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Show t'HE AUTOPSY viatic on the lUt!r or AUlliam Keraiiilcr aud Wial it Krtraird. THE irflCiAL fccPORT OF DR. G HEADY. New Tk aud L";lWi ei iuier (vudrma the Kirrlriral Eiwution Inr. ANO CALL FOR ITS EARLY -REPEAL. srt. ritr Liahililf f "e "pfpf fs r XaUt1iix; AlroallU of the Ktrnlion. By Telegrai-h to the News.l iiOJMiifs m:i i:ii. The ai tor mitt lt rr-uhi. P. "plnloni on JSc i:Ve- V,tVn A'Vr&w, N. Y., Aug. tK Tlie lovvn who ivrftirmeil the autojey hai; iireran-d a iinlimiujry ttatc-meut ttatc-meut of Hie ri-HilU of the execution. They agre that unroncIotianes Was Instantly prudiicitl. The ileatlt was aprereutly i1dIli?, notwith-sUii.Htn; notwith-sUii.Htn; the Might Uifect in the electrical apiaralu, 1iilIi miulrei a icoml cuntsit of the current to eiiiurr tleatii. Tllitf was estensh u Uiarring of the bodj at toliita of contact of the electrode, alv min'Jtc hemorrluges wire fucnli In tlio nuuitiraec and ventricles of the brain. The Welti fluid vrta diri:, in longitudihal runs. CorieiiOHdIug ith the region of contact the lilooa wascartionized. Tlicre was a tic-I tic-I cid'tl cliauge intiiecombtency and color of the Ivain corropondiug ith tlie jiut of contat t. Destructive Destruc-tive ciiange of the blood corpuscles w c ru noted. IJr. i-hrad. tonight gae out the foliowiuK as the riMilt of the an-toiy. an-toiy. riie Inxiy a'os fairly will tiutiriehed: roor ntortut was marked lutticulariy In Uie musclt-s of tlie Jaw, neck and thorax, and grail u-illj- esteu ling from above, itown-nnl, itown-nnl, involving the feet and legs of theltKly and eitenulng up as far as tl"j anterior auxiliary line; al- un the pendant f-urface of the upper and lovier extremitR-. The ujijvr extremities were partly llaceid and rotated oat arils. t!ie nails Rlioivin post mortem lividity. There asau oval deprea-ion of the walpupon the vortex, ltnuiug at the anterior hair line aud measuring fourinches in its long, and three aud a half inches lnitafhort dlamctir. On incising in-cising thci-kiu over (he sUniuj, the blood which tsoajied w as unu-ua'il. uark and fluid, and rt niaiuetl yo in littte-ure. Thtre wa no hirmcular action of tl.t inIitlEionc5.ijeureto thealr. The diaphragm extended from the fifth intercosutl on the left aud the fourth on the riliL The I'lotnl from the outer mrfaceoj Uie liver was of a crinuou-like color. Tm: ARUIINAI. o.ls were normal in the position ami appearauee. The luu-jles of tt-e thorax were of usual color. Sjiots wire uotieed on the posterior border of the lotter Ibe of the left lung. Over ha'f of tile lung Moated w lieu placed in water, shouitig .t marked emphymalous comlittou. The l-ronchiah- were normal in appearance, appear-ance, and i-oubiineil mutms and air bubbles. The rtlit lung was adherent ad-herent throughout the diaphragm. Iu the mnldle lobe of thii were ntinieroiH well mark-d tpola. The ilecn was normal iu ize till apju-.irance. The left kiduey wtlslni! Ki ounceA and the right kidney tlirte ounce. Hoth were iuteiiM.lv congested. Tiie lieart weighed 5j ounces. The valves were healtuy. The bladder was contracted. The scalp, on bung removed, showed the vuilex of the akull to be m a defstcateil condition, corrc-jonding corrc-jonding with tlie contact of the electrotie. a previously noted. Imt of larger area, being four nieJiei by live inches, Uie zone of tne MMlj) Ijeiugonlyii by ."inches, the long diamtter being antepOftt nor. On removal re-moval of the f-kull cap the dura was normal iu texture, hjiiilm hat dull iu color, larticulatly ovir the area eorresjionding with the zone of contact. Iu the pro-roiandic region, meningeal ve-sels measjring long con exity auteric-poteriorly of four inches on the left side aud three on the right. They were tilled with carlmuized blood. On iutcr-ntl iutcr-ntl aspect of cahariim meningeal eedl4 in the dura the contents and coats appeared to be bltck and carbonized. The carbonized ves Eels were to brittle Uiat tluir ENl- M KIU: TOKN OFF with the caivarium and pretentetl a broken, crummy apaarauee. This combination was limited ir an abrupt manner. Theothtr meningeal menin-geal cssels coiitainttl blood of a iriniMiL-likp liue, corresponditig to tlie outer liru previously descritied. Thepiaand gjer Uieni-eives wen-ofaiale wen-ofaiale bull