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PHOTOGRAPH SLAYERS HEART SALT LAKE CITY Utah Oct 31 John W Deering 40yearold confessed slayer was executed today by a firing squad in the Utah state prison here while an electrocardio graph scientific camera took motion pictures of his heart action Deering went to his death after consenting to having his heart photographed as he died Five men with rifles performed the execution Four of the guns were loaded All four bullets pene ¬ trated his heart The experimental phase of the execution was inspired by a desire to de ¬ termine how long a man lives after a bullet pierces his heart
