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'CKUHXTE DETAILS OF TIIE JIOESISCSJ, WOES. UPtCIAL TELEGKAU TO THE DISPATCH. SrxG Sing, July 7. The awful tragedy, ilie legal taking of the lives of four human "beiBgs is finished. Joseph "Wood, Harry Ay Emiler, James Slocum and Shibuya Jugiro followed Kemniler this morning to the death chair and suffered the greatest .pen alty the law inflicts. There is a radical difference of-opinion as to results. Experts claim thera was Done of the horror, the roasting alive, that was witnessed at the Auburn exe cution. Says Dr. Carlos McDonald, tho physician in charge: "The men came in calmly and placidly and were placed in the fatal chair without excitement or. anything to mar the dignity of the occasion. Unconsciousness was instantaneous." An other witness adds: "It was like the snap, ping of a twig; death overtook them in stantly." The Vain Kflbrts at Secrecy. "Warden Brown tried with all his might io keep information concerning the execu tions from the representatives of the press. As on previous days, he had the prison sur rounded by his minions, armed with their "Winchesters, Every nian who witnessed the execution was practically sworn to r-ccrcey. They arrived at the prison Mon day night. Dr. Southwick says: "From the time we got there until long after the executions were over we were practically prisoners." These men, these physicians of repute, were literally compelled to sign a paper pledging themselves not to tell to the re jKirters anything they saw. Why they sub mitted no one can imagine, unless it was tliat the Warden threatened not to allow them to witness the killings. He had no authority under the law to make any such tnreats or to pledge anyone to secrecy. Warden Brown carried his attempts to keep the news from the reporters to the extent of ping his witnesses fast in his stronghold l-'nud his armed guard, until there was just time left for them to catch the trains by whieh they wished to leave town. Then he bundled them into prison wagons, driven by prison guards, and hurried them to the sta tion. Dawn of tho I'atal Morning. The morning broke gay and sombre. The crowd of villagers that had gathered on the bl iifis opposite the prison on Monday ra ti mling to maintain positions there until i".tei the murderers mot their doom had long since tired. A group of reporters who ii-id kept their weaiy vigil day and night since t-unday, lolled on tho grass "at the loot ot the bluff. Tho little houso on. tho hill w here the keepers ef the big prison live, was tightly closed. There v.as uota sign ofllleabout the prison except the rille guards who tramped up and down the walk like turned soldiers. Hardly si breath of air stirred, but w hat did pointed iho arrow of the weather vain on the cupola on tiioroofof thcpn-oii likea finger of fate st i-.vight at the flag pole on which w ere to bo l 'in Hags, announcing the death of tho crim inals a they were executed. suddenly the lights in the great prison cx--pt those ill the living i.partments went .at. Then - thick cloud or black smoke w ojnd tip lazily lroin the tall chimney In l he north end of the J ard. It was then 3.S0 o clock. Appearance or tho Death I'lag, The prison lights do not usually go out till 4. It was.i wc.iry waitof an hour, then the guards began to look at their watches. Tho air seemed to be laden with suppressed ex t'jtciut'ut. The stillness was oppressive. Suddenly the halhaids on the flagpole were whipped aside and held for a moment, then blonlv there appeared above tho corner of the tipola a small w lute flag. It sent a thrill through the little croud. The guards turned and looked. Tor a moment not a word was spoken. Then one ol the reporters exclaimed: "See, see! The-c it is." The mon had, been taken to by sui prise that they netually didn't rcal iri for the moment what was happening. Then every one of them started for tho half tnite run to the depot to get the news to this cit .. Mociim had been executed. The whlto ting was the kignal previously agreed upon to announce the death of the wife murderer. It was l.i'M w hen that signal went up. Tho ,.ccutionhad taken place five minutes be lore. The white t!ag hung limply, a ray of sur.shino.showeaonthcbltifl",and the sky in the east became pink. That was heaven's oi.Iy smile upon these secret killings. In two minutes tile signal was hauled down. The Others Followed Tast. However, after await of half an hour, iiain the halliards were pulled taut and usi a flag apjieared. This time it was a navy blue. Smilcr had paid 'the. penalty. The signal had appeared at 5:19, Smiler had diedatS:U. Tlio timo between the second and third i signals ras shorter than between the first and second, and it was taken up with specu lating: "Would Wood die? Had his inde fatigable counsel saved his life when the very shadow of death was hanging over him?" Tho question was hardly asked w lien the black Has; went up. Wood was dead. A third time, tho reporter started for tho tel egraph ofllec. Tliis timo thev carried a message that brought tears to tho eyes of n strong man. Wood's counsel wept, and Wood was tho only man of tho four whose death was mourned. He was perhaps tho poorest and most Iricndlcss, too. All vves were turned on tho pole a fourth timr.. It would be a Ions time, tho little grcup of spectators medictcd. before the VPd flag that would signal tho death of iugiro, tin- burly Jap, appeared. "The .lap: ,.- tney an prcuietca. rue news ot tlle -laps ugly niood, and his determination to fltrht to Oft killed hpfrire bn weiif.. tn tlin chair, had conio straight from a prison official tho night before. It must lie true, .and the red flag will up delayed until ho is sulxlued. The sunshine and tho pink sky disappeared, and tho hcn gray clouds spread over the whole bliill nnd'orcr the river, and they erst an appropriate glcoiu oyer tho scene and over the assemblage. Hnd one been by the prlsoiv wall outside that engine room'hp w ould liave heard an electric boll tingle five times. Tho Jap was in the chair. The Jap was sturdy and tough; he.must get all the dynamo can give. One, two, three bells. The work is done; the Jap is dead. The engineer throws back his lever and slowly the machinery comes to a halt. It had taken its llrst four lives. This time but four minutes elapsed when tho signal shoots up to tho top of he pole and hangs on limply, as did the ono for Slocum. It was 6:10; Jugiro had died at G:0L FATE OF THE FIRST. TnErunnET was twice appued TO MUKDEHEB SLOCUM. There Were Indications of Lire After tho XUrst Shock, bat Nothing Like the. Kemmler Affair The Details of tho Execution. (SPECIAL TCLr.r.r.VM TO TUB DISPATCH.! Sixo Sikg, July 7. Inside tho little execu tion room tho scene had been much moro sensational. Tho 27 witnesses had slept soundly until 2 o'clock, w hen a guard had gone from room to room and awakened them. Half an hour later they were gath ered in tho dining room on the first floor, With the Warden at their head. He opened "the door to tho covered passageway from L-tho houso ducct to tho execution room. There w ere Dr. Alphonse Rockwell, Dr. McDonald, Dr. Daniels, Dr. Southwick, Dr. Barber, Prof. Landy, Chaplain Law, of tho Tombs; Chaplain Edgerton, of the prison; the Kev. Fathers Creeden and Lynch, Deck well, of Xewhurg: C. G. Oliver, im organist, of Albany; Warden Durston, of Auburn: E. A. Brown and 1'iincipal Keeper Connaugh tou. Tho rest of the witnesses were prison guards and keepers, with tho exception of two, whose names are not known. There was only one thing in that room tho death chamber. A snake-like wire with a leather and sponge and copper arrangement on