Little Falls transcript., 1891-07-10
FOUR ELECTROCUTE 3
eLocuaA, WOOD, saalLER. AND. ~
! olGo SENT INTO ETERNITY.

Des&h n Each Caes 1nssaneaneoas-Ap.
parent Revivals. q IN The KsnAlss
s. Case Pronouneed sinply Rsnex Aoeiol
o. the Aoscles-Histery Of the Csim0e
3 sna sno, N. r, July z.-James ].
slocum, Joseph Wood, Harris A. smilea
and shikok Jugigo were killed by cleo
tricity in the prison in conformity with
tho lsw Of the state. Slocum was exc.
cuted at 4:42 4. nj: Smiler At b:19,
Wood at 5:Ss, and Jugigo at COS. Tha
executions went Of quistly. Auof tha
prisoners : :. 49, =. s-.:.- =, ;: ~
Went to the Execution Chair }:
bravely aud met their fate without q
struggle, They offered no; resistance,
but rather assisted the keepers when
they were bound down. in the chair.
Tho electrodes were not. applied, as ii
the, Kemmler case, to tho top Of the
skull and the base ok the spine; butWere
bound TO tho focehSads5 of; the con-
denned man and tho calves oft { theiy
1a0A The oulrent ylas turned on in
each case tof twenty seconds. In. each
casa there were apparent evidences Of
revival, as In the Kemmler case, and IN
each OF tho four cases the current vas =
Turned on . eseopd Time.
In spite Of the fact that the sponges
were kept constantly wet an Of the exc
cuted men were burned BY the current
and especially about the calves of the
legs. The medical men present asree
that death came on first contact and
that tho aoaYv1Srcp 1aor,sxyn1
reflex muscular action. None Of the
all OF them who have spoken have made
the statement that the electrodes were
successful and death in all cases was in.
stantaneous and painless. At IL o'clock
doctors Southwick and Danie]s, and
West. None of them would talk. Dr.
Barber, the physician of the prison,
came out shortly after and said that the
autopsy was completed and that no
statement would Be given out for sev:
era hours. Dr.. Mcdonald conducted
the autopsy.
The. details Of the four e1ecutiona
were similar IN every respect, A con.
traction of the muscles was noticeable
and apparent signs Of breathing but the
phys1cians pronounce these seeming
sigqs Of life to be only the reflex action
Of the muscles.
Their Crimes.
Harris A. Smilar, q printer, shot and
killed Maggie Drainey, with whom he
bad been living in New York city, April
James J. slocum killed his wife with
an axe at No. Z Cherry street, New
York, Dec. II, 1889.
Joseph Wood (colored) killed an Ital-
tan named Carlo Ruff in a fight in the
month of May. 1889.
Shibuya Jugigo, a japanese sailor,
killed Mura Commi, a countryman,
with q carving knife during q FIGHT
resulting from a dispute over berth in
the fOrecastle of ship.
In each of these cases g
Stubborn Fight Against Eleo&rooation
hss been made. After Jugig0s convic-
ton and sentence rumors were circu-
h.sed, as they were in Kemmler's case,
that the Westinghouse company wa
furnah means for the defense, With
the hope that the sentence Of death
might Be- delesred, and that their dyna-
lae. might not be us6d. II was the gem
Ss~: uQp1ee6to0 t060 ana u
now that the Westiinghouse peo-
pae arc decidedly opposed to :. the
use Of their. dynxmos Tor the pu1-
pose Of killing mupderers, as It. &
thought that the use Of their apparatus
Tor such purpose tnjures them CONNER
ciAlly. The cases were each appealed
10 the circuit court, affirmed and tho
murdeeers reeentenoed, further appeals
Weze taken to the supreme court when
The sentences were again, affirmed and
the szecution fixed for the week begi0.
ming July 6.