The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-29

sistant Warden Johnson told in reply to questions some details of the last preparation for the death of Becker Friday morning.
 MT. Johnson said. During the night bath keepers will enter his cell and re- move therefroin the picture of Mrs. Becker, the pad calendar from which each day he has been tearing 8 sheet, his fountain pen papers, his shoes and every thing else except the bed clothes.
 According to the plans at the prison, Becker will return from his bath today to find laid out on his cot a prison. suit of black, a white shirt, and black tie, a. new suit of underclothing and black felt slippers. Sf
 The time set for the farewell visit of Mrs. Becker and Beckers brothers and sisters was today between and 4 o'clock. The Sing Sing officials be- lieve in getting the relatives of con- demned man away from the prison as early as possible the day. before. They believe he should have as much of the last afternoon and evening as possible to himself in order that he may do his best to pull himself together, free from the emotional strain of family good-bys.
 Plans for Death March.
 Father Curry and Father Cashin will walk on each side of Becker as he en- L. will walk at the head Of the little pro- cession. followed by Becker and the two priests Two more keepers will follow after the condemned man with Principal Keeper Fred Dorner walking sbehind them. Besides the newspaper men and other witnesses, Assistant Warden Johnson, in the absence or Warden Osborne, will be in the room with Dr. Charles w. FSarr, the prison physician, and his assistant, Dr. Henry Mereness.
 New and more powerful electric apS Eparatus has been installed. Just back Eof the chair and two or three steps to sBecker's right, the state electrician will stand, ready to throw a switch on a part of the wall which projects out about a, foot and a. half directly behind the electric chair
 To the electricians let is 9. long lever which rises from the floor against Ethe wall to about the height of the waistline of the electrician standing beside it. A slight wave of a lead pen-. ciIsin the hand of the principal keeper will notify the electrician that all is ready. The electrician then will sound fvep bell signals out in the dynamo roona-t1le bell is not heard in the death chaInberto notify the engineer to get ready.
 One bell next is sounded where upon the 1ectrfcal current is sent into the death house, although the current does not go to the chair itself until the state electrician sends it there by movement of the long lever beside him. A signal of two bells means sounded when a lessening of the volt Eage is desired and six bells are sound. led to notify the dynamo room that taI1 is overs' and the current is to be lshuti off from the death house.
 As the condemned man is put to Al s eloseness to the electric chair, stand ton rubber mats placed there for them.
 Visited by Wife.
 Becker's wife was his only visitor yesterd day with : the exception of Father Cashin and Assistant Warden Johnson. Mrs. Becker, evidently postponing her visit to a later hour than usual in the hope that she would have news of importance for Becker, did not reach the prison un- til 30 ao.cloek. Mrss Becker as usual had nothing to say for publication. She was immediately taken to the death house, to have long talk with her husbands
 Sam Haines, the rnuIatto who re- gardIess of the Becker decision, will kgosto the chair Friday morning, seem ed to be worrying chiefly over a bad cold he had contracted. His fear is that the cold will be a handicap e4SdAI1Sl HIS I0SoIV0 stO5 go =1llIO the death chamber with at least an out ward display of physical and mental strength.
 Haines, who is a Protestant, has decorated his cell with religious pie lures and picture postcards sent to him from time to time. These will be removed from the walls today, while he is taking his last bath. John Lowry, a New York man interested ! in religious work, will walk with Haines to the death chair.
 The state electrician will arrive at rSing Sing some time today. He will
 make the official test of the, electric chair soon after he reaches here.