Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-01

oenai hsu OF the execution are as
ioiio"s:
Brought in death chamber II 90
Current turned on 11.o1
Current turned off. II 81 "A
Current turned on agafn II 80 IA
Current turned off finally II :223-4
Pronounced dead. Northumberland. ll.23
After t,,rpin, oef .ho a.. 80.
aiming physicians-Drs. Irvine and Van
ms of .ha a,iC the BODY. The unloosen-
escape from the ,upes IT,, s thn ar 10
was applied for twenty-three seconds
ana hine seconds. The body was then I'M
an ~ ia anu tahen TO me autopsy room
daatb uns ip.tt 80 pi eSeht agreed tnat
The messages So, ..
and Butt. ALREADY givan Ala ~ ,o oaIoo oii
warden INIT, after The axanrtio, ea'i Tic
During the eyecrtion NJ -. -
in the ward.nHs ho,'sa vi .. ouchaIiah vas
aftar Tho t. e, ha.iis COME there
death cbsrbar g. ,, suiitiiioieu 10 tie
yous and when told of tbe d.ntr Aei.
husband brnte doun az, me te 49, oi ner
vas tat.n 90, 40 ~, " W Wepl lreely. She
Wrs Pucban,u W W. .: oaSe ,
stancas be,' axna, ~, Iss.Ituie clrcun-
hei eApenSeS 70 Rh-necNh having
W. =; 81 ~ N.iueh sage.
.ha. IS d story curren TINS afternoon
W ', IN hucnaian was visited by the
ioue Mn ir,'s bo h ne hanaeo that oiiiciaI
d lohs pm Wnich ne had. and said: II could
.Ia chTated you MI. Warden, but l
Th sn' VOLTA NOT.
lhere IS story current this afternoon
au.orss petause OF buchanahss defenders
ASST IONS .hat ms Dra,n was affected. II
was ,oahu that Bucfanan's brain weighed
IL nut 81 - ouhces' OF ABOUT ~ 10 10 ounces
lsn.el man me average Drain In gray
anu ue'th Oh cells II was up to the
average.
Unfuue Cnse
Seldom IL .y.r baforo T., 49,
-, ~ '''e hiS'ois Vi
,hara ,,co,, 10 mas
legal fight made to save mr. nro,o,, VI. No.
of a condemned murderer as that which,
was made in bebalf If nv pohar. W. o.,
chanan. the convicted wife noisoner
Buchanan was practically on the tbres-
hold of the death cell no less than three
times since he was sentenced. On two of
these occasions his life was prolonged by
the ciemehcy OF Gov Morton who granted
respite OF enc week at the earnest So
hCi'atioh oi the prisoners wife, and the
other respite owing TO legal technicalities.
So, fupoert w: Bucnanan was born of
oco'Gii Pdreil's on OCTOBER u, lSti2, and be-
Sai business as druS clerk in Halifax.
~ -, snortly after he left school. When
alt, ME over tWenty-one years of age he
snd S,raaor oI a., ' Et, ooIiese OF MUSICIANS
anu surgeons III chicago. He returned to
I Iai,iaN; anu soon afterwards married Miss
80 .. a's e sou, young woman of
sou ,aiiiiE. Consequently Buchanan. ac-
- -'i"' vic went " r1iinDuTSn,
bro o,sai'u, ioI course at that clty's cele-
VI ~ 80 u ~ ~ S-,S.
b,r,h t'iie =, III h mt., Mrs. buchanan gave
E 81 ~ ~ ht'ie slrl' VINO was naned
t,'. ~ Tug. ne uoctor ana MS family re-
da,' r IL N .tis COUNTY, III InS', and settled
uowh III New YORK city. He had no friends
OF acqGamtances there, and he had
pait iaiu .i,lie 70 make poth ends meet.
physician baVine n;c ae1" y, ana .he young
Li. l onr, ,,dars picked up some undesir-
"'ie eoiApaiiioi's' pesah TO drink
His Second Marrfare.
Tn 1870 his wifi. rbo,, ~ ..,
o.. ' "no,ii ne accused OF
LITTLE Gertrude in bis cb,ra. ,r. 80.
separation Buchanan met a woman named
Annie Sutherland. who had kent a bous. of
ill repute In Newark. and she became in
fatuated with him. He secured a divorce
from his first wife. and married the Suther-
ian nd woman IN 1880
i,S "oii.hi,' WIZ was reputed 10 De very
"eaItny' made ana signed a Will in the
"octo5 FAVOR. me instrument was wit
fr;o,,T oy wv VI buchanan quondam
a,ie,u s Ilacpiiiper ana DORIS. She was old
en , 10 pe tne doctor mother. and
s mmet NY ~ent 10 i've at 20 west 18th
s.lee.; view DIRK ne passed her off as
wealtny "ldoW VINO insisted on being his
housekeeper.
nuGna'dL soon began INDUCING heavily
III uiii ana paying attention to other wo-
mel VuaTFeis became frequent, and while
thtoAiSa'eu me doctor was heard to say
ma ne would get rid OF the old bag"
anu that II would be an easy matter for
doctor 10 dump his WIFE and on an
e eI OCCASION he said to one of his
irlends, carlyle Harris was a id fool:
ne could nave covered his tracks if he had
oeen smart. 90 ,
IN April - ISL, his second wife took
SICK suddenly, after eating hearty break
tast, while she was making arrangements
Tor TRIP to Europe. A doctor was called
III anu buClldHdE lOlu MN mis- wife had
Kidney trouble. The visiting physician
thousht she was only hysterical. and pre-