The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-07-15

the chair. When the electrodes We're
removed it was discovered that his
skull and the ilesh of his leg had been
slightly burned; but there was no smell
Of roasting tlesh such as made the
kernm.er electrocution Sc horrible.
The straps were unloosed aud the body
carried back into the rear room.
Smiier Gii not hesitate when told
ttHt his hour had come, but when
the death chair appeared before him he
almost fell to The l.oor. His knees
kuockei together and bat for the sup
pot of his spiritual advisers he would
certainly have collapsed. Warden
Brow II qGicHIy read thu death warrant,
ami SmIlrr WAS hastily seated in the
chair His face tonK on Il GnaStly hue
and Connanghton got no assistance
from this victim in arranging the
straps. Smiler was bound and the cleo
trodes applied in much hrlefer time
than SIocuul. and il lew seconds Sml-
Ter also was dead. The same slight
burning under the electrodes was no.
ticed as in Slocum'S case.
Wood had been prepared by Fathers
Creeden and Lynch while Smller was
going 10 his death and he was all ready.
He uttered no word when the time
came. He walked to Ceath supported
by the priests. Wood betrayed no emo
ton when he gaZed upon the chair, but
kept his eyes fixed on the crucitix. He
sat down in the chair diffidently and
his binding was accomplished so quick
ly that it was only twentyfour min
utes from Smiler's end until death
came to Wood. - was becoming easy
to kill men. The witnesSts displayed
no emotion. There was nothing to
cause nausea, and death came to its
victims so quickly that it was all over
before they realized it.
.Jugiro at first refused to leave his
cell, but when Connaughton said Come
on, Joe, be a brave man, the Jap walked
out quietly. Two additional keepers
marched one on each side of the Jap,
while the chaplains followed behind
the warden and his deputy. The Jap
did not seem to comprehend the pur-
poses of the chair and seated himself
without a protest \ keeper assisted
Connaughton in binding the Jap and
the last act was quickly accomplished.
The current was allowed to remain IN
the Jap'S body about three SECONDS
longer than with the three others; ac-
cordingly his skull and leg were strong
ly marked by the electrodes. Juglro's
body was taken away. Six bells were
struck as a signal to the electrician IN
the dynamo room that all was over,
and the witnesses returned to the War
den's room.
The approximate time of turning on
the current in each case was: Slocum.
4.4O: Smiler, $40; Wood, $50; Juglro,
6C5. The prisoners had received some
intlmation beforehand that the execu-
tons were to take place this morning
and they were prepared for them. They
went to the execution chair braveiy
and met their fate without a struggle.
They offered no resistance. but rather
assisted the keepers when they were
bound down IN the chair. The elec-
trodes were not applied as in the
Kemmler case to the top OF the skull
and the base of the spine, but were
bound to the forehead Of the con-
demned men and the calves of their
legs. The current was turned on IN
each case for twenty seconds. Inc
voltage was about 400 and 800. In
each case there VAS apparent evidences
of revival as in kemmlerS case, and IN
each Of these four cases the current
vas turned on second time. In spite
of the fact that the sponges were kept
constantly wet all Of the executed men
were burned py the current, and espe-
cially about the calves OF their legs.
Medical men present agree that death
came on the first contact and that the
seeming revival was merely reflex mus
cular action. None of the witnesses
was overcome by fright and all OF them
who have spoken have made the state
ment that the electrodes were success
full and that death in all cases was in
stantanpnuS and DainleSS