The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1901-10-30

'hamber, going through the lone oo--
/ rldor. 'e iohe cor
IN the chamber Electric;an Mt;
""u iofinef Warden Thayer of Dan.
Hdi arranged the chair test
80 10, us pahk OF % incandescent
nsh's across the arms ana connec,ing
Wv Ti'c'fode wires at either end Tbo
Witnesses We're ordered seated ana
.heh Warden Mead briefly aadrossad
Siein saying.
lou are mere 10 witness the legal
I death OF Leon +. Czolgosz do.ira
Snai soh keep your seats and preserve
/ ausoihte silence IN the death chamher
no matter what may trauspire. There
az" pienfy cf guards and prison or,
'idl9 - preserve order and attend Ia
the proper details"
! Officials Take Their Positions
ne prison physicians. Or. Germ and
pr Carlos /. Mcdonald Of New York
i LOOK position 10 the lci, OF the
cualr, Warden Mead stood directly in
! tioh' ana Electrician Davis retired 10
me lftle room containing the electri
CO switchboard.
! haycr gave III" signal and the
/ current was turned through .he o'ec.
'Ec lsh's flooding the chamber with
h'llilaht light and dramatically show
lhs ~" power that was used 10 Kill the
| prisoner
Warden Mad gave me signal 10
| nay 'h" prisoner brought In ana at
!" 'aief keeper Taper swung open
| "a 'i9 .eel door leading 10 the con-
deihnei cells and as the steel bars be-
hinl which Czolg0sz hal been kep-
W." "1ng aside Two paarls mar, hod
iAe prisoner alt iufo fhe coff.llor. fwe
e'h"fs following and lhe chief = PEI
wal ne III front
Ihe eaafas IN either side rf C28l
fos2 hai hold ef h.s arm. as If either
. support him or t9 keep HIM from
making i demonstration Il he
stepped oyer tho tAf0 shola H. STUN
hled bu' thy held him M an8 a. they
urged him forward toward M ehair
h stumbled arsin oa ~ Gttte r1ibher
! covered platform apon which tho chair
rests lis head Nas "reef and viii
his gray flannel shirt Turned back ~
~. u"ck he looked quit, b0yish H
was intensely pale and as he tried 70
throw his head back arl carry him
self ,roet hts chin qniyer.d very per.
cept'hls A. h. Was being seated h.
looked about n IN. assembled wit
ne&s.s with quite steady stare and
al
II ki'l~l the president because he
was The enemy ~ the good people
II he working people.
IL teie. tremhled slightly AT frs.
hfi gained strength with each word
all ~ spoke perfect English.
Net Sorry for His Crime.
II am ~, sorry for my crime" he
sasl la44ly just - The guard pushed
h hal lack - the rubber he2fi
rest aol drew s strap across his
fa.s broad AMI thin NS the pressure or
iaN signify NJ .umhlod. Il am aw-
fully orltl could not Sc my father
L Wa- Just exactly Ill o'clock
when ~ crossed the threshold. hrt a
minute hal .lapSe3 ami he had just
| finished ,ho last settlement when the
strapplng was completed and the
guards stepped back Warden Mead
! raised his hand and n .:l2. 80 Elec-
,rician Davis trrned tho switch that
| threw l.,uo volts of electricity into
,he living body
The rush IL the current throw the
| body SO hard against the straps ihat
they crcakod pcrc"ptibly. The hands
cljnchcd suddenly and the Who'll" atti.
inde was one of extreme tenSenrSS.
For i5 seconds the full current was
kept on and then slowly the electrician
! throw the switch back reducing the
current volt by volt until II was cu'
Of entirely. Then just as II haa
reached that point he threw the lever
hack again for TWO or three seconds.
| The body. which had collapsed as the
current was reduced stiffened up
| ogain against the straps. When il
WAS turned of again, Dr Macdonald
s..nn,1 70 the chair AMI put his hand
| over the heart He said he ielt no
nnlsation. but suggested that the cur
rent be turned on for a few secohas
again. Once more the body became
rigid. At us the current was 'ui"e"
on for good. ,.,
From the time Czolgosz had left
! his cell until the fuil pehait! wa"
paid. less than four minutes haa
ELAPSED. The physicians present "s,"
mo s,ethoscope and other tests 70 o',
,.rmjne II any life remained ana al
~ tho warden. raising his hano' an
| nouncod 80.
"G,ntlemen, the risoner IS dSaa.
Tho witnesses filei from the chah',
her. many Of them visibly a''ee'ea ,'. . anu Il a
me body was taken from the eilali 'i''
! laid on the operating tahs. -
Rev. Cordello Herrick. chaplain "r o..
the prison. was in the death rhaml'te ,,aao
ready for any call that might be hla"s
for sueh services. he was hot M"i'.e.
nv the prisoner, however anu "'
oui,tlv in the rear OF the '"''''''N'
czoLGosz BRAIN NORMAL
,,. ~ the Autopsy Held on '"e