color. The rest had the ordinary ror.y Injection. While olisirvmg this amende area, it was noticed tiiat its blood essels lK-gan to fill. Tile pia and arachnoid arach-noid on convexity were jwrfectly normal. The brain cortix in the area of contact was tenslbly hardened to one-sixth of its depth, where there was a broken line of vascularity. The veseLs o tr the coqiia striatum showed enlargement in dilfirent parts of their ramifications. Thu paus was slightly eoftcned. Tlie burned integument of the back, on luing n moved, showed the spinal mu-cjes underneath to be cooked, like overdone beef, throughout thtir entire thickness. Tlie blood taken immediately after death showed under the microscope a markedly grtuular condition, almost suggesting suggest-ing an ejectholylic dLsSolutou of Uie red corpuscles. a. KI3UII.KR' LAST JIOUIIS. Acia-'ltx, X. V., Atig.o. ICemm-lcr ICemm-lcr had gone tteaccfully to sleep iu the night and was snoring until 5 o'clock, when he was awakened by one of his guards. Pastor Houghton, Hough-ton, who attended Kemmler, and l'rltn Chaplain Yates were with him. They read (o him from the Bible aud lie prayed with them, lie dressed himself without aid in asuit of gray mixed goods. His hair he combed and brushed with great i-are. Hi" shoes were well pcliliccl, and while lie made himself him-self finally tidy the warden aud a tall stranger, who Is a deputy marshal mar-shal iu lJufTalo, entered the cell. Tho warden explained to Kemmler Kemm-ler that he must have tlie top of his Iliad shaved. The prisoner demurred. de-murred. Ho had taken great pains in dressing his hair, and, besides, its he explained to the warden, he did not want tobedi8gurtd. Keuimler-s hair is dark, brown and wnw, with a hypericn curl that fell on his forehead. Of thi he was proud. Iu the shadow of death his vanity asserted itself. His hair, however, was cut, but the curl wa saved, and. as the sequel proved, with no good result. Theshavcn snot wa 2i by ! inches in size and wasuotftmed but cropped fairly flOM While this as proceeding, antl tho wiUterccs examined the chair, the death-bolt was run by the dynamo, dyna-mo, and the Incandescent test lamns iu tuts ante-chanltr g'owed flhl!y. Tl-e cUtteht 5 OS the strong liYror an'l wascoorsin; Uie circuit. Tlie evidence waA there: "L)t ijSrr itblvlliVy burm' Th'JS eiciaimed Dr. ilacOonalJ, who was thu only one who got Into the ante-room, and that u Idle ignorant of the warden's do-ire to keep its secrets in folate. In resxiouse to Dr. Maedonald's comment, Klectriclau Dam's remarked re-marked that there was "something wrong with, tho machinery down there." referring to thf BNAilO Of THU CIKCU1T Tliis remark took place before the electrician, it will be remembered, nnd was undoubtedly as true a fe mlnute Itler When the bolt was ajr pllc-d to ieetntnleh ul TJmriAd'jyhnttliuan. alter having his nair cut, on top of his head, lis-, tencd to the rending of the warrant by the warden. When the current was first turned on the least unhappy of all In Uie room was Dr. Houthw itk of Buffalo, the fathir t'f eiect?o"itlon In caj ilal case-, inU wio had Leen stud -!2gand wotkluguptheEuHectsince ISSI. "riitre," he exclaimed, as he strode away from the chair to a knot of w itnesses at the other end of the room, "there is Uie culmination of ten j ears' w orfc mid study. We live In a higher civilization from this day, ami eeu while he "poke a quicker went up from tlioe yet cloMly watching about tlie silent figure in the clralr. There had been a movement in the breast of thu man, w hen nil believed lie bad died one minute and fcrty-seveu Seconds before. The barlow lug scenes intending the second electrocution follow ed. Tlie doctors in general declared that Uie man, from thuter) first contact, was beyond consciousness, aud some thought the action w hich startled all aud sent the warden away with a w lilte face to order the current nuewe-d, was a relaxation of muscular action. Not so with onuplivsleian, w ho declared that lie would stake his name that he could bring Kennnler lack to conscious life with a brandy hypodermic. Iu tlie meautinio,oue ot the w Itnesses, .Mr. I!. O. Uainb, of Washington, D.C, had fainted and lay upon a It'tich, where he wasbclng'fanned. When finally TlIK EI.1X.TKK MVSK w as renio vctl Kemmler's eyes w ere found half oi.'U and without the glassy stare common to eyes in deaUi. The lids were lifted and tests of the pupils with a brl gilt light were made. There was no contraction contrac-tion of thu pupils. Where the mask had pressed the forcheau there w as a lurid mark. The uom.