The age-herald., 1901-10-28
No Detail of the Assassin s Last Hours VIII be Given
 to the World
TO AVOID SENSAT|ONALEM
Prison Officials Will Reveal Nothing Till After the Execution-con- demned Man Maintains Air of
 Stolid Indifference.

Auburn N. r., October 27.-The time that Leon F. Czolgosz, assassin of Presi- dent Mckinley, has to live Is reckoned by hours now, but there has been no relaxa- tion of the stringent rule under which the prisoner has been secluded since his confinement Auburn prison was closed today to any one who sought the assassin and so 1t will remain until the prisoner has paid the penalty which the law ex- acts. In fact the plan to deprive Czolgosz living of any notoriety has been extended to deprive Czolgosz dead of notoriety
 Immediately after the execution the clothing of the murderer with the vast accumulation of mail that has come to the prison for him, will be burned, and if possible the request of the parents of the dead man for his remains will be evaded. It is feared that the removal of his body to Cleveland would lead to scenes of an unfortunate nature and. the prison off, cials are very anxious to avoid anything of the kind The plan of burning the clothing and letters of the murderer will prevent the exhibition of relics by those who pander to the morbid.
 Will Die at Seven.
 luS uOuf Ol U CLOCK On Tuesday mOrn- ing is the time set by Warden J. W. Mead for the execution. Various reports changing the time have gone through Auburn tonight. One rumor places the time at n o'clock tomorrow. but that is discredited by the fact that Superinten- dent of State Prisons Collins will not arrive here until o'clock tomorrow af- ternoon and none of the regularly sum- moned witnesses have yet reached Auburn.
 The chair in which Czolgosz will sit to receive the deadly electrical shock was examined today and tested by State Elec- trician F. F. Davis and is ready for the part that 1t is to play in the final scene of the great national tragedy. Davis carefully examined the wiring, switch board and electrodes and satisfied him. self that they were in good condition. He also inspected the dynamos in the prison shop where the current is generated and at his direction the current was for brief period sent pulsating into the death chair as it will go on Tuesday
 Electrician Davis will look the appar- atus over again tomorrow and will re- view the plan under which the death sen- tence Is to be carried out. Czolgosz will be the fifty ninth man in the State and the fifteenth at Auburn prison at whose electrocution Davis has applied the current.
 The death warrant has not been read to the prisoner but it is believed 1t will be read tomorrow. The paper will be read some time after the commencement of hn cierao tod I,xr the court That period in this case com menced at midnight tonight.
 To Avoid SensationaIism.
 The firm purpose of Superintendent Collins and Warden Mead to avoid even the appearance of sensationalism in this case is demonstrated by an incident in connection with one of the principal wit nesses. Dr. Carlos F. Mcdonald, of New York City, a former president of the State Lunacy Commission Is to be the principal attending physician at the exc cution. He was one of the alienists who examined Czolgosz In Buffalo and pro- nounced the prisoner sane. He has been very anxious to take away with him from. the autopsy the assassin's brains for pur poses of kicroscopical examination A few days ago Dr. Mcdonald had talk with Superintendent Collins and asked him to allow him, after the autopsy. to take the brain to New York City for ex- animation MT. Collins said to him:
 Doctor, have planned to make this execution an example of mystery that will forestall any attempt at sensational ism. l cannot allow anything to go away from the prison that will in any way continue this mans identity for notorie- ty. You may stay at the prison for a week if you will and examine any portion of the anatomy you please but my pres- ent plan is not to allow any portion of the man. his clothing even the letters he received to leave this place"
 pr. Mcdonald replied: sI would like to take the brain away, but I am frank to say that you are absolutely right in the matter. If desire to make any ex- animation l will do 1t in the prison''
 WIII Retain the Body.
 The plan of superintendent Collins is heartily acquiesced in by Warden Mead and it Is understood that an unrepealed law has been found that will allow the warden to refuse any request for Czol- gosz's body, from even his relatives and will give the warden the privilege of dis posing of it. In that event within two hours after the execution, unless Dr. Mo Donald cares to make an analysis of the brain Czolgosz' body, clothes letters and everything reminiscent of him in the pris- on will be disposed of; the body of the assassin will be buried in quicklime and the clothes letters and packages will be consumed by fire. And this is not all. Warden Mead with Superintendent Col lins approval has decided for the next thirty hours preceding the execution of Czolgosz not one word of his condition or actions shall be given out from the pris- on. Tn other words. the man beginning from midnight is practically dead. so far as the public is concerned.