The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-11-01

port him or to keep him from making
demonstration. As he stepped over the
threshold he stumbled, but they held
him up, and as they urged Nun forward
toward the chair he stumbled again on
the little rubber covered platform upon
which the chair rests.
HIS head WAS erect, and with his grey
nannel shirt turned back at the ;'Nct he
looked quite boyish. He was H. e:;s.- -
pale ami as he tried to throw l. neau
back and carry himself erect H., ohin
qulvered very perceptibly. AS ne was
being seated he looked about at the as,
sembled witnesses with quite n steady
stare and said:
81 killed the president because he was
nh enemy of the good people--of. the
working people"
His voice trembled slightly at first,
but gained strength with each word and
he spoke perfect English.
81 am not sorry for my crime" he
said loudly, just as the guard pushed
his head back on the rubber headrest
ana drew the strap across his forehead
and chin. AS the pressures on the strap
frightened and bound the jaw slightly he
mumbled:
Il am awfully sorry 1 could not see
my father"
Warden Gives Signal.
When the strapping was completed
the guards stepped back. Warden Mead
then raised his hand, and ut 7:l2:30
Electrician Davis turned the switch that
threw !, 200 volts OF electricity into the
body. The rush of the current threw
the body so hard against the straps that
, they creukcd perceptibly. The hands
cllnched suddenly aud the whole atti
tude was one of extreme tenseness For
48 seconds the full current was kept on
/ and then slowly the electrician threw
the switch back, reducing the current
volt by volt until the current was cut
off entirely. Then just as it had reached
that point, he threw the lever back
again for 3 or seconds. The body,
winch had collapsed as the current was
reduced, stiffened up against the straps
When 1t was turned off aCaIn, DR.. Mac
Donald stepped TO the CHAIR auu put his
hand over the heart. Eie >alu 80 lett 10
pulSatlon, but suggested tnat the cur
rent be turned on fO: 4 feW seconds
again. Once more til" 10, Y became
rigid. AT 7:l5 the current was turned
OFF for good
From the time CzolgoSa had left his
cell until the full pena ~ WAS paid, less
than four minutes Dn; elapsed. the
| physicians prssenG q ih' SUethOscope
and other tests 20 deter.uino # any life
remained, anu at IN tne warden, rails.
ing his hand, anuounreG:
"Gentlemcn, the prl> ,ner Is dead.
The witnesses ii ed ,rnm the cnnm-
Der, many of them Wis h!v affected, aud
the body was ta':en from the chair ana
laid OH the OPT ra,lHI =, lie.
When the body Of II ,.go>z mad been
removed from the room wHCrc he was
Killed TO the AUTOPSY tn1in, Auburn
! prison returned 10 the routine of its or
dlnary life. The prise crs VINO had
! been Kept locke in thel" cells we're re.
I leased At 1:4j o'clock and prison WORK
! was resumed al once. In ! was no eX.
, cltement among the cOnviCtS. Scarcely
, lUO people mad gathered Cu"slde the
! prison gate TO watch the Wi ncSses enter
and wait until tney renpvoured.
| Greatest i-r"cnuGIums Taken.
Prison Superintendent Collins made
the following syatemenJ.
"Ihe execution was one of the most
! successful ever Con:iEciuu in the state.
! Extraordinary care had To be taken in
the case, becaus" both the warden and
! received hundreds of threatening let
| tiers, many or them asserting i'll violent
| ana lntemperate language that the
! prisoner would never pe put in the
! chair.
II have decided 70 bury the body of
! CZogosz i'll the regular prison plot in
, the local cemetery. The funeral will
! take place some time witnln tine next AZ
hours. We Will keep the grave guarded
/ day aud night until such time as the
! qulckiime which will be placed around
the body shall have entirely destroyed
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