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Escapes Jury Duty
October 16th, 1902
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Nikola Tesla Does Not Believe in Electrocution as Death Penalty.
Special Dispatch to Democrat and Chronicle
New York, Oct. 15. — The “wizard of electricity,” Nikola Tesla, was in court today as a prospective juror in a murder trial before Judge Warren W. Foster, in General Sessions.
When asked by Assistant District Attorney Ely if he believed in “capital punishment, electrocution,” he replied:
“I indeed do not. It is a barbarous measure. I would never condemn a fellow-being to death.”
Mr. Tesla was excused from jury duty. “I believe in upholding the laws of the country,” he said, while leaving the court room, “but I never could condemn a fellow-being to death.”
