The age-herald., 1901-10-29

chamber and the prison officials were in- clined to ascribe the disturbance of the prisoner to these circumstances.
 Aside from the break at nigbtfall Czol- gosz spent his last day of life much as he did all the others since he passed into the hands of the law.
 Turns Back on Priests.
 The approach of death seemed to awaken no greater consciousness of his position. He again turned his back upon the priests. who came to urge him to confess and repent, and was undemon- strative in the presence of those of his kin, who came to say a last farewell to him.
 When alone with his guard he remained silent and passed the time either lying on his bunk or in slowly pacing up and down the cell. He talked when addressed to those admitted near his cell, but with his old deliberation and slowness. If he knew strong emoAon at any time, he was successful in concealing it from those who watched over him.
 The prison guards combatted the sug- gestion that his stolidity was a daze of fear, and that the hour of execution would find him helplessly broken down. The prisoner suffered no loss of appe- tite, and during the day ate the usual al- lowance of food given to prisoners. Throughout his entire confinement he has had good appetite and his physical con- dition has been excellent He weighs about 155 pounds. which was thought to represent slight gain since his arrest.
 Testing Death Chair.
 Walter N. Thayer former warden of Dame Mora prison, who was requested by Superintendent Collins to assist and advise Warden Meade during the execu- QHyftr fo1o l,A lx. specting the death chamber and chair, Electrician Davis- again lifted the switch and sent the electric current through it, in final test Davis also placed new sponges on the head and leg electrodes. Late in the afternoon the autopsy table was wheeled into the room adjoining the death chamber.
 Under orders from the warden a coffin was also prepared. The latter is of plain pine. stained black
 Czolgosz will be dressed in very sim pie manner for the execution, a pair of black trousers, loose gray shirt and pair of gray socks completing the out fit. He will wear no undergarments and no shoes. The left leg of the trousers will be slit at the bottom to permit the free adjustment of the electrode and the shirt will be open at the neck so the doctors can take the heart count if there shoud be any after the current is passed through the body.
 Cremation Company Refuses Body. Buffalo, October 2s.-F. L. Brady, an un- dertaker of this city, received a. telegram from Howard W. Cameron; an undertaken of Auburn, requesting him to take charge of the body of Leon F. CzolgosZ on its arrival here and to make arrangements for it's cremation. Today MT. Brady tele- phoned to the office of the cremation company asking to have the crematory reserved for Wednesday for the crema- tion of Czolgosz's body. Later the cre- nation company asked MT. Brady to call, which he did, and Secretary Metcalfe in- formed him that they would not permit the body of the assassin to be cremated there. MT. Brady then sent the following tele gram to Undertaken Cameron: 'Buffalo: Cremation company refuse to cremate the remains of the assassin of the President"