In the late 1960s, San Quentin prison had a gas chamber that had two chairs in it. I saw this last night in a documentary movie of Johnny Cash playing San Quentin. Chair A and Chair B.
Why on earth would they need two chairs in that thing?
And here’s a link with a
photo
of it.
You could do the Manson Family two at a time I guess…
Am I the only one reading this and singing “Bicycle Built for Two” with new lyrics?
Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer do…*
Charley, Charley
What are we going to do
You’re so crazy, we’d like to be rid of you
Won’t be no way to duck it
When that pill drops in the bucket
And we’ll think it sweet
when you’re on the seat
Of a gas chamber built for two.
Damn, your good.
Did you read Mad magazine too?
because double executions were cheaper!
The first gas executions at San Quentin took place at 10.00 a.m. on December 2nd 1938 when Robert Lee Cannon and Albert Kassell were put to death simultaneously for the murder of a prison warden. The cost to the state of this, for the cyanide and acid, was $1.80…
Inside the chamber are two identical metal chairs with perforated seats, marked “A” and “B.” (The two chairs were last used in a double execution in 1962)
from www.geocities.com/trctl11/gascham.html
‘Killing two birds with one stone’ comes to mind…