Evening journal., 1891-07-08
As 20 make the fact Of death assured be
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had not been burned or tortured, nor had
be made a horror for spectators. The body
was so limp that ii would have fallen for
ward when the straps We're removed II II
had not been caught IL was picked up
and carried into the next room and laid
out upon the operating table. Rev. Father
Hogan, who saw IL later and was not
pledged 10 secrecy, said that it looked as
natural as Il the man was merely sleeping.
There was a smile upon the face. No hair
had been scorched upon the head.
There is an interesting fact connected
with the experiments made Monday in the |
presence Of the witnesses Of Tuesdays
electrocution which has a bearing on the
neiliciency OF the single contact. A horse
was brought Ia to be killed The dynamo |
was run up to the speed which win gem
crate from $500 TO 1000 volts, the force OF
the current which IL had been determined |
would be turned into the bodies Of the
condemned men. The first contact on
account Of the greater resistance Of the
ANIMAL, was twenty-eight seconds. II did
not kill the horse. Ii seemed TO have
stunned him, and second current and
thinl were turned on before the work WIS
completed. The necessity for two con-
facts in each OF the eleetrocutions Of Tues
day finds its excuse, If not its explanation,
Mound TO Secrecy.
1t is said that the warden read the death |
warrants to the condemned men shortly |
before midnight in the presence OF some Of |
his witnesses They were certainly not
read In the cells or ia the death chamber,
The witnesses Of the eleetroention signed
an agreement that they would not reveal
what occurred within the execution cham
ber The warden told them that II they
refused to sign they would not be admit
ted TO the execution chamber.
somewhat Like Kemmler's Case.
| While Slocum's body was being removed
the witnesses discussed earnestly the sim
| ilarity which II bore to the Kemmler case,
a similarity which seemed to relieve that
first electrocution OF the odium OF bungling
failure from which 1t had suffered in the
minds Of many sinoe its details were pub
lished to the world.
Very little time was spent In making
| preparations for the next execution. The
second OF the condemned men chosen was
Smiler, the Salvation Army bigamist, who
murdered one Of his wives To summon
Slocum the warden had 10 pass the cell Of
Wood, but in front Of all the condemned
mems cells iron screens had been drawn,
50 that none "a them knew before his time
which Of the others had been summoned.
smner's Nerve Was Good.
The warden passed around the screen
which shut in Jugiro's cell and summoned
Smiler He came with calm step, cour-
ageously, supported by Rev Edgerton on
one side and Rev. Law on the other He
betrayed no fear as he faced the curious
eyes OF the witnesses in the execution
chamber and looked for the first time on
the death chair Like his predecessor, Slo-
cum, he stepped forward without sum
mons and seated himself, placing his
hands on the arms of the chair and wait
! | ing FOR the attendants to bind him. He
did not offer to make any final speech.
The attendants busted themselves with
+ the straps again. Smiler sat calmly look
: ing about until the bandage was drawn
0 across his eyes. Again the straps and
buckles were inspected. again approved.
Again the white handkerchief fell, the
electrician threw the switch and In a mo-
ment more the straps tightened under the
, strainfng Of taut muscles as the electric
J current shot through the body The con
: tact in this case was twenty seconds. The
current measured some l500 volts. At
the end Of twenty seconds the current was
turned off but only for a minute. The
e chest of the man in the chair began to
J. heave and the current was turned on once
e more, until as in the case Of Slocum, it
d burned the flesh. Then 1t was shut of
again, aud after a delay, which showed
that there was no chance Of revival the
z body was uustrapped and taken from the
t chair to the autopsy room adjoining
d Wood Came willingly.
Il Wood was the thlrd To be executed He
d came willingly, accompanied by two
n priests, and went through the ordeal
d bravely with substantially the same re-
y suits The only difference in the arrange
.. ment Of his case was the attaching OF the
,- negative electrode to the left leg instead
l. OF to the right. The first contact In Woods
v case as in the others did not seem TO be
r final, and IL needed second, continued
until the flesh was singed, 10 satisfy the
e physicians that the man was dead In
d Kemmler's case the burning OF the body
e was ascribed In part to the fact that the
Ie sponges at the electrodes were not wei
n wetted. In all four cases Tuesday the
n sponges we're wetted constantly and stil
'e the body was burned. The reason for this
Is unhappy result will have to be sought
n elsewhere.
It JugIro Did Not Fight.
The fourth man to meet death was tht
Japanese Jugiro. It had been expected
10 that If any Of the prisoners made resist
a ance to being placed in the chair il woulC
r be he But the long term Of his eonflne
e. ment had bowed Jugiro into tame submis
s. sion When the warden and the keeper
came to the door Of his cell he was seate,
le on the floor There was no bed in hi
o. room He has always preferred to ait ans
le sleep on the floor. AT sight Of the warder
le he sprvzdg up as though he met the sum
a mons gladly and he followed his guard
il quietly. His was, perhaps, the most re
pulsive face that stared at the witnesse
"a from the execution chair. Il was distinct!
j. brutal
ii He was dressed like the others, in bla
r coat and vest, dark trousers, white cola
and shirt and black tie. He took bis plac
In the chair quietly, suffered the attend
ID ants to bind him without protest ant
re stolidly awaited the shock. 1t came TO hin
'. as to the other three with like results
a The first contact did not destroy all ar
d. pearance Of life and the second burned tn
"a flesh. There was no doubt though Of tn
ry death OF the Jap when he was taken from
ie chair. With the conclusion Of the forrtl
is | execution, Warden Brown led the wit
er nesses back to his house, where after Al
a hours wait a second breakfast was serve
TO them.
T. Some Interesting Opinions.
ID Here are some interesting opinions;
d. 81 do not believe that it can be made
10 perfect success It is almost impossible
Ia | -Westinghouse Electrician Nostrand bs
le fore the execution.
IL "The system is now absolutely perfect
or | and has come to stay. DIR. A. y. South