Killing Machine
July, 2010
DID NEVADA'S INNOVATIVE GAS CHAMBER INSPIRE HITLER?On February 8, 1924, in a stone-and-concrete shack that for 40 years had served as the Nevada state prison's barbershop, a Chinese immigrant and convicted killer named Gee Jon became the first person ever executed in a gas chamber. Inside the sealed room two wooden chairs with armrests had been positioned a few fcet apart—Gee's accomplice; had also been scheduled to die but received a commutation. In front of and between the chairsstood a small...
