Show will use lethal gas 0 on t convicts C 37 nevada law provides peculiar form of execution for fbi men convicted of murder CHAMBER III NEW PRISON state architect ordered to plan chamber where witnesses in safety may see man die some say method Is cruel and barbarous carson city nev kev ln in this capital city of nevada they are building a new state date penitentiary which will contain a lethal gas gag chamber for the execution ot of condemned criminals under a law passed at the recent session ot of the state legislature all persons condemned to death in this state must be killed by the administration of lethal gas the laws affecting the death penalty have been out of the ordinary in this state for a number of years past under certain restrictions the condemned criminal has been able to choose e his own method of execution the last man to die at the hands of the state was one who la in the language of gov emmet D coyle boyle accepted shooting the condemned man was seated in a chair in the prison yard with his back to a wall A diagram was fixed upon ills his clothing A company of men were engaged to shoot at the living target all the riflemen were expert marksmen As they entered the prison yard they were handed loaded weapons some gorou of the guns contained blanks and others were loaded with steel bulleted shells no member of the firing squad knew what his rifle contained D death eath was instantaneous after the single crash of the lie volley that snuffed out the forfeited life it was found the figure 8 traced on his breast had been perfectly perforated by the tul bullets lets which were found to have plugged the back of the ibe chair on which he be sat the char of the sia states tes i hooting gallery Is one of the gruesome objects ot of curiosity which you can see in the old prison yard vie figure 8 S Is very accurately outlined in the wool wood whore where the bullets lodged after they sped through the human body those uhn hn witnessed the execution say that death was practically instantaneous tane tan ous the physicians believe that shooting Is the quickest least painful and most humane method of execution the new low law lias has precipitated much discussion there are ninny many lawyers in nevada who to hold bold that a criminal may not be legally executed by lethal gas they say it Is unconstitutional because it violates the constitutional prohibition against cruel barbarous and unusual punishment there Is weight to this contention in the minds of the members of tile the prison board so that they have carefully preserved ohp billows 8 for such use as may he be necessary gov emmet D boyle head bead of the who signed the bill making the lethal gas execution legal holds that it Is iq perfectly feasible and constitutional there are a number of lethal gases that may be employed he told me any will produce practically instant death I 1 satisfied myself thoroughly concerning this phase ot of the before I 1 signed the bill I 1 am convinced that this method of execution can be simply administered ond and aill be effective use mechanical methods the gas will be administered by some pome person designated by the warden it will be administered by mechanical ch methods the execution by this method will not be painful 1 I do not think however it Is related in any respect to the abolition of the depth penalty no steps have yet been aken ACT to pr provide orvIde the tor for the disc of the law we are not a very populous state and we hae ro no one waiting the death penalty for this reason we are not making great haste hasle in getting ready for executions which may not occur for many years the ticklish job of proy providing iding the conveniences for sending a human being across the great divide by lethal gas lias has been assigned to the state architect lie ile must build a chamber in which the victim may be housed while the watchers and witnesses provided by law are present while idle he be Is put to death As Is well known in connection with the lethal gases used during the war the slightest diffusion of these elements caused widespread havoc it Is not possible to build a chamber which Is relatively hermetically scaled because it will not permit that the provision of the law be carried out ou neither Is a glass chamber feasible the likelihood Is that the death chamber will be so built that the gases will be blown away from the necessary witnesses and watchers if any fumes should escape absolutely painless it Is anticipated the gas N hlll III be ad d much as gas Is administered to a patient in a dental chair or to a person preparing for a surgical operation in other words it will be a form of anesthesia and tile the adein intrator will probably be an expert chosen from among p physicians I 1 1 or male nurses those who favor this method of dealing death de clarp it is absolutely painless most of the advocates of the measure bellee that the condemned criminal should be given a sleeping potion in his food and that the lethal gas should SOME OF BIG QUESTIONS IN PACIFIC al 1 v A APAR E IF 9 WAKE I 1 FLIPPIN ZIS VAIA 0 CP a YAP D CIA I 1 MOA itra el U 5 T RA R A L I 1 NeV ZEAlA A by the treaty of 0 versailles german rights in the chinese province ot of shantung were viere transferred to japan the united states senate adopted a reservation in the treaty withholding Ith holding american acquiescence in this transfer china refused to sign the treaty because of it 13 japanese forces are still occupying parts of the siberian coast provinces japan has also occupied the north or russian half of the island of sakhalin Sak halin 0 yop yap Is the important cable station islet a mandate il over er which was irregularly awarded to japan by the allied supreme council president wll son had bad made a reservation on yap and the united states has not relinquished its right to participate in the disposition of these former german possessions turned over by germany to the five allied and aw associated elated powers be administered in the subsequent slumber the claim that no gas can calk be administered without awakening the sleeper Is disputed world alde interest has already focused upon the state with its vast vask area and its small population on account of this extraordinary death pen ally students of prison reform are ara divided concerning the humanity ot of the alie measure its application will be b watched with exceptional interest by scientific organizations and colleges there Is little likelihood howe however verv that nevada will permit the execution to become a public show executions are not popular in nevada there Is a very active sentiment against carry ing put out the death penalty since the tha state was admitted to the union oril only six men have been condemned tl M death and of these only two were a ah ti lowed to be executed arnoll arnold kruckman in new york world D Nian mandates dates over the caroline and marshall islands were awarded to japan by the allied supreme council counell the american delegation to the peace conference did not contest these assignments E F guain la is the most im important american naval base in the western halt half of the Paci pacific r p hawaii 13 the most important american base in the middle pacific 0 3 the philippines till an exposed expose di AL itan outpost in the fit far r east can be held only it if the united states can maint maintain nIn a fleet in the based on hawaii lind and guam II if the german part of new guinea was assigned to australia I 1 the german portion of the samoi hamoi islands was assigned to new zealand J wake island which belongs I 1 t ale halted states |