the end came up out of the floor m front underneath. In tho rear there was another wire longer than the llrst, w ith a similar capping. The witnesses ranged themselves around tho room. The scientists gathered about the switch board and gave tho signuls for tho engine to start. Tho l'ower Less Than Expected. The current was turned into the switch board, the lamp lit up and the indicator reg istered l,C0O volts, which was 40J less than was expected. It was enough, however, to kill any living thing which, it canio in contact with. Tho lock in tho iron door that sepa rated the execution from the room where the cells of the condemned men wero con fined slid back with a click that sounded very loud in the dcatu-liko stillness. It sent a shiver over the frames of some of theso witnesses, and even tho faces of tho cold blooded doctors paled a little. What must bo tho feeling of tho men who know their time had come? To that moment neither know which was to bo the first to meet his doom. " - It was his wish to prevent the other men from knowing that the first man liad been taken from his cell if possible, and so the exit from the cell room was made as quietly as possible The Warden and tho head keeper walked ahead; then tho condemned man between tho two priests, lather Creeden and Father Lynch, and the two guards. When the iron door had "been closed behind tho party fclocuin stood silent and stolid. He showed no depth of interest in tho ceremony in which he was to be a par ticipant. Tho Warden did not ask tho pris oner if he had anything to ay, and he did not volunteer anything. The prisoucr walked quietly to the chair and sat down. Through all of these preliminaries tho witnesses stood at a respectful distanco.their eyes fixed on the prisoners. The Warden had clad fclocum in a new suit of cheap black diagonal cloth trousers of a dark pattern, a white shirt, turn-down collar and black cravat. Fastening Slocum In the Chair. As tho prisoucr seated himself in the chair and leaned back, the Warden's assistants stepped forward and drew across his chest and under his arms heavy straps which were sccuredly fastened to the back of the chair. Then about his wrists and over his arms they drew other straps w hieh they buckled cioscly so that no straining undetho influence of tho curi ent of electricity could throw the body into ugly contortions or movo it lroin tho position in which the two electrodes pressed against it and formed the circuit through w hich current from tho dynamos would be plying. His legs -n ere quickly strapped to the legs ol the chair. In all these preparations the witnesses showed great interest. Warden Durston particulaily, as the first who had superin- luiimru ;ui un riiui MLion, waiciieu every movement of the Warden's assistants with interest. Dr. JloDonuld superintended tho adjustment of all tho straps. The last straps, to he put in place were tho ones across tho lace. Tiiej were belts rather than straps; one was draw n across the beard of the pris oner and partly ocr his mouth, but not so far as to prevent speech. Tho other was fastened" over his eyes and pressed down over his nose. When the straps wero all in place tho fig re "1" nboe his head was loosened and brought down so that tho elcctrodu Listened to t he end ol it at the base ol a coil spring hung in front of his forehead. When, the spongo in the electrode was adjusted tho figure -4" was clasped in place, and tho electrode was la-teiicdin position by a strap passing about tho head. Then the second electrode was put in place. It was eryliko tho first a convex brass band with a spongo stitched to the ulidcr side. Tho right leg of the pris oner's trousers had been split up tho siue so that tho electrode could be bound to the calf of tho leg. It was fastened in place. The Prisoner Makes No Trouble. The wire representing tho negative polo was attached to it at the back by a small thumb-screw of brass. This wire ran down through tho floor and into executioner's closet to the wall of which it was fastened. The wire from tho figure "4" hung from a curved rod extending over tho top of tho closet, and hanging above the prisoner's neuu. x ne prisoner mauo no sound during these preparations, but went through them stolidly, giving tho Deputy Wardens such assistance as he could by placing his anus and legs in tho desired positions ns they wero indicated. Dr. McDonald, who was in full charge of the scientific, features of theelectro cution.stood directly behind the chair as tho preparations wero completed. One ot tho attendant doctors took a can of salt water m his hand. It was a long-necked can with a handle on the side, such as is used by en gineers for oiling. With it he wet tho sponges at the two electrodes. Theprepara turns consumed onlv2or3minutes When everything was in "plaj-, Dr. Daiiiel and Air. souuiwicK iooiccu over the straps. As the doctors finished thoir quick inspec tion of straps they nodded to Dr. McDonald. It was he who in concert with Dr. Spitzka had agreed upon the timo w hich tho current should pass through Kemmler's body. He .stood just bchind.tho chair, a stop watch in ono hand,a whit6 handkerchief in tho other. The liankerchief from his hand fluttered to the ground. Three feet away from him stood Electrician Davis, with his hand on the switch bar. The falling of tho liaudker chiefwas the signal for tho shifting or tho switch bar, which threw the whole strength of the electric current into the circuit pass ing through the execution chamber. A Conict Closes the Switch. The turning on of this current was tho sig nal for tho unknown exocutoincr (believed to be a convict) within the closet. Ho stood with his light hand on tho switch bar wait ing for the signal. Almost simultaneously with turning the cuirent into the execution closcfc-harcUya second intervened the ex ccutioncr shifted the switch. In an instant the body in tho chair stiffened against the straps perfectly , rigid. Every muscle was linnly sct.ns though somo awful effort to escape from the bands that hold them tight made them like springs of tempered steel. Tho straps strained w ith the peculiar sound of stretching leather. Their edges pressed deep into tho yielding flesh of the faco and giipped tho clothing tightly. The expression of tho faco was lost under the broad band drawn across the eyes, noso and chin, but tho skin exposed to view turned a purple red. Tho spectators drew about the chair, standing on the rubbor mats for safety, and the physicians com pared notes on tho scalp phenomena pre sented. Dr. McDonald fixed his eves on his stop watch in his hand and watched it tick. on minute fractions of seconds. When it marked 20 seconds honodded to Electrician Davis w ho stood with his hands still on tho switch wniting for tho signal. It had been decided that to wait lor the executioner in the closet to respond to a signal to stop would mean a loss of time which would make the duration of tho current uncertain and destroy somo of the scientific value of the experiment. So the electrical apparatus had been so constructed that when the cur rent was turned on tho chair circuit it could be thrown out of both the chair and tlio executioner's closet by the operation of Elec trician Davis' lever. After the Current Was 15emoed. So when Dr. McDonald nodded to the elec trician ho threw tho switch bar across tho board and tho current ceased to flow through the apparatus of death. The effect on tho body of Slocum was almost instan taneous. From a pile or great muscular activity it suddenly subsided in hollow chested collapse. Instead of straining against the straps it hung against them limp and unsteady. A