Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-03-21

DR.. David Cole Of Workers. an old
friend and aged pastor; a woman ply
sician. one of the matrons of the prison
and two keepers.
Mrs. Place was dressed in black, a
gown that she had made to wear at her
new trial, or, as she first thought, to
her freedom.
She seemed to tower above the war;
den. who kept her arm tightly within his
and one arm around her to support her.
Her light gray hair was brushed
smoothly back from her forehead One
hand held small prayerbook. The
woman's eyes We're closed. and she
picked her way without lowering her
Lead to the chair. AS she sat down her
ps moved again in prayer, and she
laid. God help me-"
Women Attend Her Quickly.
The two women who followed her
closely were there in an instant. Dr.
irvine, with an assistant, helped to cut
III the view of the witnesses seated
around the chamber. 1t was but
moments work to bare the leg and at
tach the electrode. The prison matron
drew her skirts out in front of the
chair. The second electrode was clamp
ed down on the head in an instant,
Mrs. Place never stirred Her aged
pastor walked quietly away. He could
not bear to look at her. Quicker than il
has ever been done before the straps
across the face We're buckled on, the
pad drawn over the eyes, the signal
given and the lever thrown down.
The women attendants pressed close
UP against the chair. One could hardly
see movement Of the body. 1t grew
rigid. The fingers gripped the palms. The
prayerbook In the woman's left hand
twisted across the wrist and slipped
partly out when the muscles relaxed
Her mouth. small, with thin lips, mere
~ frightened. 1t seemed as though IN
quiet content.
The women in the death chamber
seemed strangely out of place. The wo- |
man physician was bright looking.
sharp in her movements and rapid in |
what she did, but her dress was what |
gave the scene strange aspect, She |
wore gray dress and huge hat with |
pronounced crimson trimmings. She
both fastened on the eiectrode and OK.
amined the heart. She, with the prison
matron. stood directly in front of Mrs.
Place and watched her face as she died.
Both were affected, but performed their
duties we'll.
The ElectrOcutiOn.
At exactly 11:01 o'clock State Elec-
trician Davis gave the shock. 1t was
voltage Of 1.760. about the usual
strength. and was continued for four
seconds. Then 1t WRs lowered to 200
and maintained for IS seconds.
When the current was shut off, DR..
Irvine, the prison physician, felt the
neck. where there was a slight pulsation
Of the arteries. But the woman was
dead. and those physicians who saw
the electrocution and examined the
body afterward gave 1t as their opinion
that death had been instantaneous. !,
After brief interval a second shock
was given. Those who stood around did
not even hear respiratory moan. The
voltage was the same as in the first
shock and again lasted four seconds.
Il was gradually diminished to 300, and
when the current was shut off the body
rank back quietly into the chair. The
over limbs had stiffened somewhat
md there was hardly mark where the
electrodes had been. g
There the woman lay, her face lust
ls she had walked into the deathhouso
calm. with simply tightly
lrawn down lips. She remained In the
hair after the witnesses had filed out
u the chamber, and the body was then
emoved to the autopsy table, where the
autopsy was conducted behind closed ,
loors, no one being permitted to be
PRESENT except the operating surgeons.
Doctors Report Sealed.
The report will be sealed and not
made public at present. This precau- .
ion was taken merely because of the
intense interest aroused regarding the ,
insanity of Mrs. Place. concerning
which the commission appointed by
iuvernoy Roosevelt reported there was
. grounds for. Indeed those who have Il