The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-07-09
TEE BODIES BURNED.
4 Reporter Views the Corpse Of
Murderer Smiler.
HIS LEFT LEG BURNED ToTHE BONE.

REV. Father CrctIen Reported as
Saying That All the Doomed Men
Were Burned by the Electrodes.
6iocum, Wood asid Jugiro Buried
in caiciSusnc.
NEW YoRK, July 9.-The body Of
Murderer Harris A. Smiler was brought
to this city yesterday afternoon by I'm
dertaker Hurlberg. The body had been
claimed by Snilcr's widow, the woman
he married and deserted for the woman
whom he afterwards murdered. The
body was taken from the train to an
undertaking establishment. Three or
four hundred people gathered to witness
the arrival Of the body. BY previous
arrangement with the undertaken re-
porter was waiting at the rooms to see
the body Of tho executed murderer. The
coffin was taken to the basement by the
undertaker's assistants and the lid was
quietly taken off, exposing the dead
mans face. The reporter stood close by
and was Mortified at the sight that met
his eyes.
Burned as Though with Hot Iron.
Smiler's face had been burned and
scanned by the electric fluid until it pre-
sented the appearance of having been
broiled. The hair on the front of the
head, of the mustache and eyebrows
had been singed and burned off. The
face. was furrowed and SCARED AZ though
with hot iron. These marks were
not those Of a dissecting knife or scalpel.
They were palpable burns. Pressing
closer to see the dead mans face palmer,
the reporter attracted the attention of
the undertaker's assistants and they
seized him by the shoulder and com
pelled him to leave the place before any
other portion Of the body was exposed.
To repeated requests to be allowed to
see tho body, the reporter was informed
that no one but the undertaken and his
assistants would be permitted to see it
until 1t had been fully prepared for
burial.
1t was learned from one Of the under
takers assistants that Smiler's left leg
was burned TO the bone through the calf.
The eyes were badly burned, though the
eyeban was not destroyed.
Buried in Quickiime.
6No SMo, N. Y, July 9.-The un-
claimed bodies Of the three electrocuted
murderers-Slocum- Wood and Jugiro--
GoAo IA VIC PAAoOh NCihStCiy ihtO
yesterday afternoon. Nine convicts
lowered the collins, one after another,
into the graves, which were then quickly
filed up. The bodies were buried per-
factly nude, in Qnicklime in plain boxes.
Qusckiime was also spread under the
boxes and over the boxes, so that every
thing will soon be destroyed and moth
ing win remain Of the three men. AS
soon as sthe-interments were made the
graves were leveled with the ground.
There was no ceremony, religious or
otherwise.
Warden Brown was seen at the prison
last evening and asked about the re-
ported burning OF Smiler's body. He
said that he still adhered to his deter
mination to make no statement what
ever, and that he would neither deny nor
confirm the report.
The Rev. Father Creeden, who was
present at the execution in his clerical
capacity, is reported as saying that
when the whole story came out it would
b disclosed that all the doomed men
were burned by the electrodes, but
they had been 80 mutilated by the sur
geons' knives that it would be difficult
TO prove the fact.
Not So Horrible as Hanging.
ALBANY, N. Y, July 9.-Dr. s.. B.
ward, one on the witnesses at the cleo
trocutions, was shown the report of the
Burning Of Smiler. He was asked if he
eould corroborate the report. The doc.
tox looked perpiexed, walked up and
down for some moments in deep thought
m then said: II am considering just
h1y much or how little ought to say
IN not bound by oath, but by honor
w ich TO me is the same thing, not tx
G ulge anything connected in any way
" h the details Of the execution. There
10 cannot answer the question.
" not say that Smiler was not burned.
viii you say he wasr' Queried the
reporter.
DR.. Ward, with the utmost courtesy
rsphed, 81 will say nothing about it.
Finally the doctor broke minute'
silence by saying, II am willing to sa,
that not one Of the executed showei
snything like the disfiguration Incl
dsntal to death by hanging. There wa.
not half the horror in witnessing thei
sxecution their would had they beel