darker he put down his book and
sat looking out the window for a few
minutes: then he arose, whistIpg an air,
went to the match safe and struck a
match, which he held in his fingers I'M
til it Jared up and lighted the room,
then be reached up to turn on the gas
The next moment he was a heap upon
the floor We rushed in and found him
quite dead. The electrical appliances
were removed and a coroner called in.
The verdict was that the young man had
died from stroke Of apoplexy.-Luke
Sharp in Detroit Free Press.
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