Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-07-10
THE ELECTROCUTED VICTIMS.
Marks Of Searching That Appeared ON {
Body of smtler.

Marks Of Searching That Appeared ON tn
| Body Of smtler.
When the body Of Smiler, one Of the electro
cuted victims, was received at the undertaken,
establishment, reporter OF the New Yorl
EceninS World was present who tells tn
following story: The coffin was taken to tn,
basement by the undertaken assistants and tn
lid was quickly taken OF. exposing the deao
mans face. The reporter stood close by ant
was Mortified at the sight that met his eyes
Smiler's face had been burned and scanned BY
the electric fluid until 1t presented the appear
ance Of having been broiled. The hair on tn,
front of the head. of the mustache and eve
brows had been singed and burned off. The
face was furrowed and Scared a. though with
hot iron. These marks were not those of dis
secting knife or scalpel They were palpablt
| burns Pressing closer to zee the dead mans
! face palmer the reporter attracted the atten
\ ton of the undertaker's assistants, and they
| seized him by the shoulder and compelled him
| to leave the place before any other portion OF
the body was exposed. TO repeated request,
| to be allowed to see the body the reporter was
informed that no one but the undertaken and
his assistants would be permitted to see it until
il had been fully prepared for burial.
| 1t was learned through one OF the under
takers assistants that Smiler's left leg was
| burned to the bone, through the calf His
eyes were badly burned, though the eyebal
was not DESTROYED.
DIR. WARDS QUALIFIED DENIAL.
DR.. q. b. Ward. one of the vi,nesses at the
electrocutions, was shown the Erenfaa World,
report Of the burning of Smiler He Was asked
il he could corroborate the report. The
doctor looked perplexed and walked up and
down for some moments in deep thought and
then said:
Il am considering just how much or hcw
little ought to say 1 am not bound by oath
but by honor, which to me is the same thing.
n Of to divulge anything connected in any way
with the details of the execution. Therefore.
/ canrot answer the question. will not saw
; that Smiler WAS net burned
DO YOU call a blister a burn?'
Certainly not " was his reply. "a burn
would char the flesh,
Again ne was Intercepted az TO the turning
en- Of the current once or twice after the frsf
had been shut off. to which he replied: II will
not cay how MANY times it was turned on or OFF
IL could make no earthly difference now many
lmsS As ms.ter CT fact an alternating cur
MIME Nog !, ~ In =. m siine ~
switch if wouid he the same cnt III onix With a
longer interval between il and the next aprli-
caI1oE OF the current
Dr. Ward would say nothing more, excepting
that the eXeeuacns we're eminently successful
ana carried out skillfully and without any mis-
maps.
THE MURpERERs BURIED.
The unclaimed bo6ias os rho ,,raa oIo,,ro-
-, ,
0u'eu niui efs-oloc"n "oou anu 'ugieo-
were purled In the Sing Sing prison cemetery
at 8 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Nine con-
x;cts lowered tho cof,ns ono altar onotbsr
into the graves WHICH vera than onickIv f;Iled
mn. There wasno ceremony relioians or Other
wise at the oravaa
Warden Rrown rae aeor AZ IN. nr;So, Loaf
evenirg aud asked ms 40 The rennrted Lnrpino
Of Smiier's holy He aid that he st;II adborad
To his REORGANIZATION To make mo statement
whatever and that no would neither Ianv nor
confirm the renort NV
The Rev Fatber Creeden ,rbo v.s n-...rt %
the execntions in his nier;c.l cappac;tx Is
onoted AZ saving that when tbs whole storv
came ont n would he disclosad tbat oil ~.
doomed men were burned nv The aIsctrodes
bnt that thew had been 40 mntiIated bv The
.nrpeon.s Lniyes chat A. vor,d no 5;f6cn,t Of
proof.
AAHhs AhhELi oN TAk SURFACE
lished the result Of a second autopsy held BY
Drs. Culver. Rodenstein and Nook ON the body
of Harris A Smiler ono NJ tho fonr man alec
....e, :. c.: G.. -,
troeu'eo - oinB oinS iuesuay. .he uh-
Piolessiohai miha, the he,dtd says, tine CON
uitlon OF the pody was norriiying, ana on
s s!s eAaInihation ~ seemed as II Tue man haa
uieu from toasung. Inc olaek-ringeo eyes;
~ ppS ~ W sno. snn, 'ne anu pal oJueu
ie6 anu INC nys.erious scars On hose anu enih,
were were an suggestive OF norrlDle torture. But
Mnen sne visible MARKS were more CLOSELY eh-
~ was eass W see Una. 'ney were mercy
inSini' ,of 'heS oio ho'eA'e"o oeyoio Tue
outel sAlh:
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