The evening world., 1891-12-07

TO sing sing, was renewed yesterday by the
death watch, Baxter and McClaln.
During the evening the electrical experts,
medical men and scientists VINO were to see
the taking OF Loppy's life began to arrive.
The first to arrive was Prof Louis II.
Laudy, OF columbia college. lie is the cleo
trical expert and he made careful tests OF the
death-dcaling machinery last night.
The other two experts appointed by GOV.
Hill Tor this work, DR.. carlos +. Macdonald,
OF New York, and DR.. Alphonse ID. Rockwell,
OF Bunalo. did not arrive last night. Dr.
Samuel H. Ward, OF Albany, came In on late
train.
A dismal, drizzling rain was falling when
Loppy awokc from his fitful sleep Ia the death
chamber at o'clock this morning. The sky
was uncanny and black. The air was thick
with moisture.
over the broad Hudson was cast a canopy
OF log so thick that nothing could be seen
twenty feet distant, and the tog-horns OF
passing vessels on the river. sounded their
warnings
ARMED GUARDS on THE DEATH LINE.
About the big prison the gloom Is opprcs-
sive. Guards, in cnyeloping gum overcoats
and carrying guns, paced up and down the
cinder path In front of the prison. They were
assigned to this extra duty at o'clock yester-
day morning.
Warden Browns daughters left the prison
for a visit at their old home in Newburg sat
urday night.
The graves OF the three last named are on
the hillside In the prison cemetery, but they
are not marked even with the wooden head
boards that indicate the resting places OF the
other dead criminals.
These three graves are far apart from the
others. There Is a class distinction even In
death among criminals.
In the body OF the cemetery lie eighty or
more thieves, cut-tmroats, incendiaries, rob-
bers and other crooked men. Their graves
are marked with head-boards.
Nothing will grow here. Even a mullen
stalk that was born on Jugiro's grave last
Spring sickened, dropped, withercd and died
in midsummer even before 1t blossomed.
NEW GRAVE TO BE DUG THERE.
A new grave Will be ranged alongside o
these three within the next forty-eight hours.
Loppy arose from q restless sleep unre-
freshed this morning. When he was asked
by the guard how he felt he replicd
"vcry good, sir" In low, displr!tcd tone
OF voice.
PROBABLY HIS LAST BREAKFAST.
At 4 o'clock waiter carried into the death
house a salver on which were ham and eggs,
bread, coffee and cigar.
Loppy paused In his dressing and gazed at
this breakfast in a bewildered fashion as II lie
wondered II 1t were worth while to eat that
last meal.
lie said nothing, however, but presently he
ate sparingly and gulped down the hot
coffee.
Chaplain Law, OF the Tombs, and Rev. silas
w. Edgerton, chaplain OF the Sing sing
Prison, visited the doomed man at $50.
They had long and serious talk with him,
but Loppy said very little.
He made no sign OF desire to confess his
crime; and the good men emerged from the
neath-House with sad and serious faces.
AS the day began the scene was dreary and
dismal, quite fit for an electrocution.
WARNED AWAY PROM THE DEAD LINE.
The guards guns In hand, paced up and
down In the roadway before the prison. and
the reporters and citizens gathered at the
scene were warned not to cross an imaginary
dead line that ran close up to the wall which
marks the further side OF the street.
Carriages came from trains and came when
there were no trains, each bringing experts,
physicians, jurymen and other witnesses OF
the coming execution.
WITNESSES FROM NEW YORK.
Warden Brown himself went to the 9.19
train from New York, from which alighted
rlve gentlemen, among them being DR.. Carlos
+. Macdonald, Coroner's Physician William
T. jenkins, who conducted the autopsies In
all OF the sixteen cases OF death on the
wire 10 New York City and who performed
the autopsy upon Vim. kemmler, the first
man whose life was taken under the new law
ut Auburn in August, 1880.
Drs. Brill and Van Giesen and another
young physician came with Drs Macdonald
and jenkins.
At 10 o'clock seventeen strangers had en-
tered the prison, presumably all OF the in
vited witnesses. and the execution might
have taken place at any moment after that.
SMOKE FROM THE DYNAMO ENGINE.ROoM.
The big chimney over the fire in the
dynamo-room began to give forth black
smoke from fresh fire at 0.05 O'Clock, and 1t
was evident that the mechanical part OF the
arrangements was complete.
SOME OF THE WITNESSES.
The witnesses who had arrived were DR..
Carlos b. Macdonald and Prof. Louis A. .Laudy,
OF New York; DR.. Samuel b. Ward, OF Albany;
state Prison Purchasing Agent 4. A. Brown,
Chaplain sidney &. Law, OF the TOmbs,
and Chaplain Silas w. Edgerton, OF Sing
Sing Prison; Deputy Coroner jenkins,
OF New York; Ira Il. Van Giesen, who per-
formed the autoNsies on Slocum, Smier,
Wood and Jugiro; DR.. Brill, OF New York
Electrician K. F. Davis, OF New York; DR..
Spencer, OF Watertown; DR.. Beekman, OF New
York; Dr. Evans, OF schuyler; DR.. W. L. Doug
lass, OF Midd!etown Dr. J. b. Ransom, OF Clin-
ton Prison; DR.. Hollister, or Bellevue Hospital,
New York, and DR.. Hiram Baker, OF Sing
Sing Prison-seventeen besides three prison
keepers.
Twenty In oil was the number that wit
messed the electrocution In July, and the
above list will be found to be about complete
when the ofilcial report OF the electrocution
Is filed within ten days In the County Clerks
office in New York as required by law.
OUTSIDE THE PRISON WALLS.
Incidents Observed by Watchers