Show Rehearsal of Doom for 4 Men Staged With Speedy New Chair CHICAGO Oct 19 10 TheIr WI-TheIr PJ Their last recourse in fn the courts exhausted ex cx- hausted four lour convicted murderers murder murder- er ers were marked today to be th the first executed in Iii Cook county's new speedier electric chair To make sure It would be ready to receive two them them two at midnight tomorrow and two Thursday Thursday- Warden Frank G. G Sam Sain of the county jail conducted a weekend week weeke end rehearsal in Is which guards tested devices designed to shorten the th doomed mens men's stay in the death chamber Clasps were screwed to the arms arm of ot the chair to hold the straps which encircle the chests of ot the subjects That would eliminate dim cUm mate any nervous fumbling by bythe bythe bythe the five ff guards gUard assigned to strap them In the ward warden n said New mechanical leg and arm attachments attach attach- ments were Installed The death operation rehearsal took six seconds much less than with the old fashioned chair Awaiting execution at midnight were Joseph convicted of killing kUling a a. government informer and Peter eter slayer of ot an assistant theater manager Two days later Frank Korczy Korczy- kowski and Andrew Bogacki were scheduled to go They killed a a. policeman I |