The evening world., 1891-07-01
TO ELECTROCUTE FOUR MEN,
Preparing for Next Weeks Event
at Sing Sing Prison,
The Fatal Machinery Found III Per.
feet Working Order.
Isrrc1M TO I'M rvEN1Nn wonLnl

SING SING, y. V, july l.--At last, It l. he
lirvcd, the laws sentence VIII bc executed in
the cases uf some ~ the condemned murder
crs In the big prison here
or the sis men IN the drath-cClls, four nrC
appointed to die during the week beginning
nj midnight sunday. They are: shuhuNa
Jugiru, the Japanese who stabbed In the back
an inoncnsivc fellow -countryman Harris 4.
smilcr, who shot Maggie DrnIncy, one NJ his
three wives: James j. Slocum, who beat to
death his dissOlutc wife, and Joseph Wood,
the colorcd man who killed II fellow AQucduc!
labOrcr.
At least three OF these men, It Is considered
cert tain, will sit In the DCa;h-Ch hair next week,
and possibly all four.
Preparations for an clCctroCution have so
often been made that the suppressed excite
mCnt which formerly marked the week before
the date iiNcd for the great experiment 1, not
noticeable this time, but, unlike former ocCa-
siOnS the expectation that the lawyers Will
step In at the last moment with writs stay ing
the clcctrocution Is absent.
The prison Of1ciaS are going about pre-
parting Tor their dread task with nm apparent
consciousness that they will be- called upon to
perform their duty.
There is really little, however, tor them to
do. The machinery Of death has b"cn In place
for mOnthj-all that remains is to 20 over II
carefully and assure themselves that II Is
still In perfect working order
Electrician Davis, who assisted AT tho ClcC-
trOculion of kcnmler In Auburn and who
placed he electrical apparatus In sing Sing,
Is now here ana Will be- in attendance until
| the fatal week hns passed.
with capt Hilbert, the rnrdmastCr, who
DESIGNED tho most rnInplptp nlunt Tor Tho
scientific taking Of human lie which the
prison now possesses, Electrician Davis YES
terd4y inspected the machinery and wires
and found everything to ba In perfect order
warden Brown also yesterday began per-
frCting the details for next weeks event. At
III Invitation Prof. Louis ". LnudN, of Colum-
hia college, one " the three scientists chosen
To sup 'rNisc the ClCCtrOyutiOn, came To sing
sing for a consultation.
II was arranged to make test OF tho ma
Chlncry OF death al II convenient time hc-
tween now aud next Monday afternoon, when
the other Two scientists, DR.. Cnrlos MnCDon-
aid, President of the state board Of LunnCy,
aud Dr. Alphonso u. Rockwell the thera-
pcutir expert, will also br present.
The exact date OF tho eleCtrOCutinn has not
yet been determined by warden Brown, with
whom II Is discretionary during the week
| fiNcd by the court, but II IL not probable that
the event Will he delayed beyond the third
DAY, and circumstances may decide him to
perform his duty earlier.
As to the condemned men themselves, while
they know this Is the last week which, Rc-
cOrding to sentence, they have TO i've, they
do not betray as yet any concern about the
! night OF time.
| Each has passed through the ordeal Of pre-
pairing for death too often to exhibit emotion
| at this stage. They have the hope born OF
experience that they Will be saved ut the last
moment, and II will not be until the latter
part Of the week that they Will begin to be-
tray anxiety.
But the shadow OF death Is closing around
them. and this time It IS doubtful whether II
"A la
legal Jugglery which has previously been eX-
erCised for their temporary rescue.