The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-07-08

TINS case, as In the other. was twenty sec
onds. The current measured some / $40
volts At the end of % seconds the rf,r-
rent was turned of, but only for a minute.
Inc cnest OF the man in the chair began
TO heave, and the current was rurne5 rr,
once more. until, as in the case of Slocum.
IL pufheo the Iiesh. Then it was shut of
again. ana after a delay which showed
tnefe was no chance of revival, the body
was uhsfrapped and taken from the chair
70 tne autopsy room
"ooo was the third TO be executed He
came willingly, accompanied BY two
priests, and went through the ordeal
oraFely, with substantially the same re-
saits. In kemmler's case the burning Of
.ne oody was ascribed in part TO the fact
that the sponges at the electrodes were not
wen "eLted- In the four cases today the
sponges were wetted constantly. and still
the iiesh burned.
1ne fourth man 10 meet death was the
Jap, Jngiro. 1t had been expected that if
any OF the prisoners made resistance TO
oeing placed IN the chair il would be he.
elt the long term OF confinement had
bowed Jngiro into tame submission.
" hen the warden and keepers came TO
MS cell he sprang up and followed
quietly. His was perhaps the most repul-
slFe lace that had stared AT the witnesses
rom the chair. 1t was distinctly brutal.
ne TOOK his place IN the chair quietly,
suffered the attendants to bind without
protest. and stolidiy awaited the sh ok.
AZ came 10 him as 10 the Others. and with
IKE results The first contact did not de-
stroy ali appearance of life, and the Sec
ond burned the flesh.
Inc autopsy on the bodies was COM
menced early in the morning and lasted
until well in the afternoon. Those who
conducted the operations were Drs.
Mcdonald, Rockwell, Southwick,
Daniels and Professor Landy The
body of the Jap was the first 10
be placed under the knife As 10 the re-
suit OF these examinations there appears
TO be difference of opinion among those
VINO took part in the autopsy. Some ply
slcians report that no burns or marks
were discovered, while others tell an ex-
actiy opposite story.
There Is an interesting fact connected
with experiments made yesterday in the
presence Of the witnesses of today's elec-
trocution which has bearing on the
seeming iLeftciency of single contact. A
horse was brought in 10 be killed. The
dynamo was run up 20 a speed which
would generate from l.500 to 1,600 volts,
the force of the current ii had been deter
mined would oe turned into the bodies of
the condemned men today. The first con-
tact, on account of the greater resistance
of the animal, was twenty-eight seconds.
Il did not kill the animal. 1t seemed TO
have stunned him, and second current
and third were turned on before the
work was completed. The necessity of
two contacts. which is affirmed 10 have
been the case in each of the electrocutions
today. hnds its excuse, if not its explana-
ton. in the experience with the horse at
yesterdays experiment.
The witnesses of the execution signed an
agreement last night that they would not
reveal what occurred within the execution
chamber
The autopsies were performed by 4
O'Clock this afternoon. and the corps of
physicians lett the depot shortly after for
New York and Albany. Dr.. Mcdonald,
who conducted the execution and au-
topsy, was asked for statement He de-
eIined TO give any information, saying the
rHsalts would be given out in Albany from
an official source. When asked to deny .
statement that the men did not die in
stantly he said: 81 have nothing TO say
to that. Inconsistencies was immediate,
and the men suffered no pain. They made
no resistance at all" do you deny that
they were burned?" II decline to be in
terviewed on that point"
DR.. Ward was asked: did the first
shock kill the men ?'' and he said: II do
not care to answer that; l think the exc
cution was successful"
DR.. Alphonse D. Rockwell left the
prison at comparatively early hour and
il is understood that he took the train for
New York. He said the execution was an
unqualified success. and that the death of
the men was painless.
Rev. DR.. Low, chaplain of the Toombs.
New York, who was assistant prison
chaplain and 3 witness, said:
was fully convinced that the killing of the
murderers by electricity was failure, but / an
now convinced TO the contrary. Every one of
the men went TO the chair calmly, and died
easily. and without pain or contortion. Death
was instantaneous.
The bodies of Jugiro. Wood and Slocum
viii be buried late tonight in the potter's
field in auicklime Smiler's body viii be
removed by his wife in the morning.