Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-04-21
DYNAMO MOOFDEATH
Gets in lts Work for the First
Time in Ohio.
TWO w0NAN-sLAYERs ARE KILLED

ness and Dispatch. the Execution Ap-
paratus Working Perfectly-Crimes for
which They Were De.th-Dynamoted-
Not q Mark on Their Bodies Left By the
Lightning That Killed Them.
Columbus. O.. April 21.-The first ex-
ecution by electricity In Ohio took place
this morning shortly after midnight in
the annex Of the Ohio penitentiary,
where for the past thirteen years capi-
tai punishment has been meted out to
all persons under sentence of death in
the state by hanging. The death chair
and death-dynamo have been in place
in the old execution room for several
weeks. They are similar to those used
in New York. The killing Of William
to the burning out of the armature on
the death-dynamo the execution had to
be postponed and Governor Bushnell
fixed the date so that Haas would be
death-dynanoted on the day set for
the execution of William Wiley. A new
armature to be used only for executions
was secured, and the test yesterday
showed that Il was fully up to require
ments. To prevent any possibility of
the armature being tampered with an
extra guard was placed in the, death
dynamo room. Haas and Wiley, the
condemned men, passed the day in read
Ing and in religious devotions. The
death warrants were read to them dur
ing the morning. Haas, who is 10 years
of age. had been Indifferent to his fate
axyav civ t,s IL -
Crime That Cost Hans His Life.
The crime for which Haas was death
dynamoted was a must revolving one.
He had been employed and befriended by
William Brader, a gardener residing
at Cloverdale. a suburb of Cincinnati.
On the morning of July 8, 1896, while
Brader was absent in Cincinnati, Haas
criminally assaulted Mrs. Brade-, who
was the only other occupant of the
house except himself. and then cut her
throat with a razor. To cover up the
crime Haas set fire to the house and
fed, but some blackberry pickers saw
the smoke issuing from the house in
time to prevent its burning. Haas was
arrested on the afternoon Of the same
day at Hamilton. o.. and taken to Gin
cinnati. where by degrees a confession
was secured from him.
Wiley Wife-Kiliins bastard.
William Wiley murdered his wife on
the west side of Cincinnati, twenty
days after Hans committed his crime.
Riley was insanely Jealous of his wife,
ana as 1t transpired without cause. Aft
er a few years of unhappy domestic
life he came home one day in a drunken
fit and shot his wife, who died after
being taken to a hospital. Wiley con-
cealed himself in a cloak closet In the
house and was wounded in a desperate
fight with the officers who arrested him
Both Men "Nervy" to the Last.
Haas was the first to be executed. He
was strapped in the chair at 1921
When he was brought into the execu.
ton room he closely scrutinized the
chair and was pushed into 1t. The cur.
rent was turned on for q period of two
seconds three times in succession. Al
soon as the body OF Haas was taker
out Of the chair Wiley was brought IL
and at 1885 he was strapped in The
chair. Both executions were eminentl,
successful. The condemned men wer,
nervy to the last.
Execution Was Most Successful.
An examination Of the bodies aftel
they had been removed to the prisor
morgue did not disclose even the slight
est abrasion or irritation of the skir
at the points Of contact, and the ply
sicians and experts pronounced the ex
ecutions as perfect as it was possibl,
to make them. The voltage was 1,75
in both cases and the amperage ranged
from S1h IN 10