Morning journal and courier., 1891-07-08
NEWS BY TELEGRIPH. From All Quarters. FOUR MURDERBRS KILLED EIectrocution of the Men
 At Sing Sing.
 ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER sERvIl. Suferings of a Vessels
 Crew at Sea. ANOTHER CYCLONE IN THE SOUTH. A Railroad Accident in
 New Hampshire.
ANOTHER CYCLONE IN THE SOUTH.
KILLED BY ELECTRICITY.

l New Hampshire.
 KILLED BY ELECTRICITY.
 Elsctrocution of the Four Murderers
 at Sing Sing Yesterday Morning
 Death Instantaneous and Painless
 The Deadly Current Applied Twice
 The Whole of the Work Accom-
 Minutes.
 SING SING, N. Y, July 7.-The four condemned murderers, Harris A. Smiler, Joseph Wood, James J. Slecum and Shiki- ok Jugiro, this morning paid the death penalty by being electrocuted in the elec- tric chair. The four condemned men went to their death without finching. Jugiro, the eccentric Jap, who had previously giv- en the keepers much trouble, was expected | to offer some resistance when he was led to | the fatal chair, but he did not and he died as the others did-'game"
 The dreary vigil was kept up during the night by the newspaper men, who were kept outside the death line by the armed ! guards. It was generally believed by the weary watchers that the first execution would take place about dawn. Soon after 3 o'clock number of the villagers of Sing Sing began to arrive at the death line. They stood anxiously, gaping at the prison walls and watched for the electric lights to go out about the prison. The lights went down about 3:30, which was considerable earlier than usual. This was the first indication that something was to be done in the mysterious execution room. The persons who had been invited by Warden Brown to be present were all within the walls of the prison and it be- came known that the dynamos were run ming. Not a word of information came from within the gloomy prison walls and the watchers outside had to go entirely by signs and observation. By the escaping of an unusual amount of stesm from the exhaust pipe of the Corliss engine at the north end of the prison was a sure indica- ton that the dynamos had been put into operation.
 THE WITNESSES
 The persons who were in the prison as witnesses were: Dr. Carlos F. Macdonald, chairman of the state lunacy commission; Professor Louis Laudy, Deputy Attorney General Hogan, Dr. Alphonso R. Rock well of New York, pr. s. V. Ward of AL 3any, Dr. Southwick of Buffalo, Dr. F. Townsend of Albany, Dr. Charles E. Dan iels of Buffalo, Dr. Hiram Barber, physi- oian of the prison; L. F. Davis, Warden Charles E. Durston of Auburn, Warden W. R. Brewn of Sing Sing, Rev. Fathers Edgerton, chaplain of Sing Sing, Secretary Brown of the state lunacy commission, ex- Warden Brush and R. E. Oliver.
 Warden Brown had arranged to convey the information to the newspaper men when each man had been executed by a code of signals of flags. A black flag would indicate that Wood had died in the electric chair, while red flag would be displayed to show that Jugiro had paid be hoisted for Slocum, and blue flag for Smiler. The reporters impatiently waited for the first to be run up on the pole over the centre of the warden's house. At 4:46 a white flag was run, indicating that Slo- cum had been killed. The flag remained up scarcely two minutes when it was hauled down by person who could not be seen.
 GETTING AND SPREADING THE NEWS. Then followed a scene of hustle and hurry among the newspaper reporters. A number of the newspaper men had tele- graph instruments as near as possible to the l dead line. The news was flashed over the | many miles away that Slocum had been electrocuted. There was another suspense l and the minutes seemed like hours. At 5:19 blue flag was run up the pole, in dicating that Smiler had been put to death. The newspaper men hustled again l and flashed this news all over the coun- try. By this time a large number of villagers had considerably swelled the crowd outside of the prison. Then there was another wait until 543t, when black flag was displayed, which conveyed the intelligence that the negro Wood had been the third man to die in the electric chair. Lawyer Haire, Woods counsel, who was standing within sight of the signal of death, threw up his hands and exclaimed: "My God! That means poor Wood"
 THE FOURTH VICTIM.
 There was another period of suspense which lasted about twenty minutes, when the fourth flag, red one, was displayed, showing that the Jap, Jugiro, had met his fate in the chair. This flag was run up at 6:09. This completed the execution, but the crowd still fingered about the building waiting for some of the persons who had witnessed the execution to come out. About 6:30 Fathers Creedon and Lynch, who had attended the men in their last | ing and stepped into carriage. Some ot the reporters attempted to approach the carriage, when they were told by the guards to stand back. The carriage drove away, and few minutes later Drs. Rock
 we'll and Mcdonald and Deputy Attorney General Hogan came out of the prison ano got into carriage together. They were driven to the depot and were closely fol
 lowed by little army of newspape,
 scribes. They refused to give any infor
 nation except to say that the electrocutior
 had passed off successfully. The othel
 witnesses, as they came out from thu
 chamber of death, were equally reticent.
 STORY OF WITNESS.
 It was only after the greatest persuasion
 that one of the witnesses would consent t. l tell anything about the electrocution. H
 said that when everything was in readi
 ness Warden Brown passed through tn
 big door leading from the death chambe
 to the low building where the condemnet
 were waiting in their cells. The wardel
 was gone two or three minutes when Ia
 and Principal Keeper Connaughton heade'
 little procession in which walked Slocun
 between Fathers Creeden and Lynch. Tn l guards brought up the rear. When tn
 procession passed through the door int
 the execution room the witnesses wer grouped about the chair, while the expert
 and physicians stood in front. Slocum wa . promptly led toward the chair and Warde1
 Brush without any ceremony told the con
 demned man to be seated. Slocum with out any hesitation promptly obeyed tn e command and was soon settled in tn | chair. He was quickly strapped by tw
 men who had been detailed by the warde |. to this work The electrode or cap wa
 placed in position on the condemned man head. There was wet sponge under hi ' cap.
 |. THE KILLING OF SLOCUN.
 The positive current was to be ser U through this cap and the negative currer