The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-30

killed TO the autopsy table, Auburn pr1S-
on returned to the routine of it's ordinary
life. The prisoners, who had been kept
locked in their cells, were released at
7:4o o'clock, and prison work was re-
Sumed at once. There was no excite
ment among the convictS. Scarcely
hundred people gathered outside the pris-
on gate to watch the witnesses enter and
to wait until they reappeared, The wit
nesses disappeared quickly, some of them
leaving for their homes as early as
O'Clock.
Prison Superintendent Collins made the
following statement to the Associated
Press: Just consider that in about six
weeks from the death of his distinguished
victim, CZolgosz was regularly tried, con-
victed, sentenced and executed, and this
despite the TACT that the law compelled
us to give him four weeks to prepare for
death. All has been done in a dignifed
way, and the greatest credit Is due to
Warden Mead, the care he has taken to
strip the case of sensationalism. The eX-
ecution was one of the most successful
ever conducted in the state. EXtraordi-
nary care had to be taken in the case,
because both the warden and received
hundreds of threatening letters, many OF
them asserting in violent and Incorporate
language that the prisoner would never
be put in the chair. | have decided for
the present that we will not destroy any
of the hundreds of letters written to Czol-
gosz, the warden and myself as to the
case. Eventually they will be destroyed,
but it has struck me that perhaps we
should make a list of them, especially OF
those letters signed with full and proper
names, in which coincidence was offered
to the prisoner or threats against us were
made. My plan is to get the addresses
of these people and keep the list for po-
lice reference. 1 believe that there may
come a time when such a list would be
valuable in running down anarchists. L
have decided to bury the body of CZolgosZ
in the regular prison plct In the local
cemetery. The funeral will take place
some time within the next fortY-eight
hours. We will keep the grave guarded
day and night until such time as the
Quicklime which will be placed around
the body shall have entirely destroyed
it"
Electrician Davis made this statement
as to the execution:
81 used LEO volts of electricity. turning
it into the body at full voltage for seven
seconds, and then slowly reducing it for
forty-five seconds. Then threw the full
voltage on again for eight seconds. Then,
at the suggestion of DR.. Macdonald, l
turned it on again for a few seconds.
did not think there was any necessity for
the third contact and the lack of re-
siStance shown when it was administered
proved that life was extinct. The body
showed eight amperes of resistance. That
is a little more than would be given by
larger or stouter man, where the cur
rent could have more chance to perco-
late. 1t was as successful an execution
as l have ever operated at in all my ex-
perience.
Rev. Cordello Herrick, chaplain of the
prison, was in the death chamber, ready
for any call that might be made for such
services. He was not wanted by the prIs-
oner, however and sat quietly in the rear
of the chamber throughout the execution.
The clothing and personal effects OF
the prisoner were burned, under direction
of Warden Mead, shortly after the exc
cution
In his interview with Supt. Collins last
night, Czolgosz made another explana-
ton of his visit to Chicago, just before
he went to Buffalo, but later admitted
that he had lied He said that when he
reached Chicago boy whom he did not
know approached him at the depot and
handed him packet of money. He said
the money was for use on the Buffalo
trip but that he never knew who sent it
to him or the identity of the lad who de-
livered it. He then explained that most
of the meetings of the anarchists that he
attended at Cleveland were held in sa-
paper Half an hour later, when the su-
perintendent called in the brother and
brother-in-laW of the prisoner he brought
the subject up again and said:
How about the money you got at Chi
cago?'
What money!, asked the prisoner.
why the money you; told me about
here, earlier in the evening" said the
superintendent.
Did 1 tell you that? have forgot
ten if 1 did. I did not get any money. If
1 said so, it was not true"
Another demonstrations of the many
falsehoods told by the prisoner was fur
niShed by Waldeck CZolgosz. He posi-
lively assured Warden Mead that his
brother Leon could read and write, In
direct contradiction of the oft-repeated
claim of the prisoner that he was illit-
crate.
Waldeck Czolgosz and Waldeck Thomas
Bandowski, brother and brother-in-law
of the assassin, called at the prison at
o'clock this afternoon. They sent word
in to Warden Mead that they wished to
see the body of Leon Czolgosz. The
warden told them that the body had been
buried for more than an hour, and that
if they wished he would send a guard to
guide them to the grave. They answered
that they did not care to go to the Gem
etery, but that they Were anxious to ar
range for the collection of the Insurance
on the life of the dead murderer, and
asked that certificate of death be given
to them The warden promised them a
certificate, and they departed. The in
surance about which they talked is sup
posed to be in a fraternai society to which
the murderer belonged.