The bee., 1901-10-31
WITH A LIE ON HIS LIPS.
Czolgosz Died Declaring That Pres
ident Mckinley Was an Enemy
of Good People.
tyECUTlOa PROMPT AND SUCCESSFUL.
The Last Act In the Great Tragedy
of the Opening Year of the Twen-
tieth Century COnsummated
within Two Months of the Com
mission of the Terrible Crime.

Auburn, n. Y, Oct. 29.-At 1:l2ra
o'clock Leon L. Ozolgosz, murderer of
President William Mckinley, paid the
extreme penalty exacted by the law
for his crime. He was shocked to
death by 1,700 bolts of electricity. He
went to the chair in exactly the same
manner as have the majority of mur.
derers in this state, showing no par
'ticular sign of fear, but in fact, do
ing what few of them have done
talking to the witnesses while he was
being strapped in the chair.
Czolsosz' Parting FaIsehood.
81 killed the president because he
was an enemy of the good people
of the good working people. l am
NOT sorry for my crime"
In the Death Chamber.
In the chamber, Electrician Davis
and former Warden Thayer, of Dame
mora, had arranged the chair test,
placing bank of % incandescent
lights across the arms, and connect
ing the electrode wires at either end.
The witnesses were ordered seated,
and then Warden Mead briefly adj
dressed them, saying:
you are here to witness the legal
death of Leon F. Czolgosz. i desire
that you keep your seats and preserve
absolute silence in the death cham
ber, no matter what may transpire.
There are plenty of guards and prison
officials to preserve order and attend
to the proper details"
No Time Wasted.
1t was just exactly 7:11 o'clock
when he crossed the Threshold, but
minute had elapsed and he had just
finished the last statement when tho
strapping was completed and the
guards stepped back. Warden Mead
raised his hand and at 7:12:30 Electri-
.ian Davis turned the switch that
threw 1.700 volts of electricity into
the living body.
The rush of the current threw the
body so hard against the straps that
hey creaked perceptibly. The hands
.linched suddenly and the whole at
titude was one OIL extreme tenseness.
For AZ seconds the full current was
kept on and then slowly the electri-
yian 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 reduced, stiffened up
again against the straps.
just to Make Sure.
When it was turned Off again, Dr
Macdonald stepped to the chair and
put his hand over the heart. He said
he felt no pulsation, but suggested
few seconds again. Once more the
body became rigid. At 7:15 the cur
rent was turned off for good.
From the time Czolgosz had left
his cell until the full penalty was
paid, less than four minutes had
elapsed. The physicians present used
the stethoscope and other tests to de.
termine if any life remained, and at
7:17 the warden, raising his hand, an.
nounced:
"The Prisoner is Dead"
Gentlemen, the prisoner is dead"
The witnesses filed from the cham.
ber, many of them visibly affected
and the body was taken from the
chair and laid ,on the operating ia.
BILE.
Brain Was Normal.
The physicians holding the autopsy
have decided, after a critical exaIs.
nation, that Czolgosz' brain was
horr1al IL NOT ahova normal