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Show Electrocution. V Tho present failure of electrocution is causing consldorablo comment. DIf- J forent convicts require a different ', number of volts to produco tho same m results. Ono convict received 1,750 If' volts and recovered, and then ho re- I eolved 1,900 volts without fatal ef- L feet. Recently a condemned man re- eolved a shock of 1,700 volts, which was continued for thirty seconds, 4 without cnuslng death. This number U had to bo repeated four times before f ho was declared dead. Tho explana- I tlon mado was that tho criminal was J1 very thin and his body was a poor ? conductor, and also that his hair was i thick and oily. It has been suggested " by physicians who havo witnessed J theso executions that very many J criminals who havo been electrocuted might bo restored If proper efforts . woro mado Immediately. Tho suro death In any caso Is believed to bo i duo to tho post-mortom examination which Is at onco mado, and not to tho shock. |