The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-09-17
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for murder I'm the first degree; but re-
greet was also expressed that undcr
the laws OF this country. and par,lc-
ularly those OF New York. the pun
ishment 10 be inflicted upon the mis-
erable tool of the Anarchists must be
a quick and comparatively painless
death.
1T is too bad" said a leading citl-
zen that Czolgosz chief punish
ment will be mental; that feeling OF
apprehension; that vague fear OF
brief agony when the crucial moment
arrives aud his life is about 10 be
snuffed out. II had my hand on the
switch which was 10 send the death
dealing current through his body,
would manage 10 make the connection
as bad as j could and prolong his tor
ture even AZ the risk OF causing what
is designated as a painful scene. l
honestly believe that the public would
applaud the electrician who would
thus by accident bungle the job"
.I would go further than that: I
would not hesitate 10 put the wretch
70 torture. such as the thumb-screw,
or the piece of apparatus set UP at
our own prison during the Brockaway
investigation"
THAT apparatus. known as the
slide was not intended TO be used. IL
was constructed that those who crit
icised the too mild methods OF pun
ishing refractory convicts in this
state, might get an idea OF the means
resorted 10 i'm other prisons to bring "A
rebellious and conspiring inmate TO a
realizing sense OF what was expected
OF him I'm the way OF obedience"
"The few visitors who com he in
duced 20 submit TO the slide for even
no greater period than five seconds
begged TO be taken down-the expert
ence of each was excessively pain
full"
Now II Czolgosz were but COM
PEELED to take the slide or some pun
ishment or torture akin 10 what that
apparatus causes. we would have. and
in a few minutes, a complete list or
his accomplices, and this would sn-
cIude tie names OF all who. under Tie
law, would be accessories before the
fact The finale OF the haymarket
square tragedy was just one. Who
soever by word or deed. by advice OF
exhortation, caused CzolgosZ 10 Kill
President Mckinley should follow the
assassin TO the electric chair.
notice, and with satisfaction. that
the local Anarchists and Socialists
who a few days ago were boldly
standing in public thoroughfares and
brassily proclaiming the dangerous
principles OF their fellow-conspirator
against the peace and welfare OF the
people have subsided. They are
cowardly lot anyway.
Providence and the state of Rhode
Island are experiencing the dearth of
mourning goods In the market, the
garb OF black on every side bespeak-
ing the universal grief over the late
President Mckinley's death. Why so
desperate is the demand that i know
only Saturday last they shipped from
the big dyehouse plant of +. "A.
Sayles at Saylesville. town of Lin
coin, 20 cases, 90 pieces in each case
and 80 yards 10 the piece-meaning a
total OF $4,000 yards. And mind YOU,
these were no cheese cloth goods cost
ing about cents per yard and cent
more per yard for dyeing, but straight
cassimeres commanding from 90 to %
cents at retais
Nor were these consigned for dry
goods counters and dress goods puI-
poses Not at all. but for decorations, the
sombre texture being both suggestive
and popular at present Foster a Co,
big commission merchants OF Boston
wanted TO know II the order could be
doubled or trebled right away and
similar requests from large New
York houses could only be placed on
file. IL was impossible for the stocks
had been cleaned out and could not be
replenished before the final funeral
services on Thursday.
There is a saloonkeeper, whose es-
tablishment Is in the Jewish quarter
I'm Brooklyn. who certainly has a good
supply of nerve On Friday evening
he closed his saloon and posted a pla-
card on the door which contained
this announcement: ION account of
the holidays this establishment will
be closed until Sunday, Sept. 10, at D
y. m" Perhaps he never heard OF the
Sunday Law. Perhaps the policeman
on the beat never did.
Yesterday marked the official close
OF the straw hat season, but most of
the few persons to be seen In the city
streets, however, wore straw hats as
complacently as II IL were the begin
ming OF June, and there will be enough
of them on view for the next two
weeks to keep in countenance the man
who wants to cling 10 his summer
headgear. The straw hat, until the
autumn Is several weeks older, is in
reality a fad with some OF the younger
men. II implies that its wearer is still
out OF town and has not had the time
from his sports 10 think of anything
so thoroughly citified as a hat for win
ter The wearer believes that all these
hypothesis are a little more probable
II the headgear shows especial signs OF
wear. Thus az a new covert was never
thought good form because ~
showed that it's wearer did not hunt,
so is a too new straw hat at this sea-
son opposed to the most modish Ideas
of young men. AS Between season
hat nothing has appeared TO take the
place of the pervading gray felt, and
that will again rest impartially on the
dark man whom II becomes and the
blond man who was never improved