The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-09

kCQntiDueu lTOlu EdSG A.
good prisoner" since his admittance
The former policeman has been
in a segregation ward, where he Is
under constant supervision, since ne
was admitted. He is not allowed to
ningle with other prisoners.
Under the usual procedure used
for condemned persons. he would
not be moved to the death cell until
several hours before execution-time
II To Witness Death
Warden Walker said that in tins
state, where eight persons have dice
on the electric chair, the execution
usually takes place before midnight
at a specific time set by the prison
administration.
He said the number OF witnesses
ia limited to IA, and that includes
the COUNTY sheriff, a physician, ana
any person designated by the pris-
oner. as well as reporters ana JAN
officials. .,.--.,-,.,
The execut!oner at Wethersiielo
is an out-of-state man, VINO Is Oh
call" for Connecticut,
Not Moved Nearer Cell
Until a condemned prisoner IS
moved to the death cell. he remains
IN the segregation ward, It was re-
vealed. Unlike the practice IN some
states. he is not moved closer to the
death cell by degrees as the dead
line approaches, but is shifted only
once. -.
Two doors exist between the oeath
cell and the execution chamber
The execution chamber, which Is
about 20 by 80 feet in size, was es-
tablished, after the new statute SUD
shutting elecrocution for hanging
as the death penalty was passed N
1885.
Statute Outlined
The statute, Session l72Ic, pro
vides that the punishment shall be
inflicted only within the walls OF
the prison, and in an enclosure
which will be so constructed as 70
exclude public view. 49,
In regard to the witnesses. IAe
law states: Besides the warden OF
DEPUTY warden and such NUMBER
of guards as ne shall think neces-
sary. the following persons may Dc
nresent at the execution out nc
others: the sheriff Of the county IN
which the prisoner was tried and
convicted, the board OF directors
the physician OF the State Prison
the clergyman in attendance upon
the nrisoner and such other persons
admit males, as the prisoner may
designate, not exceeding three N
number, representatives OF not eN"
ceeding five newspapers IN the
county where the crime was com
anitted, and one reporter from eacii
OF the daily newspapers puol!sheo
in the city OF Hartford"
Fourteen passes are prepared ana
distributed for the execution py the
avarden. WHO decides which OF the
specified persons may attend
Expects Reprieye
ZukauskaS, who was resenteIleeuS
Ian. 8, after the Supreme Court OF
Errors upheld his conviction, Is re-
S.orted 10 be confident that ne VII!
- saved from capital punishment
should his move before the Pa
dons Board fail. he may present rs
ease. through Publh Defender Ec-
ward T. Carmody, before the U. >
supreme Court in Washington. sncn
ar appeal would have TO be MEG
nneedtlv. since the state boards oe'
rielon will be m nth hour one.
Mrs. Plungis was slain Nov. ], 1851
and her bullst-ridden, naked BODY
was found three days later in a
shallow grave In Middlebury woods
after zukauslxas confessed.
The former policeman chose
trial by court rather than by jury
and testified in his own defense
during the three-week trial. Mrs
Edna zukauskas, his wife. who &C.
companied her husband and "6tef'
lie" on the death ride, has been
regular visitor at Wethersfield.