The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-03-29
MTTO GETS FIVE SHOCKS.
r-p THE FOURTH HIS HEART Is
Afi'" SrILL FOUND BEATING.
.,...r.r raisied with Fear ss the
Th som.n. Of hi. Death Arpro.shes.s.n'
,". development Of Heat In the BODY
gus" ..,.,..rt On 60 Seconds In All.

gus, ,,.,cnt On 90 Seconds In All.
.,ocrst ,imc since the law for the killing
fo' Wv NV electricity and the transform
OF .,hrsi,ions and men OF science into pub
lns " ',,;,rcrs was passed tho six cells Tor
nc uJ,rned in Sing Sing prison are all va
"e Tt,ro ara murdcrcrs condemned to
c"p. r,rlisl, W. Harris Is one. and Tanning
he",", III Nm, they still have appeals to high
10 i,f, and they may never sec the prison.
.,. urovn. with tho assistance oil Or.
N"'a, ,r, u.ison and DR.. Abbott OF AZ West
,ovnp,h street. got rid of Jeremiah Cotto.
i"G s. =, IN, condemned in his care. yester-
DAY ,1or.e,boI,,s,
,-.s,,,s,iug Of any Of the seven men who have
nao, rill,I by electricity in the prison. Ho
va .,;mulauts enough in him. howererto pre-
' Ma making n scene in the death chamber.
~" zoo lcl like sheep to the slaughter. Cotto
,n,.d his raramour's husband in Brooklyn
,.st July, He sncnkcd up behind his victim
.uJ ,,it him TO death. And from the day OF
hi,orrcst until the moments before he wentto
~. slcc,ri, al chair the murderer never ceased
hawaii and curse the law that demanded
~, lor lie He died brute as he had lived.
Tho,o were tlva shocks OF the electric current
-, .h, rnysir!ans were convinced that he
lad. although as in all the killings Mt
~ w. Si,, ,rison. unconsciousness was said to
,";,s,,n,nnsous at the first shock. Cotto's con-
,;.i.n ,,,. such when he was put in the death
.h,;r that had hc been permitted to remain
.h.ro ay, minutes he might have mistaken
.hn sol, water dripping on his face from the
.,.,trodrs for tile death current and died OF
s.;,ht II is not certain that he was con-
.cions n, the time the current was applied.
The mans last night on earth was spont
LLAMA SUNDAY afternoon his brother. Dom
jn;,k Cntto and his cousin. Alexander Pan
dolt sn,nc from brooklyn to see him. one OF
.he objects was to settle the question OF who
ebould have the $3i in money which was
taken from the condemned man when he was
arrested. The money is in the hands OF the
Prooklvn rolirc. and tho relatives wore anX-
inns TO got it. Cotto decided that his brother
should have it. When it came to question OF
disrosing Of the murderers body. neither the
brother nor the cousin wanted to take care OF
usnd see that 1t was buried. They left prom
ism. to comc again. The brother did como
arniu. bu, il was after the execution wds over
ard he went right away.
The man who witnessed the execution were
DR.. John d. johnson OF Brooklyn. DIR. Frank
Abbott. Ir.. of A. West Fifty-seventh street.
DIR, H. irvine Vi lIlt Filooi' bi' ~ l." '" tihoA
Of Arkport, Inspector Alexander Williams. DR..
John =. Wilson OF Poughkcepsie. Lea Femme OF
the Cot.olr Monthly. Brooklyn: f. W. Hammer
o,Nevark, the Rev. John Milo Of Brooklyn. the
Row, Serafne De SAINTS OF Brooklyn. W. j.
jerks Of Nyack. DR.. Stephen s. Horton Of
Peesskill. L. F. Davis. the State Electrician:
DIR. Gordon T. Spencer OF WATERFOWL. DR.. John
H. Billings 24j Madison avenue: Warden Z.
j. Doyle Of Raymond street Jail. where Cotto
was confined five months: DR.. David L. CAL
lachan Of Iso Vanderbilt avenue. Brooklyn.
anG ten newspaper representatives from New
York and one from Brooklyn.
