The evening times., 1901-10-29

krist who killed girl at WaverIy, is TO
die next Monday.
Dead quiet marked the march TO the
execution room. a vault-Ikc place about
twenty-five feet square. with tiled walls
and hoor, which IS lighted artihciaIly and
ventilated by a shaft rising upward from
sho centre Of the ceiling. When the wit
Hcssss reached this room at 7.1T they
FOUND the electrician. Mr.. Davis. who has
conducted an Of the fifty-uiue executions
nf conviets put 90 death 10y electricity in
,his State. Walter y Thayer. formerly
of DauU-mora. who was acting as pa-
Wis assistant. and Engineer Cauutie We're
taking "a final glance at things Thayer
was testing the straps and fittings of the
death chair. which was on a rubber mat
at the end Cf the room nearest the death
cells, and Davis was soaking in salt
water tho head and leg electrodes. in or
der that tho flesh of the condemned man
should not bc burned The witnesses
seated themselves in their rows Of chairs
facing the death chair. and the warden.
stepping to the front. said.
Gentlemen, ] must request YOU to keep
silence during the execution. There must
be nc conversation and no commoti1n.
There are plenty of guards here TO take
care OF any disturbance"
No one felt disposed To talk. There was
that grim-looking chair with its straps
and wiring facing them; TO The right and
behind il, the closet in which the cleo
trician had his switches and signal belts
20 the dynamo room Of the prison yvh, re
the current for the execution was g. Il
Grated; 20 the left and behind the door
closing the inner corridor leading 70 the
deaths cells, the door out Of which the
prisoner was TO come There intervencd
few minutes in which there was time 10
regard an these things and watch some
thing that seemed like a bit of ghastly
melodrama, the last test Of the appara-
tus which was made with a bank Of in
canCescCnt electric lamps placed across
the arms Of the death chair As the cur
rent was turned on. the lamps blazed out
and then, as the current was slowly re-
dUced these gradually faded away. II
was interesting but il was not rice. but
it served TO distract attention from what
was coming and almost before the lamps
had been removed the inner corridor open
cd and Czolgosz came out.
Appearance of CzOIEosz.
II was the first time that he had emerg-
ed from his cell since he R-as carried into
it over four weeks ago, terror-strickon
at the reception ne had met AZ the hands
OF The Auburn crowd. Curious gazes were
directed at him from everyone. and he
glanced rather wildly around II was
| learned aftcrward that he had come in
prepared 20 make a speech
He spent good part OF the night think
ing II up His brother WaIdeck ana the
man BaUdoUsM, who says ne married a
/ SISTER or Czolgosz, saw him last evening.
/ but got little from him. except that ne
would have the good Offices OF no priest.
When they left him. the warden said to-
day, the condemned man lay down on
1 his bed, but did not faU asleep until 1
O clock this morning At $50 o'clock the
warden went down 10 the death cell TO
read the death warrant. a guard woke
up the prisoner. who half rose from his
bea, his blanket falling from hin. when
the warden said.
Give me your attention; l am about TO
read the warrant for your execution p,
Czolgosz listened. and when the warden
had finished dropped back on the bed
The warden told him that if he had anv
hnal preparations 10 make 20 get about il
Tor the sentence would be carried out al
Z o'clock CzoIEOsz did not answer. Fiji
teen minutes after the warden had reach
ed his office the condemned man sent for
MIN and the warden went down with Su-
perintendeEt Collins The following con-
Fersation took place between them and
Czoltosz.
Il want 10 make "a statement" said
C2gIgosz.
Wen. make it," said the warden.
But want more people 10 hear IT,"
You won't have any more here" was
Superintendent Collins comment.
From that moment on the arrangement
for the execution were carried out with
precision and without delay.
The Autopsy.
As soon as possible after the execution
the autopsy on Leon r. Czolgosz was be
gun this morning. The physicians who
performed it said, after its completion. al
lp.ao, that the brain was found 10 be per
fectly normal, above the average and
without lesion
The autopsy was made by Edward
Spitzka. OF New York under the fnrnedi-
ate supervision and direction Of DR.. Nc
Donald and DR.. Germ II occupied over
three hours and embraced a careful ex-
animation Of All the bodily organs. The
| examination revealed a perfectly healthy
state Of all the organs. All Of the yhv-
slclans who attended the execution were
present, and concurred In the findings OF
1 the examiner.
The summary was signed by Drs. Nc
Donald and Germ and Mr.. Spitzka. The
-ast-named made several drawings Of
The brain. which some Of the physicians
said was an unusually good-I0oking one.
The detailed autopsy report viii be filed
later.
Czo-Eosz.s s. body was buried as soon as
possible after the completion Of the au-
topsy-