Why Did Emperor Menelek II of Ethiopia Use An Electric Chair As a Throne?
Menelek II, who called himself the “king of kings,” became emperor of Ethiopia in 1889. A year later, word reached Ethiopia of the first use of an electric chair to execute a criminal, in Auburn, New York. Menelek decided that his country, too, should have an electric chair, and he ordered three of the new devices. There was one
