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15. Quotations from New York World, October 12, 1889; News (Wilmington, Del.), October 14, 1889 (TAEM 146:542); New York Evening Sun, October 14, 1889 (TAEM 146:545); New York Evening Sun, October 14,1889 (TAEM 146:545).
16. Thomas A. Edison, "The Dangers of Electric Lighting," North American Review 149 (November 1889): 625-34. Also see Edison to North American Review and Lloyd Stephens Bryce, October 14,1889 (TAEM 139:747). Commenting on this article, the Electrical Engineer wrote, "Mr. Edison appears to be wholly unable to rise above a very low plane of self-interest." Electrical Engineer 8 (December 1889): 505-6.
17. New York Times, December 2,11,12,15, 28,1889; New York World, December 2, 11,15,16,1889. Edison was asked to testify at the coroner's inquests regarding these deaths, but he did not do so. See J. B. Messemer to Edison, December 5, 10, 1889 (TAEM 126:139-42,140:4, 29).
18. Quotations from New York Tribune, December 3,1889; Post as quoted in Electrical World 14 (December 28, 1889): 411; World (Charleston, S.C.), October 14, 1889 (TAEM 146:542); unidentified clipping (TAEM 95:252). Also see Electrician 24 (November 8, 1889): 18; New York Evening Sun, October 16, 1889 (TAEM 146:542); Star (Worcester, Mass.), October 15,1889 (TAEM 146:546).
19. Quotations from Cyrus Edson and Edward Martin, report to the Health Department of the City of New York, October 15,1889 (ENHS: D-89-33); New York World, October 16, 1889; New York Commercial Advertiser, October 16,1889. Also see New York World, October 13, 15,1889; New York Evening Post, October 15,1889.
20. Quotation from New York World, December 11,1889. Also see George Westinghouse, "A Reply to Mr. Edison," North American Review 149 (December 1889): 653-64; New York Tribune, October 13,1889; Sullivan, "From Municipal Ownership to Regulation," 157.
21. New York Times, December 14,1889.
22. New York World, December 16,1889.
23. Quotations from New York Times, December 16, 25,1889. Also see New York Times, December 15-22, 24-25, 27-31,1889; New York World, 16,19, 21-22, 29-30,1889; Sullivan, "From Municipal Ownership to Regulation," 159.
24. New York World, December 17,19,1889; New York Tribune, December 28,1889; New York Times, December 15, 1889; "The Electric Light in New York, January 1, 1890," Electrical Engineer 9 (January 1890): 1; Sullivan, "From Municipal Ownership to Regulation," 490.
CHAPTER 18. DESIGNING THE ELECTRIC CHAIR
1. Quotations from 7 N.Y.S. 813 (Sup. Ct. 1889). Also see Denno, "Is Electrocution an Unconstitutional Method of Execution?" 585-88.
2. New York Times, August 6, December 29, 1889, January 19, 1890; Buffalo Express, August 7,1889; New York World, July 17, October 10, December 27,1889.
3. David J. Rothman, "Perfecting the Prison," in Oxford History of the Prison, 117-19; John N. Miskell, Executions in Auburn Prison, Auburn, New York, 1890-1916 (Auburn: n.p., 1996).
4. George Fell, "The Influence of Electricity on Protoplasm, with Some Remarks on the Kemmler Execution," Physician and Surgeon 10 (October 1890): 441-42; New York Times, January 1, February 12,1890; New York World, February 12, 1890; New York Herald, February 12, 1890; Medical Record 37 (January 11, 1890): 47; "Electric Executions," unidentified clipping, A. D. Rockwell Notebook-Scrapbook, Bakken Library; A. D. Rockwell, Rambling Recollections: An Autobiography (New York: Paul B. Hoeber, 1920), 229-30.
5. Quotations from J. Mount Bleyer, "Best Method of Executing Criminals," Medico-Legal Journal 5 (1887-88): 429-32; New York Herald, December 17, 1887. Also see Park Benjamin, "The Infliction of the Death Penalty," Forum 3 (July 1887): 503-12.
6. Quotations from New York World, December 28,1886; Commission Report, 80. Also see Scientific American 28 (June 7, 1873): 352; Manufacturer and Builder 12 (February 1880): 39; Electrical Review 9 (December 18, 1886): 7; R. D. Blackwood, "Electricity as a Means of Inflicting the Death Penalty Through Process of Law," Medical and Surgical Reporter 37 (December 10,1887): 761-64.
7. Quotation