The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-07-01

York. DR.. John j. .sullivan of Passaics
N J.: pr. e. 2. Kelly, Of Mt. Vernon.
NJ. n X: Pr Pr r. 7: Irvine the prison ply
Miner and Sheehan. of Sing Sing. This
other witnesses were all newspaper men.
The witnesses assembled in the War
denis Office, and at ii. Is were conducted
to the execution chamber, which adiojns
the cells set apart for the use of pris-
Electrician Davis was awaiting them
there and. upon their arrival proceeded
to test the apparatus by turning the
to the death chair. The electrodes were
then prepared by saturating them with
salt water and when everything was
ldemned man was ushered into the
chamber.
1t was Just 11:20 o'clock when the IRON
door was swung open to admit him. He
had not more. than a half dozen steps
to %aTlS taks rv from h S @ sS 70 tn the Saair nEas H
in that of Prison Chaplain WELLS. who
led. him to the chair. Behind hdrlr
gaixsd state peteefr aeas eRsr seRRson
guards. Bucffanal1's last act before en-
tering the death chamber was to sfake
good bye The Condemned man had his
eyes closed when he entered the execu~
ton room and did rlos again open then- ss,,
chanan suffered from an affection. of the
eyes ard The sudden light after leaving
tine nagenea Sp0h Rave " @ifg Blinded a hin him Il
may have been, however, that Buchanan
did not wish to face the witnesses or 70
After he had taken his seat in the chair
he sat notionless with closed eyes anq
appeared almost unconscious OF wnat
were adjusted by the guards and Eleo-
trieian Davis took final survey OF ehc
arrangements.
chanan entered the chamber, nod was
given by DR.. Briggs, who of1ciaten AZ
timekeeper. and the electrician pressssa sl
| the button which was the signal to tne
| unseen &executiener to turn on the fatak
current The body in the chair gave a
sudden ceenvulsiye me moxsms15 5fsh # WVgs was
| bound and then remained n1otionless. Tns
| only outward indications of the efect OF
| the current was the heightened color OF
| the face. due to the rush of blood to the
| head and a slight burning of the r1gnt
| leg where it was in contact with the
| first at the full intensity OF l, 40 volts
| and after seven seconds was reduced 20
AGO volts. where it remained Tor nies
NOT DEAD YET.
| The physicians Immediately sougnI Ior
| evidences of life and after nqrrlSd e., ex- {,
was Vas not IT. dead they were able to detect
a slight pulsatson of the heart. There
was gasplng sobna iF9 stber stie cases
| of air from the luJxss. This you'd noI
uass the electric Isa cur nt had not completed
its deadly wo5G but the feeble heart heart
without the qt nstsa1msqf5s fan satlstlsd af as
| cnrrant would he necessary. At l1:22:32
Electrician DAVE again gage dh the sign5II g915I
| force. It was not reduced this time. but
held at 174o volts for a$ see1Tas frpsd az az
| and this time the victim was pronounced
| dead Before the autopsy DR.. Gibbs made
| the following statement
1 81 think the cause of apparent par
| tial failure of the first application OF
the current was the fact that the straps
| were drawn too tight about the neck
| and chin. perhaps preventing the imme-
| date expulsion of the air from the lungs
and therefore causing the slight pulsa--
/ ton Of the heart M82ich we observed |
| believe Buchanan was unconscious after
| the first shock and was beyond re-
suscitation before the current % aa Was a aurnS aS
! life which we found, however. was vas sun sum-
1 ciastt. IN render i = ecessary IT oMr .or,.1j
1 ia, 10 auriy tha currt.i |I *1'