Death Race 1890: The First Use of the Electric Chair

Published: Nov. 20, 2020, 6:05 a.m.

b'After several less than successful hangings, the State of New York, indeed the whole country, was looking for a more "humane" method of execution. In steps a cast of irregulars, including George Westinghouse, Thomas Edison, and a dentist and inventor by the name of Alfred P. Southwick. The initial results were...less than desirable. Listen to the Great Death Race of 1890.

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