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PA's is in a closet on the 5th floor of the State Museum...a place I've warned
kids in the elevator about...Nothin' there but work kid, stay away! Anyway, its
in the...(wait for it)....ELECTRICAL CLOSET! Its name is sparky! Its not on
display, its sort of a staff moral program.
-jc
Heidi Harendza wrote:
> In a message dated 08/08/2000 1:37:07 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
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> > Seems to me that one or the other - maybe both?- of them got The Chair, as
> > rather an experimental procedure. Anybody remember?
>
> Don't know offhand, but you can learn more about America's electric chairs on
> display at museums at this site--
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> <A HREF="http://www.roadsideamerica.com/set/crimechairs.html">Roadside
> America: Electric Chairs</A>
>
> The NJ State police museum has one on display here in scenic Ewing, NJ. It's
> not like we're a tourist site such as Pittsburgh or Cleveland, so we have to
> 'capitalize' on what we have.
>
> -Heidi
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> PS The site also contains an informative link regarding the use of natural
> sponges vs. artifical sponges in executions. Apparently artificial sponges
> don't conduct electircity well, and will consequently set the prisoner's head
> on fire.
>
> Just thought you'd want to know.
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