The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-10-24
56|sstEecltsd Yesterday for the Iu-
der Of Ills Mistress.
NET DEATH WITHOUT SPEAKING.
AHss1ienats Farewell visit from His
rather and Brothor--successful Work
ang Of the Deadly sIashine-story of
sAs Crims-The Victim.

4. DAxsxxoRA, N. Y, Oct "a. The dawn
NJ bright October day greeted the wit
osases who arrived this morning to attend
che elootrocution of Martin Foy, who paid
4 che penalty for the murder Of his mistress
q Saratoga.
tr Foy slept well last night, and ate rather
Z heartily altar his early rising AS his exc
;leutlon was set definitely for to-day, War
Ian Thaysr read the death warrant to him
ton Saturday. The condemned man, who
YVES 26 years Of age last month, was Wis
Nd this morning by his brother, who is
two years older, and his father. They no
1mainsd with him for an hour. All three
4 hgoks down 1T the meeting and all wept.
s,4he father, however, soon recovered him.
y talf and bsfore leaving succeeded In COM
y hqnlug his son to approach the death chair
nth nerve.
" Ysthsr Belanger, the village priest, next
T01rAted the condemned man and impaired
Is him the last rites Of the Catholic
{ tschuruh usual on such occasions as this
6e remained with Foy until his death.
/ Ths witnesses, about twenty in number.
y tnst q the village hotel at IL o'clock ond
y wsrs esoorted to the death chamber. The
t:yavnamo had already been tested, and
S:ssvsrything was found to be working salts
lastorily.
a About the death chair were Drs. Bonte-
+ pou. Lsdns, Dr. Ransom, tho prison physs-
: Han, ana his assistant, DR.. Madden, and
Wardsn .Thaysr and his deputy, Mr.. Nc
Esunon.
i, Before .Foy entered, DR.. Bontscou, who
4 baA : k6oak With him, caught view Of
fho chaafs Eoy came into the room at
al "a. prscsdsd BY the warden and his dep
ivuty. Foy followed in steady step, hold
Ekine y xfudax ii hig hands. Father Be-
1angsR Fslhsd b yrhis side. He proceeded
{ 0mmsdiatdIs "a the chair, rat down, and
j vss iscurdy ytstrapped In minute.
Elsctyiclsu Davis this time placed the
slectrsdse in position himsslt The cur
4 rsnt was 'tuxnsd On at 11.46, the voltage
y heine 1 90. II was on for four seconds at
a fun foroe, then for ten seconds gradually
4 reduced 20 $50, put on at full force again
for Two. socondsL and then gradually TO
0ucod ee1in for forty-six seconds. The
ylHpndemnsd man made mot = movement Ak
+ bspt that caused BY the turning ON :and of
cbf tho current
He spoke not > word from the time he
entsrsd the death chamber and svinced no
|. lnfsrsst whatsves Id the assembled wit
nsssss, 1t whom hs did not look. The
doctors pronounced the man dead at 1850.
d. Ransom, however, had decided on ad-
ministsring two shocks, and tho current
va again turned on at 11:53 for period
q 5ourtssn seconds, being gradually re-
6uosd from its full forcs.
k4 Dr. Ransom says Foy's death was one OF
Tie eadsst, and that all the physicians
kvsro satisfied that the first shock caused
Gaath. He said that the apparent breath
ong after the first shock was caused by the
oxhalation Of gas from Foy's stomach.
Wardsn Thaysr says that the slectrocution
was successful In every particular, and
ths physicians agreed with him. There
were No indications OF burning. The wit
neNsss soon after left the death chamber.
The autopsy was held shortly after one
o'clock.
voy's father and brother, who are here,
stayed at Keeper Haggerty's house this
morning until sfter the execution was over.
They will TAXA the body to Saratoga for
burial.
4, Story Of the Murder
Three years ago Martin Foy, jr., made
che Acquaintance Of Miss Henrietta Wilson,
Who had come to Saratoga from Philadel-
phia- After short acquaintance they be-
came infatuated with each other, and,
Without marriage, they lived together in
~ relation of husband and WIFE, For
some time In Saratoga and afterwards In
\ New York city they apparently livei
happily together. Then Foy learned that
J Hsnristta was receiving ths attentions OF
othsr men, and this 70 angered him thatthey
had frequent quarrsls, and, according to
~ girls statement made just before she
j,died. Foy had several times threatened to
'1dn her. In the early evening of the 18th
/. q May, 1892, on the public street in Sara
toes be killed her. On that day Foy had
learned that Henrietta was receiving
Familiar attentions from Dick Shay,
man living In Saratoga. This SO fired
Toys jealousy that he pawned an over
(; ooat which Henrietta had given him, and
With The money thus obtained purchased
xevolvsr and started out with the avowed
purpose Of killing bis faithless mistress.
Going to the house where she boarded
and not finding her in, he remained in her
Nom long enough to slash and ruin her
handsome dresses and to deface number
= Photographic of her friends.
eoon After leaving the house Foy met
Mln Wilson on the street He nc
eos>sd and cursed her, declaring he was
going 10 Kin her, st the same tune show.
~ . revolver. Az Henrietta ran and was
trying 70 make her escape, Foy ared, the
. bnll hitting her IN the back and lodging In
ths epins. With . shrek the wounded
woman fell 10 the ground. Meanwhile
roy. who had run after and ovsrtaken her,
cood over her and deliberately fired
oDoehr shot, this time into her head
. 1hn - made pretense Of shooting him
~ and fell 10 The sidewalk.
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