few moments of uncertainty followed. Would tho dead man appear to rcvi o as Kemmler had done? Would his chest heave and his lips give forth tho sound of breath ing? The experts at Anlmrn had said that tho current turned on Kemmler was too weak that it had been turned off'too soon. Through this body a steady current of 1.G0J volts, twice tho strength of tho average cur rent that passed through Kemmler's body, had been running. It had been on for 20 seconds, five seconds longer than the cur rent in the Kemmler case. Would the man move or would ho give tho sickening suggestions of returning lire that had homlied tho spectators at Auburn? The seconds passed slowly how many ot them is not known but in" less than a min ute's space thoro came between tho lips of the pallid face hanging in the death harness a rush of air which w histled betweon tho half clenched teeth and ended in a half sigh, halfgroan. Ouicklv as Dr. McDonald could raise his hand to give the signal the electrician threw the switch, the electric current lushed through tho death circuit and the body in the chair stiffened again against tho straps. The timo of the contact wasnotmadc public. Dr. McDonald has tho record of it. The Dody Ilegins to Smoke. The stop watch did not regulate tho length of the contact this time. Tho same unhappy event that brought the Kemmler execution to a close made a sudden end of Slocum's ex perience in the death chair. Tho skin and flesh of the leg, and almost immediately afterward the skin of the forehead, began to smoke. Dr. McDonald again signalled tho electrician to turn the switch, the current was w ithdrawn, and instantly the body col lapsed again. This time thero was noresponso from tho muscles. The figure hungsileut and motion less in tho straps. Thero was no doubt that Slocum was dead. The electrician had sig nalled tho cnglno and tho dynamo had stopped and the whirring noise that had sounded so clearly to tho waiting cars of tho watchers w itliout through the silent morning air had died away. The A arden's assistants stopped forward and loosened tho electrodes. Ono by ono tho straps which confined the uodj' tho chair wero unbuckled. Unlike those of Kemmler, Slocum's re-mains wero so limp that they would have slipped from the chair as tho straps wero unfastened hart not the attend ants held them in place. Kemmler's ghastly remains sat upright in the chair when tho straps wero removed and glared at the wall of the execution room, h hile the electro cutioncr went to breakfast Slocum's remains were, carried to the adjoining apartment wliere they were laid out on tho long tables thero for tho autopsy. OTHERS FOLLOWED FAST. EVEN JUGIKO NOT ALLOWED TO TAKE, UP MUCH TIME. Ono Shock Not Deemed Sufficient in Any of the Cases A Keputcd Disagreement Among the Doctors as to the Results of tho Autopsy. Sixo Sing, July 7. Very little time wns spent in making preparations for the next execution. Tho second of the condemned .men chosen was Smiler, tho Salvation Army tnguiast, who.inurdercd ono of his wives. To summon Smiler tho AVardcn had to pass the cell of Wood, but in front of all tho condemned men's cells iron screens had been drawn so that ncne of them knewbefore his time which of tho others lmd been summoned. Tho W'aiden passed mound the screen which shut in Jugiro's cell and summoned Smiler. He came wi(li calm step and courageously, supported by Key. Mr. Edgerton on one sido and Kev. Mr. Law- on tlio other. Ho be trajednofearasho faced tho curious eyes of the witnesses in tho execution chamber and looked for tho first time upon tho death chair. Liko his predecessor, Sloenm, he stepped forward without summons and seated him self, placing his hands on the arms of tho chair and waiting for the attendants to bind him. He did not offer to make any final speech. Unlike Kemmler nono of tho fonr men made any final remarks. The attend ants busied themselves w ith tho straps again, bmilcr&at calmly looking ahead until the bandage was drawn across his ees. Ao-nin the straps audhucklcswcicinspectcd; again approved. The Fatal Current Once More. Again tile white handkerchief fell, the electrician threw tho switch and in a mo ment more tho straps tightened under tho btraiii of tho taut musclos as the electric current shot through tho body. The con tact in thH case as in tho others (with per haps -omo almost inappreciable variation) was 20 seconds. Tho current measured some 1,500 olts. At tho end of 20 seconds tho current was turned off, but only for a minute. The chest of the man in tho chair began to heave and tho cm rent-was turned on onco more until, as in tho caso of Slocum, it burned tho flesh. Then it wns shut oft" mnitn. and after a delay which showed there was no chance for revival, the body was un strapped and taken from the chair to tho autopsy room. Wood was tho third to bo executed. Ho eamo willingly, accompanied by the two priests and w ent through the ordeal bravely with substantially the same results. Tho only dlllerenco in the arrangement in his caso was the attaching ot the negative elec trode to the left leg instead of tho right. Tlio reason lor this change was there was an ulcerated sore on tho right leg at the calf. The llrst contact in Wood's case, as in tho others, did not seem to be final, and it needed a second and was continued until tho flesh was singed white, satlsfvlm? tho physicians that the man w as dead. In Kemmler's case the burning of tho body was ascribed in part to the iact that tho sponges at the electrodes were not well wetted. In all lour caes to-day tho sponges wero wetted constantly and still the body was burned. Tho reason for this result will have to be sought elsewhere. The Last of the Lot to Die. Tho fourth man to meet his death was tho Japanese Jugiro. It had been expected that if any of the prisoners made resistance to being placed in tho chair it would be he. The bruto nature w hich broke out in vio lence many times during tho eourso of his' confinement might have been expected to make a supreme effort at tho last to thwart the law or annoy and injure its adminis trators; but the long term ot his confinement had bowed Jugiro into tame submission. When tho Win den and the keepers came to his cell he was seated on the floor. Thoro was not a bed in his room. Ho has always preferred to sleep and sit on the floor. At the sight ofthe Warden he sprang up as though ho met tlio summons gladly and ho followed his guards quietly. His was perhaps tho most repulsive faco that had stared at tho 'Witnesses lrom the execution chair. It was distinctly brutal. Tho long beard which used to hide some of his feat ures had been cutolfanda stubblo of somo days growth covered his chin and gave his face a dirty, untidy appear ance. Ho was dtesMcd, like tho others in a black ooat and vest, dark trousers,' w bite collar and black tie. Ho took his place In tlio chair quietly suffered the attendants s " ' to bind him without protest and stolidly awaited tho shock. It eamo to him as to tho other three, and with like results. The first contact did not destroy all appearance of lire, and tho second burned tho flesh. There was no doubt of tho death of tho Jap when he was taken from the chair. With the conclusion of tho fourth c0"" tion Warden Brown led tho witnesses oacK to his house, where after an hour's wait a second breakfast, more elaborate than the first, was scr cd to them. Tho autopsy pn tho bodies wns commenced early in tuo morning and lasted well along in tho arter no6n. Those who conducted the operations were Drs. McDonald, Kockwell, Southwick, Daniels and l'rof. Laudy. A Difference Among the Doctors. Tho body of Jugiro was tho first to bo placed under the dissecting knife. As to tho result of theso examinations there appears to be a difference of opin'on among thoso who took part in tho autopsy. Somo of tlio physicians assert that no burns or marks were discovered, whilo others tell exactly an opposito story. Dr. Kockwell said that the dynamo worked perfectly and that the force of the current was between 1.S00 and 2,000 volts. Tho murderers liavo" nothing very roman tic or otherwise iulercstingin their histories, and their crimes were ot a commonplace and brutal sort. James J. Slocum wns a baseball plnycr. Ho lived at No. 7 Clieiry street, and on low Year's eve, J8S0, he brained his wife with an ax. Judge Martinc seutenced him to die in' tho week beginning on May 5, but Ills case was appealed. Jugiro, the Jap, got into a row with some Japanese sailors in a James street boarding house last winter and stabbed Mura Canni to death. Ho was "first sentenced to die in February. Harris A. Smilcr was a Salvation army man with threo wives. 