The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-07-10
ELECTROcUTE0.


Of the four murdererss James A. SlO-
cum. Harris SniIer, James Wood and
Shibinja JugirO, was done yesterday
morning.
SIocuIn was killed Mt 4;4s1< o'clock;
Smiler was put TO death at 5:14; Wood
met his doom at 5:S9; JugirO was killed
at 500.
At o'clock SIocuu walked into the
death room, accompanied by Father
Creeden. He seemed to be making a
tremendous effort to keep his COM
posure- He had received Father Cree
den's last Offices and had declared him
self ready to die
He was firmly strapped into the chair
and the death current was applied
Death was instantaneous There was
a sudden contraction Of the nerves and
all was over.
Smilcr came next Rev. Mr.. Edger-
ton cheered him up. Before Smiler had
time to think he was strapped in the
chair and an instant later the current
of electricity was flashed through him
that sent him into eternity.
Next TO follow was Wood. the negro.
He had been worked up to q state OF
religious enthusiasm and it was while
in this frame of mind that he was fast
ened into the chair and killed by the
fatal shock.
JuFiro was stubborn to the last
four executions and they were pro-
ncunced a success. The death Of the
four men appeared to the observer to be
painless. Death came like q fash. It
was one awful shock aud then OBJ
liviOn-
The doctors took charge Of the four
bodies Immediately after death and be-
possible how rapid had been the killing
and the precise effect produced
The witnesses were besieged by re
porters as soon as they made their ap-
pearance from the prison All of them
refused to say anything, except that
the execution passed of without a hitch
and had been a success. Warden Brown
had laid strict injunction of secrecy
upon them all and had evidently made
such an impression upon their minds
| that thev were 10th to talk, All looked
! thoroughly used up and exhausted
| They had been through a terrible or
deal and the effects were plainly visible
on their faces.
| SlOcum was awakened at $3.50 a m.
and as he sprang from his cot, rubbing
| his eyes, he asked: lis it time?"
! mot quite yet" Principal Keeper
/ COnnaughtOn replied; but it will soon
be now, my boy"
SlOcum gave a sort of gasp as he re-
allied that his last hour had come.
after a tremu1Ous minute or two, he
! said: ''An right, will be ready
While he was waiting for his last
meal on earth, his spiritual advisers
| came into his cell and passed about If
teen minutes with him. He received
/ holy communion.
/ His breakfast was ready. He ate
sparinFly of boiled eggs and coffee, and
at 8:15 he signi6ed that he was ready
! for the supreme trial.
The invited witnesses who were
! anxiOusiy waiting for the death scene,
took up their positions There was not
as much formal order about the march
as there used to be in the TOmbs.
SlOcum walked steadily to the awful
room. His arms We're tied behind his
| back and strap on his legs allowed
| him to step about twelve inches at a
pace
No time was lost When the death
chamber was reached, Slocun walked
to the fatal chair and sat down. His
feet were tied and his arms and head
firmly fixed to the proper places. He
was ready in a moment
A moment later Warden Brown
touched the bell and the current was
applied Slocum died instantly.
Half an hour after SlOcum was
awakened Smiler had been aroused
! and while SlOcum ate his breakfast
! by Rev. Edgerton- Exactly thirty-One
minutes after SlOcum's dead body had
been removed from the chair to the an
topsy room, Smiler was placed in the sea-
of death. In the fraction of a second
after the straps were secured the fata'
spark was applied and Smiler was dead
One of the jury tainted, but Keeper
ConnaughtOn's presence OF mind quellee
any consequent disturbance.
The electrOcutiOn OF Wood and JugirC
then followed quickly.
SlOeUm and Smiler were wife muir
derers- Wood and JugirO had killed
their men IN brawIs-
The electrodes were not applied, as
in the Kemmler case, to the top OF the
head and the base Of the skull, but were
bound to the fOreheads Of the con
demned men and then the calves Of the
legs The current was turned on il
each case for twenty seconds The
voltage was between 1, 500 and LOCO.
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