The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-10-30
CZOLCOSz
'Ex EXECUTED
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he stumbled again on the little rubber
covered platform un which the chair
rests His head was erect. and with
his gray flannel shirt turned back at
the neck. lie looked quite boyish. He
was Intensely pale. As he tried to
throw his head back dchantly his chin
puivered pertcptibly. While he was
being seated hc looked about at the
assembled Witnesses with q steady
stare. and said
II killed the president because he
was an enemy of the good people of
the working people"
His voice tremblcd slightly at first,
but gained strength with each word,
and he spoke perfect English.
Expressed No Regret
II am not sorry for my crime" he
satd loudly. Just as the guard pushed
his head back on the rubber h"adrcst
ana drew the strap across his fore
head and chin. As the pressure on the
straps t!Shtened ana bound the jaw
slightly, he mumbed: I'm aWfully
sorry | could not see my father"
1t WAS exactly III O'clock when he
crossed the threshold. but Il minute
hAd elapsed. Just as he finished the
ia3t statement the strapping was COM
pl"ted ana tho guards stepped back
from HIM Warden Mead raised his
hand. ana at Iia.30 o'clock MI. Davis
turned the switch that threw LOO
volts of electricity into the living body.
The rush of the current threw up tn"
body 20 forribly that the straps
crcnk"d. The hands cinch"d suddenly
ana Tive whole attitude was one of eN-
trcmr tenseneSs. For forty-tiVc sec
oudS the fun current was kept ON, and
then slowly the electrician threw the
switch back. reducing the current volt
by volt, until it vas cut OF Ihrn.
Just as IT had reached that point, h.
threw the lever back again for two
Or three seconds. The body. which
had collapsed as the current was re-
du"cd, stiifened up again against the
straps. When ii was turned off again
DR.. Macdonald stepped tn IN" chair
and put his hand over tn" heart
II" said IL felt 40 uulsltihn but
suggested that tn" current he turned
on For Il f"W seconds again once
more the body hccamc rigid. At 1l5
O'Clock the current was turned off for
the last time
From the moment Czogosz had left
h!s cell until the fuIl penalty was paid
less than four minutes had elapsed.
The physicians present used the styth-
oScope and other tests to letcrmn" if
any life remained. ANA at i.iI O'Clock
tn" warden. raising his hand, am
nouncad; "ti"utlem"n. the prisoner iA
icad."
The witnesses filed from the cham-
ber. many of them viSihly affected.
Brothers Want Insurance.
Waldek '%olgosZ and Welde!l
Thomas EundowsNi. brother and
brutherinlaw of the assassin called
AT the prison at o'rlock This after
noon. They sent into Warden Mead
that they wished to Sc. the body ri'
Leon tH"lsosz rh. warden told Them
that til" body had been buried for
NOR" than AN hour. and that il they
wished h" would send Il guard To
guide them to tn" grave. They M
SWercd that the! did not care to 90 to
the cemetery. bat that they were anN-
iOuS to arrange for the collection Of
the insurance on the life of the dead
murderer and asked that Il certificate
Of death b. given to them. Tn" war
den promised them Il CertiHcat" and
they departed. The insurance :rbuu,
which they talked is supposed to he III
a traternal society To which the mur-
dcrer belonged.
Naturally almost the "ntir" attcn-
tion of the physicians assigned To- hold
the autopsy was directed toward dis
covering. if possible. whether the as
s;tsSiu was in any way mentally IT,
rcspousibc. The autopsy was con-
Quoted hy Dr. Carlos +. Macdonald.
T.. y. Sr!t%ka and Prison Physician
Germ. The top of the head was
sawed Oft. through tn" thick"st par1
of th" skull. which was found 10 hc
of normal thickness ana it was the
unanimous agreement Of the mSclup-
scopal examination that the brain WAS
normal, on slightly above normal. This
demonstrates tO the satisfaction OF
the physicians that in no way was
Czolgos"'s mental condition. except as
i, might have been perverted, re-
Sponsiblc for III" crime.
The autopsy was completed shortly
before noon, when the surgeons issued
the following brief statement:
Tic autog.v va, mldo 10y Mr.. Edward A.
SpiiIkl. o' New Nor,. unirr til" immediate
SUPERVISION ana nlir' non pl l'l bl!'l~ Mac
Donald. oi \CW Noh. and Dr. john Germ, pIi--
pi, ,>iriJn. Thy autopsy occupied over thro"
hours and cmhiI,rd Il ,a"lnl examination of "i
the bodily organs, including tn" grain Tho rs.
amnaton revealed pcrtcgly healthy state 81
all the organs. including th' brain.
Al the physician, who attended rhr "y,'U,pn
wcrr prrSon, Il lu' autopsy and al 'on"Hrcd I'M
the findings or th' examiners
,>gucn .Iom; Germ. v. H.. Carlo, !. MIc'
Donald, W. IT, L. \ >pit>lN
Acid Used to Destroy Body,
Tho body was placed in = black
stained pine coffin, every n"rtiUn Of
the anatomy being replaced, under TN"
supervision Of Dr, Germ and Warden
Mead shortly all"rWard ii WAS taken
To the prison cemetery and an "Niru-
ordinary precHutiUu taken 10 COM
pl"tcly destroy il, \ few days ago
under the W,rLru's order, AN eNpcri-
ment was made To d"tolmin" Nh"
power of ,:uiclilmo in the destruction
of flesh and bones, which WAS not sat
isfactory. Warden Mead at once con-
fclI,d with some ur tn" physicians