Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-07-09
BY ELECTRICITY'S TOUCH
The New York MurdercrS
Meet a Quick and Painless
Death
Success Of the Electrical
Method of Execution is
Now Established
The Electrodes Were Bound
to the Foreheads of Con-
dcmncd Men

SING SING, July additional particu-
lars OF the execution OF the condemned
murderers, have been learned from wit
nesses. All the condemned murderers
this morning took very calmly the an
nouncemeut that sentence was about to
be executed. They were dressed when the
chaplain and priests arrived Their
clothing was very much alike, their suits
consisting Of black diagonal cloth, white
shirt and collar and black tie.
SlOcum was the first 10 be put TO death,
being electrOcuted at 4:42 a. m. The sec
ond victim was Smiler, and the time 5:l3
a. m Wood was the third man In the
chair, the time 5:3s. Juglgo, the japanese
sailor, was the fourth and last victim. He
was despatched at G:O5lG a. m. Theentire
time consumed IN executing the four men
was hour aud 23lI minutes.
The first signal announcing that one OF
the men had paid the penalty for murder
with his life was IA small white flag which
was run to the top Of the pole and then
pulled down. IL was the e-atranged
signal that SlOcum. ihe baseball player,
who hacked his wife 10 death with an axe,
January !. 1890, had died Just I've minutes
before. Before the flag was set, the news
was on a dozen waiting wires.
sNLER'S BLUE FLAG
At5:15o'clock the first rays Of the morn
| Ing sun topped the eastern bluf and
frightened up the scene. A square Of blue
bunting, which crawlcd slowly up the,pole
at 5:ig, announced that Smllcr. the Saliva
tiOn Army boy, the slayer Of his third
! wife on June 3, 1880, had given a life for
life five minutes before. IL took the at
tendant five minutes 10 go 10 the top Of
| the prison and hoist the signal.
! AZ 5:4i black flag went up the pole.
/ II settled the fact that the negro, Wood,
who killed his companion, Aquedem, dur
| Ing quarrel June Il, 1850, was dead
THE JAP DIES HARD
The japanese, big, muscular Shibuya
JugigO. who, In "a ht Of rage, stabbed TO
death one Of his countrymcn Decemb ber 3,
! 1889 was next. The flag Of death for him
| was red II was believed that the taking
Of the foreigner 10 the chair would De
/ hard task, and that there would be such
scene In the death chamber, a. the war
den, who talked Of killing men as he
would Of beheadlnR chickens for his sun
day dinner, could not forget a. long as he
lived. The Jap had "A queer Idea about
death. lie believed that when he was
taken 10 that mysterious room he was 10
be tortured.
lie said that he would fight before he
would SIT in that chair. displacement
Of the wires. or of the harness, caused by
a struggle would be sure 10 occur, aud
the watchers anNlOusly looked 40 at the
pole on the roof 10 see the red flag an
nOunce 10 them the death Of Jugigo. IL
was long In coming. That fact savOred
Of a struggle. but 10 was all over pres
entity; the law had been carried out 10 the
letter, and the red flag went up The Jap
died al G:OG O'Clock.
FORCE or rnE SHOCK
The tested voltage Of the dynamos had
} been brought up 10 3OOO while the esti-
mated voltage (which was turned into
kemmlcr'S body was only 400 The weak
d ness Of the current at the kemmler exc
! cutiOn was chargeabe IN part TO the Slip
ping OF the belts on the dyuamOs, and es-
peclal precautIOH had been taken 10 pre-
vent this. The dynamo used was a West
! inghOuse. "A counterpart Of the one used
D at Auburn, but u was supplemented by a
small dynamo, Intended 10 augment the
current.
The executloner was In small closet
K with an open top, through which he could
B.. hear anything said % him by the warden
h or any Of his assistants and the electric
iuns were In the execution chamber Itself.
Besides, by the agreement Of switches, IL
was made possible Tor the electrician
Z himself 20 turn the current into the exc
cutiOn chair or turn II OF, In case the
executiOncr should become confused OF
fail % respond 10 the warden's signals.
e DEATH QUICK AND PAINLESS
The witnesses briefly tell the story o
u the execution as follows: AbOut4 O'Clock
the witnesses and Jurors were let into Tn,
Is death chamber. The experts had pre-
yiously examined everything and wer,
satisfied that the machinery OF deatl
re- would work perfectly. Az 4 o'clocl
Slocum walked into the death room. ac
O cOmpanied by Father Creedan. III
seemed 10 be making a tremendous effOr
10 preserve his cOmpOsure. lie had re
4. ceiyed Father Creedan's last offices ant
d had declared himself ready 10 die. II
d was then firmly strapped Into the chair
m and the current applied. Death was In
w Simultaneous; there was a sudden con
n. traction OF the muscles aud then all wa
over.
Smiler followed next Rev Mr. Edger
e, ton cheered him up, and before Smile
be had time 10 think he was strapped Int
X, the chair, and an Instant later the cuI
ct rent Of electricity had flashed thrOug
him and sent him into eternity.
Then followed Wood, the negro. II
had been worked up 10 a state Of religion
enthusiasm, aud II was while Ia th
ed frame OF mind that he was fastened
us the chair and killed by the fatal shock.
r. Juglgo was stubborn 10 the last. Thei
y was the usuai, ferOciOus, ugly look on h
ID. face. lie was closely guarded and sho
ay work was made Of him.
cll There was no apparent hitch In the fOl
executions and they were pronounced
nm success. The death OF the four men al
~ peared 10 the observers 10 be painles
-, Death came Ike fash. The docto
,o, took charge Of the four bodies immed
''' ately after death aud began an autopsy
discover, as far as possible, how rapid hs
is- been the killing aud the precise effec
ne prod uced. The witnesses we're besieg'
eI. by reporters as soon as they made the
~ appearance from the prison.
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