ОписNational Museum of Crime and Punishmen - Electric chair (2869474668).jpg
English: "Old Smokey", the Tennessee state electric chair responsible for 125 executions displayed at the National Museum of Crime & Punishment, Washington, D.C.
“
"Old Smokey"
The State of Tennessee electric chair responsible for 125 executions
Constructed from white oak of the former State gallows, the Tennessee Electric Chair was built using convict labor and installed within the State Prison at Nashville in 1916.
Unofficially nicknamed Old Smokey, this apparatus was used continuously until 1960, at wich point Tennessee declared a general moratorium on executions.
While there are no official records reflecting the cirumstances of 'botched' executions in the Tennessee Electric Chair and in most instances members of the press were not permitted to attend the chair's lower region indicated a distinctly charred appearance.
Among the 125 men who forfeited their lives in the Tennessee Electric Chair was a lay Minister, a donut salesman, an armed robber named 'Johnny Outlaw' and even a Deputy Sheriff, Ben Fowler, in 1928.
да делите – да умножавате, расподељујете и преносите дело
да прерађујете – да прерадите дело
Под следећим условима:
ауторство – Морате да дате одговарајуће заслуге, обезбедите везу ка лиценци и назначите да ли су измене направљене. Можете то урадити на било који разуман манир, али не на начин који предлаже да лиценцатор одобрава вас или ваше коришћење.
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0CC BY 2.0 Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 truetrue