European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 1, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday. July. 1987 the stars and stripes Page 7 connect Cut seeking execution know How Somers Conn. F a Connic Siciu Lias .1 death chamber an electric chair and its lint condemned Tiller in years Hui there s no one left in the slate prison system who knows How to carry Oul an exec lion. A jury last week sentenced Michael Bross. 11, to death for inc murders of four Icen age girls and stale officials began studying How to make inc chair oper Able and How to carry Oul an execution under Connecticut Law. A Good reference is what icy do in other states department of correction spokeswoman Connie Wilks said As she led reporters and photographers on a Lour of the death chamber at Somers state prison. Wilks and other officials said they Don t know How electricity is fed into the Oak chair How an occupant is strapped into it or How much voltage is required to execute someone. The last person to die in Connecticut s electric chair was Joseph Tii Byrsky. Who a is executed in May i jmj in the now dosed c Onich Licul stale Pris on in Withersfield for killing seven people during a robbery nobody is around from the Oil prison As far As i  said . Frederick Uschmann of the Somers staff. The chair was moved from Wethersfield in 1962 or 1963, shortly after the opening of the Somers prison the stale s Only maximum Security Penitentiary about 20 Miles Northeast of Hartford. A special room for the chair was built but the chair was never connected to a Power Supply. A death Row was also built but it has never been occupied by a condemned prisoner. Ross was sentenced to death by a Superior court jury in Bridgeport on Friday making him the first person condemned to death in Connecticut since the supreme court reinstated the death Penally in 1976. His sentence will be formally pronounced july 6 by judge �. Sarsfi Eui 1 ill. Who in required by Law in follow the jury s verdict. The Law a Ruiu ires that the stale supreme court renew the Caw before the sentence is carried out. Wilks said officials in Oiher mates would be contacted for information on carrying nut executions. Two years ago. The department estimated the Cost of making inc chair operable was about $ 10,000, but thai May need updating she said. The electric chair with a Black leather seat and Headrest is on a rubber mat in a 12-by-i9-Fooi Concrete Block room. A severed Black Cord trails be Neath the seat. Scratched into the chair s right Arm is the barely visible word  Wilks said she does t know How the word got there since condemned convicts would not have had time to do it. Windows on one Wall Ofahl death chamber allow witnesses to View execution1. Aids Carrier faces charges after Selling blood los Angeles a an alleged male prostitute who sold his aids contaminated blood to a plasma Center was charged monday with attempted murder District attorney Ira Reiner said. "1 know of no other such cast he added. Bail of is million was set for Joseph Edward Markowski after he pleaded innocent to 10 charges including at tempted murder assault with great bodily injury and attempted Poison ing. A hearing was set for july 10 and Markowski was  in a Section of jail reserved for homosexuals. Markowski 29, of West Hollywood admitted he sold blood knowing he might be spreading acquired immune deficiency Ondr Rne through he blood Supply Reiner said. He quoted Markowski As telling authorities i know that aids can kill. But i was so hard up for Money 1 did t give a  two weeks ago Fresno authorities declined to prosecute a prostitute and her Pimp for attempted murder after police determined both were aware she had aids rela cd Complex but continued to ply her Trade. In that Case. Fresno prosecutors said Procter & Gamble to close factory offer 56 years Long Beach Calif