Some Of the witnesses arrived sunday night
and accepted the Warden's hospitality. but the
greater number arrived on the early morning
trains The priests. Father De Saints, and
DAYS preparing the wretched man to die. At9
O'Clock the doctors and the electrical experts
went down into the execution room and tested
the machinery. They spent an hour doing
that. Cotto in the meantime. was drinking
whiskey and praying. His approaching end
had taken away his appetite for o.. 6reakfMHsst :
Warden sent out word to the guard at the
prison entrance that none should be permitted
11enter theprson until the execution was over:
business and then the Warden led the way
out through. the prison and into the death
chamber.
NV" rows Of stools had been placed there.
bouquets. provided by the Warden: They all
wore tntiT ONeItOdISs anu SOHlo VI lHSul tuclE
hats. The Warden, himself wore q silk hat,
carried cane. and had pink rose in but
ton hole Of his coat He made little speecht
not get up from their seats. or make any sug-
ge.stti,oSns. or ask anyGnestipn. .o,
Electrician Davis brought in a board on
Thichthere were twenty incandescent electric
sneS that a ne c
the electrodes to two little copper joints.
s sf sca to sha Se hoy s s'
b sad Ths waTde saee ppse size sae
the tWenty R ishts s dow brightly. INSTANTLY
You see how quick the, current gets there"
said the Warden. Then the wires were loos-
Odes anu The sF warden. With Princpa Keeper
through the iron door Lending to the cell
steps were heard. and then the sound
s 90 ESSss d hs service rs for h ths
E Knees We're shaking. His whole body trem,
0 0ed HIS eyes We're staring. He got his last
glimpse rss q sunlight through an open window;
wore wore now pair OF prlson-made shoes. Tho
Fight leg OF his trousers was split up to above
SPOKE La Gs the o sae reeeptsd the rs
spenses the murderer was to make in Italian.
ana Cotto res pended. Jesus. have mercy on
ne! Jesus. have mercy on mel" as well rs
hls Shattering teeth would permit.
When the keepers pushed him back into the
chalr he came down with some force and con-l
asnued shaking and shivering There had
Ipssen ono Improvement in tho chair since Nc
Elvalne was killed. Stationary leather cuffs
had been fastened to 1t for the feet and ankles.
~ tooH about minute and u half to adjust tho
Gw!ectrodcs and buckle the retaining straps
Zach moment tho responses OF the condemned
s ma, became fainter until they died out alto.
n a IN n
iron, ITO Under the leather mask. Tho body, APP
peated to be limp. Tho straps held 1t in place.
II The man WAS not unconcious. no WAS 40
nearly So that he did not understand any,
tt,n.. The priests knelt on the rubber mat
INK INK one reading the service and the other re-
ssPondinc The crucitix. which was strung by
So necklace about tho wrist Of .Cotto, slipped
S Slai ,t.mekycrer stood. watch In hand. watch:
NY N switchboard. Expert Hammer stood
MMatchlns the meters on the board. Expert
lays had hold OF the lover.
rithhe warden stepped back from the chair
i S,,m The guards and nodded to Davis. The
ium er Ga me down. nth The murderrr's body
sil asb leaving halithe faco exposed: Ihe
,Mism nrsan to turn purple. Tho Warden
hhishated Tho current WAS turned off, Tho
iaauy zen back. Another signal and the body
. spa upward again. There was another
S Soanu OF escaping air. The nurple in the face
nn1 nIan There was IL little strip OF yellow
round spot Of yoilow near the right tcmrie.
ana ne current was turned OF a second time,
Nms tnen on again. The body fell back and
i Ia tierRed IN again as far as tho straps would
;hinI ~ steam came from the electrodes.