The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-28
EXECUTION AT SING SING.
FEI0 ENBd UA DIES BRAVELT-
WIS HE JACK THE RIPPERY

WIS TIE JdCh THE
Arer His Death the LAWYER who Ne.
Tended Hin nt Hts Triai Stated That
FsiRenbsum Had Convinced Him That
ue Was Guiitv of This Criae and Others.
Carl Ferdinand Fcigenbaum was killed yes.
tcrday morning in the electric chair at Sing
Sing prison for the murder OF Mrs. johanna
Hoffman. the l~andlady of the house where he
boarded, In this city In 1904. The current was
turned on A. IL III o'clock, and 90 seconds later
II was announced that the man was dend. On
Sunday afternoon Felgenbaum was visited by
bis half. brother. Tho last words he said In lis
brother when he left were " I ain innocent"
He repeated the statemcn TO Warden Sage M
ho was being led from his cell TO the chair.
Feiscnbaum spent Sunday evening preparing
FOR death. With him were his spiritual ad.
visers. Father Bruder OF Poughkeepsie and
Father Creeden of Sing Sing. The priests re-
mained with him until 10 O'Clock. He read his
Bible until 9 O'Clock yesterday morning. when
he went to bed and slept soundly until q O'Clock.
At l1:15 the witnesses invited to the execution
went with Warden Sngo into tho death cham
Der and occupied stools which were placed
about the walls on three sides OF the room. The
witnesses were DIR. J. MoAllistcr. Dr. Knapp,
DIR. Grant II. R~ichtmeycr, DR.. s. Wimpelberg.
DR.. j. w. Gibbs. DIR. Justin Herold, Byron Il.
French, and William s. Lawton. all OF New
York; DR.. F. Shipman of Mount Vernon, Or. L,
J. Gallagher Of Kingston. DR., S~chafmcister of
Sing Sing, DIR. Z. f. Elliott of Catskill. George
T. jenkins Of Sing Sing, and representatives of
the press.
Warden Sage went through to the cell Of tho
condemned man in murderers' row, and his
voice could be distinctly heard by the witnesses
in the death chamber as he read the death war
rant.
At IL 10 Feigenbaum walked into the death
chamber. At bis side was Warden Sage, and
l. s-a 49,. ElI---A A-ll -
cruci1x In his hand. He walked to the chair
without assistance and sat down. As the straps
were being fastened around him no looked up
at Warden Sage. who was standing near, and
said Good by, Tho Warden. held out his
hand and Fsisenbeum clutched 1t in both Of his
Father Bruder prayed for tho condemned man
in:i Fe, o'eIoef, when fSsn'PEai ee,r qmsn e. i. f. snG Davis Is
turned q; on the current Of I:sgo volts: Every
was reduced to 800 for fifty seconds. when the
s -four fosr w seeo nSSsin br. SiSSs to then 1's ssam Gnisi
Feigenb%&pam and announced that no was
hep ss w ,S'~ dead. 'nf two Ss''s ofy them tRsm'' WSe i hsd
never before s Sssn present : . f. an e enfss u by
Feigenbaum's throat and expressed a slight
doubt as to whether he was dead or not. pr.
Gibbs explained that the Qulvering of muscles
was not at all unusual, even two or three hours
after death by electric shock. but for the salts
dered that the current be turned on again.
the body. The body was then carried into an
without a doubt that death had beoo instanta-
,Feieenbaum made a will in which he named
Warden Sage as executor. He left $50 to Father
se5digs to I Po os fiea eI 'a and Saefra sn the Funeral funeral
expenses. The remainder of his money and all
Mngdelene strohbaud. Ganbickelhein, Alzel,
Hssse,D srms,ad G srn s,.o .,., J.. ,,,
6ureh. His deposit book, he said; was in a trunk.
also said that he owned a house and lot in Gin
cinrati. Q. For the past week Warden Sage has
tried to find the property. but has been unable
Feieenbaum murdered Mrs. Johanna HoG-
her throat. He boarded With her and occupied
years old. slept In the room adjoining. Feisen-
baum went into her room early in the morning.
mothers body. holding in his hand a large
her. Michael ran no behind Feigenbaum and
kicked MIN. The man tnrned on the boy: and
To- the cornice and yelled Tor help.
Feigenhanm jumped out Of a rear window and
tried to escape. He WAS captured before he had
run many blocks. During his trial he said that
a man named Jacob Weibel had killed the wo-
Nilahs ohA tiht NV thA ~ 80 h' putpAis
of Weibcl. On The testimony OF Michael. who
swore that he recognized Feigcnbaum as the
h" was found guilty Of murder In the
first degree and sentenced to death by Judge
smyth on Noy. 0. 1894.
William $. Lawton. one o: tho witnesses. was
counsel for FeiRcnbnnm during his trial. After
the execution Mr.. Lawton made a rather re-
e %sr present s'" He sa.d: Vow " that FcFse rfb1%i1,
j. dead, and what | say viii not affect him one
way or other, ] am willing to make sumo state
msnts concerning the case to which am will
Ing to make affidavit. AS his counsel. feieen:
baum. of course. trusted me implicitly and told
me q great deal. l am thoroughly convinced
that he was guilty ~ the crime for which le
gave up his life, and. furthermore, feel con- ,
WINGED thnt he IL guilty OF other murders, ,
"Fcigenbaum had travelled a great deal. He
told mo one day that he was a perveri. He {
never told me In so many words that he had
killed Mrs. Hoffman. but no Intelligent man
could think otherwise from what he said; l {
through him that he was In London
during the time OF the Whitechapel murders. ,
and also that he was In Wisconsin when the
bodies OF women were being. found
there. He was u fanatic, and did not believe {
that God would let any one harm him. ,
"The carving knife with which he killed Mrs. !
/ found had belonged to Feigenbaum ,
often tha, the blade had Leen worn down to
half It's width. Experts testified ut the trial !
that some OF the blood which chung to the blade
might be several years old. | believe that tho !
mutilnted was. because Feigenhaum was inter :
rupted by Michael. Jacob Welbel is q myth. /
have communicated with every friend OF Eel
genbaum that | could possibly get hold of, and =
one of them ever heard OF the man.
"Feigenhaum's right name was Carl Zahn,
but he had travelled under numerous aliases"
Aside from the ruptures In Feigenbaum's -,
brain caused by the electric shock. the brain
that FeiGenbaum might have been afflicted. as
by Mr.. Lawton, without any evidence