The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-02-27
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BrNo Brra. Feb. 28l-hatthsv Johnson. the
slayer Of Emil Kuckslhorn. died IN the electric
chair IT II 80 o'clock this morning. when he
was strapped In the chair. he said. Il cay
eood-by." His only friend. the Rsy. Daniel
weishsr. replied "oood-by.s Thea Johnson
said God be with me-" A few seconds later
he was dead.
johnson showed no sign Of breaking down
as the time for the execution approached He
surprised his guards and Warden Durston By
his cooinsss In all their experience with con-
demnsd murderers they could not recall q
man who seemed 80 perfectly free from fear
- the West Indian negro. This merning he
said 10 Warden Durston:
Il did the deed. and am willing 10 TO-"
Awssk sgo he confessed the crime TO the
Rev Mr.. Weisber The latter wrots down the
condemned mans statement After making
the confession he seemed to be anxious to have
u all over with when told that he could have
anything he wanted to eat he asked for pie.
and he ste pie daily for week.
To-day he was perfectly calm. and entered
the death chamber with Q firm step. He was
accompanied By the prison chaplain. the Rev.
Mr.. Wells. and the Rev. Mr.. weisher Hstook
his seat in the chair an dr ed curiousiy about
a. 1.-THE electrodes were attached to his head
and right LEG. He was very thin. and the cleo
trode on the leg slid down and required re-
adjusting. In the intsrval Johnson spoks hls
last worda He IL the only man put 10 death
By electricity here who has spoken In the death
chair excspt Carlyle Harris His voice was
arm and even.
II was Just IL :35 when the conn ctions we're
all made. At signal from Warden Durston.
Electrician Davis turned on the current Of
1.740 volta The form in the chair jumped up
ward. strainlng at tho straps as the current
passed through II. DIR. John Wilson Gibbs.
who acted as official timekeeper. nodded at
the end OF three seconds. and the current was
DR., II 7; Irvine. the. prison physician. eI.
the other doctors up. They. expressed the
shook. The execution was successful In every
yay. Among the witnesses were ORA Edward
s sSa. n h. gsoPS,' Henri Lower Msr'SoS'T
Caedeke. and John Wilson Gibbs: DIR. Gibbs
Johnson's body will DO buried In auicklIme
formed b. prss fpsi1s Gibbs. and Bennett Il
shoEed, 40 change In the tissues due to the
mHsi . q icon to eon,.s.ps tn. Kpos,horn
murder. John:on admitted that he had com
mltted Two other murders fof which no was
never tried, and OF which. SO faI. as he knew,
he was not even suspected. He said that
twelve years age he gsed TO visit Z married
one Of his visits. in the absence OF her hus:
band, he wished to get her ten-year-old
inely took the girl few yards away
from the house to the dock and pushed
her into the water. The girl was drowned.
He left ksy West and went to . place on the
west coast Of Florida called Chok olosk &c. where
he worked - charcoal burner. He got into
Q quarrel over woman with samuel Kellogg.
another charcoal burner. and killed him. He
then came North and never heard Of the Florida
Johnson said that his father. Jeremiah john
brothers 1--we In Key West 10 wrote letter to
and telling him that he had made his peace
with God snd was certain that he would 60
straight to heaven.
Kuckslhorn was engineer at the eleetrotyp-
ing esta blishmept OF Thomas 4 Wylie in TWEEN
ty-fourth street New York. johnson entered
the place carly on tho morning Of Dec g. 1892,
for the purpose Of robbery and hid In loft
until night When the place was closed he
went down Into the cellar, and there met
Kuckelhorn- Knowing that he would be ar
rested he struck Kuck elhorn on the head with
an iron bar. killing him. Then he stole the
dead mans gold watch and chain and weeks
salary. He was arfested o few days aftsrward
and was CONVICTED. He was sentenced 70 death
on May IL By Recorder Bmyth.