Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-07-08
DYNAMO'S DEADLY WORK
Four Murderers Worked On
Expeditiously at Sing Sing
by Electricity
The Death of Each Victim Said
to be Quick and Entirely
Painless
Only Prison Officials and SCI
entific Men Allowed to
Witness Executions

SING SING, July flames j. Slocnm,
Joseph Wood Harry A. Smiler and schi-
hIok Juglgo were killed by electricity In
conformity with the legal decree In prison
this morning in eXpiatlon OF the crimes
they committed. Only the prison officials,
scientific experts and witnesses especially
summoned were present.
SING SING, July This night OF sus-
pense gave way about o'clock TO ths
hreaking of day which none doubted
would mark the execution OF one or more
of the men awaiting death Dayiight
broadened, and there came with the morh-
ing lIuht symptoms of life about the
prison.
Inside the warden's house as late as $50
o'clock, however, quiet reigned more aoso-
Iutely than at any time during the pfe'i-
ous night. The dynamos were not run
ming and the prison had It's usual appear
once of ouIet. The armed guard and the
grnun of newspaper men In ;he roadway
! were the only reminders OF any unusuhl
event 10 happen. a.. ...,,.,,,,
About 4:25 the engineer In the dyhsnO
house north Of the prison began hrlnt up
for more steam with which to run the fast
aownnund engine The black smoke
rolled from the tall chimney, and very
soon clouds Of steam showed that INC en-
gineer was ready at any time 10 tahe hls
signal I'm fact, by 3;4O, the dynamo was
running at steady pace only wa'tI.n =.
he Increased as the signals came. ~ was
ruu for several minutes and then stopped,
- Inc test having evidently been satsfac-
tory. " 80
In the warden's house. in the mean >
time. all the shutters had Oeen closeu -
! fg fsf
| NOT he seen. but there was a suspicious
Stiffness about the building that. coupled
With the sound Of the whrring OF The
dynamos, made the observers without a. y
me more watchful. The window bllnd'
of the execution room were.clOsed tlRhllF,
30 ord no view could be obtained Of the In
terror but IL was known that about 4; 10
m breakfast had been served TO ths
IA Condemned men in their cells, and 10 ths
witnesses In the wardens house.
,, Socum. the baseball player %he
sr awakened from his last sleep was offered
Ie food and then was Instructed 10 pfepai
rs Tor death Soon after he was led into th'
- death chamber. Here the witnesses gain
cred. ,
ev nearly as could be learned, his death wa
ce nuIck and painless. His bearing was tha
an 81 fear. but ne had nerved himself TO
ke polnt where he seemed Indifferent
ey BASEBALL PLAYER sLoCUM KILLED
~ lie was strapped firmly in the chair an
a when all was ready the signal was give
ist which launched him into eternity. Th
FRS LIZ, 81 tho annaratus was perfect
ere M"iHI WI Hlns - ~ tborc ,vas no reuetition OF th
Wy frlghtful torture suffered by kemmler.
,ihe The signal was given quickly when u
les Unfortunate man was in the chair, u
oI full current turned on, and In less than
ac- tales 10 tell Slocum was dead. The ele
the mr. .,,, W. o,i' ,,as tent an untU the men
eat science pronounced him dead. Then, b
~ IifeIess form was removed and the cha
are made ready for the next victim. II
'al, time OF death was o'clock