The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-17
2 MEN PAY
PENALTY IN
DEATH CHAIR
fcontinued from First rnge.)

at 6.o0:S4 and he was officially declared
dead at sos. The physicians in charge
stated that life was extinct after the first
shock. He received 1850 volts, with 10la
amperes the first shock and Il amperes the
second.
In less than five minutes the body Of
Gibson was taken from the room and the
little procession of death reentered the
chamber. Dorsey was also accompanied
by the Rev. Mr.. Dunn. The condemned
man repeated the prayer recited by the
minister, n as the guards were strapping
him in the chair his voice rose and rose
until the hrst contact was given him. He
entered the chamber at 6:os:S5; strapped In
at 6:04:35; first contact at 6:04:4S; taken off
at sos 80. second contact at e:14:25; taken
off at 6:l4:29; pronounced dead at ell. In
his case also the first shock was fatal. He
received 1900 volts, with II amperes the
first shock and ID the second.
The men were informed last night. by
Head Keeper George Q. Osborne that they
would be executed this morning. They re-
auested the presence of their minister and
he remained with them until the end.
When he entered the death chamber, Gibson
carried a number Of letters. One was to
Edward Horner, the husband Of the MUIR
dered m another to Head Keeper
OSDOfnG anu OtHtic L hiS NiSt
other relatives.
In his letter to Mr.. Osborne the negro
admitted his guilt and said he was getting
a Just punishment. In concluding he hoped
that he and the head keeper would meet
in heaven, and said that he confidently ex-
pected to go there. On the back of the let
ter was written the words Of the hymn,
Through the Shining Gate"
Edward Horner was present at both exc
cutions. On his own request he had been
drawn On both juries. When the letter TO
him was taken from Glbson's hand and
| given him he made no comment. In the
letter Gibson said: Il am sorry for
what l did. sorry for you and sorry for
myself" He confessed that he dealt the
blows that caused the death of Mr.. Hor-
ner's wife, inc continued: TELL Wash
Paine that | burned his barn last summer,
but l won't sin against him any more"
Mr.. Horner said he did not know who was
meant by Wash Paine.
Dorsey wrote a letter last night to Mr..
Osborne, in which he said:
MY last words to you before God
and man are that | am innocent of
these murders. Charles Gibson is the
man who killed the women. Gibson
robbed the house and set fire to the
barn. / went with Gibson, but left him
and returned to Camden before the
crimes were committed. l did not see
Gibson again until the next morning,
when L met him on the street in Cam
den. and we went TO Philadelphia. He
pawned the two watches and gave me
$2.25. Then we went back to Camden
and were arrested. He did not know
the women were dead at that time.
This is the last truthful statement of
the case by one who Is going to die
Dorsey also expressed thanks for the
treatment accorded him by Mr.. Osborne
and the death watch.
The exeeutioner was E.. +. Davis, New
York's official electrician. This makes LOG
inen that Da''is has sent into eternity.
The bodies will be buried In the Prison
Cemetery after permits have been issued
by Coroner Bower.
In addition TO the jurymen the execu-
ions were witnessed by DR.. Edward A.
Spitzka, of Philadelphia; DR.. Samuel F.
Stanger, the prison physician; DR.. Z. ].
Currier. of Boston, and Jacob Shurz, chair
man Of the death house committee, and
other members of the Board Of Prison In
speetors.
The Gibson jury was composed of Ed
ward Horner. of Camden; Samuel Wood
of Haddonfield: DT John De Cost, of Cam.
den: j. B. Smith, Of Camden; Joseph Burt
of Camden; Assembiyman Theodore B
Gibbs. of Camden, William Graft, of Had
donfeld; Counselor John II. Backes, Of
Trenton; State Comptroller ]. Willard
Morgan. of Camden; Jacob Shurz, Of
Somerville; DIR. David F. Weeks, of Skill.
man.
The Dorsey Jurors were: The Rev. w. L.
Shaw. of Blackwood; DIR. f. F. Coleman,
of Asbury Park; DR.. John R. C. Thompson,
OF Bridgeton, Surrogate Of Cumberland
County; Edward Horner, OF Camden; DR..
]. I. Rose, of Asbury Park: DIR. X. II.
Rogers, sr., Trenton; F. J. Vannort, Sheriff
Of Passaic County; DIR. William L. Wilbur,
Sheriff of Mercer County; Norman =.
Stahl, of Trenton; Richard S. Rldgeway, Of
Camden; ]. Otto Rome, Of Asbury Park,
and C. F. Adams, of Trenton.
The crime for which the men paid the
death penalty was committed In an attempt
to rob the Horner household. The negroes
set fire to the barn to distract the atten-
tion of the men OF the house and then muir
dered the women. Mr.. Homer is a prosper
Gus Camden County farmer.