On Thu, 22 Mar 2012 11:30:42 -0700 (PDT), harry
wrote:

"Ol' Sparky"?

The electric chair in Florida, "Ol' Sparky" is made from Oak. A
chain-gang of prisoners harvested the wood along the Swanee river.

Shockingly, the condemned kept falling out of the chair at execution.
One prisoner made leather straps for the arms and legs, to keep them
in the chair. He was later executed in Ol' Sparky.