'Ho shot ono of them, Mary Draincy, because slio refused to live with him. This was on April 3, IS), at 2St Soventh avenue. He has ucou sen tenced before, too. Tho negro, Joseph Wood, was an.aquoduct laborer and killed an Italian named Carlo Kufli in a payday row. His first, sentence was for May,"lS9i. THE CHAPLAIN'S STORY. HE TELLS HOW SMILEK SPENT MIS LAST NIGHT EN' TltlSOX. Tlio Suspense Was Enough to Blako All of the Witnesses Excited, but There Was Nothing Terrible in the Scene No Ke sistance Was Offered. rEl'ECIAI. TELEOBASI TO TnE DISPATCH. Sixa Slio, July 7. Chaplain Low, of tho Tombs, who was Smilcr's spiritual adviser, complained of severe nervous exhaustion utter the execution. He said that he was obliged by Warden Brown to promise not to divulge the proceedings in tho death cham ber. Ho would not say whether he had signed a written agreement, sworn nn oath or pledged his word merely. That, too, was to bo hid in silence. "I don't understand," continued Chaplain Law, "how you reporters know so much of what happened in the prison, and what sur-' prises me most is that the reports, witli ono"" or two exceptions, are substantially correct. It is reported in the papeis that I was prejudiced against electricity as a means of death. That is true. I think it removes tho stigma of tho gallows, and I thought death eanin ns nnicklv by hamring as by tho elec trical method. But from a mercitul point of view Tuiust say that I am converted en tirely to the new method." "Vliat, then, was the cause of your nerv ousness?" asked tho reporter. "Well, it was a tremendous scene and the strain was cry great. Every time the cur rent was tinned on there was a contraction ot the muscles of tho man in tho chair, and the lips closed simultaneously." "How often was tho current turned on in each or in ono case?" "Well, several times." "Can you say how many times?" "That's a secret, and I don't like to say. I will say, however, that it was kept on a few seconds each time." The Chaplain Won't Affirm or Dcnj. - "Would you deny that it was turned on half n.dozen times in any one case?" "I wouldn't deny that it was turned on twico or even three limes," was tho reply. This was all ho would say on this point. "Did Warden Brown assist in tho execu tion of any of tho men?" "You know I am not to give socrets," said the chaplain, with a smile. "I will say, how ever, that he did not leave tho death cham ber all the time, and that ho gave the direc tions in person to the executioner. Tho Warden tieatcd mo very courteously, audi believe ho tried to do his duty. Of course, ho is a new man at the work, and a new man w ill do things the first time which ho would not repeat." Of course, this was not divulging anything, but it takes nogreat stretch ot tho imagination to understand the rest. The chaplain was then asked if he saw nothing in the executions that would cause him o have a honor of using electricity again. In ono case." ho said. "I saw smoke aris ing from the calf of tho leg of tho prisoners, lmtl did not see any burnt flesh" Did you cxamiuo to see If the flesh was burnt? " I "No, I did not; that was the doctors' busi ness." "It is also said that tho hair of ono of tho men was burned on his head. Is that true?" "No, not as far as I saw. I would not con tradict it because I did not examine." Chaplain Law then referred to a report to the ellect that ono of tlio victims showed signs of apparent revival after tho current iiassed through him. Ho said it was not so, mt the reporter lennied that he saw only tho death of the last three of tho victims. He also denied the reports that ono of tho men assisted tho ofiicers of tho prison in strapping him to the death chair. "Ilow was the night spent in the prison?" was asked. He Stayed All Night With Smilcr. "I stayed with Smiler all yesterday after noon. He had made up his mind to meet death in a Christian and a courageous man ner, and continued so till the last. It was not so with Jugiro. Tho priests told mo that he used anything but Sunday school language to them, and drovo them away every timo they approached him. At last they had to decide to let him alono. He was qulot, how ever, and offered no rcsistanco to his execu tion. We went to sleep at an early hour and were aroused at 3.30 a. xt. Before "we began the work of execution wo ate some sand wiches and drank some coffeo. In tho night Smilcr was very devout, and scorned desir ous of praying as much as the timo would allow. It was easy to see that Tie was ex cited during those two tortuous days that nreccJedthe killing. Frcnncntlv ho would stop mo hi tho middle of a prayer and sav: 'But it's a terrible way to die, it's a terrible way to die.' I succeeded in calming him, and by Tuesday morning ho wns perfectly resigned." 'Slocum, tho first of tho murderers to die, was put to death without my knowledge while in tho coll with Smilcr. The first I knew of it was when the guards came to tho cell door to got the second victim. I did not expect or desire to witness the execution, but at the earnest pleading of Smilcr I ac companied him into the death chamber. When wo arrived there, there wero no signs of tho execution that had just taken place. The chair, of course, was empty and the straps and electrodes were in readiness. Here camoby tar tho worst part of tho or deal the strapping of the victim in tho chair. It was not that "ho was refractory, for Smilcr did not oiler tho slightest resist ance. The Suspense Affected Them All. It was the suspense. It seemed lis if tho moments wero hours, and that the attend ants wero making a terrible botch of their work, though everything went with perfect precision. In spite of all that has been said about tho calmness of thoso present, I will venture to say that they were sorely tried at that moment. . 