Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-12-19

| Ii Wz- the Most satisfactory Electrocution
| Given at Sing sing.
| S5Sa SING. Y. Y, Dec Ie-Fred. Mcclure
We: e.oc,roeuted at lis this morning.
Mcclure slept well last night and showed no
signs Of breaking down. This morning he ate
| high; breakfast. conversed with the Rev. d. L.
! Conkling OF Middletown and Cha plain Edgarton
Of the prison, and the time approached FOR
I the summons TO take his place in the death
chair seemed to be fully resigned to the fate
which awaited him. He confessed his guilt Of
the crime for which he convicted. He
sumed full responsibility for the murder OF
Mrs. Gregory and went TO his doom penitent
mRu.
All the preparations were completed early to-
cav and at 10 0 clock the witnesses had all
,cmbled. They were "a follows: Jas. B. Ben
Ictt. DIR. ClIG: 5. Cooley, =. ID. Madeira, j. W.
Garfield. Chfs- c. Terry. d. VI. Kurtz, l. S.
Bernstein. Harvey GoodaIe. deputy sheriff,
Nevburg, y. Y; sam Richie John f. Iseman,
Cooper Degraw, Wellington Common. DIR. Shee-
han. Rev. u. l.. Conkling, VIM Gross, VIM.
Mitchell, DIR. Frank Abbott. jr., DR. b. L. Ir
vine, prison physician; DR.. s. L. Sweenv, A. V.
y. hoSelson. Assistant District Attorney Mid
dleton, T.. A. Nsnsickle, W. =. Bailey, A. f.
Nirkerson. A. L. Decker. II. II. Pugsey and
frank Clarke. United Press.
THE WITNESSES SUMMONED.
4. 1851 o'clock the witnesses were sCn-
they entered the death chamber Electrician
Davis and -four guards were already there.
Electrician Davis in his shirt sleeves pre-
pairing the electrical apparatus Tor the test. He
tested the current. first by volt meter. then by
twenty incande.cent lights on the switchboard.
He tested row of twenty-three lights which
rested on the ecctrOcution chair. which showed
the number % volts which passed into the sub
ject. The register showed 500 volts.
The warden requested all present to keep
qri.t and remain In their seats. He and Head
Keeper ConnaughtOn went on to the cell whore
NcGuire was confined. This was the same cell
that was occupied byl Gotta, who was electro
euted some time ago.
! INQUIRE SHOWED sIRMSEss.
The warden. Connaughton and Mcclure.
Chaplain Edsarton and Rev. Mr. Conkling en-
tered the death chamber at 11:l0J5. Mcclure
walked steadily between the two ministers. hold
ing to their arms. lie appeared calm and
stOlid- Not n muscle moved He walked rapidly
t. the chair and sat down he would in any
ordinary chair. He rested his head back on
the rubber cushion and placed his arms
upon the arms Of the chair and closed his
hands. The two ministers began chanting the
burial service Meg uire sat down. The
guards and attendants quickly Sound Mcclure
IN the chair. The electrodes were placed at
his head and on tine calf of his right leg. The
leg 81 IN. trousers were split in order to apply
the electrodes To- his flesh.
After he had been fastened in the chair Dr.
Abbott and Prison Surgeon Irvine examined
the bindings. and stepping pack DR.. Abbott
gave the signal tor the electrician, Davis. 1t
was then ten minutes and fifty seconds after IL
O'Clock,
KILLED IN TWELVE SECONDS.
At this moment the first current was turned on.
The ar,, shock lasted fifty seconds. II was
turned OF again at IL O'Clock eleven minutes
4fF to, -aar,uI. Til. uas he sacop6 sh.cL
and only lasted few seconds. Only two
shocks we're administered. Mcclure killed
by the first shock. DR.. Abbott said that Nc
Cure was killed in twelve seconds. The sec
ond current was turned ON as precautionary
measure. At IL O'Clock fourteen minutes and
thirty seconds Mcclure was officially pro-
nOdnced dead by Dr. Abbott.
Mcclure was then c xamined by the doctors and
as far could be seen no marks of scorching
could be found. nor there any discoloration
of hi, fesh. When the first current was turned
ON McGuire'- body swelled and tugged against
the straps and deep gurgling sound was
heard for a second, caused by the air being
forced out % his lungs.
McGuire execution was declared the most
successful one that was ever held in Sing Sing
prison. nor has any other execution ever been
tnizhed 20 rapidly as this one.
MUCH PLEASED WITH THE EXECUTION
All the witnesses were composed during the
execution and there was no exhibition of weak
ness The emcu Of burned eesh that has here
tofOre characterized these executions was not
noticeable. The autopsy performed BIZ
DR.. Abbott half hour after the man was
pronounced dead.
IEe results showed no destruction of TISSUES
and the external burn- which present in
other cases of death in the chair were absent
Nct'uIre's body will be taken to MiddIetowp
late this afternoon and buried seven miles from
the place where the murder WAS committed.
Warden Brown, Electrician Davis and Drs
Abbott and Irvine were pleased with the sue
cess OF the execution and we're gratified with
the absence Of the brutal circumstances which
made former executions so revolving.
MaUIKEs CRIME.
Fred Mcclure a farm hand employed
during the summer Of 1891 by Noah Gregory
" hose farm mile and half from Middle
town, y. y. ON the afternoon of October H.
l-@I. while Mr.. Gregory and all of his men ex-
cept Mcclure were at work In the celery field
Mrs. Gregory found by her son Arthur
hing IL a pool Of blood in the sitting room of
the house. The detective arrested Mcclure at
once On suspicion. but he told such a good
story about hauling wood from the wood lot
that he was released. His story was confirmed
by Warren Darlington and Vim. Hummei. both
I employees of Noah Gregory. Brnzington was
afterwGrd shown TO be al accomplice in the
robbery and IL now serving term III the Au-
burn state prison for perjury. Hummell was
also convicted of perjury and was sentenced to
nine years and six months in Sing Sing. Nc