Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-07
lOPPY DIED AT NOON.
Another Murderer Electrocuted st
Sing Sing Prison.
THE EXECUTION WAS WITHOUT A Hitch
Three Fatally Injured by an Expio-
sion at Sparrow Point.
ACCIDENT TO A CABLE CAR.
ACCIDENT TO A CABLE CAR.
IN THE DEATH CHAIR

Murderer Martin ID. Loppy Given . Fstsl
shock at Slug sing.
SISo sTso, y. u, Dec. Martin ID. Loppy
died today in the death chair for the murder Of
hls wife on July 4. 1890
warden brown left the prison az about 3
O'Clock, got into hack and rode 60 the railroad
depot He waited there until 9:20 m, when
trains arrived from New York and the upper
part OF tho state. On these trains we're DR.
Carlos Mcdonald and DIR. jenkins. both OF Nev
hork. and DIR. Daniels. There were four more
witnesses among Warden Browns guests. whoss
names could not be ascertaincd. Warden Brown
eou'teously greeted the visitors and the 6rss
question they asked the warden WAS whether
they would be able TO return tonight The
warden replied with a smile that he would
answer that question later on. some reporters
overheard this conversation aud the warden
quickly ushered his guests into carriages and In
.eW minutes they were conveyed 20 the war
den office.
Tie visitors all carried satchels. and one man
large round box about two feet high and one
ioot In diameter. which wRs handled with great
care The Witnesses now present includes Drs.
Mcdonald and Jenkins, Prof Laudy of Columbia
OoHege, III. Danials. E-B. Brown, superintendent
OF supplies DIR. Barlow of Sing Sing Warden
Fuller and DIR. Ransom Of Dannemors prison,
and Dr. Law. chaplain OF the Tombs and spir-
ituRl adviser Of Loppy. Principal Keeper
ConnauShton cane out Of the prison at s.s5
a m and said that everything was quiet on the
inside. There had been no change in Loppy's
condition, and he was calmly waiting TO meet
his tate.
When Mr.. Connaughton was asked IL the ex-
ecnton was likely TO take place today lie
laughed, and the only answer he would mHle
to the newspaper man was that it would 10
well Tor them TO be around.
THE BLACK FLAG RAISED.
The signal, black flag. indicating that he
had been put to death, was hoisted on the flag
staff over Warden Browns house at I2as. AZ
that time there were but few persons outside
OF the prison except the armed men acting 20
a gusrd around the prison and the newspaper
Reporters The latter had kept up .
constant vigil and the nrst indication that tie
law was canned out and Loppy sent into eter-
nlty wac q q 'pnarHnce of mans head through
;ae small Curola or. top Of the wsrden's house.
The man Spon whom tins unpleasant duty de-
voivcd evidently sought 10 avoid being seea
and quickly RAJ the dismal death signal up and
disappeared.
The exact time that Loppy was killed cannot
be officially stated, but presnming that the man
was promptly sent TO display the signal not
more than three OF four minutes could have
elapsed between the minute Loppy WAS aeta-
ally killed and the time of the man hosting the
signals. According 10 Warden Brown the exc
cuiion was carried out the same az at the time
OF the killing of the tour men in the same chair
in July last
The warden refused 10 give any information
except to say that the law had been carried out
and thai the execution Of Loppy n success.
LoPrr's LAST MOMENTS.
Loppv was attended in has last moments by
Chaplaia Low of the Tombs prison. who was
Loppys spI: tual adviser. and Chaplain Edger-
ton OF Sing Sing prison. When Loppy arrived
at Sing Sing three weeks ago he sullen and
indifferent, but he gradually changed under the
teachings of the ministers. Chaplains Low and
Edeerton were with the condemned man when
Warden Brown. accompanied by Principal
keeper Connaughton, appeared ut Loppys
cage to read to him the death warrant
Loppy Was more intelligent than any Of the
murderers who have been confined In the death
house. He listened with bowed head and when
the warden finished reading the doomed man
was led out of his cage. The little procession
then started for the death chamber Warden
Brown aud Keeper Connaughton He'd the way
directly ahead Of Loppy. who had 70 be led by
the keepers through the dark lasssgeway on
account OF his rariial. blindness.
IN THE EXECUTION ROOM
As soon as Loppy arrived in the e,ecutioa
room he WIS promptly placed in the chair and
strapped that he could not move head hand
or foo,. While this being done the ex-
perts, physicians and other persons presens
were grouped about the room in a semi
circle. The electrodes we're then applied 10 the
condemned man. one covering the forehead and
tempies aud the other the calf of the right leg.
The electrodes were molstened with n solution
OF salt water before the current was turned ON
and 1t intervals afserward. Capt HILBERT who
was an charge of the death mae hinery. had the
dynamo running and everything was resdy fog
turning on the current
As the signal was given to the man at the
switchboard to turn the current Doctors
Macdonald. Landy aud Rock well stood near tho
chair with watches IN their hands 10 time the
respiration and the beating of the heart Mono
of the witnesses would reveal how Loppy died.
Ii is understood that l. ss5 volts were used the
same as at the July execution, and that u cur
rent Of that voltage continued from FIFTY TO
sixty seconds.
As soon rs Loppy was pronounced dead the
straps which bound his body were removed
and the dead murderer was carried into the
apartment directly off the execution room
where an autopsy was held under the direction,
Of Drs. Macdonald and Landy The other
physicians we're present and they all made notes
Of what the autopsy revealed. Loppy % remains
were placed ina rough pine coffin and sometime
after shutdown this evening the coffin will be
borne on the shoulders Of four convicts 70 the
little cemetery on the hill within the prison
grounds and paced in q grave filed with
quick lime alongside Of the graves Of Wood,
slocum and Jagiro, who were executed lAss
summer.