The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-11-01

two others following and the chief
keeper walking in front. The guards
on either side OF Czolgosz had hold OF
his arms as IL either to support him
or to keep him from making demon
stration. AS he stepped over the
Threshold he stumbled but they held
him up and as they urged him for
ward toward the chair he stumbled
again on a little rubber platform upon
which the chair rested. His head
was erect and with his gray shirt
| turned back at the neck he looked
quite boyish. He was intensely pale
and as he tried to throw his head back
and carry himself erect his chin quiv-
cred very p~erceptibly.
1t was just exactly III o'clock
when he crossed the Threshold, but
a minute had elapsed and he had just
finished his last statement when ar
rangements were completed and the
guards stepped back.
At 7:12k Electrician Davis turned
the switch that threw LOO volts Of
electricity into the assassin's living
body. The rush Of the current
through it pressed SO hard against
the straps that they creeked percepti.
Bile. His hands clinched suddenly
and his whole attitude was one OF
extreme %tenseness. But 65 seconds
~. g.iI 1,,vv,v, xrao liant nh and then
slowly the electrician threw the
switch back, reducing the current
volt by volt until it was cut off en-
tirely. Then just as it had reached
that point he threw the lever back
again for GO seconds. The body which
! had collapsed when the current was
reduced, stiffened up again against
I the straps. When it was turned off
again, DR.. Macdonald stepped to the
y chair and put his hand owe his heart.
He said he felt no %pulsation, but
! suggested that the current be turned
3 on for a few seconds again. Once
o more the body became rigid. AT 7:15
e the current was turned off for good.
e From the time Czolgosz had left
his cell until the full penalty was
s paid. less than four minutes had
elapsed. Physicians present used
n stethoscope and other tests to de
g termine if any life remained, and al
7:17 the warden, raising his hant
y announced, Gentlemen, the prisoner
% is dead" The witnesses filed from
the chamber, many Of them visibl!
IL affected.
The body was taken from the chat
~ and laid on the operating table.
The lengthy report prepared thi
afternoon by the autopsy surgeon
'" related entirely to the brain and wa
Of a highly technical character. Al
~ ter scientifically describing to tn
minutest detail the brain of the dea
murderer, the report concludes as TO
lows:
-, mo anomalies found. Brain |
general is well developed, sufficient
marked with assures and lobes al
80 in normal proportions"
=. The surgeons have not yet draw
- their report on what the autopsy di
closed as to the other organs.
,nt The body was placed in a blae
nd stained coffin, every portion beir
he replaced under the supervision of D
Germ and Warden Mead. Shortly
he. forwards 1t was taken into the prise
cemetery and extraordinary preca
nj. ton taken to destroy 1t completed
A few days ago under the warden
ira order an experiment was made to d
em termine the power Of quicklime in Il
destruction of flesh and bone viii
,e,. was not satisfactory. Warden Mea
who conferred with some Of the ph
the ~icians present has determined
conjunction with Superintendent G
lirs, that the purpose of the law W
oh. the destruction Of the body and tn
pps it was not necessary to use quicklil
. q for that end.
was Accordingly a carboy of acid W
ere secured and poured upon the body
den the coffin after 1t had been lower
ass into the grave. Straw was used
ling the four corners of the grave as I
dor. earth was put in to give vent to 81
and gases as might form.
ora 1t is the belief Of physicians Il
lac the body will be entirely %disentergr
yhts ed within ~ hours. During tt
the time and as long as it is deemed n
+. essary, a guard will be kept over
ated unmarked grave.
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