Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-11-07
NOTHING BUT 4 MEMORY
Law Destroys Every Shred Of
McKinIey's Assassin.
ANARCHY GETS ITS ReBUKE.


Electric Chair. Qulcklime and Oblivion
Are the steps In wipisg Out the
xams Of Leon r. Czolgosx-Final Act
o. National Tragedy.
Auburn. N. T., Oct. 31.-At daylight
Tuesday. Leon Czolgosz, assassin Of
President Mckinley. was pacing the
condemned cell awaiting his coming
doom. Barely i've hours afterward
his body was lying in the prison bury
ing ground with acid and quickllmeS
heaped about II to hasten its disin-
tegration. By evening the destroying
agencies had done their work and
aothing but memory. eKecrated and
abhorred. remained to the world OF the
man whose act sent It into mourning.
the electric chair, the quicklime.
little spot of upturned earth, and OBJ
uvion--thus have the people who
mourn their murdered leader answered
the hiss of anarchy and the teaching
sf its disciples. The pitiful atom Of
mortality that shivered and frightened
It's muscles In the throbbings Of the
electric current has been wiped out
forever. but. beyond and above that
small sop Of satisfaction given to mill
Hons Of men and women who prayed
Tor his speedy ending. is the higher
phase of the act. Rising supreme
stretches the strong arm OF the law,
nerciless and relenting. hurting to his
doom the ayowed instrument of muir
terous organization. beginning to root
itself on American sod.
Details of the Eisctrocution.
Auburn. N. Y, Oct 29.-Leon Cool
sosz. murderer OF President William
Mckinley, has paid the extreme pen
atty exacted by the law for his crime
He was shocked to death by loo volts
Of electricity. He went to the chair in
exactly the same manner as have the
majority of murderers In this state,
showing no particular sign of fear, but
In tact doing what few Of them have
aone-talkiug to the witnesses while
he was being strapped In the chair.
III killed the president because he
vas an enemy Of the good people-of
the GOOD working people. am not
sorry for my crime"
These were his words as the guards
hurried him into the chair. A moment
natter. mumbling through the half-ad-
3usted face straps, he said:
. II am aYfglly sorry I could not see
my father"
The prisoner was given three con-
facts OF electricity before he was final
~ pronounced dead.
Ozolgosz retired at 10 o'clock ana
slept so sound;y that when Warden
1aA3 went to the cell shortly before 5
o'clock a. m. the guard inside had to
shake CzolgosE to awaken him. He sat
mp on the edge of his cot and made no
reply to the warden's greeting of Good
morning"
Hears Death Warrant Read.
The prison official took from his
pocket the death warrant and read it
slowly and distinctly to the assassin,
who hardly raised his eyes during the
perfunctory ceremony. Just as the
warden stepped away from the cell
door Caolgosz called to him and said:
81 would like to talk with the super
tntendent."
The warden responded: "He will
some down presently"
Then the condemned man rolled over
on his cot. apparently anxious to sleep
again.
At Sis, however. the guard brought
10 him pair OF dark trousers with the
left leg slit so as to allow the free ap-
plicat.or OF the electrode, and a light
gray outing shirt. He was told to gel
up and put these on, which he did.
Contrary to the usual custom, he was
Yivsn a new pair of shoes. When
iressed he lay down on the cot again
and In this attitude Superintendent
Collins found him at $50 when he
went down to visit him.
The superintendent stood In front Of
she steel bars and when the guard hat
called Czolgosz' attention he said:
II want to make statement before
you kill me-"
"What do you wish to say, Cool
Eoszf" asked the superintendent.
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