PATTERSON EVENING NEWS, New Jersey, March 20, 1899 

* Martha Place dies in electric chair 
* First Woman executed this way 
* Early, same day report - Sing Sing Prison 

The Paterson Evening News was a prominent, independent daily newspaper published in Paterson, New Jersey, throughout the turn of the 20th century. Editions from 1899 chronicled the daily civic events, politics, and rapid industrial growth of the "Silk City" during a dynamic era of local history.
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "ELECTROCUTED TODAY" with subheads that includes: "Mrs. Place Killed in the Electric Chair" and more. (see images)
Complete with all 8 pages, light toning in good condition.

NOTE: This issue comes with a acid-free folder (gratis) for protection. 

Background: Martha M. Place achieved a grim historical milestone on March 20, 1899, when she became the first woman executed in the electric chair at New York’s Sing Sing Prison. Convicted of the brutal 1898 murder of her 18-year-old stepdaughter, Ida—whom she asphyxiated and doused with photography acid out of intense jealousy—Place faced the death penalty despite defense claims of mental instability resulting from a severe head injury in her youth. Her case attracted immense national media attention and public debate, culminating in Governor Theodore Roosevelt's refusal to commute her sentence, ultimately forcing prison officials to alter standard execution protocols by cutting her dress to properly attach the electrical electrodes to her ankle.