Show I SEOAL SHOCKS I OF ELECTRICITY REQUIRED TO KILL Negro Murderer in New York i City Died Hard DR STEIN FELL INA SWOONs SWOON-s Six Contacts of Heavy Village Had to Ba Applied Spectators Horrified by the Unusual Scenes at the Execution of George Clares Murderer Auburn N YDec 20 Frank White a negro was put to death In the electric chair at the State prison here today for the murder of George Clare a farmer of Scrlba by shooting Six contacts each of 1740 volts 7JI amperes were applIed before White was pronounced dead VICTIM GURGLED After the fourth contact a strange gurgling In his throat made the physicians physi-cians step back and horrified the spectators spec-tators The contact was quickly repeated re-peated but still the stethoscope recorded cardiac action and two more contacts were given During the second contact the head electrodes flashed brilliantly and there was an odor of burning hair The executioner said is was the sponge beneath the electrode He adjusted It more tightly before the next shock PHYSICIAN IN A SWOON Among those who made a test with the stethoscope was Dr U 13 Stein ol Buffalo and he reported that the heart had not ceased to beat When he had resumed his seat In the front row and the fifth contact was turned on Dr Stein suddenly pitched forward and tell to the floor in a swoon FIRST SHOCK STUNNED State Electrician Davis In charge of the executiop explained the gurgling In Whites throat by saying that he held his breath for a few moments after the flrstcontactr It was simply the air escaping from his lungs He declared tlmt White was practically dead after tie first contact White was about 25 years of age He had worked for Clare and murdered him for his money |