The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-29

gosz will have paid tribute with his Ire to the law. as the murdere: of President William Mckinley by 7:15 o'clock tomor- row morning. and unless he undergoes
 great change of heart and strength in the
 few hours of life left to him will so to the electric chair. unconfessed and un- repentant. He suffered slight nervous attack late today. but remained sullen and stoical up to the time the prison closed at 10 o'clock. He refused to heed the words of the priests who came to
 urge spiritual preparation for death and declined to either re-embrace Roman Catholicism or renounce anarchy. Hence
 unless he changes his mind there will be no religious ceremony at the end. Czol-
 gosz showed no strength of love for Kin
 nor did he turn to any of those higher
 considerations which ordinarily claim the thoughts of men occupying his position.
 He may have suffered untold torture. but
 outwardly he seemed sullen and indiner-
 ent The State is not to surrender pos
 session of his body and by sundown 1t
 will have been secretly inferred in ground controlled by the officials of Auburn pri- son.
 Claim to Body Relinguished. waldeck Czolgosz, brother of the mur- derer, foreseeing endless difficulties and possibly angry demonstrations as the
 result of an attempt to give the body
 burial needed the advice of Superinten- dent of State Prisons Collins and Warden
 Mead. and formally relinauished all claim l to it. He merely stipulated that at the close of the autopsy ell parts of the body should be buried. All chance of an un- happy sequel to the execution. either in displays of popular contempt or the ex-
 hibition of ghastiy relicss Is therefore finally prevented.
 The plan of burning his clothing and | napers will be carried out immediately after the execution. The electrical machine is ready for It's work; Auburn prison Is carefully guard | ed the oity Is in its normal calm and there seems to be no circumstances stand- | ing in the way of the successful ana expeditious execution of the law. CEolgosz held his last two interviews 10. day, one with Superintendent Collins ana l the second with his brother and brother | in-law, Both of the interviews were brief | and the interviewers did most Of the talk ing. The topic of religion was mentioned l ana Cxolgosz broke from his seeming letharRy and violently denounced the l church and the clergy and made his rela- | ttyes promise that there should pc nc | service for him living or dead. Prior to the late evening inzerveW | CzolRosz reluctantly received Fatners | Fudzinsld and Hiskey.
 Refuses to Pay for Forgiveness. When they reached the prison superin- tei,dent Collins conveyed the request TOT an interview to the prisoner. Czolgosz | aent hack word that he did not care to aee them but the prists asked to see nim despite his refusal. Superintendent Col | fins consented and personally escorted | them to the cell. The priests remaineo with CxolRosz for three quarters or an hour and earnestly pleaded with the prisoner to repent and pray for divine TOT etveness. He rejected all their aovances' however, and they regretfully witnorew; They told the prisoner they would hoio | themselves ready to answer cah iFoi'' | him at any hour of the night. Ii was o'clock when Superintendent Collins went into the death house ana tried to get the prisoner to talk 10 nim' l Although he remained in the cell some | time. he was apparently not successlui III
 getting anything material from Czolgosz' At & o'clock the brother and brother-in- law arrived, and Superintendent Colnns | took them down to the condemned man
 cell There was no demonstration when | they met. Czolgosz merely stepped to the | fro mt of his steel cage and said, Hello. 1 The brother ventured the remark;
 wish you would tell us, Leon, who got l you into this SC ape.
 The assassin answered in slow. hesi-
 ts ting manner: ''No one. Nooody hau
 anythine to do with 1t but me-"
 'That is not how you were brought up'
 said the brother, land you, ought to tel
 us everything"
 "I haven't got anything to tell' ne all
 swored in a surly manner.
 | Do you want to see the priests again? | asked his brother, and he answered Wltf
 more vehemence than he had previously
 shown. No, damn them don't send them here again: don't want them"
 The brother-in-law interjected nere'
 That's right, Leon"
 Wants No Religious Service | The brother looked rather disturbed by
 the answer Then, stepping up close to
 the bars. the condemned man said: And
 don't you have any praying over me when Pm dead I don't want 1t. l don't want
 any of their damned religion" l There was a painful pause of a few l minutes and then the relatives resumed l casual conversation with him. to which
 he replied in monosyllahles until the
 brother-in-law suggested, much to Super
 intendent Collins's surprise, that he and
 the brother be permitted to witness the | execution. Before the superintendent
 could reply, Leon Czolgosz said: Yes,
 MT. Superintendent, let them sse me
 killed
 | Superintendent Collins told the trio in emphatic terms that no such thing could | be allowed and ordered them to say good 1 bye.
 Czolgosz walked to the back of his cell, sat down on the edge of his cot and did
 not answer the last farewell. When the l relatives reached the warden's office they 1 again renewed their request to see the ksAecution, to which MT. Collins replied: E'"Emphatically no. Czolgosz will be killed
 at o'clock tomorrow. and if you apply
 to the warden in the afternoon you may
 be able to see the body"
 The two men were then let out of the l prison.
 | A few minutes after they had left, Su- l perintendent Collins received a telephone
 message from the chief of police of Cleve- | land announcing that the father of the
 condemned man had signed an agreement | similar to the one signed by the brother
 here this evening. giving the prison au-
 thorities the disposal of the body l The prison was absolutely quiet at 10 | o'clock A little crowd that had gathered | about the main entrance at dusk quickly dispersed without any suggestion from 1 police or guards. The superintendent and
 warden retired at 10 o'clock with the an-
 nouncement that there would be nothing given out and that no one would enter or l leave the prison before tomorrow mOrn-