Evening journal., 1915-07-30
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with the fear of a collapse. The low
voices of the priests and Becker's
own whispered exhortations echoed
haltingly through the death chamber.
The prisoner held a black crucihx
in his left hand. It was about ten
inches long. and as he calmly took
his nlace in the death chair he raised
II to his lips. Following the chant
of the priests. he intoned:
Gives Soul to God.
"Oh, Lo d. assist me in my last
agony 1 give you my heart and
my soul"
Meantime the guards worked swift
/ ly and deftly. IL took only a few
: seconds to adjust all the straps.
Beckers right pants leg was sit high
to the knee. and as he sat in the chair
his right leg showed bare from the
knee to the shoe.
AS the man sat there waiting for
the fatal shock, this big bare leg was
one Of the most striking features of
the strange picture The condemned
mans face. for the most part. was
hidden by the rapidly working guards.
Becker wore the prescribed black
trousers, with a loose black shirt,
open at the throat, and had the ap-
pearence Of a workman, more than
that Of the belted and buckled lieu
tenant Of police whose picture is fa-
miliar to the public.
The official executioner was a dap
per-iooking young man of perhaps
28 or go His name was not officially
announced, but it was stated he would
received s1O0-ifty each for the killing
Of Sam Haynes. a negro murderer
and of Becker
When all was made ready, the dap
per executioner stepped back and, in
full view of the witnesses, calmly
shut the switch.
AS the great current Of electricity
shot into the frame of the former
master of gunner, the big body
Strengthened out, tugging at th'
creaking straps For a full minute i
stretched thus A slight sizzling wa:
heard and a slight curl of smoke
went up from the right side of Beck
o er's head, rising from under the cal
just over the ear
It Carried Wife's Photograph to Chair.
f When the shock was at its heigb
n Beckcr's grip on the crucifx tighten
nj ed. But as the electrocutioner snap
d ped the switch off. the cross slipped
from the relaxed fingers. A guar,
el caught it, The whole body dropped L
I'd a position of utter collapse Becker
= shirt was then ripped open by th'
n physicians AS the black cloth wa
a turned back to make way for tn
mi stethoscope. the photograph o
p Becker's faithful wife was revealed
4 II was pinned inside.
~ The doctors pushed il aside impa
tiently, evidently not knowing wha
n il was. They held stethoscopes TO tn
Il heart and felt the neck arteries. An
4 other Shock was demanded of the COO
: young executioner. He stepped bacl
4 and swung the switch shut and opel
{ again. The crumpled body straine
n at the straps again. Once more tn
= doctors tested Becker's heart The
= seemed to argue as TO whether ther
h was still evidence Of life. Once agai
N the executioner was appealed to. an
" once again he shot on the curren
"a The dead mans lips parted in a ghasi
"a ly smile. Three physicians frol
~ among the legal witnesses we're aske
q
II ned forward. felt a moment for hea
beats and nodded agreement that Il
"a ex- policeman was dead. At exact
Ie 555 DR.. Parr, the prison physical
= announced in a loud voice:
81 pronounce this man dead"
10 Prayers Breaks Silence.
ar During these CHASTITY ceremonil
= the priests stood solemnly by. silel
at.1rr oil hfff nd hc
r whispering prayers. They were q
= only ones whose sympathy for Beck'
=, showed in face or gesture. others
!. guards. physicians and attendants
went about the work with a calm. bu
IN iness-like deliberation.
to Thomas Mott Osborne warden
m Sing Sing. was not in the prison whe
~ Becker died He does not believe
,s capital punishment, and, as protes
,e at the hour fixed for the electroCutio
1e he left the prison enclosure and toe
ia a walk over the Ossining hills. As I
left for this walk. at 5. a. IN, his fa'
III was drawn and pale. His only o
IN fetal act in connection with Il
ne execution was to force a moving pi
nv ture operator, intent on taking pi
nh lures Of witnesses as they entered d
IL prlsons 10 move away.
Becker a Healthy Man.
is "In my examination OF Becker
body. ! found no visible effect on al
as vital organ. Becker was an abno
al mally strong man and the way he r
er sisted the current was remarkabl
mt OF course. he had severe burns on d
ng knee and on the temples, but that W
he to be expected" said Dr. William
VS. Stillman. of Albany, who perform
the official autopsy on Becker's bod
Ter Brother to Claim Body.
me Up TO $50 today. Becker's body st
his lay in the morgue. just adjacent
ay the death house. While no defni
zee arrangements have yet been made (
the funeral. it is understood that O
d." of Becker's brothers will take I
ere body to New York this afternoon a
He that services will be held in {
zen
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