The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-03-21
NERvY UNTIL THE LAST
Scenes Attending the EleetrOcu
ti0u of Mrs. Place.

New Nork March 20-Mrs. Martha
Place was executed at Sing sine prison
today. She WAS the first woman to jTie in
the electric chair in the state of New
York and she went to her death quietly.
Her death was instantaneous. But two
shocks were given. state Electrician
Dawn threw down the lever at exactly
u:m a m. The voltage of ihe current
was $50 and it was continued FOR four
seconds 1T was then gradually dimin.
ishea TO 200 voltage. which was continued
for SO seconds. DR. Irvine. the physician
of the prison examine the woman and
chen ordered the second shock. lrhat WINS
tba same as the first in power and o.n.
tiuued for the same length of time Tie
second -6ock has alwavs been admins
tarod
AIRS place murdered her stcp-f4u-h.
tor Ida NJ Place mere gin ON Feb. 4.
tsas She first tbrev, acid iu tho ciri.s ave.
ana then smothere1 her. This was EARLY
i'm the morrip, in their home in IlrookI,u.
She waited the entire dav for her hus
band to return ana rhen attacked him
with an axe fracturinp life skull ana
otherwise seriously iniurlng him. Place
however recovered
Mrs. Place WAS convicted death nI.r
she never for moment believed tbot she
would be electrocuted She at. first claim
ed hat she could rarpero5o, ,othi,e of tb.,
murder and later the plea of insanity was
subnitte5 I'm her bebaif IL was mot. prtl
rbursdat last tbat Warden sape arpoup-
ced to her that GOV Roosevelt had abso-
utelv refused TO interfere with fbs coi,rs,
of Justice and tAat she must 3ia ON Non
dav IL was "a great shock to th. ,von,an
but Juripr fb..i,sI f.u, da,s sI,s .l,,... ,i,
wonderfully we'll
DIED DECOROusTy
She suffered d, NV, v,ve ,ft.r sb.
learned tbat She must 5la from, sie.,..ss.
moss ana l,ss or annette Apotn vs-.e,.
dov The warden visited her So S,ar tbor,.
might NOT be no misunderstan5ina a..1
told nor moo she ,o,,s, bo r.,,i,. ,. n
Ntordsy norn;ng
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change must have taken nl,,o ipt,o v,o.
mans nature D, so auu her sspses tbst
.c,a could go TO her death so.caln,lv ,nd
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She would ia So Tho last woman .o1.
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sprNrr Rrsrr rsss Nrctt.,
N1re sore the v,ardan,s wiz ais, spont
an bour or so Win her lint at qo M.
ne ,-,s left oIoro -, f,, Moi, mn.
,,.,, Nr,s C,uI+rv win, rvg, toa,ars "a,
,be .oufer room The copde.no,l woman
,.,. ,,o,,, rostless Dutsida 4 terrible e,Is
Hss rinoinr across the Hu1.,,. which
r,tlod tbe windows ip hs ,Ioomy ard
! l,,snff,t buudipp where Mrs plo,a.-
! Quarters were located There was a
driving snow too and several time. she
,,.,ron went to the window .o watcH the
storm She did not retire un.d 2.s0. And
.ft.r tbof She was nm sevsr,I times TO
NAV Never for a moment did .hc ma
from realx her vigilance. Mrs. Place WA
roilo,,ed viii, watchful eyes for ,he "a
,o,rs that preceded her taking off,
n cannot be denied that Warden Sage
,,ss a,vious I'm the extreme regarding the
.,.c,tion and il was with this i'm mind
tb,, b. ordered every precaution taken TO
,,.,,r. the hest results. lie sent Rev. Dr.
C,,. ~ Nor at s.t5 mis- morning. FIRST IN
o,,irino whether ule aged clergyman
'-,ld staod ,be strain. DR. cole assured
.,a, ,,,, h.. c,,,l and thai "a. was go fun
n, s,,,,,,atby for tba woman he had kn 1wm
80. I'm, vas cbud tbat he was anx-