-at its base was of a deeply lurid hue. Purple slots soon began mottling the hands, amis and r eck. Tiie doctors, said lie wassurely dead, tine of the Hulfalo doctors, evcn minutes after the straps were removed, cut the skill at the temple for a miemscopic examination of the de-.td man's bloo I. It was Immediately Immedi-ately examined and found slightly coagulated. One of the electrode. IHng withdrawn from contact wiUi tlie body, the flesh adheres! to the rim of tlie tipper disc. Doctors McDonald and Slirady examined ex-amined the lic-td. They found there was a elects circular imprint on the top of the head, made tiy the sharp pressure of thu electrodes' rim Thu spot w here a tuft of Kemmler' hair li.ul been cut oil" just before dentil, was found to constitute not more thin one third of the area of contact witli tiie electrode, and a cIom: examination ex-amination di-clo-ed that the edge of the copper w itliin Uie electrode had slightly burned the scalp just where tlie hair had leen cut-Had cut-Had not Kenimler's desire to avoid lltigiiremetit by Uie culUng of his hair prevailed (he contact would htve lieelt more terfcit, the chance?) of instantaneous death would have lieen greater, and pesi. lily the disfigurement which followed fol-lowed would have been avoided. AS, TO THE CH SES OF FAII.l'lth to kill Kemniltr instantly, there is said by ail phjslciansto be no doubt tint couciuusues was stricken in-shtutly in-shtutly from his brain. Tlie fact that he was not instantly killed was the result of improper contact or of insufficient voltage or pressure. The contact was certainly not perfect per-fect at the head, for two- thlnls of the contact was upon the man's thick, smootlily-t rushed hair, theclipiietl snot King one-third the size of the electrode's tliamcter. Warden Durston says 17iW vults was Uie pressure of the current first applied to Kemmler. When ipit-tioued ipit-tioued tonight by an Associated Press curreioiident if the tw enty incandescent lamps on tiie circuit to indicate the presence of the current were burning when Uie bolt wns discharged into thu murderer, liu stated tint they were. They should not have Ix-en. The moment before be-fore switching the current into Kemmler the test lamps should have !een cut out. 1 itch lamp took 100 volts at onco out of the current sent ta Kemmler. That left 700 to cause death. The best authorities state that 1 5 ier cent, of a current is stopped at poinLs of contact and that ST is thus exnJeii in thu body. Eighty-five per cent of the 70(1 volts not consumed today by the lest lamps is 595 olts of pressure. This is enough to surely kill a man instantly in-stantly w ith good contact, but tiiat of today was not perfe-ct. The warden says all was working right tliis morning, though la't night at midnight his appliances were in suth order that he was not certain whether the execution would Like place today, even though lie had summoned tils guests to Uie prison at an early hour this morning. Warden Dun-ton has 1s.cn througu a terrible ordeal, and knavery of men has been pressed upon him so much where least ex-jiected ex-jiected that, as he says, lie scarcely kuow whether to tmst himself. TlinCTO-CEMiCScH OPINION among witnesses here lodiy U that not the slightest elouht exists but that a human being may Ie instantaneously instan-taneously killed by 100 volUnpplied through a perfect contact and continued con-tinued twenty seconds. Tho body of Kemmler will Indisposed In-disposed of tomorrow iu the prison burying ground, witli quick lime to hasten dissolution. THE SYSTEM CONDEMNED. X.w YoitK, Aug. I!. The story of the electrocution of Kemmler has been the talk of the town today frcm the time when, early this morning, extra editions of the newspapers giving the horrible details told at great length, were read wiUi a shudder. The general concensus of opinion seems to be that the circumstances cir-cumstances attending the execution of Kemmler by electricity are sufficient suf-ficient condemnation of tills method