'Finally, after what appeared an ago of time, Smilcr was flnnly strapped in tho chairand the electrodes were adj listed. He was bound so that ho oould not move a muscle except thoso of his lips. Theso 'lie did movo as if about to spoak, when the sig nal was given to tain on the enrrcnt. I looked on with horror, expecting In a vague way to see something of tho dreadful scenes tha accompanied the execution of Kemmler. But I was greatly surprised. "Tho instant the signal was given Smilor's lips ceased to move, and that was tho only visible effect of tho powerful current. After a brief interval the signal was again given and the body received another shock to make assurance doubly sine. Tho body was then unstrapped and handed over, to the doctors. The colored man. Wood, was ns calm as hispredocessor, and gave the keepers no trouble. Thoro jas never a doubt, tho instant tho current was turned on, that the man had met hia death without Continued, on cixth page i A.FARMERS' STRIKE Agriculturists Want More Money for Their Wheat Crop This Year. six; million cikculaks Prepared to Be Sent to Alllhe Allied Organizations. SPECULATION MUST BE STOPPED. I Operators on 'Change Not Allowed to Enter Into This Deal. X0 MORC I0W PRICES WILL BE TAKEN SrFCIAI. TELEGRAM TO TnE DISrATCH. Cuicaoo, July 7. A great scheme has been devised by somebody Within the Funnors' Alliance. It is proposed to withhold this year's wheat crop from market until the fanners can got their own price, or at least a price considerably above tho average. Tho plan is unfolded in a circular of advice issued through ac credited official channels to all membors of farmers' organizations in tho United States. It suggests a combination of the 0,000,000 membors of farmers' organizations nnd has the relative importance and force of an offi cial order for a strike among tho 1,030,000 members of tho Federation of Labor or tho 560,000 members of the Knights of Labor. Tho circular, which is presumed to be a secret document, is now ready for mailing, and it will be sent to the 2,000,000 members of the Fnrmej's Allianco and Industrial Union, the 1,000,000 members of tho Colored Na tional 'Farmors' Alliance, tho 1,000,000 mem hoi's of tlio National Farmers' Allianco of tho North, tho fOO.OOO members of the Farm ers' Mutual Benevolent Association, tho 600, 000 members of tho Patrons of Husbandry, and tho 150,000 members of the Farmers' League. Agriculturists Want Somo Profit, The fanners' organizations now appar ently feel in a position to make demands calculated to yield pecuniary profits to the agricultural classes, and they propose to be gin with a gignntio combination in wheat. Impressed by the failure of tho Butterworth option bill and other measures to prevent trading in futures on farm products the farmers aro now, through "their official ad visers at least, proposing to "go on strike" for higher prices. Legislation is declared too slow and inef fectual and, as the conditions of the crop and the market appear auspicious, tho pro ducers, who are organized, hopo to form a combination that will result in profit to all agriculturists. The official appeal which has been already prepared for mailing to more than a million addresses will bo sent out at once. The scheme, as outlined, cannot fail to fascinato tho agriculturist and it may play an important part in regulating tue price of bread during tho next 12 months. It is outlined in the cire' -ra.s follows: SpeculatioO IBo Stopped. "The Farmers!) , pg demand unani mquidy that iog3Sina I Xri.futnre de llvuiiesof cereals.ajmcip I -o'l " ipU10 greatest competilu,. u 1 gji.' r is the speculator. Tho spe3.&Aiur'?eifs'' for deliv ery in any month in the yearand thereforo makes it unnecessary for the actual con sumer to lay in such stocks as he may con sider reasonably sufficiout for his require ments. The farmer coming in with actual grain finds most of his customers supplied by the speculator who promises to dollver. He has no choice but to sell to the elevator man at a lower price. It is a competition between grain and wind, in which tho wind has the advantage, as tho wind crop is never short. "This manipulation has robbed tho farmers of this country of $300 000 000 in the last three years. This year seems especially designed by Providence to help our farming intorest. Ourwhoat crop promises to bo good. Tho European crops aro worse than thoy over havo been and the reserves are exhausted. Under snch circumstances tho trno vnluo of """" "" "'"-""'."" " " """ i wheat is greatcrthan over before and it is astonishing tnat speculators snouia uaro to hnh nn Inir Tirtpps This llnwnvpp PTnlnlnj itself for tho following reasons. Low Prices Must Not Prevail. "During tho four years from 1SS4 to 1887 tho speculation in low prices was successful on account ofthe world's crops being in eicess of tho demand, and during the past threo years this same speculation has been carried on by check and did not result in disaster only because there wero resouices to draw upon. The success for seven years has made tho speculators think that they havo discovered tlio philosopher's stone and that tho betting on low prices can always be mado to earn them money. There is no doubt that they would ruin themselves by persisting in that policy dur ing this year, as the conditions are entirely reversed, but if our crop rushes into murkct right after harvest, there is tho danger that most of it will have been sacrificed before tho speculation on low prices is broken. There is, how ever, a remedy simple, effect ive and entirely within your control. "Tho stocks of wheat and flour aro hardly largo enough to Bupply the wnnts of this country until the new crop comes in. If for some reason tho rush of now wheat should not como as early as anticipated the market for this ci op would start in with double the price you havo obtained during the hist few years. Could you not act as if nn early har vest had been prevented, and could you not IUI UI1CU avuiu Uliuuu iiiisiu ju auintiy ma UIU speculator with tho means of keeping down your prices? "llesolve, for instance, that in view of tho condition of tho world's wheat crop a mini mum price of $1 33 for wheat in New York is modorato and conservative, and that tho members of your organization pledge them selves not to market their wheat at lower prices unless they are under contract, and that they will uso their best cttorts with jijcuus aim nuiiiuuia uuniuu ui liiuuiuui zation also to act on your resolution. A Watch to Be Kept. "Kcsolved, also, that tho State Allianco form a committee, which shall keep itself posted about the state of tho world's mar ket, and from timo to time notify tho farm ers of changes taking place and advise them upon tho minimum prices that they may reasonably insist upon." The circular gives lots of figures and sta tistics to provo that this scheme would bo feasible, and dilates upon tho money made on tho transaction of luturcs by speculators. Farmers aro told to hold back oven when better prices than thoso suggested aro offered. They are warned that when the circular is made public speculators will an swer by floods of nows from all parts of the world alleging Improvement in crops, de clining niaikets anil abundant supplies. The State Board of tho Alliance, tho farm ers aro told, will keep them informed with reliable news. The circular continues: "This action would be similar to a striko, but with this difference: Tho workiiigiuan loses money every day tho striko lasts, while yon don't lose anything, and if somo should bo Inconvenienced for a few weeks for ready cash,they will suiclynot be poorer by It." The authors of tho circular say they feel confident that most farmers will heed their advice and then wind up with tho assertion that tho minimum price thoy suggest is not nt all unreasonable and that the speculator would certainly want $1 if he had the say. By hdlding off and marketing gradually the larmers are assured they will soonsee thoir power. JEANESVILLE STTBVrVOBS EAIX OUT. One Assaults Another for Itefuslngto Enter Suit Against tho Coal Company. TSrEClAI, TELiGltAM TO THE DISPATCH. Hazletox, Juno 7. John T. Kusky had "Boso Flnko arrested and put under bail to day for assault and battery. Both men are, survivors of the Jeanesvillc disaster, and until last Saturday weifi fast friends. 