The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1891-07-15
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SING SING, n. Y. July a-Ths killing
Of the four murderers. James A. Slo-
| cum, Harris Smiler, James Wood and
Shibinja Jugiro, was done yesterday
morning.
Slocum was killed 1t 4:4sH o'clock;
Smiler was put to death at 5:14: Wood
met his doom ct $50; Jugiro was killed
1T 600
At o'clock Slocum walked into the
death room, accompanied by Father
Creeden. He seemed to be making .
tremendous effort TO keep his COM
posure He had received Father Cree
denis last offices and had declared him
self ready to die.
He was firmly strapped into the chair
and the death current was applied
Death was instantaneous There was
a sudden contraction of the nerves and
all was over.
| Smiler came next Rev. Mr.. Edger-
ton cheered him up. Before Smiler had
time to think he was strapped in the
chair and an instant later the current
of electricity was flashed through him
that sent him into eternity.
| Next to follow was Wood, the negro.
He had been worked up to q state of
religious enthusiasm and it was while
in this frame of mind that he was fast
ened into the chair and killed by the
fatal shock.
| Jugiro was stubborn to the last
There was no apparent hitch in the
four executions and they were pro-
nounced a success The death OF the
four men appeared to the observer to be
painless. Death came like flash. It
was one awful shock and then OBJ
livion.
The doctors took charge of the four
bodies Immediately after death and be-
gan an autopsy to discover as far as
possible how rapid had been the killing
and the precise effect produced
The witnesses were besieged by re-
porters as soon as they made their ap-
pearance from the prison All of them
refused to say anything, except that
the execution passed OF without hitch
and had been a success Warden Brown
had laid a strict injunction of secrecy
upon them all and had evidently made
such an impression upon their minds
that thev were 10th to talk. All looked
thoroughly used up and exhausted.
They had been through a terrible Dr.
deal and the effects were plainly visible
on their faces.
Slocum was awakened at $3.50 a m.
and as he sprang from his cot, rubbing
his eyes, he asked: is it time?'
Not quite yet" Principal Keepel
Connaughton replied; but it will soor
be now. my boy"
Slocum gave a sort of gasp as he re-
allied that his last hour had come.
Nevertheless, he steadied himself and,
after a tremulous minute or two, b
said: ''All right, will be ready"
While he was waiting for his last
meal on earth, his spiritual advisers
came into his cell and passed about fif.
teen minutes with him. he received
holy communion.
His breakfast was ready. He ate
sparingly of boiled eggs and coffee, and
1t Sis he signified that he was ready
for the supreme trial
The invited witnesses vSho were
anxiously waiting for the death scene,
took up their positions There was not
as much formal order about the march
as there used to be in the Tombs-
Slocum walked steadily to the awful
room. His arms were tied behind his
back and strap on his legs allowed
him to step about twelve inches at a
pace.
No time was lost. When the death
chamber was reached, Slocum walked
to the fatal chair and sat down. His
feet were tied and his arms and head
firmly fixed to the proper places He
was ready in a moment
A moment later Warden Brown
touched the bell and the current was
applied Slocum died instantly.
Half an hour after Slocum was
awakened Smler had been aroused.
and while Slocum ate his breakfast
Smiler was being prepared for his crisis
by Rev. Edgerton. Exactly thirty-one
minutes after Slocum's dead body had
been removed from the chair to the au-
topsy room, Smiler was placed in the seat
of death In the fraction Of a second
l 0AtcE tuC Straps were ScCu1cO INC A6tSl
spark was applied and Smiler was dead
One of the jury tainted, but Keeper
Connaughton's presence Of mind quelled
any consequent disturbance.
The electrocution of Wood and Jugro
then followed quickly.
Slocum and Smiler were wife muir
derers Wood and Jugiro had killed
their men in brawlS
The electrodes were not applied, as
in the Kemmler case, TO the top of the
head and the base of the skull, but were
bound to the foreheads of the con-
demned men and then the calves of the
legs The current was turned on in
each case for twenty seconds The
voltage was between 800 and 1.6O0
In each case there were apparent evi.
dences of revival, Is in the Kemmler
case, and in each of these four cases
the current was turned on . sec
ond time In spite of the fact
that the sponges were kept con-
stantly wet all four men were burned