The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-11-02

and prison officials to preserve order
and attend to the proper details"
The prison physician, DR., Ger;A.
and DIR. Carlos A. Macdonald of New
York, took position to the left of
the chair. Warden Meade stood di.
rectly in front and Electrician Davis
retired to the little room containing
>-.e electric switch board. Thayer
gave the signal and the current was
Uurned through the electric lights.
.iooding the chamber with brilliant
.Ign. dramatically showing the powe I
mat was used to kill the prisoner.
Warden Meade gave the signal to
nave the prisoner brought in and at
:IU:oO O'Clock Chief Keeper Tupper
swung open the big steel door lead
ing W the condemned cells. and as
The steel bars behind which Czolgosz
lad been kept were swung aside. TWO
guards mar he'd the prisoner out into
the corridor. two oilers following and
he chief keeper walking in front
The guards on either side of Czol.
gosz mad hold OF his arms as if either
20 support him or to keep him from
making demonstration. AS he STEP
PED over the threshold he stumbled.
out they held him up and as they
urged him forward toward the chair
ne again stumbled on the little rub
Der covered platform upon which the
chair rests. His head was erect and
VAIN his gray flannel shirt turned back
at the neck he looked quite boyish.
He was intensely pale and as he
tried to throw his head back and
carry himself erect his chin Quivered
very perceptibly. AS he was being
seated he looked about at the as.
sembled witnesses with quite a steady
glare and said:
Il killed the president because he
was an enemy of the good people
the working people"
His voice trembled slightly at first,
but gained strength with each word
and he spoke perfect English.
:! am not sorry for my crime" he
said loudly. just as the guard pushed
his head back on the rubber head
rest ani drew the strap across his
forehead and chin.
AS the pressure of the strips tight.
ened and bound the jaws tightly he
mumbled:
Il am awfully sorry I could not see
my father"
1t was just EXACTLY 7:11 O'Clock
when he crossed the Threshold, but q
minute had elapsed and ne had Just
finished the last statement when the
strapping was completed ami the
guards stepped back. Warden Meade
raised his hand and turned the switch
and threw LOO volts of electricity
into the living body.
The rush Of the current threw the
body so hard against the straps that
they creaked preceptibly. The hands
clinched suddenly and the whole atti
tuda was one Of extreme tension
For forty-five seconds the full
securrent was turned ON, end
very slowly the electrician threw
the switch back. reducing the
current volt by volt until It was cut
of entirely. Then just as it had
reached that point, he threw the lever
back again for two or three seconds
The body which had collapsed as the
current was reduced stiffened u;
again against the straps. When Il
was turned on again DIR. Macdonald
stepped to the chair ami put his hlnu
over the heart. He said he felt nc
pulsation, but suggested that the cur
rent be turned on again for a few
| seconds. Once more the body be
came rigid. At 7:15 the. current was
turned OF for good.
From the time Cxolgosx had left hll
cell until the full penalty was paid
less Than four minutes had elapsei
The phys clans present uned the
stethoscope and other Instruments to
determine II any life remained, and
At 7:17 the warden raising his hand
announced: Gentleman. the prison
er Is dead"
| The. witnesses 0led from the cham,
Der. many Of them visibly affected
and the body was taken from ths
chair and laid On the operating table
ANNOUNCEMENT.
Having bought the interest of J.
w. Burns in the Anchor saloon. l a.