of InillcUug the capital penalty. WHAT HAROLD niWWN SAID. Loi'isviixc, Aug. S Kemmler was dead within a second after tho alternative current was turned on," said Harold Brown of Xew York to a Caurlrr-Juurnal reporter tonight. He is the man who, after the New York Legislature passed the law to execute by electricity, made expert ments and placed lu po&lUon the deadly dynamo at Auburn. When I asiedabout tho execution Brown said. "In regard to tho Kemmler execution, I yjil fay that experiments wflL animals show that one second's conltct wiUt tlie alternative current will prove ln-etantlr ln-etantlr fnUI, bdt Hal If l!0 current 13 Opchtcl beforo the expiration of twenty-five or thirty rewinds, Ui3 mujthlar, rigidity, tatied by tho bH-pe be 111!! eHrrnt Ihmuglt th muscles will bo followed l acor-rciouding acor-rciouding relaxaUou, which may produce a siasmodiu expulsion cf breath aud attempts at re-piratiou. If Uie current isltept on more thau thirty seconds tlire is nu movement whatever of Uioniuclts when the current Is cut off? "Kemmler wts killed instantly iml jilrtlefS'y TJ'bhi the tlrt sec-ohd, sec-ohd, but as tho cHrtetit Wa0pe!il 'taken otT) btfore;Uiree seconds had posed there were relics motions of the musc!, nh Is frightened, somo bf lllbattendallliliito tlilukiiigthat iioftfoVdo'IT "Ilow 'o jo accctint for tliu burns on KemniH-r's bod?" . "It seems to mV," replied Brow n, ''that tiiertt wm uitsufllcleiit moisture moist-ure oirtftiflecticjles." WAS IT A lAIU'KU" A.iAN-, Aug. 0. Dr. Dewls Balth, of this city, executive ofll-e-erofthe State Board of Health, w ho was one of the w itnesses at tlie execution of Kemmler, said tills evening: 4,I do not consider the failure of the first shock to kill Kemmler any proof that this meth od of e-xc-ctitioii It necessarily a failure, for from thu first shock the rI-oner was lrtually dead. He suffered no fain and did not regain consciousness. I think there should be an electrician apoInted who would attend to all executions and have charge cf tho electrical ap-iafatus. ap-iafatus. under the supervision of the oflicer elesignated by law to tarry tlie sentence into effect." WHAT Till- NEW OKK rltESs HUNKS. Skw Yiibk. Aug. !. The Sun says: '-Tho first duly of Uie next legi-Iature will be to rcit-al the electrical execution law." The JlcrtM says: "While yesterday's yester-day's experiment was a failure, it does not show that this mode of inflicting in-flicting tlie death iicnalty is not a success. The failure was due, notto thu system, but the bungling, iu-efllcieiitwaylii iu-efllcieiitwaylii whit h the execution wasmaneed. The fault was with the doctors and the el" tricans."' The llorrf soys. "Tho result of the first experiment strongly condemns con-demns the method .if putting criminals crim-inals to deaUi as cruel and shocking. The theory of unconsciousness from the moment is at best n mere assumption. as-sumption. It was not stistainesl in Kemiiiler's case by the outw ard iL-dicatious. iL-dicatious. Appall ntly the man died In npnliv ilui lie slnw tntiun. Tht electnc ext-ctitlon law ought now to be repealed on all accounts." Thu Mail and Krfrtm.Cujmeraal Adrertuer ami hrtntnij 7W all strictly observer! the law this afternoon after-noon and published only n brief announcement an-nouncement of tile execution of Kecimler. KMJMMI I KksnOI IMUNs. IaimsiN. Aug. . The Htmintv'. commenting tijtt rt the killing of Ktmiuler tiy electricity, sys the scene was worthy of the eurkest chamberHof Uiu ilhml-ltioil of the sixteenth century. The Time su-Mt would ! Im-W-sib'e to imagine a more reoitliu; exhibltuiii. It advocate-s a ilentlt chamlie-r in preference to the n-e of electricity throughout Uiu nv.hzed world. "We cannot Islit-M- the Americnus will allow the eiectrii-itj Iiglslativu act to stand. ' HESS HUTI'JN ul IHK CliAllt. At i.i BX. N. Y Aug.)