'On that day Flnko wanted his companion to enter suit for $23,000 damages against tho coal company, and when he refused mado a desperate assault upon him. WORTHY A BETTER FATE. CONVICTS ;WHO DID SPLENDID WOKK DUKING THE TOKNADO. The Louisiana Penitentiary Board of Con trol to Take Action Looking to Clemency Some of the Effects of the Great Storm Western Rains. Batou lloroE, La., July 7. Tho damago by yestorday's tornado is even greater than at Mrst supposed. In this city proper the loss is estimated at no less than $200,000. Tho Board of Control' estimates tho loss at tho penitentiary at $50,000. Houses In the track of tho stonu aro unroofed, and in several in stances completely demolished. The only citizens known thus far to have been injured aio Mrs. Colton, and Mrs. Young. The former was fatallv injured. While in her brick houso in tho suburbs of tho city the storm struck thebuildingnnd it collapsed. The walls Tell in upon her and almost completely burlod the unfortnnato woman. She was rescued by her neighbors but cannot recover. At the- penitcntiary John Fochy, from St. Lauding parish, one of tho injured, serving a life sentence for mur der, died to-day. After the storm several of the convicts distinguished themselves by heroic action and labor in behalf of their fellow convicts notably ex-Judge Thomas J. Ford and Will iam Buckley, serving a 20 years' sentenco. for the murder of Captain Murphy; Louis Clare, serving a lifo sentence for the murderj of Pat Mealcy: Edward Do Witt, who was sentenced seven weeks ago to two years at hard labor for raising an insurance policy from $400 to $1,400, and appropriating tliej commission on tho additional premium, and who served from ltd tol65as surgeon in tho anny opposed to Lee, rendered valuable assistance. Before the surgeons from Baton Kougo arrived, DeWitt had setsoven broken legs and a numbor of fractured arms, and bandaged almost innumerable cuts. He.1 seemed to throw his whole soul into it, and no doubt to his efforts is duo tho fact that more of tho unfortunate beings are iriive than would havo boeu had it been necessary to wait for regular practitioners. Itisun derstood the Boardof Control will take some action looking to clemency for a number of convicts who yesterday showed themselves worthy of a better fate. The disabled towbout Smoky City left this morning for Louisville in tow of the S. L. Woods. Her damage is estimated at $3,000. ST0SMS IN THE WEST. The Missouri Elver Again Above the Danger Mark nt Kansas City. KA3SA8 City, July 7. Dispatches from various points in the eastern half of Kansas' and all of Northwestern Missouri say that heavy rains have prevailed to-day. The fall of rain varied in amount from 0.5 of an inch lioro to 3 inches at McPherson. Considerable damago is reported to wheat in shock and to wheat which it has boon impossible to I harvest on account of previous heavy rains. Tho storm at this placo was accompanied by severe lightning. Ono bolt struck a chim-i ney on tho Midland Hotel and demolished! it. The loosened bricks fell down the shaft' and crushed through the glass roof over tho washroom. It happened that no ono was in the room at the time. Several employes were shocked by the bolt. The -heavy fall of rain has caused the Missouri river to rise again to tho flood stage. The water in tho river now stands 7 incfies above the higher water mark, having risen 8 inches during the past 24 hours. Tho river' had just receded far enough to allow tlio.. people who had been driven from their,, homes in the bottoms to resnme thoir resi-f; deuce there. THEY WEBE NOT TO BLAME. Consul Donclass' Secretary Talks About Haltien Affairs. rsriCIAL TELEOBAM TO THE DISPATCH. J ' New Haves, July 7, Hon. E. D. Bassett, , ex-Consul to Haiti, and now Private Secre tary to Fred Douglass, arrived in this city Inst Friday night. Tho following morning he was seen and asked regarding affairs in Haiti. He criticised Mr. Douglass for having allowed himself to bo inter viewed. He, however, agreed with every thing Mr. Douglass had said. This morning he was shown an article in a New York paper. After looking it over he said: "How could tho United States Minister or his private secretary bo culpable for tho massacre? It was done before they knew anything about it, and in S5 minutes all tho firing was over. The whole thing was very painful to us, and all tho influence wo could widely was used later to prevent further massacres, but, as IX say, wo could not prevent the mas sacre on May 28 any moro than nny of tho othor foreign Ministers who were present could, and they are not being blamed. Then they say that Mr. Douglass is completely at my mercy. He is a man thorougly capablo to act for himself and does so act. I generally accompany him at legation meetings becauso they nre con ducted In French, of which he knows noth ing." "Tho statement," continued Mr. Bassett, "that J am reported to havo said that HIppo lyto was In tho right and was justified in killing as many white people ns he choso and that tho only fault I had to find was because ho did not shoot every white man in Haiti is wholly un true. Those nre not my sentiments and I never uttered them. Then they go on to say that tho authority for this state ment is one Arthur Croswell, attorney for tho British and Spanish legations. That must be false. In the first place, Mr. Cros well is not an attorney for tholcgations, nnd, in addition, is ono ot my personal friends and 1 am confident he never said anything liko that about me." A I0ST EXPBESS PACKAGE. It Throws Suspicion on Two Messengers' nnd Possibly Others. St. Louis, July 7. Messenger Clem Kellogg, ol tho Pacific Express Company, is tempor arily under a cloud and has been laid off ow ing to the mysterious disappearance In tran sit of a packago containing $5,000. Kellogg, whoso run is over the Iron Mountain Kail road between here and Mcmphls.has hereto fore borne an pxcellcnt reputation, and his fellow messengers refnso to bellcvo him guilty, while the company tacitly accepts his explanation of the disappcaranco of tho package. The latter was expressed by the Louisiana Lottery Company to onc.of its customers in this city, who, not receiving it, instigated an investigation with the rosnlt that the messenger between Now Orleans and Mem phis andlKellogg havo been suspended. The Southern messenger declares that ho checked the packago ovor to Kellogg at Memphis, and that tho latter gave a receipt for it, but Kellogg claims that it is the easiest thing in tho world for a packago to be lost where the transfer is made at Memphis. The express company's detectives aro shadowing every messenger on the load. Tho officers refuso to talk. PAYING ITS DEBT EABIY. Tlio Assigned Dneber Watch Caso Manu facturing Company I Prompt. fsrECIAI. TELKGHAM TO THE DISPATCH. Caktos, July 7. The Dneber Watch Caso JIanufncturing Company, who nsslgnedlast January with asset3 of $1,200,000 and liabili ties of about $500,000 in order to cflect a re organization and avoid internal complica tions nt that time, to-day anticipated by two months and paid the first paymentof $0,000 of thoirindebtcdne.ss. A E0LLING MILL STBIKE. The Proprietor of a St. Louis Concern Xte fuses to Change the Scale. St, Lovis, July 7. Three hundred men em ployed at the Niedringhnus rolling mills, on Festt chan street, w alked out on a strike to day, and tho works are now idle. Tho men wnnt Mr. Nledringhaus to agree to a new schedule in prieej, which he refused to do. He says the woiks will be, running to-morrow. " THE FIGHT ON F0BSYTHE. X Ho Will Trobably Bo Confirmed as Chief of tho Agricultural Department. Chicago, July 7. William Forsythe, of Cali fornia, tvhoso appointment us Chief of the JVorld'u Fair Agricultural De partment in pending, appeared be- fore the Committee on