The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-10-23
FOY BLECTROCUTED
The First Shock Caused
Death-He Had Killed
His Mistress. a


dawn of bright October day greeted
the witnesses who arrived this morning
TO attend the electrocution OF Martin
Foy, who paid the penalty today forthe
murder of MS mistress iu Saturday.
Foy slept we'll last night, aud ate
rather heartily after his early rising AS
his execution WAS set definitely for to-
day Warden Thayer read the death
warrant to him on Saturday.
The condemned man. who was twenty
six years of age last month, was visited
this morning by his brother. who is Two
years older aud his father. All three
broke down at the meeting and all wept.
! he father, however. soon recovered httn-
self. and before leaving succeeded In
composing his son TO approach the death
chair with nerve.
FaIhsr BelanRer, the village priest,
next visited the condemned man and
Catholic Church usual ou such occasions
as this. He remained with Foy until his
death.
Jerry Donohue, one OF the inmates of
the Ballston Jail, who aided Foy in his
first escape from there, when the latt er
succeeded In reaching California. is n
convict here. ssl *
About the death chair were Drs. Bon
tecou, Ledelie. DR.. Ransom, the prison
physician, aud his assistant, DIR. Maiden.
aud Warden Thayer aud his deputy, Mr..
McKeuna. III
Before Foy entered DR.. Bontecou. who
had kodak with him, caught view Of
the chair. Foy came into the room as
l1.47, preceded by the Warden and his
deputy. Foy followed In steady step.
holding crucifix in his hands. Father
Belanger walked by bis side. Foy pro-
ceeded Immediately to the oh air, sat
down and was securely strapped IN q
minute. Electrician Davis this time
placed the electrodes 10 position himse IL.
THE CURRENT TU RNED ON.
The current was turned on at 1i:48.
The voltage being 1.640. it was On for
four seconds at full force. then for ten
seconds gradually reduced to $50; put on
at full force again for two seconds,
and then gradually reduced again
for forty-six seconds. The coa-
demned man made not a movement
exevpt that caused by the turning on aud
off of the current. He spoke not word
from the time he entered the death cham
ber, and evinced no interest whatever iu
the assembled witnesses, at whom he did
not look. The DOCTORS pronouncsd the
man dead at l1:50. Dr.. Ransom, how
ever, had decided On administering two
shocks. aud the current was again turned
| on at 11:53 for a period OF fourteen sec
onds. being gradually reduced from It's
| full force.
FIRST SHOCK CAUSED DEATH.
DR. Ransom says Foy's death was one
| OF the easiest aud that all the Dhysicians
| were satisfied that the first shock caused
death. He said that the apparant breath
| ing after the first shock was caused by
the exhalation of gas from Foy,s stomach.
| Warden Tnayer says that the electro
| cutiou was successful IN every partcu-
| lar, and the physicians agreed with him.
There were no indications of burning.
| The witnesses soon after left the death
| chamber.
the autopsy was held shortly before
! one O'Clock. ~
| Foy,s father and brother, who are here
| stayed at Keeper Haggerty's house this
| morning uutil after the execution WAS
over. They will take the body TO Sara
toga for burial.
| History of the Crime.
| Three years ago Martin FoY, Jr.. made
| tho acquaintance of Miss Henrietta Will
son, who had come to Saratoga frou
Philadelphia. After short acQ Qusintanct
| they became infatuated with eacn other
and, without marriage, they lived to
gether in the relation of husband ant
afterwards in New York City, they ap
par emily lived happily together
| Then Foy learned that Heartfelt,
Was receiving the atteHtions of othe
] men. and this so angerad him that thel
| had frequent Quarrels and, according t
| the girls statement made just before sh
died. Foy had several times Threatened
to kill her. In the early evening OF tn
18th of May, 1892. on pubic street il
Sar atogo he killed her. On that day Fo.
had learned that Henrietta was receiving
familiar attentions from Dick Shay,
man living in Saratoga.
FOy met Miss Wilson on the street
He accosted aud cursed her. declaring h
was going to kill her, at the same tim
showing revolver. AS Henrietta raj
and WAS trying TO MAKE her escape, Fol
fired. the ball hitting her In the back aut
lodging in the spine With shrek the
wounded woman fell to the ground
Meanwhile, Foy, who had run after an,
overtaken her, stood;over her ana deliQ
erately fred another shot. this time into
her head. Then he made u preteuse oil
shooting himself and fell TO the side.
walk.
But he soon recovered, and seeing the
wounded girl rolling about in agony
| upon the ground close by him, he raise,
himself and cursing her with horrid oaths
exclaimed: "Aiu't you dead yeJ," anG
deliberately shot her again in the head,
She died next day Of her wounds.
| While conf1aed in the BaIlstou Jail Fo
escaped twice. the first time having beef
brought back from San Francisco. He
WAS born in England about twenty-st
years ago, was single, an hostler by &C Il
patton aud of iutemperate HABITS. He
could read and write and had Romau
Cat holic religious instruction ia hi
youth. His father is living.