!. I'ollow-ing I'ollow-ing is n tli-srripUon ol the electi n-al clitir iu whiili Kemmler was executed. exe-cuted. Fustere-d to the lack is an adjustable adjust-able figure 4 which can be raised or lowered so as to eonie down over the Iiean of thu condemned. The ti-c-hniipie of the thing is rry slmple. Thniugli the 4 tl ere is .i bole, and thrutigli this ssvs a niblicr tub containing a rod of steel or tnpjier to which a wet suge is fastened. This smjih;i- will touch the crown of the condemned man's head. Another pipe, with webbing lirs'itio ami a sponge, jasM-s up Uirough the seat so as to touch the base of tl e-spine, when the man Is strapped firmly in his sent. This was accomplished by the use of several strat-s, one pusslng around Uie che-st, another around the -ilslonien, whiilidrew the webbing against the .ini-, while Uie arms w ere firmly strai ped to thoc of tlie clnlr. The feet restetl on a com fortable footiest, after the fa-hiou of those in use iu a liarts.r shop. In-died In-died the strong n-senililance of this instrument of eleath to a bart-cr's chair has already i.nu'isl the prison nilicials tosjictik of electrocution in their roughly humorous way as a Iraldhcadt-d shave. Thu electricity w as generated by a dynamo near to the imwcr room a thousand fW.t away from tlie place of execution There is nothing uncomfortable about the chair save the deadly cur-nnt cur-nnt which goes with it, and If death by the latter Iw as sudde it and ciiulcsaK tho advocates rftlrni, it will certainly be Uiu must merciful means of capital imnishmcut used anywhere. Itnitll-.TINU THE ILFCt TIOS. New Yokk, Aug. . Here is a isirtion cr the ch-clricil execution law which ncarlya!! Uie newspapers of New York state have violates): 'No account of thu details of any such execution lsjyond tlie fact that such convict was on tlie day in ipiestion dulv executed according to Ian at the prison, shall be published In any new s paper. Any ierou who shall vlolttu or omit to comply with thu provi-lons of tills sectiou shall lie) guilty of a misdemeanor." A question aroMt ns to whether the principals of the Western Union nnd Associated Press were also liable U punishment. Thetelt-grapli comjiany fitted up a new tlllce in Auburn, new wires were run Into it ami tw enty operators were sent there. All the-e preparations were made o that all the matter which the official correspoudetits 1ml, of w hich there were about forty, could lie transmitted to the newst-apera wlth-i wlth-i lit delay. The Assac'latcd Itcss made elaborate arrangements to telegraph to the papers of thistate nud all over the exmutry Uie fullest obtainable details of the execution cf Kemmler by electricity. The company had a special wire, whirh had been run into a house near the prison. Jlr. Krarottf, attorney for thu Western Union, expressed the opinion that the Western Union would have NOTHING TO FEAR from lending the uewrpajt.rs all the .w ires and operators they wanted on this IuterrsllDg -occasion. Mr. Kearons Uoted tlie law of 1S19, chapter , section II, which rc-tmlres rc-tmlres telegraph cemptuies to accept ac-cept messages from other companies and individuals aud to trausmlt Uie same with impartially and In good faith, under a penalty of $100 for each refural so to do. Tlie gentlemen gentle-men In charge of the Associated Press said no suspicion of violating the law had troubled the head of any of tho members; the Associated Press was merely agentautl re porter of the members and clients of an association that had noUiicg to do with publishing and was, In his opinion, entirely free from responsibility responsi-bility In doing the bidding ot these constituent members and clients. Diametrically opposite to the.8 views areU)o?eof the dhstrlt-t at- ioriiey. lie weld: "If the Aso:iated Press should funiL-h forbidden details de-tails of tho execution to the news-i-ajiers for tiublleaLkm therein, the Very moment lhc-e detains were published by tlie mrwspaixrrj the Associated Prets would, In my iilnloa. vlp!at,e Uie Jaw. Further, tu my opiBKn, tb'e nteimentj the newspapers tiuhlbli uetliiB of .Ire exccutkiu furnished to thetn by tlie Associated press an-I transmitted over the wires of tho We-tern Union Telegraph company, H tcomcsa K-rious imestlon whether the West em Union Tclegnph comjiany would not be liable for the publication publica-tion of details furnished under section sec-tion 3 of tlie penal ctlc." That section reads; a rson connected in the commission of n crime, whether whe-ther he directly commits the act constituting the oTeuse, or aids or iIHs in Itsqomniissloiijaud whether ptesOht or atiseiit, and a irnn who directly or In-'Irectly counsels, commands, luducc or procures an-oUier an-oUier to commit a crime, is a prin-cltnU." |