Agriculture I to-day. The committee went over various unpleasant charges made against Mr. Forsytho by enemies .In California. He an snered the accusations by documentary evidence to prove their falsity, and the committee took tho matter under advisement. It is believed that Mr. Forsytho will bo continued. All of the opposition comes from California, and the Director General said this evening that ir the nomination is defeated ho will not likely chooso another Californian for tlio place, because of tho factional bitterness that seems to havo been aroused. General Alexander Campbell, of West Virginia, will to-morrow be nominated as special World's Fair Commissioner to Australia. He represented the United States at the Melbourne Exposition. Henry Ballnntine, United States Consul at Bom bay, will be named as Commissioner' to India. ROYALTY FLOODED OUT. A MISHAP MAKS THE QUEEN'S BAN QUET TO TnEIMPEKOK. Tho Bursting of a Water Pipe Makes the Presence of the Eire Brigade Necessary Franco Uneasy Oter tho 'Political Significance of the Visit. Wixnsoa, Esglaxd, July 7. Af ter break fasting with Queen Victoria the German Emperor drove to tho park, where he criti cally watched the musical rido of the Lifo Guards. The Princo of Wales, the Duko of Edinbergh, the Duko of Anhalt Dessau, tho Duko of Connaught and Princo Henry of Battcnburg, all in brilliant uniforms, and the Princess of Wales, Princess Beatrice, tho Princess Victoria of Wales, and the Duchess of Fife, smartly attired in morning dress, joined the Emperor in watching the Life Guards' magnificent rido. It did not become generally known until this morning that there was an exciting scene at tlio royal biwiquetgivcn at Windsor Castle last night in honor ofthe Queen's im- Eerial grandson. A large pipe burst in tho aliquot hall, whilq the Queen ras enter taining the Emperor and apasrty of dis tinguishcdlguests, n majority of "whom were members ot the royal and imperial families. Tho result was that tho hall was altAost flooded with water. It w as found necessary to summon tho Are brigade, who eventu ally succeeded in turning the water off. Later in the day Princo Christian, of Schlcswig-Holstein. entertained the Em peror, the Princo of Wales and a party con sisting of 21 members of the royal family at an elaborate luncheon at CumberlandLodge. After lunch the imperial gue&t and the royal party drove to Bray, on tlio Thames, where they embarked on board steam launches and proceeded np the river. Lai Liberie, of Paris, to-day says: "English newspapers, in attempting to dissipate tho uneasiness which the reception given to tho German.Emperorin England,nnght inspire, indulge in protestations of friendship for France. Their trouble is superfluous. Franco knows that in case of i war England, though she has not formally entered the Dreibund, would side with our enemies. Wo can't rely upon her impartiajity." EXCITEMENT,' AT ANTTBISH POLL. A Pitched Battle Narrowly Averted, anil a BIovAimed att Parnell. DcBtiif, July'7.-"-Tbe polling in Carlow to day, for a successor-ill .il'arliament to the late O'Gorman Hahon, is. proceeding in tho main quietly. Both the jTarncllite and Mc Carthyite candidates are making a tour of tho district. Tho rcsulUwill bo announced to-morrow. During tho course of ftho day an exciting scene took place in a polling booth at Bag nalstown. Canon 0'2eill. a sunnorter of ' Mr. Parnell, entered the booth and voted, but toe uinon was asconvsiiea to see uis own cur ate Instructing nnti-Parnellites how to vote The Canon vehemently protested against the curate's action, claiming that It was an attempt to Intimidate the people. Tho people outside the booth, compoped of anti Paniellites and Parnellites, hearing the dis 'cussion going on inside, ranged themselves on each side of tho polling place and pre Inared for a desnerate scrinimaire- Tho Jpolice, however, soon gathered in force '.-.... r,.... ...1.1 n 1.1. .I!41....1. ........., WIU npUL, UUU W 1111 UllllUlllLJT Jll V VCllll H 11 free fight. In the midst of tho disturbance a man tried to strike Mr. Parnell, but he was prevented from doing so by a number of bystanders. MABOONED E0B 103 DATS. Tlio Crew of a Shipwrecked Schooner Taken From a Lonely Island. Stdxet, N. S. W., July 7. Tho crew of a schooner which has arrived here from New Zealand tell a story-of tho terrible sufferings ofthe crow of tho bark Compadrc, bound from Calcutta for Chile. Tho Compadro caught flro at sea, and her captain made for Bluff harbor, New Zealand, on Fovoaux, Straits. Before tho bark reached the hnrbor sho was overtaken by a fearful hurricane, during which tho seas swept her over and cleared her decks of everything which it was possible to wash way. The Compadre was eventually water logged nnd began to sink. In this helpless coudition tho Compadro drove upon a ridgo of rocks off the Auckland Islands. Her crew managed to swim nshore, and there they re mained far 103 days, snfforiug terrible priva tions and being reduced to a state bordering on starvation. Whilo hunting for food ono or the unrortunato seamen was lost in tho bush and is supposed to have starved to death. The Compadro's crow wero rescued at tho end of 103 days by a sealing vessel. Tho lattor conveyed the shlnwrcckedmen 'to New Zealand. HEBREWS SUCK TO THEIB FAITH. When Ordered to Embrace the Greek Re ligion They Pack Up and Leave. BEitHir, July 7. Hebrews to the number of about t'00 left Lithuania (Uussian Poland) last week. The police of Smolensk ordered them to cmbrnco orthodoxy, but tho He brews assembled in the synagogue and vowed that they would not abandon their faith. They then sold their houses, and in two days left the country. A Strikers' ltlot In Italy. Home, July 7. There wn3 a riotous striko to-day among tho ropers In the Volctri dis trict. The troops who wero sent to tho spot shot two of the rioters nnd wounded a number of others in quelling tho disturb ance. Leprosy In Ireland. Dcnirx, July 7. A pauper leper has been discovered in the borough town of Lisbuni. IN C0NFEBENCE "WITH QUAY. Chairman Andrews is Desirous of Conduct ing the Fall Campaign. rsPECiAi. telecbam to the dispatch. Philadelphia, July 7. United States Sena tor Quay arrived in tow n unexpectedly this morning and lcmained until 4 o'clock, when he left for Atlantic City. Soon after his arrival he went to the Custom Houso and spent some time with Collector Cooper. Neither of the gentlemen was disposed to talk of matters political, and though Senator Quay was In conference with sovcral of tho Readers during his short stny, ho rornscd to say anything for publication concerning the coming campaign or tho State League fight. About, noon Chainuan Andrews, of the Kepublicnn State Committee, arrived at tho Continental and soon afterwards was clos eted with the Senator in his room. It is understood that Chainnan Andrews is desirous of conducting the fall campaign, bnt will not bo a candidate for re-election though he does not like the idea of being unceremoniously tnrned out of his position. Senator Quay seems to be in tho best of health and looks as though tho anti-Quay outbreak in this city was not worrying him to any great extent. Ho declined to discuss the subject and could Tiot say anything which had any tendency toward politics. AMERICAN HEBBEWS IN COUNCIL. The Matter of the Hlrsch Fnnd Co-Opera-tion Referred to a Committee. Baltimore, July 7. The Council of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations to-day referred to tho Civil and KeIigiou9 Eights Committee tho matter of co-operation with the Hirsch fund for the good of tho race. Tho next council meeting will be held in Washington, tho date of