The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-04-28
EEIGENRAUM PUr no DEATH.

with Whom He Boarded-Her Littl,
| Son Saw Him Strike Her with a Knife.
Sing Sing, April 27.-The third mur-
derer to suffer the death penalty at the
state prison here within week was
put to death this morning. He was
Carl Feigenbaum, who had been con
fined in the death house of the prison
for sixteen months awaiting punish
ment for the murder Of Johanna Hoff-
man in September, 1894
The condemned man was visited yes
terday by his brother and his last
words to him We're, Il am innocent u
He repeated the same statement to
Warden Sage this morning
During the past few days Feigen-
baum had not said a word to any of his
keepers.
Feigenbaum made his Will this morn
ing. He said that he owned property
in New York and in Cincinnati. The
will was witnessed by II. C. Wemple
and +. H. Burroughs, two clerks in
Sing Sing prison, and Warden o. V.
Sage was named as executor.
In his will he left all his property to
his sister, who lives in Germany, with
the exception of 800. This money he
left to the Rev. Father Bruder to pay
funeral expenses.
Feigenbaunl spent most of last night
in prayer with the Rev. Father Cree
don of Sing Sing and the Rev. Father
Bruder of Poughkeepsie. They Were
with him all yesterday afternoon and
returned in the evening. The two
priests left at 10 o'clock and returned
early this morning.
After the two priests left him last
night Feigenbaum read the Bible until
2 o'clock. He then went to bed and
slept soundly until O'Clock this morn
ing.
He received the last rites of the
church this morning and then he ate
his breakfast.
Feigenbaum was brought into the
death chamber soon after II o'clock.
The current was turned on at ILL
O'Clock
A second shock was applied at 11:17:4j
and Feigenbaum was pronounced dead
at 11:1S:30.
Two of the physicians expressed a
slight doubt as to whether or not F'eig-
enbaum was dead, and to satisfy them
the current was again turned on at
11:25 o'clock for a space of three sec
onds at the full voltage of 1920. Before
this was done DR.. Gibbs reiterated the
statement that the man was undouot-
edly dead after the first application of
the current.
Some of the physicians who had Wit
messed several executions expressed
the opinion that this was the most sue
cessful one they had seen and declared
that the last application of the current
was entirely unnecessary.
The body was removed from the chair
at 11:30 o'clock and turned over to the
surgeons, who proceeded at once with
the autopsy. The brain was examined
first and as usual in these cases was
found to contain many ruptured blood
vessels and a large quantity OF free
blood, indicating the thoroughness
with which the current had done its
work on the first application.
Carl Feigenbaum, alias Anton Lain,
murdered Mrs. Julia Hoffman in her
apartments in East Sixth street on Sep
tember 1, 1894 The man boarded with
Mrs. Hoffman. She slept with her lit
tie son Michael in a room adjoining
his.
Feigenbaum entered her room early
in the morning as she was sleeping.
He carried in his hand a large carving
knife. Young Michael was awakened
by the footballs and glancing across
the room saw the man in the act of
striking his sleeping mother with the
knife. He jumped from his bed, and,
running up behind Feigenbaum, kicked
him. The man turned upon the boy
and made a stroke at him with the
knife. Michael ran to the window and
escaped his assailant by crawling out
side and along the cornice. His cries
brought several men to the rooms, but
too late to prevent the murder. After
giving the alarm Michael climbed back
into the room, where he saw Feigen-
baum just finishing his murderous work
Fegenbaum jumped out of the rear
window and gained the street through
an alley. The boys cries, however
soon started a pursuit, and the mur-
derer was arrested before he had gone
many blocks.
When he was on trial for his life Fei-
genbaum tried to lay the crime on a
man who he declared spent a part o.
the night with him. He asserted that
he was pursuing this man when he
was arrested. Michael Hoffman, how
ever, was positive in his identification
of his mothers murderer, and the 9TH
er evidence was so strong that the man
was convicted.