Deseret Evening News | 1905-12-23 | Page 1 | Dr. C. Simon's "Scientific" Tests

Oft DR C SIMONS TESTS Says Negro Murderer Gave Pre Pro Prearranged Prearranged arranged Signals After the th Trap Was Sprung RAISED AND LOWERED HANDS the tilt Operation And the Man ManOf Manof nn Of Ot Knowledge a Makes Deduction Jersey y r City ity N J Dec Del Dr Carl Carlton Carlton Carlton ton Simon who tho the hanging yesterday of ot J P F Tapley Jr de IC declares clares that the murderer gave trave tho the pro d signals In proof that he lie wan conscious nearly unit a minute after the tho trap hud had been sprung Dr D Simon said ld The Tue actual test on n the was most moat successful was wa absolute absolutely b ly iy I In possession ot of his mental faculties The Tho lingers of ot the dan dangling KlInK gling body bOli moved moed with convulsive con Then the tho hands fell tell rigid at nt atthe atthe the side 0 Five Ilvo seconds passed and 1 then Tap Tail Icy Ic began tho the signals agreed n upon be between betwee Je Jet tween twee t us signal came caine at ns Tapley holding hold InK the th lef hand extended elten ed rl rigidly downward raised tho the right slowly as ai asfor astar tar for a ni the hands permitted him and made three distinct contractions of ot the thumb and Then Ihen with clearly determined effort the dying man lowered his right rl ht hand held heId It for tor foran foran an nn Instant rigidly rl u his thigh and slowly raising the left hand hantI repeated the signal nal At the third contraction of ot tho the left lefthand lefthand hand there barely burch strength in inthe the tho d dying fingers to carry carr out tho the agreed program To ro any an man of or scientific knowledge viewing this tIIs test With JlII a I full tull knowl knowledge edge dle oj If nil nh the governing conditions the following conclusions conclusion are Ar Inevitable able ahl Namely that Topley Tapley wn was i alive and andIn andin In III conscious torture for tor neatly nearly neal half bait a minute after tho the tall fall of the drop That he Was literally strangled to death In the thc name of the tM law luw