The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-28
EXECUTION OF CZOLGOSZ.
ARRA NGEMENT COMPLETE FOR TO-MORROW'S ELEC1ROCUTION.
Chair Tested Yesterday and Fou III Sa tis- factory-No Change In the Time Death Will bo Inf1icted-seven o'clock Tues day Morning Set-Every Precaution to Prevent SensntfonaItsm-C Con- demned Man Continues Indifferent.

Leon F. Czolgosz, the assassin of Pres
 ident Mckinley, has to live is reckone
 by hours now, but there has been n
 relaxation of the stringent rule unde
 which the prisoner has been secluded
 since his confinement. Auburn prisol
 was closed to-day to any who sought t
 see the assassin, and so it will remail
 until the prisoner has paid the penalt,
 which the Jaw enacts. In fact, the plal
 to deprive Czolgosz, living, of any noto
 riety has been extended to deprive Czol
 gosz, dead, of notoriety.
 Immediately after the execution tht
 clothing of the murderer, with the vas
 accumulation of mail which came to the
 prison for him, will be burned, and, ii
 possible, the request of the parents oi
 the dead man for his remains will be
 evaded. It is feared that the remova
 of his body to Cleveland would lead te
 scenes of an unfortunate nature, and
 the prison officials are very anxious tc
 avoid anything of the kind. The plar
 of burning the clothing and letters o1
 the murderer will prevent the exhibi-
 ton of relics by those who pander tC
 the morbid.
 The hour of seven on Tuesday morn ing is the time set by Warden J. War ren Mead for the execution. Various reports changing that time have gone through Auburn to-day and tonight
 One rumor places the time at o'clock tomorrow but that is discredited by the fact that Superintendent of State Prisons Cornelius V. Collins will not ar- rive here until o'clock tomorrow af- ternoon, and none of the regularly summoned witnesses has yet reached Auburn.
 The chair in which Czolgosz will sit to receive the deadly electrical shock was examined and tested to-day by State Electrician E. F. Davis and is ready for the part that 1t is to play in 7 the final scene of the great national tragedy Davis carefully examined the wiring, switchboard and electrodes, and satisfied himself that they were in good condition. He also inspected the dyna- mos in the prison shop where the cur rent is generated, and at his direction the current was for brief period sent pulsating into the death house as 1t will -go on Tuesday morning carrying final punishment to the murderer.
 E{lGCLT1CldU pdNlS VIII iooh tiiC op- paratus over again tomorrow and re- view with the prison officials the plan under which the sentence of death is to be carried out. Czolgosz will be the fif- ty-ninth man in the state and the fif- teenth at Auburn prison at whose elec- trocution MT. Davis has applied the cur rent.
 The death warrant has not yet been read to the prisoner, but 1t is believed that it will be tomorrow afternoon. The general practice is to read this pa per some time after the commencement of the period for execution designated by the superior court. That period in this case commenced at midnight to- night.
 The firm purpose of Superint 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 witnesses. 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 execution He was one of the alienists who examined Czolgosz in Buffalo and pronounced the prisoner sane. He has been very anxious to take away with him from the autopsy the assassin's brain for purposes of microscopcal ex- animation few days ago Dr. Me- Donald had talk with Superintendent Collins and asked him, after the autop- sv. to take the brain to New York city for examination. MT. Collins said to him:
 s9T1 T r1qnna6 to make th1Q execution an example of mystery that will forestal any attempt at sensa tionalism. I cannot allow anything to go away from the prison that will in any way continue this mans identity pr notoriety You may stay at the prison for a week if you will and ex- am mine any portion of the anatomy you nlease but my plan Is not to allow any nortion of the man, his clothing or even the letters he received to leave this place."
 Dr. Mcdonald replied 1T would like +o have taken the brain away, but I l am frank to say that you are absolute | lv right in the matter If I desire to | mal,e any examination I will do 1t at | the prison.
 The plan of Superintendent Collins is | heartily acquiesced in by Warden | Mead and 1t is understood that an un- renealed law has been found that will allow the warden to refuse any request for Czolgoszs body from even his rela- t;ves and will give the warden the priv ;1age of disposing of it. In that event within two hours after the examina- tion unless Dr. Mcdonald cares to make an analysis of the brain, Czol- posz's body, clothes, letters and every tbinp reminiscent of him in the prison will be disposed of. The body of the as ssassin will be buried in quicklime and the clothes, letters and packages will he consumed by fire. And this Is not all. Warden Mead with Superin- tandent Collins approval has decided tho+ for the next thirty hours preced- mo the execution of Czolgosz not one ,,ord of his condition or actions shall ,a given out from the prison. In other ,rords the man. beginning from mid- ,ight is practically dead so far as the ,ublic is concerned.
 When Czolgoszs death is accom- ,1,sted warden Mead will bring out a ,rief statement of the prisoners last i'