The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-07-08

II had been feared that he might make resist
ance. but his long confinement had oroAen
his spirit When the warden and keepers
came TO his cell. he was seated on the, moor.
sprsng 10 his feet as though he met the sum
mons gladly and followed the guards
| quietly. His face was repulsive and Drut-
ish. The long beard had been cut, put
few days stubble made his race
untidy. He was bound withou. resistance
and stoldly awaited the shock. Tho nrst
contact did not destroy all appearance or ire
and the second burned the flesh. There was
no doubt though of the death Of the Japaneso
when he was taken from the chair, with the
conclusion oftbe fourth execution.
Warden Brown led the witnesses back 10
his house where after an hours wait sec
ond breakfast. more elaborate than the hrst'
was served to them.
WAS IT BUNGLED?
About noon DR.. Southwick. DIR. Daniel.and
Attorney General Hogan came out and got
into @ carriage and drove to the station.
Caught there by United Press reporter. Dr.
Daniel and DR.. SOuthwick both practically
asserted that they had been kept prisoners by
the warden. and that they could not divulge
anything because Of On iron-bound contract
with the warden. They did say. and IN
very significant way. that each Of the execu-
tlons was similar 10 that of Kemmler.
kemmler was shocked twice. Asked If they
meant that the men had been twice shocked.
they said that they did not care % talk any
further upon the subject.
Deputy Attorney General Hogan said very
tersely that he had been told the men wore
killed at the first contact. He was not WIT
ness. The autopsy was begun at 1890 o'clock,
and the first body operated upon was . sio- 10
Gums. DR.. Mcdonald was in charge OF the
autopsy and was assisted by DR.. Ward, Dr.
Townsend. and Dr. Southwick. The same
force will continue on the other bodies. lbey
will not finish tonight. and DIR. McDonald's
official statement may not be given for some
days.
AUTOPSY or sLocUM.
The autopsy of Slocum was confined mostly
TO the brain and heart 10 find out how strong
the current affected them. The brain Of
Slocum was congested, and at every place
where the contact was made the tissues were
burned and destroyed. DIR. Mcdonald. VINO
conducted the execution and autopsy, was
asked tonight for statement. He declined
to give any information saying that the results
would be given out III Albany from Official
sources When asked TO deny the state
ment that the men did not die in
stantly he said: II have nothing
TO say as to that. Unconsciousness
was immediate and the men suffered no pain.
They made no resistance at all" DR.. Ward was
asked Did the first shock kill the mem and
said: Il do not care tO answer that. think
the execution successful" All Of tie Wit
nesses have gone. and the prison has returned
to its natural state. Warden Brown says that
all information will be given out at the office
of the Superintendent of Prisons at Albany.
The bodies of Jugigo, Wood and SlOcum Will
be buried in the Potters Field. Smilers body
will be removed by his wife in the morning.
THE EXECUTION NOT FAILURE.
The Rev. DR.. Law. chaplain Of the Tombs,
New York, who was the assistant Of the
obo,lofp nd xritp GaId 10 a
United Press reporter at the station to-day:
Il was fully convinced that the killing OF
murderers by electricity was failure, but
am now convinced to the contrary. Every
one Of the men went 10 the chair calmly and
died easily and without pain or cOntOrtlOn.
Death was instantaneous. | am bound t.
secrecy and can say no more
George Oliver OF Albany, a witness, sad:
Il came here because ! am q personal friend
Of Warden Brown. / can say nothing about
the execution. because J. together with all OF
the witnesses, signed paper last night at lO
o'clock pledging myself to secrecy. MT.
Oliver wanted 10 ride 70 the station and oiG
80 in the conveyance Of the United Press.
Asked by the reporter II the execution vas
success he nodded assent. He WAS asked II
DR.. Laws statement concerning the quiet
manner Of the victims and their instantaneous
deaths we're true and he said that they were.
SO far as he could Judge as layman the exc
cutions were a success.
FAILED TO KILL A HORSE.
There is an interesting fact connected with
the experiments made Yesterday in the pres
ence of the witnesses of to-daYs electrOcutiOn
which has a bearing on the seeming efficiency
of the single contact. horse was brought
in TO be killed The dynamo was run up TO
the speed which would generate from 1900 70
1000 yolts-th force which it had been deter
mined would be turned into the
bodies of the condemned men To-
day The first contact on account OF
the great resistance Of the animal was -
seconds. II did not kill il. IL seemed to
have stunned the horse. and a second current
and third was turned on before tho "orA
was completed. The necessity for two con
facts in each Of the electrOcutiOns of to-day
finds it. excuse if not It's explanation IN the
experience with tho horse at yesterdays e1-
pertinent.
The witnesses of the electrocution signed
an agreement last night that they would not
reveal what occurred within the execution
chamber The warden told them if they re-
fused 10 sign they would not be admitted 20
the execution chamber. All the witnesses
signed it. II is said that the agreement was
drawn up in the office # the Attorney Gen
eral at Albany. II was supposed to be iron
clad.
SING SING DESERTED.
Sing Sing is deserted tonight Almost all
of the witnesses to the execution have gone
t. their homes and the horde of newspaper
men that decorated the roadway in front Of
the prison for twenty -four hours has gone
away The local interest III the execution.
never very strong. has died out almost en-
tirely The guard about the prison has been
removed and affairs have resumed their Gus
tomary course. Warden Durston left Sing
Sing on the $3.50 p Nj. train for New York.
The correspondent OF the United Press sug,
gested 10 the Auburn warden that the expert !
ences of to-day would put the kemmler exc
cution in new light. Il have always sriaimed |
that the kemmler execution. for first at |
tempt was success said the warden. |
Further than this he would say nothing on the |
subject
HISTORY OF THR GRIMES.
Following is the history Of the crimes of the |
four men who paid the death penalty:
James j. Slocum. the first of the murderers |
above, killed bis wife. Nellie. with an axe in |
their rooms at ia Roosevelt street on the /
night of December 81 1889.
Mrs. Slocum was a young and handsome |
woman, although she had led to some extent |
a disspated life in consequence of the con-
duct OF her husband. Slocum was at one
time professional baseball player For
some time before tho murder he was sup |
posed to work as a 'longshoreman but he real