Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-11-13
ELEUiHu,U.luN.

The queslion whether electricity l.
sure to kill, l., according to a dispa,cu,
,b.ut to be submitted 10 actual tesla 10
the slalo OF Nov York, where, IL l.
well known, cJndomuud criminals are
executed Ia the electric chair. Ever
sincu the law was enacted, expefts
nave claimed that tue application Of
the current was not the actual cause Of
death, bat that the GU pri,s wcre killed
by the knife Of the surgeon Iefformin.
,he autorsy. Lately the agitation on
his subject has become 40 strong, that
Governor Flower has conse atei 10 per-
init scionusts 10 usp tho suppUseu
corpse VI the neJt condemned man M a
sutJsot OF experiments, win view Of
asceftaining the possibility Of resusoi-
tatlon.
That \ question Of this Importance
had not Ueon definitely settled
beioro the Law was framed Is matter
u surprise. one would naturally think
that legal onaotments OF this kim
shouli be based on knowledge aud not
ON euppositioRH. A statute under
which n human being Ia condemned
TO suffer tue death penalty In certain
way and which places the cxcoutioner
under the necessity Of experimenting
with corpse 10 $50 whether that mode
Of carrying uut the law 10 effective Or
not is certainly queer, to sAy the
least. But supposing tue governor has
the legal right TO "permit" such
ghastly experiments with tho body OF
an executed oriminal-a view, how.
ever, which Is by no means clear-il b.
pethaIs we'll that the matter be
thoroughly Inquired Into ut once Aud
tbs law repealed II found absurd.
Ihoro IL room Tor doubt as to the
effectiveness OF electricity to xii.
From Time to time reports come u
hand OF wonderful resuscilAtilus OF
persons who have been eK posed 10 high
electric currents. NikoR Tesla SUD.
ieuts himself TO millions OF volts Of the
same KIND Of currgnt thEt Is used Tor
oleolrooution, anu some Time ago lady
reporter OF New York payer submitted
herself % interesting experiments from
which she escaped UNNAMED. Ami.
mails have been revived after be.
ing apparently dead. They felI
into catiloptio state on bc.
Ing subjected to tho "Ioaily"
current, but by application OF rgslora.
yves their various organs resumed
their functions.
Professor d'AtsouvRl OF France,
recently expressed his spiulou tina.
rlrultuyu,lou was not III cUve. Iiy
iald before the Aoadrmy OF science
reiortot an accident by which tue
victim hgi been subjected to current
o. 1000 volts Tor July ~ long time .s
swallowed IN Sing sing When rr,-
cuvd thvlv wasuo sigu Of life, tut 10y
mrans OF artificial respiration he wa.
restored. Another authority, wrlllLg
in The Lseht9 World pyt;
/. must bo presumed therefore thai
uluHUui s. seldom bills uu Ipu., though
tuu vuuII ION ui suspended amin anon
H uIcu d. induces wuulu result 100 duatu
10 uu. 0puulumclod. u tuG body has tc-
tYulN been submit cd 90 30 r4Ireul lhat
Wul produce dus.tuc Two lisHuU charge
ill uuur n at rysu-ciltIlun viii uf cuuf.u
boo flule. 10, uu tho other hand. only |
respiration ANA lnu hynrI- uc.uu .uNu |
been t.m pufuu.y arrested, there lSu uuu- /
t.Iuu uf syuuUpo stimulating apparent |
Io..h boy drowning, cor nom uuaH-luuurs,
and uu puA stefan knows tuHt patients |
Iu thl- condition arc frequently revived. ]
LAymuu will appreciate ono nature ul |
thIr cuuu ION % D. ls explained 49, one uI |
oNupEurt uu lain and would uuI fto. |
appalled, upon ruuuuU uuug 10 30 pro- /
Nlu-ly luH g.tI NuH go cope with it. |
lu ana ordinary hlutuE spuI tho uerts- |
sity 40 stimulate lr uulNur-tIIl uuurtC.tt- !
td lntyuc1pr go ul hug tom an rloc |
,ru hhucs uWuuluu Is uhuWl-r udi. |
ga ud, bat moro vigorous mH,suto. ~, !
required IhH 4a tue only difference.
Iu0 cyIcur,out Jpluioa Oh those VII. |