The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-29
DIES
THIS MORNING R!
Will Pay With His LifefoT
Murder of Presld ent.
STILL LINREpEN 7 AN n
Assassin Refused to Heed pIeadings
Of Priests to Repent.
ALL PREPARATIONS COMPLETE
The frisouor Suffered q Slight Nervous
Attack Yesterday, But 1t is Thought That
lie Will Walk to Electric Chair,
and Meet Death Wi.a Same
Stoicism lie HAS Maintain
ed SO Consistently.
ALL PREPARATIONS COMPLETE
lnr Associated Posi-

(By Associated prcss.)
AuSURN, ". Y, October aS.-Leon +.
Czo!sosz will have paid tribute with his
life to the law. as the murderer OF Pres
dent Mckinley by 1:15 o'clock Tomorrow
and unless he undergoes great change Of s
htlrt AMI s,rsnsrn III the lew nours OF
life left 10 him. he Will So To the electric
cnair hnconiesseu ans, InrepenIent. lts
suffered Il slight nervous attack late to-
day, but renamed Sulen and Stoicat up II
TO the TINE the prison closed at 10 o'clock.
tie refused To heed the words of the
priests who came TO urge spiritual preparslgs
tien Tor death. and replied not to their
pleading 20 embrace Roman Catholicism,
or abandon anarchy.
Gzolgosz may have suffered untold tor
ture. but, outwardfy he seemed sallen and
Indifferent. The State is net to surrender
the possession of his body and by sun
down it will have been secretly Inferred
in ground controlled by the officials of
Auburn prison
Waldeck Czolgosz. brother of the MUIR
derer, foreseeing endless difficulties, and
possibly angry demonstrations as the
result of an attempt to give the body
ordinary burial. needed the advice of SUI
perintendent of State Prisons Collins and
Warden Meade lnd formally reIinquished
all claim to it. He merely stipulated
1
of the body should be buried.
All chance of an unhappy and unfor-
| trnate sequel TO the execution. either
| in display of popular contempt or the
| exhibition OF ShGstiy relics. is therefore
finally prevented.
The plan of burning his clothing and
| papers Will be carried out Immediately
! after the execution
| The electrical machine is ready for its
work: Auburn prison is carefully guard
| ed; the city is in Its. normal calm, and
| there seems to be no circumstances stand
ing in the way of the successful and ex-
! pedious execution of the law.
DENOUNCED THE CHURCH
CzoisosE held his last two interviews to-
night. the first with Superintendent Col-xi
lins. and the second with his brother and
brother-in-law. Both of the interviews
We're brief aud the interviewer did most
of the talking until the question of re-
| iigfon was mentioned, when Czolgos1
broke from his seeming lethargy and vio-
| lenty denounced the church and the cle--
Sy, and made his relatives promise that
there should be no service for him, living
or dead.
Frior to the late evening interviews
| CzolGosz reluctantly received Fathers
| Fudsinski and Hickey. 1t was late in the
afternoon and occurred after he had once
refused to meet them. When they reached
the prison Superintendent Collins con-
veyed the request for an interview to the
prisoner, SZolgosZ sent back word that he
| did not care 20 see them, but the priests
asked to be allowed to go TO him despite
! his refusal. Superintendent Collins cons
sented and personally conducted them
| to the cell. The priests remained with
| Czolgosz for tnree-auarters of an hour
and earnestly pleaded with the prisoner
| to repent and pray for Divine forgive
| ness He rejected all their advances,
how mi
| They told the prisoner they would hold
| themselves ready to answer a call from
| him at any hour of the night
| NOTHING; TO TELL.
! It was o'clock when Superintendent
] Collins went into the dearh-hoGse and
| tried to get the prisoner to talk with HIM
! Although he remained in the cell some
time. he was apparently not successful
! in getting anything material from him.
! Al s o'clock the brother and brother-in-
| law arrived, and Superintendent Collins
| took them to the condemned mans cell.
| There was nc demonstration when they
| met. Czolsosz merely stepped TO the
front of his cage ana said: Heiio.
| The brother yentured to remark:
wish you would tell US, Leon. who got
| you into this scrape?'
| The assassin answered in a slow. hesi-
tating manner: NO one. Nobody had any
thing to do with it but me-
This is not how you were brought
| up said the brother. and you ought to-
| tell US all now.
Il haven't anything to teli," he ans
swered in a sur!y manner.
do you want to see the priests againa.
asked his brother. and he answered with
more vehemence than ne had previously
| shown: NO. damn them. don't send them
here again; don't want them" Tha
brother-in-law interjected here: That's
right, Leon
The brother looked rather disturbed by
the answer. Then stepping up close to
the bars the condemned man said: And
don't you have any praying over me when
I'm dead. don't want 1T don't want
any of their damn religion
There was a painful pause OF few
minutes, ana then the relatives resumed
casual conversation with him, to which
he replied in nonosyilables until tha
brother-in-iaw suggested that he and thd
brother be permitted to witness the ex-
ecutiOn.
Before Superintendent Collins could res
ply, Czolgosz replied: yes. Mr.. Super
interdsnt, let them see me h.,led- SUI
perintendent Collins replied that nn such
/ thing could BIS allowed. ana ordered them
to say goodbye. Czolgosz sat down on
the edge of his cot and did not answer
/ the last farewell.
CONDEMNED MAN SLEPT.
/ When the relatives reached the war
den.s offiee they again renewed their res
quest TO see the execution, to which Mr.
j Collins replied:
| ..E,nphaticaliy no Czolgosx viii be
killed at { o'clock Tomorrow. and II YOU
apply TO the warden in the afternoon yoIs5
NAV be able to see the body The twos
I 1ne,, were then let out of the prison.
A few minutes after they had left
| Superintendent Collins received tele-
nhone message from the chief Of police
of Cleveland. announcing that the father