In 1937, following the lead set by Nevada, Arizona and Colorado in the quick and painless method of executing criminals by gas, Wyoming has installed a lethal gas chamber to replace the noose, a fast disappearing method of capital punishment.
The Wyoming death chamber, manufactured by a Denver, Colorado, firm, was claimed to be the most humane yet devised. Several other states were said to be considering the adoption of gas chambers for legal executions.
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| New lethal gas chamber which replaced the noose in Wyoming. The girl studying the apparatus was Helen Williams of Denver, Colo., where chamber was made for Wyoming authorities. |
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