New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-09
HODCMAN'S
MACKINTOSHES
Stylish. OdorIess, Durable.
BROADWAY. ~ West 23d ST..
Cor. Grand 81. Adj Finh Ave. Hotel.

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ha'l bowed accepted the profcred hand and gently
ana easily sat down Just as he took III, seat h Me
! Ing no trace OF nervousness:
81 have few words that would like to say, with
the wardens permission. Warden. have J yonr per
mission ?" he asked turning toward Mr.. Durson WIN
DOW, ana at the same time describing er''e-
ful curve of salutation to him with his right arm.
"Ccrtanly. certainly" replied the warde ~ say
what yOn wish to sayn
The ticking OF ones watch could plainly be heard
so quiet and intense the silence. when Harris
began to speak. His voice had lost OF lis firm
ness, but the tone soft and suhdued one, whiie
every syllable came out clearly and distinctly.
Il have now further MOTIVE" he said for con
ceament and l desire To- state that am absolutely
innocent the crime for which am to he executed
At that he closed his eyes and leaned back i'll the
chair without showing the slightest feeling. KS
he talking the guards had been fastening Inc
ecrodcs 10 his head. the hair on which had been
cut Short and to the calf OF the right leg. wlch
had been barred IN the knee. and buckling the
wide straps that hound loosely his waist
arms and leg, to the chair.
DR. DANIELS GIVES THE signal.
Only a few seconds passed between the time when
he finished speaking and when DR.. Daniels raised
his finger the signal for the electrician to turn on
! the current. 4 great many thoughts could have
rushed through a mans mind after the electrician
pulled the lever and the current touched the body
1t really was Ony instant but 1t seemed TO the
witnesses TO be minutes. The current struck Harris
with the power Of l,760 volts. There was slight
stifening Of the body against the straps, and the
head moved quickly though struck by blow from
behind. 1t was L. 40 l.. when the current was
turned The entire l.'GO volts were maintained
for four seconds only. Then at signal from Dr.
Daniels ii reduced to only 80 volts Il second.
This force KEEP, up until cc1tact OF % ID sec
onds had been effected. Then the current was re-
l Ions. dgpI bndy easily IT..
As Harris sat down his rested upon the arms
OF the chair. AS the current turned on his right
hand In the act Of clasping the eild oil the arm
Three fingers already had found their place but
the little finger caught midway between The
position that It first had assumed and the other
fingers OF the hand and 1t remained there, slightly
but naturally bent, until the current was cut on
when 1t fell TO It's place beside It's fellows.
DIR. Daniels called upon Drs. Irvine and Ilavershaw
10 examine Harris and see If life was extinct Ihcy
tried to find a pulse, but there was none. The
shirt front torn open and The Ste;hoscope was aP
piled above the heart, and there WAS no sound oil Il
vibration Of any sort. The other physicians present
went forward in turn and examined the BODY but
they could discover no signs OF life Harris. therefore,
was pronounced dead and the edct OF the courts had
| been carried out.
The body was laid upon table. preparatory to the
autopsy, which made hour later. 1t show ed that
| larrls's body In fairly healthy condition. The
left lung however had utterly collapsed. the kidneys
were unuualy small. being only about one-thrd the
| normal size The brain was In a normal condition.
and the LIT vonrrcle OF the heart was full! Of hud
which had been blood until the electric current turned
! 1t into II thin reddish fluid.
MRS HARRIS NOT At THE PRISON.
Mrs Harris did not go TO the prison to-day. She
saw her son for the last time saturday, but She
waited In Am,cIS boardin house In otatcSt. for the
raising OF the black flag over the prison. From
| .l,a md Itun f.ulh
! the flag staff plainly. When She the flag going.
up she appeared &c feel though immense burden
had been taken from her mind. few minutes later
reporters told her II the execution, and she said that
| she would see them at 3 O'Clock. AZ that hour She
received them She COO! and undisturbed but
she spoke In a most dramatic manner. She said
'eIA'ncn: My boy is dead NV boy was murieei \
You viii iemcmbsr that OF the charges against 10
one OF the points made against hniwas that he snc1
10 tears upon hearing OF the death OF his wife You
viii hoti'e tina: not crying | have shed tears
don't expect 10. Did mlrdr my boy Is there any
| Of yoI tho viii say that !, did not love boy Nv
boy Is fee. lie has gone where he viii be taught and
educated ty his Maker. You him die. Did he not
die like brave protesting his innocencei But n
| Is safe. He worldly lie somewhat immoral.
not thoroughly so, but rather immoral This thing ha
i'd him acknowledge his tod
VINO Filed him! Iammany. Iammany Killed him
| Iammany hed him :! iannnany and the Potts money
and innnocc suppose the Potts. are satisfied. But
what ba, they got out OF it, My boy Is dead their
| daughter no: boca brought back TO them II ia
given me, cIccier view Of my God NV chdrn have
teen mad' Christians. Praise God for this. day
tears come. but they Now /
leave him in your hands. Don't OF YOU dare cali
him "MuIenr" Harris, Gil him the murdered Harris
sand up f. him! DIDN'T h. die brayey lie died like
a nartr Didn't lac d. innocenti
THE OTHER APPEALS TO THE PUBLIC
As MrsIarrls talked She became excited for the
first time md her sentences quick and fast
Later In tn day she sent out the following statement
feel TIT the many friends who have tried TO get
justice doneto dear boy ought TO know OF his last
hours-of Cos great mercy me- and how he SIM,
tanned US boi.
| did Dotsee my dear 10y, after he taken Z
Sing sing. last Friday. 1t was his wish that /
should not him there. Conscious OF his Innocence.
and that id proof OF Hclen's being addicted 10 the
use OF morphc. Carl hoped l need him in
the death eel But God allowed IL otherwise and
though intent boy has been judiealy murdered. l
can praise hin for even this last ORDEAL As soon a.
1 saw my DO l felt he had grown spiritually. IL
made no professor Of conversion" almost all his talk
vas OF what l ould 90, what friends l had left etc.
but all for life, for career, was gone. end
very quietly hctold me ne prayed 70 God. had asked
nj, forg, encss ma Though not sure OF Immortality
trusted in God the future. prayed with him. and
calmly and rcvently he said the Lords Prayer with
me- To one VIII knows boy this means much. for
no never went thugh a form Of prayer There was no
ion OF the rinc for which hr was chafged-how
or,d there Ill deeply regretted all the trouble
he had brought un by conceaine his marriage ana
no,fe.slnc egain temptation he had yielded TO In
canandaigua, he oke OF his sorrow for IT, lie felt
vary deeply the dtace his execution brought upon US
I ,v, 7 told him 1 anked God was Carlyle Iariis's
mother and | coulday what few mothers can say that
i, his twenty three OF life he had not given me
ne uuknd word clever dl-obcycd an expressed com
- We no reed tt Gods way must be best though
GOV, felt deeply that only lesson his fate can teach
ia to warn a young who is falsely accused not TO
,,nd trial, but TO IT away AS he should have done
t,o,c, POTTS IIarris,as again and again been called
. cr,,s "ebi.d.wife" se nineteen when she died
r,o vcars before she ,ascd at Miss Jacksn's school
of having been engage four times; while there she
or,ract.d an engagemc after that she was engaged
" I.-rv Brown with vom she planned cloIemcnt,
". ,hen she secretly hrret my boy. who solemnly
n ,d m. he had asked any other woman t,
n marry him. Which OF two was The most innocent
uuI'y innose A