The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1892-12-24
MCGUIRE ELEcTRoCUTED.
Tho Victim Makes Full Confession o.
His Crime,

SISG SING, Dec. 20.-Fred Mcclure
slept well Saturday night and showed nc
signs of breaking down this morning.
lie ate n light breakfast, conversed
with the Rev. d. l.. Conkling, of Mid
dletown, and Chaplain Edgerton, OF
the prison, and us the time approached
for the summons to take his place in
the chair seemed to be fully resigned tic
the fate which awaited him. He has
confessed his guilt of the crime for
which he was convicted. lie assume.
full responsibility of the murder OF
Mrs. Gregory and goes to his doom a
penitent man. All the prepara-
tions We're completed early thus
morning and ut 10 O'Clock
the witnenesses had all assembled.
1t was just IL o'clock when the wit
nesses followed Warden Brown to the
execution room. When all was ready
Warden Brown asked everyone to be
seated and warned them against get
ting out of their seats or in any way
interrnpting the proceedings, At HOO
Chief Keeper Connaught received the
signal to bring in the doomed man.
One moment later Mcclure, attended
by Chaplain Edgerton. of the prison,
and the Rev ID. l.. Conlkling, of Middle
town, entered from the cells The
ministers were repeating the Episcopal
service for the dead. Mcclure walked
without tlinching and took his seat
IN the chair. 1t took less
than one ,niopto 10 tt,,l, ~, ,,7,1,,..4.,.,1~ \ -
and make the connections with the
wires. Warden Brown gave the signal
ut ll:lO5o. The current was turned on.
The subject jumped and strained
against the straps and the air forced
from his lungs made a sourd like a deem
moan. AT ll:ll02 the current was
turned of at a signal from DR.. Irvine,
the prison physician. The muscles
relaxed and the body sank
back limp and apparently life
instantly the current was turned on
again. The body strained at the straps
agaln and was rigid for three seconds,
when the current was turned off. The
body settled back in the chair and for
two minutes all present watched for
signs OF life. There We're none. Doc
tors Irvine and Abbott felt of the pulse
and listened at the heart. They waited
until 1l:20 and then pronounced the
man dead. The other physicians We're
invited to examine the body.
several of them did so. No indications
of burning OF marks of any kind were
DIR. Abbott, who has been present at
two former etectrocutions, said that it
was the most successful that has taken
place The autopsy was performed by
DR.. Abbott half an hour after the man
was pronounced dead. The eresultshowed
no destruction of tissues and the ex-
ternal burns which were present in
other cases of death in the chair were
absent. McGuire's body will be taken
to Middletown late this afternoon and
buried seven miles from the place
where the murder was committed.
he crime for which MeGuire paid
the death penalty today was for the
ltilling of Mrs. Amelia Gregory. wife of
Noah Gregory, 4 farmer and tax col
lector of Middletown, Orange county,
On October II, 1891. The crime was
committed for robbery. Mcclure was a
farm hand employed by Gregory. He
knew that his employer had col
iected sl3o. In the afternoon he
went to Grcgory's house while Gregory
was in the field with his hands and at
tempted To get the money. Mrs. Greg.
Dry was in the house at the time. When
McGulrc found out that he was discov-
.red he drew a revolver and fred two
shots into her head which did not kill
der. He then took an earthen vessel
and battered her brains out.
Tie was arrested, tried, found guilty
and sentenced by Judge Bartlett to
leath in the electric chair His case
was appealed and he again was found
guilty and again sentenced to die by
;ludgc Brown, a brother of Warden
Brown.