The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-13
EXECUTION OF THE ASSASSIN. /
He Will Be Shocked to
Death in the Electric
Chair in the NewYork
State Prison at Auburn.
HE METHOD to be employed in the

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- HE METHOD to be employed in the
legal execution Of Assassin Czolgosz
Is thoroughly In keeping with the
progress of the centuries. He Is TO
die by the latest aud most approved
form Of capital punishment t--electrocutlon
While the mnnner OF his taking OF Is, per
haps, minor incident compared with the
major fact that he Is to pay the penalty
OF his life for his crime. IL Is common
tary on the advancement Of the world
that an ASSASSIN guilty Of the most helnous
offense Is TO be executed. not as In the
old days by more barbueous and painful
denim than that meted out to other muir,
derers. but In the most humane method
approved by the laws OF the state In when
he was convicted. Time was wnen tne as
snssin of q ruler was dragged 10 pieNs
by four horses attached to MS four INNS ,
end driven In opposite directi0us. III some
of the Oriental countries To TINS dHE tue
most cruel ana rcNotl1g fortunes are r.
served for those who even attempt the me-
OF a poientatc or are suspected OF compile
ity in plots against him. Boiling To on,
drawing aud quarterlng. are among the
least terrible o. these punishmcnts. while
the looping on Of single members from
the living body until death relieves the vie
tim Is common punishment for notable
crimes
Ia China TO this day criminals suspected
Of plot against the emperor or other high
officials are placed IN a bamboo cage and
kept constantly awake by their guards IN
til death from fatigue cnsues They arc
prodded with sharp instruments on the
lenst sign Of sleep and their su1cringq are
impossible 10 describe after three or four
days OF this torture. But Cznlgosz. who
would have met fnte MS terrible rs any
Of these had he committed Ike crime In
an Oriental country, or even In many Eu-
ropcan countries ls to meet death in the
form declared ia be most humane and
practically painless by medical men. A
current Of electricity is to he shot through
his body paraiy2Elng The hg'rt action IN,
second In the familiar phrase of the
street, The VIII never know what struck
bin" after the electrician concealed In nm
will send 1000 cor more volts ~ the mys
teFious current through his body
Result Of Long Agitation
More thsn ten Years ago the agitation
looking to the abolition Of banging was
begun in New York State. After several
magazine and newspaper articles had been
published expressing the opinions Of emf
nent physicians and crimiuoogists on every
phase Of the subject. q commission was
haustlVe iuquiry into the subject. This
investigation dragged along for several
thoroughly exploited In the newspapers,
and OF last favorable report was sub.
mttted recommending that electricity be
substituted ns "A dogtth agent for the time
honored ropes end, which had been used
IN most English speaking countries Tor hun
areds 81 years on WAS PaSssa ny ,sd NE
and Ii was ordered in the law that al exc.
culions should take place In the state pen
ltentiaries Electrocution chambers were
equipped with the death chair" which SUI
perseded the Old guilows. wires which took
the place Of the rope and mn electric switch
old trap"
ssyerSi executions have taken place under
mere than yepIncd All Inc claims df inc
FhyAciane Autonaics were held on the
bodies on the drst criminals executed In
order that M, surgeons nnd ofncills 1night
learn cvnciIy yhnt eject me tremendous
current had upon the tissues ami Organs OF
the body and discover n possible In that
was found that tho blood was cnnguIntcd
and other indications went IN nrovc that
eiectrocutlou was p certain, instantaneous
4 wEst aggis re assassin '" Who vi I'm mrrdcr"i
ZION into grInf f'nanr tbr I1,v bc Inns nm
interval Of twenty ono d1vs bctwocn the
date of nis sentence and his execution In
m ,uv no I S a w pIbS nrnr m
higher courts bri in ihc present casr. Of
coiUsc, nothing OF the klnd win bc at
1'6e coDdoruu,d ,pnr win No LODI ms
guards lnio inc death cbamhrr In tho Az
Burn panucntlarS. Ncar The wall at on,
Cd somet6ne Sftcr tSc M manner SS Of ' an easy
Guar WIN or'nd Wooden arms II rest,
e6mpISfrfv Aftached 80 the bec2 ~ m,
chair is an Adjustable board. against which
tSolgosz w reJ his 62ck, apd, this board
Il ottbgbcd ne adeotb TEos nv" y" Wstroer
which 'csp nr fastened around The bend al
the forehead On tho iImr slide OF this
pnep ~, 1ue ,, INV" nn"o SpG,nsts' which nresi
~ wires with tho rod In the bocit Of IN,
chair This rod rnrrlcs the electricity, con
Quoted to II NV heavy wires from the wall
There are strnps fastened 10 tho chair 4
PASS Hround the upper nrms Of the con
demned man and hold the arms securely
against The chair, other straps on the arms
or uhe chair Itself binding the forcnrm'
down and preventing the lest struggle. An
other stout strnn or belt attached TO Tho
back or the chair passes across the ali
domen NJ the prisoner and minds him SO
cureN 20 the sfat. HIS ankles are ais,
strapped TO tue foot rest at the bottom o.
the chair.
When nll Is IN readiness two small cleo
trodeS htted with moist snonges like thosJ
pressing against the forehead are place.
against the haro calf ~ each leg. the trnus
ors being either slit for the purpose al
turned up as Tor as tho knee. when thes
electrodes are fdStened into place the bod
~ CEolgoka VIII FORM nart Of circrlt from
inc wires M ms heEd 70 those NJ his legs
hhd any current cuteung the unpcr wire
hlAt pass rom INC o,cctfodeS nc h's fore
head llrougl ms hodl q me eiertrodc
sllhcneu 70 ms legs ana thus mack 70 IN
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