The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-07-07
SLAIN AT sing sing.
Four Murderers Killed in the
Electric Chair.
EXECUTED AT BREAK OF DAY.
Live Men Placed i'm the Machine and
Corpses Carried Away.
NO Torture as in the Case OF Kemm-
ler-Basebali Player sloeum Takes
the First shock. Followed by
The Negro and Jap Follow in Quick
Succession.

SING SGSs, July An extra Just out
has this: James J. slocum. Joseph Wood.
Harry A SmiIer and Schihiok Jugigo
were killed by electricity in conformity
with the legal decree in prison this morn
ing in expiation Of the crimes they COM
mitted. Only the prison officials, scientific
experts and witnesses especially sum
moned were present.
SIG sESG. July 7.-Thi. night Of sus-
pense gave way about O'Clock to the
breaking Of a day which none doubted
would mark the execution Of one or more
OF the men awaiting death Daylight
broadened. and there came with the nom
ing light symptoms Of life about the
prison.
Inside the warden's house as late as $50
O'Clock, however. quiet reigned more abso-
lutely than az any time during the pre-
vious night The dynamos we're not run
ming. and the prison had its usual anprar-
ance Of quiet. The armed guard and the
group Of newspaper men in the road wzy
We're tie oniy reminders OF any unusual
event 10 happen.
About As the engineer in the dynamo
house north OF the prison began hring up
for more steam with which TO run the fast
compound engine. The black smoke
rolled from the tall chimney. and very
soon clouds Of steam showed that the en-
gineer was ready at any time TO take his
signal. In fact. BY $40, the dynamo vas
running at q steady pace. only waiting TO
be increased as the signals came 1t was
run for several minutes and then sfopped.
the test having evidently been satisfactory.
In the warden's house, in the meantime.
ali the shutters had been closed so that the
movements Of those within could no. be
seen, bur there was a sus picious stiffness
about the building that, coupled with the
sound Of the whirring of the dynamos,
made the observers without all the
more wstchful. The window blinds
Of the execution room were closed tightly.
ana no view could be obtained Of the in
terror. but IL was known that about 4 Is
a n. breakfast had been served 10 the con-
deHned men IN their cells and to the w.t.
nesses IN the xarden's house.
Slocum, the baseball player, when
awakened from his las. sleep was offered
food and then was instructed TO prepare
for death. Soon after he was led into the
death chamber. Here the witnesses gath
cred.
Slocum met his death bravely. As
nearly as could be learned. his death was
quick and painless. His bearing was that
OF fear, but he had nervei himself TO a
point where he seemed indifferent.
BASEBALL PLAYER sLocUM KILLED.
He was strapped hrnly in the chair and
when all was ready the signal was given
which launched him into eternity. The
working of the apparatus was perfect. Ii
Is said that there was no repetition of the
irighiful torture suffered by kemmler.
The signal was given quickly when the
unfortunate man was in the chair, the fun
current turned on. and in less time than ii
takes 10 tell Slocum was dead. The elec-
tric current was kept on until the men OF
science pronounced him dead. Then his
hfeless form was removed and the chair
made ready for the next victim. The time
OF death vas O'Clock.