Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-10-31

an enemy of the people-of the working
people," His voice trembled slightly at
first. but gained strength with each word,
and as he spoke, 1t was perfect English.
81 am not sorry for my crin'e,' he said
loudly, Just as the guard pushed his head
back on lhe rubber headrest, and drew
the strap across his forehead and chin.
As the pressure on the straps tightened
and bound the jaw slightly, he mumbled,
81 am aNfn sorry could not see my
father"
Il was Just exactly I'll O'Clock when he
crossed the treshold, but minute had
elapsed and he had just fnishe the last
statement when the strapping was COM
p'e,ed and the guarls stepped back.
Warden Mead raised his hand, and at
7:l2 Electrician Davis turned the switch
that threw l ZOO volts of electricity into
the living body.
The rush of the current threw the body
so hard against the straps that they
creaked perceqtiby. The hands clnched
suddenlv and the whole attitude was one
of extreme tenseness. For forty-tive sec
onds the full current was kept OH and
then slowly the electrician threw the
switch back, reducing the current volt bv
volt until it was cut oil entirely. TIen
lust as it had reached that point he threw
the lever back again for two or three sec
onds. The body, which had collapsed as
the current was reduced, stitiened up
again against tie straps. When 1t was
turned oft again, DIR. Mcdonald stepped
up to the chair and put his hand over the
heart. He said he felt no pusation, but
suggested that the current be turned on
for few seconds again. Once more the
body became rigid.
From the time Czolgosz had left his
cell until the full penalty was paid, less
than four minutes had elapsed. The ply
siclans present used the stethoscope and
other tests TO determine if any life remain
ed, and at 7:l7 the warden, raising lis
hand. announced: "Gentemen, the pris
oner is dead"
The witnesses filed from the chamber,
many of them visibly affected, and the
BODY was taken from the chair and laid on
the operating table.
When the body of Czolgosz had been
removed from the room where he WAS
killed, to the autopsy table, Auburn prls-
on r. turned TO the routine Of its ordinary
life. The prisoners who had been kept
locked in their cells, we're released at 7:4h
O'Clock and prison work WAS resumed at
once. There was no excitement among
the convicts. Scarcely hundred people
had gathered outside the prison gate ID
watch the witnesses enter and wait untl
they re-appeared. The witnesses dispersed
Quickly. some of them leaving for thell
homes as early as 9 o'clock.
Naturally almost the entire attention o.
the ph ysicians assigned to hold the autop
sy was directed towards discovering i
possible, whether the assassin was in an.
way mentally irresponsible.
The autopsy was conducted 10y DR.. Car
los f. Mcdonald, DR.. 4. A. S,itzka an'
Prison Physician Germ. The top Of tn
head was saved off through the thickes
part of ,he skull, which was found to b.
of normal thickness, and it was the unani
nous agreement of the microscopical ex
animation that the brain was normal
This demonstrated to the satisfaction o
the physicians that in no way was Czol
gosz's mental condition, except as it migb
have been perverted, responsible for tn
crime.
"The autopsy was made by DIR. Edwar
A. Spitzka, of New York, under the i'll
mediate supervision and direction OF DR.
Carlos F. Mcdonald, of New York, an
DR.. John Germ, physician at the prison
The autopsy occupied over three hou
and careful examination of all the bodi
organs, including the brain, was made
The examination revealed perfectly hea
thy state of all the organs, including tn
brain.
GAN of the ply sicians who attended tn
execution were present at the autopsy al
all concurred in the findings of the exam
ners.
"JoHN GERM, M. D.,
"CARLOs +. MCDONALD, M. d
The body was placed in black staint
pine coffin, every portion OF the anatou
being placed under the supervision of D
Germ and Warden Mead. Shortly afte
ward it was taken TO the prison cemeter
and an extraordinary precaution taken
completely destroy it. A few days ag
under the warden's order, an experime