The evening times., 1901-10-28

AUBURN. y ". oct. 81. W. Mead.
Warden Of the Auburn State Prison, has
completed arrangements for the execution
OF Leon f Czolgosz. the assassin of
President Mckinley This is CzoIgosz's
last day on earth for at Z o'clock tomor-
row morning ne will die in the electric
chair. according TO the sentence passed
upon him under the laws Of the State of
New York
Late this afternoon the death warrant
will be read 10 Czolgosz, and by that time
everything will be in readiness -or the
execution tomorrow morning.
Special efforts have been made to pre-
vent publicity concerning the last days
Of The murderer n order that the anar-
Chists may have no material for the glor-
ihvation Of the miserable assassin. So
far everything has gone well The as
sassin might as wei! have been living in
a ;omb. for all that has been told about
him in public.
Warden Mead has found himself con-
froutod with situation which is not at
an TO his liking and which he fears CON
tains dangerous possibilities Of that no.
toriety which he has been trying to keep
out of this case. The warden had hoped
that the fuIhument Of the death penalty
was announced, with so much of the at
tentioH as must be given to the end of
those who murder Presidents. It would be
literally the end
a few days ago Waldeck CzoIsosz. the
brother of the condemned appeared on
the scene and intmated that a request
would be preferred for the body after the
execution. A man. who says that ne is
WaIdeck Thomas Bandowski. a brother
in-law Of the condemned man, is here
also. presumably TO support the request.
1t was today matter Of doubt in the
wardens mind If he should honor the
claim Of the family for the body if the
claim is made. for considerable apprehen-
sion exists here as TO the consequences Of
allowing the body to leave Auburn.
Not a few persons have been asking
where the Cz0Igosz family. admittedly in
poor circumstances. could find the money
10 pay the car fares and hotel bills To
send representatives here. and how they
could meet the expenses Of cremation.
which is said 10 be the family-s plan for
the disposition Of the body. What could
b. done with the ashes IS another ques-
tion with answers fun of mysterious pos
sihiHties- Who viii guarantee that no
death mask Of the face Of the assassin IS
made for the benefit of some ghoul Of d
museum man or wax effgy exhibitor is
suu another question.
There are enough morbid uudercurrents
in human nature. these questioncrs say.
to make il even profitable FOR some man
10 display the assassin's skeleton or skull.
All these possibilities have not escaped
the wardgns attention II there was
nothing else o. De anticipated the mere
journey of the body from Auburn 20 Buff
falo. probably TO CleV eIand, might draw
morbid crowds and make spectacIos. II
is TO the consideration Of this matter.
more than 90 anything else. that Warden
Mead gave his attention today. and it is
not too much to say that he found the
problem perplexing.
Between his desire to do his duty a a
public officer and his disposition to grant
a request that. under other circum-
stances might be uatura1 and harmless.
the decision in this matter was practically
the only thing that remained for the war
dens consideration today in connection
with the execution. He had already made
arrangements TO destroy the clothing Of
CzolgOsz and the quantity Of mail which
has accumulated during the impris0u-
ment
No information has been given out as to
the nature Of this mail and none will be-
There viii be nothing left Of IL OF Of any
thing else that attaches 10 CzOlg0sz for
relic hunters TO preserve. If he body oE
the ASSASSIN is not turued over 10 the
family it viii be buried her. in quick
liEc Immediately after the execution
Ii was in keeping with the purpose 20
avoid giving sensatiOnalism an opportuu-
ity that the superintendent Of prisons.
Mr.. Collins told Dr. Carlos F. Mcdonald.
Of New York. a few days ago that II he
wished to examine CzOlgosz's brain he
must do so at the autopsy I'm the prison.
DIR Mcdonald, who examined CzoIgosz in
Buffalo and pronounced him sane. and
who viii be one Of the witnesses at the
execution and the chief physician in at
tendance. had told Mr. Collins, without
thinking Of the chances TO be afforded
thereby TO sensation mOugers that ne
would like 10 take the brain 20 New York
for microsc0pical examination. He agreed
at once with MI Collins when the super
intend@nt said that ne could not allow
anything TO leave the prison which would
continue Czolgosz's identity or notoriety.
Superintendent Collins. who w.I De one
OF the witnesses Of the execution was
expected 90 arrive here late today. and Il
was thought that ne would have some
thing To saw in settlement of the question
about The disposition O. the body.
The State electrician. r. r. Davis. has
made several tests Of the apparatus which
viii Doe used IN putting CzoIgosz TO death.
and final test VIII De made just before
The execution. The current will be gen
Grated in the dyuamos I'm the prison shop
It is expected that Czols0Sz viii Dc pro-
nouuced dead officially in less than three
minutes after the current is first turned
On. and. barring Unexpected accidents.
that ne viii he dead actually within three
seconds
Cz0lgOsz viii Do the frty-ninth murderer
70 die hy electricity in this State. and the
fifteenth 90 die that death In Auburn II
WAS here that the first criminal was exc
cuted by electricity in this State. He va-
William Kemmicr. wife murderer. o. Buff
faiO who was put 20 death on August G.
ls5l The electrician has been In charge
OF an the executions here and in only one
case was there any mishap that Of VII
-, Taylor, negro. who killed a fel-
tie was strauprd In the
c'dIl thalF on July -, .l9s - g.. s. -
the current was turned on. an arnaa.i',,.--l ~
burned out. TAYLOR was carried back to
his cell and fifteen minutes Iste- va
again strapped I'm the chair and killed
40 breakdown is expected tomorrow
All the persons invited 90 wltnc.E the
execution win be iu Auburn touigbt
many. II not most. Of the witnesScz b.f,e,