The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-12-20
Killed BY HHCYRCFTY
Fred MOGuire Pays tho Penalty at
Sing Sing, in
EXACTLY TWELVE SECONDS



conscious the Instant NE Current
Reached hIa BODY.
SING SISa, N. ", Dec 20. Fred Nc
Guire was elcctrocuted at HAS Monday
mcrnlng.
M,tiaire ate q light breakfast CON
versed with Rev, u +. Conkliu1. 81
Middletown, and Chaplain EdRerton. Of
tho prison. and. ~ the time approached
for the summons To talte his place ~
the death chair. seemed 70 be fully 70
signed 10 tho fate which awaited him
He confessed his guilt. and nAa,lmed fnll
responsibility for the murder 81 Mra
Gregory, and went % his doom poni-
tent man. s
Back 81 the death chair 4 the closet
in which the man who turns on The H.
tal currsnt II concealed. Tho chair
stood upon rubber mnt which OK
tended for some distance on onch aide
for the safety OF the physicians and
electricians Electrician Davis nttaohcd
tho electrodes 10 q battery 81 two In
candescent Tampa attached ~ . board
which he placed nrrosa the arms o. the
death chair and he turned on tho our
rent, lighting up tho lamps y show that
everything WINS IN working order. Tho
voltage was found 70 DO /. 800. which y
800 greater than was used nt FORMER
eiectrocutionA
Al Hoo Chief Keeper Connnu6ht0n
received the signal 70 hrinR IA tho
doomed man. One minute later NJ.
|kGui1l, attended By chnplnin Edtet.6n.
y ~ nrison, and Raw y. i. N1N |''I|,
copai service ~ tie dead {cHtII1
walked without lIInpAin1. and u \ down
IA the chair Keepers strapped hI6
arms and legs. and the electricIana ~
sisted BY the doctors. attached the
electrodes. One Of thom was placed
upon the temples and hold fast By =
head piece, which inciosed the nnnor
part Of the mana head Tho other was
strapped 70 his right leg just below the
knee. Both electrodes were saturated;
with salt water
II took less than one minute 70 ~
tach tho electrodes and mako the con-
nection with The wires Warden Ilrotyn
gave the signal ct Iii1o. 80 The car
rent was turned. Tho subject jninred
and strained against the strAps and
the air forced from his lungs mndo q
sound like d deep moan. Az fiffa02
the current was turned on 81 signal
from DIR. Irvine, the prison physicinn.
The muscles relaxed and the body sank
back limp and lifeiess - the ehnir. Al
most instantly the current wns turned
on again. The body Strengthened IL
| the straps again, and was rigid Tor
three seconds, whom tho current was
turned of.
The body settled back IL the chair
and for two minutes al present
watched for signs Of life. There were
none DrA Irvine and Abbott ~ fi:2O
pronounced the man dead The other
physicians were invited 70 examine the
body. No indications 81 burning 81
marks OF any kind werc 70 be diac0v-
cred. DR. Abb, who has been present
/ at two former electrocutionG. said that
| II was the most successful that has
taken place. He haid that without
| question the man was killed ~ seconds
| after the current was turned on for the
| first contact and that he was uncon-
scious from the instant the current
reached his body.
The autopsy was performed BY Dr.
| Abbott half an hour after the man was
| pronounced dead. The result showed
| no destruction OF tissues, and the ex-
tcrnal burns, which were present IN
other cases Of death in the chair, were
| absent.
The crime for which Mcclure paid
| the death penalty was the killing Of
Mrs Amelia Gregory. wife Of Noah
Gregory, q farmer and tax collector 81
Middletown, Orange county, on octo-
Der IL, 1891. The crime was committed
for robbery.