meeting being changed from the first Tuesday of July to tho first Tuesday of December. , ALL CABSMUSTSTOP A Frightful Traction Accident in Oakland Causes Tiiis Decision. JI0. HAZLETT, JR., IOTJEED An Atwood Street Electric Car Run Doivn by a Dnqnesne Coach. TnE AUTHORITIES ACT PROMPTLY. Street Cars to Be Taxed to Pay the Salaries of City Flagmen. BOTH LINES CLABIED EIGHT OP TVAT All Pittsburg .was shocked yesterday when it was annonncctt that John Hazlett, Jr, the only son of City Editor Hazlett, of the, Leader, had been fatally injured in a street car collision. About 8 o'clock car 61 of the Duquesne Traction road collided w"lth car No. 1 ofthe Atwood street electric line at the Forbes street crossing. Both motormen seemed to think they liad tho right of way and both advanced their cars. When tho Atwood street conductor saw the Duquesne car was coming ahead ho put on the brake, but the next moment tho heavy Duquesno car crashed into the front of tho smaller one. The Atwood street car was thrown off the track and almost every window was broken. Of the three persons who wereon the front plat fonn, M. M. Prescott jumped and ran: J.L. S. Kellner ran into the car, and John Hazlett was thrown under the wheels of the Duquesne car. Ho was so tightly fastened that the ear bad to be raised with Jacks. The boy, who is only 1 years of age. was taken to Mercy Hospital. He was bruised on the left side nnd shoulder, and the baso of his skull is fractured. One Woman Becomes Hysterical. Mrs. D. S. Davies, wife of tho grocer at E8 Fifth avenue, was also on tho car, and had her left arm badly bruised, but no bones wero broken. 3Irs. John Nogel, of 370 Forbes street, was In the Duquesne car and went into hysterics. George Martin, motorman of the Atwood street ear, was at once taken to the Four teenth ward station. Motorman W. J. Longhrcy was allowed to finish his run, and was also locked up. Mr. Martin says: "I was nearer tho Forbes street crossing than the Duquesno car, and Flagman Kinney signalled me to go ahead." Mr. Loughrcy states that the flagman also signaled him to come on. He said Kinney had his back turned to the Atwood street car. M. M. Prescott was also interviewed. Said he: "I was on the front of the car on tha right hand side, Mr. Kellner was in the mid dlo and young Hazlett was on the step on the left. That was tho sido where the car was struck. I did not see the flagman make any motions. When the crash eamo I jumped into the street and tho other man ran Into the car. I do not know whether the boy jumped or was knocked on under tho wheels. I do think tho flagman should have stood, nearer tho crossing in stead of being away off to the side." Blames the Duquesne Motorman. J. L. S. Kellner told practically the same story except that ho saw tho flagman signal the Atwood street car to advance. Ho said: "Thero is no question about the signal being given to the Atwood street car, and it my opinion that the Duquesne motorman is responsible for the accident." Secretary 3IcFarland, of the Duquesno Traction, was very non-committal regard ing the dreadful accident. In reply to a re quest that ho make a statement concerning the affair for publication, he said: "I havo nothing to say at present. I don't wish any- iiiiiig puuusiicu mini x nave more evi dence in." "Is this flagman the eamo one that was doing scrvicoat the time of the other acci dents at the same crossing?" "What other accidents? Oh! yes; I re member wo have had trouble there before." Lator Superintendent Davis, of the Fifth avenue line, was seen and said: "This is' tlio third unfortunate occurrence at that cross ing. Three times have the Dnquesne cars run into ours. I didn't see the accident this morning, but I was there about five minutes .afterward, taking with me several men and some jacks. I Jacked up tho Duquesne car myself, and helped rescue the poor boy from his dreadful position under the front trucks, where ho wns tightly pinioned by the elec trical apparatus. It's a mystery to me how ho was thrown there, and miraculous that ne was not crushed to pieces. Tho flagman, Peter Kinney, told mo that ho signaled our car to cross and the Duquesne to stop; our motonnnn, George Martin, corroborates his statement. I took the boy in my buggy down to Mercy Hospital a" quickly as possible, and he talked to mo on the way. Though I knew the little fellow I idn't recognize him until he told me his name. I afterward drove forhis mother and his father." Must Stop at AH Crossings. No street railway accident that has over occurred In the city has caused so much comment. Tho feeling wa all tho greater from tho fact that collisions recently have been uncomfortably nnmcrous. As ono of tho resnlts the Com mittee on Public safety has ordered that ail rapid transit cars must come to a full stop before they cross the lines of another com pany. An ordinance to this effect will be drawn up, but in the meantime the street railways will obey this order. Tho idea which was first presented several days ago by the uisPATCH was orougm up in tuo ruo lic Safety Committee yesterday by Chief Brown.-whbsaid: "Tlio situation to-day is entirely different from that of a year ago. Now wo have rapid transit lines on every hand, nnd wo are to have more of them; crossings aro dangerous unless properly guarded, and at present I am unable to give them tho proper guards without neglecting other work by taking men lrom their regular beats and placing them on corners. Wo have had a system by which railway companies have the right to the appointment of officers under tho city police regulations and their salaries paid by the companies employing them. But this I find is a very inefficient plan. We have not tho proper authority over these men, the dis cipline is not what it should bo and under the present city laws wo cannot compel tho companies to pay for regular city police. We have not nearly enough police now to place men at the dangerous crossings In ad dition to looking after the public safety in other directions. In my humble opinion. every policeman In tho city should be em ployed, paid and governed by the Depart ment of Public Safety. Then we could hold the men to a strict accountability for tha crossings guarded by them, which we cannot do if the companies themselves nre allowed to placo any irresponsible Tom, Dick or I larry at the dangerous points. I should like some instruction or suggestion from this committee by which I shall bo guided in the matter." All Traction Cars to Be Licensed. Mr. Lamble fully agreed with Chief Brown as to the necessity of police being ontlrely under control of the Public Safety Depart ment. He referred to tho sad accident of yesterday morning at Atwood street as illus trating the present situation. "But," said Mr. Lambie, "this committee cannot origi nate a bill to cover tho matter. It must bo first referred to the committeo by Councils, nnd I would suggest to Mr. Brown that ho prepare a communication to Councils stating the facts as he has stated them here, giving tho number and location of dangerous crossings and loops where policemen are needed and ' stating the whole matter plainly. Let him send with the communication the draft of an ordinance such as ho thinks win cover the situation and Councils will then be in a position to correct the ttouble. Mr. C. Li Mageo has suggested to me a plan that I think wilt be well to ineorporatflln that ordi nance. It is a system of licensing cars used by street railway companies, and thus com pelling them to pay for tho police serrics A -1 4 J $- - ' , .. 1 . . Jti, ...,.- , . , v - -, . .
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