On August 6, 1890, at Auburn Prison, New York, William Kemmler became the first person to be sent to the chair. He was convicted of murdering his lover, Matilda Ziegler, with an axe. After he was strapped in, a charge of approximately 700 volts was delivered for only 17 seconds before the current failed. Although witnesses reported smelling burnt clothing and charred flesh, Kemmler was far from dead, and a second shock was prepared. The second charge was 1,030 volts and applied for about two minutes, whereupon smoke was observed coming from the head of Kemmler, who was clearly deceased. An autopsy showed that the electrode attached to his back had burned through to the spine. Electrocution as a humane means of execution was first suggested in 1881 by Dr. Albert Southwick, a dentist. Southwick had witnessed an elderly drunkard “painlessly” killed after touching the terminals of an electrical generator in Buffalo, New York. In the prevalent form of execution at the time—death b...
Abraham Shakespeare became a winner of $30m jackpot on November 15, 2006. However, winning the lottery became the worst thing that happened to him. People around him became leeches, he told his brother he would have been better off broke. Dorice Donegan Moore came into his life, tricked him into starting a joint company with her; they put in Abraham's money. Not long after this, Dee removed his name from the company and withdrew all the funds for personal use. She killed him, buried him in a 9 feet grave in a house she had bough for herself using Abraham’s money. She also transferred all his assets to her personal company, American Medical Professionals. On November 9, 2009, he was declared missing. To make it appear like Abraham was still alive while she greedily enjoyed his wealth; she sent messages to his loved ones. She even paid someone 5000 dollars to make a phone call to Abraham's mother pretending to be his son and assuring her he was still ...
