Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-09-27
SECRETLY
Czolgosz Was Re-
moved.
Taken From Buffalo
Jail Last Night.
Only the Officials We're
In the Scheme.
He Will Await His Execution at
Auburn.

Buffalo. Sept. 26.-(Spl.) )--Leon Czol-
gosz was quietly and secretly taken
from the jail at Buffalo to Auburn
State Prison Thursday night and will
there await his electrocution, which
will take place during the week of
Oct %.
Sheriff Caldwell arranged for the de-
parture and his moves We're so clever
ly guarded that only his deputies, the
railway officials and the newspaper
men on watch knew of his intention.
Several of the Sheriff's most trusted
deputies were instructed to appear at
the jail singly at different times dur
ing the evening and there to await the
sheriff's orders. Arrangements We're
made with the New York Central rail
tracks, few rods from the rear en-
trance to the jail.
The car arrived there at 9:40 and the
moment il stopped, Czolgosz left the
Jail, handcuffed to Jailer Mitchell and
surrounded by the sheriff and his dep
uties.
At 1906 the word was given and
the train drew away from the scene
of the trial.
Precaution was taken that no news
Of the coming of the prisoner was tele-
graphed ahead and all the caption was
due to the fact that it had been re-
ported to the sheriff that he might
have trouble in getting the prisoner to
Auburn.
Before the sentence of death was
pronounced on the assassin, Leon Czol-
gosz. by Judge White, Thursday, the
prisoner evinced desire to speak. but
was unable to raise his voice above
a whisper. There was 10 one else
but me" he said. "No one else told me
to do it, and no one paid me to do it.
crime and I never thought anything
about that until a couple of days be-
fore committed the crime"
He was quite. calm, but his eyes
were dilated, showing that he was
thinking hard and was evidently filed
Judge Titus, who had been his coun-
sel came over and bade him goodby.
He replied very family.
The time for convening court had
been set for 2 o'clock, but every inch
of standing room was filed by / 30
The prisoner was brought into the
room shortly before 2, through the tun-
mel that connects the jail and the court
room.
At 2 o'clock Judge White took his
seat and District Attorney Penny at
once moved the sentence Of Czolgosz.
The prisoner was sworn and his rec
ord was given as follows:
Age % years; nativity, Detroit; res
idence, Broadway, Nowaks, Buffalo;
occupation, laborer; single; degree of
education, common school and paro-
chial; religious instruction, Catholic;
father living, mother dead; temperate
former conviction of crime, none.
The sentence of death was pronounc-
ed by Judge White and the crowd filed
from the court room at 2:26
The death sentence was signed by
Justice White and is addressed to the
warden of the Auburn state prison,
and directs him to execute the sentence
of the court within the walls of the
prison on some day during the week
beginning Oct. 2s by causing "to pass
through the body of said Leon #. CzOl-
gosz a current of electricity of suffi-
cient intensity to cause death, the ap-
plicatlon of the said current of cleo
triclty to be continued until he, the
said Leon i. Czolgosz be dead"