Botched Execution of Eduard Delacroix

Eduard Delacroix is executed in the electric chair, but Percy Wetmore, who is out front for the first time, deliberately uses a dry sponge. Instead of a quick death, Delacroix suffers a prolonged, agonizing electrocution. His body convulses, smoke pours from his head, his eyes burst from their sockets, and his face catches fire. The witnesses panic, and the room fills with the smell of burning flesh. Paul Edgecombe and Brutus Howell are horrified but cannot stop the process. Delacroix is finally pronounced dead after a terrible two minutes. The botched execution is a direct result of Percy's malice, and it haunts all who witness it.