The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-07-28

right cnlf Then the current NJ $3.50 VOLT
when regularly passes through the city incar
descent circuit was sent through the lin
form hy tho turning Of the lever, and til
death was accom- lished. The second contac
wa, oi u minutes duration. and when the cur
Icnt was shut of there was no eign OF life TIL
usual tests were applied. and lie was pro
nouncod dead. over an hour had been spen
in tho Killing.
Tho chair which went to pieces under tn,
rhocs and strain. was tho same used in the
Fit2thuia execution amcnth ago. IL was con
structcd after Warden Durston's reign. Hnd
was different from tho kemmler CHAIR. In In,
centre in front. Across the bottom Of the front
were attached. The strain on tho victim 9
legs broke this support where # was screwed
would haye gone to the floor face down IL 1t had
nV A oe an 20 early hour this morning TAYLOR
eyincod II change of heart and requested the
rY hs c S FF RI the os
Auburn and tho Rev. Father Setsel OF the
To- nitend N Rfm 1Ssp Visited him early This
morning. and Taylor placed himself entirely
their hs prrn s ros@ 70 Won
his great crime and said he was perfectly re-
to his as sb as read had sy
the chair or else del 1t to the priests for pub
ssS9S s Tr sSDt oeotf . So S 81.
when the Warden read the death warrant to
him When he had 4, n sns b he nns.
Taylor replied cheerfully. You'll ind mo
Taylor ate a hearty breakfast Of steak and
had been 6athed and shaved. and declared
t a.4o eS was ho aons
with his, contessors. Il was twenty minutes 70
n.ss tx to hSa h f@S the death cSnmber
Tho paper which Taylor had prepared for
Beorc the oa seG or the @ er
expressing profound appreciation, oiths eh15ts
torney with contempt during the trial;
II had got tho idea in my head he says.
yet h ie sfasT Ssts ths t;isl would 20 nothns
but a farce; in tact that the counsel appointed
Wills appearing 70 defend ne he would II
said attorney. was much mistaken In MIR
Cushins. an and hope he will pardon mo for
In Closing he said: shall not die MUIR
there 10 to see So IN
rather die than E'Hii live. and shall not die as
w Snt at ,hs T hs the M
for hay. learned that they all need 1t and
The MI letter is signed Willie Gordon Taylor.
Among the spectators Of the Killing OF Tay.
electricity. MTa. jenkins is r. vile q pr:
n%sdsa syraoaae s
and and has h @G rsputaton Of being an able ply.
stefan: She tclieyes in capital punishment.
The oRnion that ss:trie!tWS i The hs;t method
ss5nRs SssS nst dea,h o hSTnn Ty
die" Mrs Jenkins was , apparently less affected
X aaR Of tn.
nesses who thought the breaking Of the chair
leg was part OF the programme. 10 The Sun
remarked to my friend, DR.. Eaton of
Chttenspgo who sat near I'm me- ;5 lust as the cur
lore realized that anything was, wrong with
the the Victim started rsalized that the shock Was
not sufficient to produce immediate DEATH I'M
WI, ~st nH Il. Moweyer. the mode was not to
blame: it was only the lack Of a continued
current to make the execution the best ever
Mrs. jenkins is OF the opinion that Taylor
tina, he was affected as though suffering from
'0rnrlcxy.
ssn sSnduetS ted b SoJ RTs v Bsoxo
marie / and did not differ in appearance from
my ol the other victims Q, +, the ehai5 The
WAS an ah,cn z, Of rigor norris BRAIN heart
physicians agreed that Taylor was insensbie
Il, pain 9n he first contact.
ssi9lr!y tho burning out Of the armature. some
key to hanp%n no az 'h ssy
say. however, that all Of the States dynnmos
were small hSnamos, not intended to generate
moro than II thousand volts ordinarily. hut
yosse thu tt eHh s
Ing $50 volts were attained and nearly that
L Nil hm ahe Sss
question, He thought tho giving way Of the
loot rest might haye i'm paired the contact with
not have tie t u force Of the cuTpent
70 for more than an instant In some cases two
ts iSaR III IL pSs
sha1R s:l in wso
chair, certainly locke massive enough to with.
stand any strain. The foot piece should have
made no i'm preston upon 1t only a month ago.
but Taylor S was much more muscular. He
ready or tho Se o. and ms woSa %sEs
certain IT would not come apart.
shs
er1ng oLQuck Lime. as provided by law.
HISTORY OF TAYLoRs CRIME.
The crime which William C. Taylor expiated
r |
der. pure and simple. The motive was neither ,
revenge nor jealousy. Suicide might be as
crtbed as the motive. for, according to the :
murderers story, he was tired Of prison liie and
the trial an effort was made to prove that Tay-
lor had been nursi ing n grudge against his &
Victim, for informing on him long before the {
tragedy.
Taylor and his victim. Solomon johnson,
were second-term men. and were shopmatSs
n the broom industry Of, Auburn prison.
Clinton prison on March ~. 1856. for three
Fears, upon a conviction Of burglary in Albany 4
sounty. Discharged In 1888. he soon fell back
into his evil paths and on Dee; 15 Of the same
year year, wa convicted on two indictments for
became beam an inmate Of Clinton. this time for . :
~. 1890. he made an unsuccessful attemp. to t
Escape; and the following day he as- Il
laulted a keeper. for which offences y
n Co. forfeited all sommutation. On oct. i.
lane criminals. then In Auburn. where he re-. h
NAMED until Sept. IA, 1901. when he was dis
,hargsd ms cured. and began his life In Auburn v
prison. At that time the Superintendent OF r,
he asylum said in his report that Taylor had
1hOWQ siRDS of insanity axce MING +, aIi.,ht