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Show ELECTROCUTION ED The Fate of Four Murderers This Morning. Sing: Sinf the Scene of Another Test of Hurling Criminals Into Eternity by Means of Kiectrtelty. Sing Sing, N. Y., July 6. Severa witnesses ai rived thhs evening among whom are Dr. Southwick, of Buffalo; Dr. Alphonso Rockwell, of New York; Dr. Daniels, of Buffalo ; Warden Durs-ton, Durs-ton, of Auburn; Dr. Carlos McDonald of State Board of Lunacy, Prof. Ludahy , of Columbia College; K. A. Davis, ot New York; E. A. Brown, prison purchasing pur-chasing agent. Dr. Ward, Dr. Town-send, Town-send, and a Rochester physicivn are all at prison. Father Creedan, when going go-ing home, said he would not be hack tonight. to-night. One of the witnesses xtated definitely that the execution would not take place before 2 o'clock in the morning. morn-ing. There are three or four witnesses to arrive but they are expected by late trains. Everyone of the witnesses here except Dr. McDonald and Warden Dur-ston Dur-ston decline to talk, claiming they know nothing of the arrangements. It has been decided that IFather Creedan anil assistant, Father llogan, will accompany ac-company Wood and Slocum to the execution exe-cution chamber. Deputy Attorney General llogan arrived this evening with the death warrants. Two priests entered the prison about 9:40 p. m. Warden Brown said at midnight that unless some papers were served on him, he would execute all four of the men. The warden said no one but himself knew the hour fixed, not even the condemned men. Tlie general gen-eral opinion at midnight is that the execution will occur after 4 a. m. The warden said: "The men are all awake. I was jufct down to see them. They are very quiet, but they evidently know-that know-that something is coming." Father Creedon and Father Lynch were in the prison at midnight as was Mr, Edge r-ton r-ton the prison chaplain. They will be with the condemned at ail early hour; sometime before the hour set for the execution. They will probably be the first to f now what the hour is. It is not improbable that 10 o'clock will be the houf), though the general impression impres-sion is that it will be nearer sunrise. R. J. IJaire, attorney for Wood, ar rived in Sing Sing at 1"? .0 clock and drove iiSimedia.c-ly to the prison, lie had in'Jy.s- pocket a certified copy of a petition ipr habeas corpus riled by him with Ju lAe Lacomb. After -$8:on fere nee with the Warden, Lawyer Ifitre left the prison. It is believed be-lieved he wesnt after a notary for the purpose of swearing to some paper to be filed with tle warden in support of his claim for astin Haire returned 1 ter bringing a fpy of Wallace's Reports, Re-ports, containing a decision on which he bases the claj?m that the tiling of his petition acts a a stay in the Wood case. J;'cud Xiehad had . a long inter-'sQwte inter-'sQwte th&l warden, the result of ' which he did if Jt know. When asked if he had any llipe of Wood s reprive he said he did iot kow w h 1 to ex" pect. , Sing Sing, N. V., 5 a. m.,July . Slocum has beerJ executed. Smile was the -Vcond electrocuted at 5: 13 a. m. f . Sing biNO, s. 1., 6:lu, July i. An extra justut has this: James J. Slocum, Jo-aSph Wood, Harris A. Smiler and Schibilik Zutriro were killed by electricity iyi conformity and with the leal deereie in the prison this morning, inexpiatiofr of the crimes they committed. com-mitted. fta1f the-plison ofiieials, scientific scien-tific expVrts and witnesses- especially sumraoneU wer present. , Sing Sri a , J uly 7. The n ight of suspense sus-pense gaVjj wav about 3 o'clock to break, which none doubted would mark the deatlwof one or more men awaiting deatrrr Ihe daylight uroaaeneu, aim there came with the morning light symptoms of life about the prison. In tiie warden's house as late as 3:30 o'clock, however, quiet reigned more absolutely than at any time during the previous "night. The dynamos w ere not running, and the prison had its usual appearance of quiet. The armed guards and the group of newspapermen in the roadway were the only reminder. About 4 :25 the engineer in the dynamo house to the prison began firing up for more steam with which to run the last compound engine. The black smoke rolled from the tall chimney and very soon clouds' of steam showed the engineer en-gineer was ready at any time to take his signal. In fact, by 3 :40 the dynamo dyna-mo was running at a steady pace, only waiting to be increased j as signals came. It was run tor several minutes and then stopped, the test having evideutly been satisfactory. In the warden's house in the meantime all shutters had been closed so as the movements of those w ithin could not be seen. But there was a suspicious saillr.ess about the building that, coupled with the sound of the w birring of the dynamos, made observers without with-out all the more watchful. The window win-dow blinds of the execution room were closed ti-htly, and no view could be untamed oi me interior, m- n. known about 4:15 a. m. that breakfast had been served to the condemed men in their cells, and to the witnesses in the warden's house. Sing Sing, N. Y., 5:38 a. m. July 7. The third man has just been killed. It was Wood. Sing Sim;, 6:50 a.m., July 7. Slocum, Slo-cum, when awakened from his last sleep, was offered loo I, and then was instructed to prepari for death. Soon after he was led into the death clumber. clum-ber. Here the witnesses gathered. Slocum met his death bravely. As nearly as could be learned his death was quick and painless. His bearing was that of fear, but he nei veil himself to a point where he seemed indifferent. He w as strapped firmly in the chair, and when all was ready the signal was given, which launched him into eternity. The working of the apparatus was perfect. It is said that there was no repeti tion of the frightful torture suffered by Kemmler. The signal was given quickly, when the unfortunate man in the chair received the full current turned on, and in less time than it takes to tell Slocum was dead. The electric current was kept on until the men of science pronounced him dead. Then his lifeless form was removed and the chair made ready for the next victim. |