The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-07-08
OUTSIDE THE PRISON.
How the First News Was Obtained and
Telegraphed to the Country.

SING SING, July I.-Slocnm was killed at
4:42 80. Smiler at 5:14, Wood at $50 and
Jugiro at sos. A group of newspaper men
were lounging on the stone steps and the
bluff opposite the prison. No one knew
exactly who was inside that board house
with the carefully screened windows. No
one knew just all of the legal witnesses TO
the killing. but this was supposed 10 be
the list: DR.. Southwick, of Buffalo; DR..
Daniels. of Buffalo; DR.. Carlos F. McDon-
aid of the state board of lunacy of New
York; Dr. Alphonse D. Rockwell, of New
York: DR.. Samuel B. Ward. of Albany;
DR. Frank Townsend. of Auburn: DR..
Baker, of the local prison staff; DIR. Har-
amberger and Professor Louis II. Sandy.
OF New York; Father Hogan. Rev. John
BCreedan, Deputy Attorney-ieneral Hof-
man. E. F. Davis. the electrician. and
Charles Durston. the warden of Auburn
prison. The witnesses had remained in
the prison all night. II was the idea of
the warden TO keep them within the walls.
where they could not be interviewed and
where they would have no chance 10 talk
10 anyone.
The first signal announcing that one of
the men had paid the penalty for murder
with his life, was a small white flag which
was run to the top OF the pole and then
pulled down. Ii was the pre-arranged
signal that Slocum, the baseball player.
the man who hacked his wife to death
with an ax. had died Just FIVE minutes be-
fore Before the flag was set, the news
was on dozen waiting wires. Close cal
culation fixes the time Of SIocum's death
at4.42:S0 There was q little hustle out
side while the tag went up but as soon as
il was pulled down everything became
ouiet again. The deaihIike silence which
followed the hustle caused by the raising
Of the tag was oppressive. At sis clock
the flrst ravs of the morning sun topped
the Eastern bluff and frightened up the
scene.
A square Of blue bunting. which crawled
slowly up the pole AT 5:i9 announced ihst
Smiler. the Salvation Army officer, the
SLAYER Of his third wife had given q life
for 2 life I'VE miuates before. II took the
attendant i've minutes 10 go TO the top Of
the prison and hoist the signal.
There was some speculation IS TO what
color the next nag would be. and whether
LAWYER Haire had succeeded in the object
of his visit TO the warden IN behalf Of the
negro. Wood. There was not much time
1 for speculation. for AZ 5:A O'Clock the
black dag went up the poll. Ii settled the
fact tina. Negro Wood, who killed his COM
pan,on Aqueaem during quarrel. was
| dead.
The Jap. the big. muscular shibuya
| Jugiro. who in III Of rage stabbed to
| death one of MS conntrymen. was 70 be
/ the next. The dag of death for him was
red. Ii was believed that the taxing OF
/ this foreigner 10 the chair would re hard
| task. and there would De such scene IN
The death chamber thai the warden, who
/ talked Of killing men as he would of BE-
/ heading chickens for his SUNDAY dinner,
/ could NOT forget il as long as ne lived. The
Jap had queer idea about his death he
1 believed that when he was taken
| to thai mysterious rom he was TO
be tortured He had said, as wei
| a. he could. that be would fight before he
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