Experiments with a dog have caused doubts that electricity kills. A big Newfoundland dog in New York was apparently killed by a heavy charge from an electric light wire. After all the usual methods of resuscitation had been tried the animal was buried in moist earth, with his head left uncovered» After being in this groundaweat for two days he began to revive, and fully recovered. It is believed that contact with the earth drew the electricity out of the animal and enabled him to resume business, Of course this suggests the p ssibility of the subject of capital punish* ment by electricity reviving after burial, and has raised a storm against the recent law of New York.
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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 368, 24 October 1889, Page 3
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118Untitled Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 368, 24 October 1889, Page 3
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