The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-10-30

switch that threw LOO volts of cleo
tricity into the living body
Deadly Current Turned On.
The rush Of the current threw the
body so hard against the straps that
| they creaked perceptibly. The hands
clinched suddenly and the whole atti-
/ tude was one of extreme tension. For
= forty-five seconds the full current was
/ kept on. and then slowly the electrician
/ threw the switch back reducing the
/ current volt by volt until il was cut off
/ entirely.
] Then, just as it had reached that
point, he threw the lever back again for
/ two or three seconds. The body, which
| had collapsed as the current was re-
/ duced, stiffened up again against the
| straps. When it was turned off again,
I DR.. MacFariand stepped to the chair
/ and put his hand over the heart. He
said he felt no pulsation, but suggested
/ that the current be turned on for few
/ seconds again. Once more the body
/ became rigid. At 7:15 the current was
turned of for good.
/ From the time CzolgosZ hSd left his
/ cell until the full penalty was paid, less
than four minutes had elapsed The
physicians present used the stethoscope
7 and other tess to determine If any life
remained. and at 7:17 the wardeP, rails
/ ing his hand announced. Gentlemen,
the prisoner is dead"
! The witnesses filed from the chamber,
many of them visibly affected, and the
body was taken from the chair and
laid on the operating table.
Autopsy is Held.
/ Naturally almost the entire attention
/ of the physicians assigned to hold the
autopsy was directed towards discover
/ ing, if possible, whether the assassin
was in any way mentally irresponsible.
! The autopsy was conducted by DR..
/ Carlos +. Macdonald. E.A. Spitzka and
/ Prison Physician Germ. The top of
no hoo gsenrr 4 off hr,r 9Th ha
/ thickest part of the skull, which was
I found to be of normal thickness, and it
I was the unanimous agreement, after
I the micrOScopical examination, that
the brain was normal or slightly above
/ normal. This demonstrated to the salts
! faction of the physicians that IN no
[ way was CZOlgOsz's mental condition,
except as it might have been pervert-
! ed. responsible for the crime The au-
topsy was completed shortly before
noon, when the surgeons issued the fol-
lowing brief statement:
The autopsy was made by DR.. Ed
/ ward A. Spitzka Of New York. under
/ the immediate supervision and direc-
ton of DR.. Carlos +. Macdonald of
New York and DR.. John Germ, prison
physician. The autopsy occupied over
three hours and embraced a careful eX-
. animation of ali the bodily organs. in
/ Guiding the brain. The examination
| revealed a perfectly healthy state of all
the organs. including the brain.
All of the physicians who ATTENDED
the execution were present at the au
| topsy. and all concurred IN the findings
of the examiners.
(Signed)
John GERM. NJ. D..
CARLOS F. MACDONALD, MD,
&c. A. SPITZKA."
A lengthy technical statement is
being prepared and viii be issued later
in the day
Body is Buried.
The body was placed N a black
stained pine coffin. every portion of the
anatomy being replaced under the SUI
pervisiOn Of Dr. Germ and Warden
Mead. Shortly afterward il was taken
70 the prison cemetery and an extraor-
binary precaution taken to completely
destroy IL. A few days ago. under the
warden's order. an experiment was
made to determine the power of quick
lime in the destruction of flesh and
bone. which was not satisfactory.
Warden Mead who conferred with
some of the physicians present and de-
termined. in conjunction with Superin-
tendent Collins. that as the purpose OF
law was the destruction of the body. It
was not necessary to use quicklime for
that end. Accordingly. a carboy Of
acid was obtained and poured upon the
| body in the coffin after it had bean
. lowered into the grave. Straw was
used in the four corners of the grave
. as the earth was put in, to give vent
to such gases as might form.
1t is the belief of the physicians that
the body will be entirely disintegrated
within twelve hours. During that time
and as long as deemed necessary a
b. guard win be kept over the unmarked
: grave.
The clothing and personal effects of
the prisoner were burned under direc-
ton of Warden Mead shortly after the
execution.
! Scene at the Prison.
] When the body of Czolgosz had been
removed from the room where he was
: killed to the autopsy table. Auburn
{ prison returned to the routine of its
I ordinary life. The prisoners. who had
, been kept locked in their cells were
r released at 7:45 O'Clock and prison work
Z was resumed at once. There was no
2 excitement among the cOnvicts. Scars
- " 100 people had gathered outside the
3 prison gate to watch the witnesses en-
r ter and wait until they reappeared. The
= witnesses dispersed quickly. some OF
} them leaving for their homes as early
J as o'clock. Prison superintendent
r 4 Collins made the following statement
To the Associated Press:
y "Just consider that within about six
5, weeks of the death of his distinguished
% victim Czolgosz was regularly tried
5 sentenced and executed, and this des-
: pite the fact the law compelled us to
e give four weeks to prepare for death
o All has been done in a dignified way
y and the greatest credit is due to War
den Mead for the care he has taken t.
I strip the case Of sensationalism.
THE execution WAS one OF the most
e successful ever conducted in the state
< ExtraCId binary care had been taken in
the case because both the warden and
~ I received hundreds of threatening let
l. tiers. many of them asserting ia violent
and Incorporate language that the
2 prisoner would never be put in tbs
q chair. have decided for the present
I that we viii not destroy any of the
q hundreds of letters written to the war
$ den. Czolgosz and myself. Eventually
:, they viii be destroyed. but IL has
L struck me that perhaps we should
make a list of them, especially of those
n letters signed with full and proper
e names, in which coincidence was Offered
d 10 the prisoner or threats against u,
& were made.
q MY plan is to get the addresses o.
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