The age-herald., 1901-10-30
fl Killed the President Be- cause He Was an Enemy
 of Good People,
.NOT SORRY FOR HIS CRIME
Assassin s,eeps We'll the Night Before Ills Death, and CoolIy Walks to His Death Defiant and
 unrepentant.

Auburn, N. r., October 29-At 72o o'clock this morning Leon Czolgosz, mur- derer of President Mckinley, paid the ex- treme penalty exacted by the law for his crime. He was shocked to death by 17o0 volts of electricity. He went to the chair in exactly the same manner as have the majority of murderers in this State. show ing no particular sign of fear, but in fact doing what few of them have done-talk- ing to the witnesses while he was being strapped in the chair.
 'I killed the President because he was an enemy of the good people-of the good working people. I am not sorry for my crime"
 These were his words as the guards hurried him into the chair. A moment later mumbling through the half adjusted face straps he said:
 'I am awfully sorry could not see my father"
 Czolgosz retired last night at 10 o'clock and slept so soundly that when Warden Meade went to the cell shortly before 5 o'clock this morning, the guard inside had to shake Czolgosz to awaken him. He sat up on the edge of his cot and made no reply to the warden's greeting of good morning."
 Death Warrant Read.
 The prison official took from his pocket the death warrant and read it slowly and distinctly to the assassin, who hard ly raised his eyes during the perfunctory ceremony.
 Just as the warden stepped away from
 
 said:
 T would like to talk with the superin- tendent."
 The warden responded: He will be down presently"
 Then the condemned man lay on his cot apparently anxious to sleep again. At 5:15 the warden brought to him pair of dark trousers with the left leg slit, so as to allow the free application of the electricity, and a light gray out ing shirt He was told to get up and put these on, which he did Contrary to the usual custom, he was given a new pair of shoes. When dressed he laid down on the cot again, and in this attitude Super intendent Collins found him at 5:3O, when he went down to visit him.
 The superintendent stood in front of the steel bars, and when the guard had called Czolgosz' attention he said:
 q want to make statement before you kill Pe."
 sWhatAo you wish to say. CzolgoszT asked the superintendent
 T want to make 1t when there are lot of people present. I want them to hear me- said the prisoner.
 Well, you cannot" said the superin- tendent.
 '.Then won't talk at all." said the prisoner sullenly.
 After the superintendent left the guards brought Czolgosz breakfast, con- sisting of coffee, toast, eggs and bacon, and he ate with quite good deal of rel ish. While he was partaking of this, the witnesses were gathering in the offices of Warden Meade, and at 7:08 the process eion passed to the death chamber, going through the long south corridor
 Address to Witnesses.
 In the chamber Electrician Davis and former Warden Thayer of Dannemorel had arranged the chair test, placing a bank of twenty-two incandescent lights across the arms and connecting the elec- trio wires at either end. The witnesses were ordered seated and then Warden Meade briefly addressed them, saying: You are here to witness the legal death of Leon E. Czolgosz. desire that you keep your seats and preserve abso- lute silence in the death chamber, no matter what may transpire. There are plenty of guards and prison officials to CcCA details"
 The prison physician, Dr. Gerin, and Dr. Charles F. Macdonald of New York took a position to the left of the chair. Warden Meade stood directly in front and Electrician Davis retired to the little room containing the electrical switch board.
 Thayer gave the signal and the current was turned through the electric lights, flooding the chamber with electric light and dramatically showing the power that was used to kill the prisoner
 Prisoner Enters Death Chamber. Warden Meade gave the signal to have the prisoner brought in and at 7:101s o'clock Chief Keeper Tupper swung open the big steel door leading to the con- demned cells, and as the steel bars be- hind which Czolgosz had been kept were swung aside, two guards marched the prisoner out into the corridor, two others following and the chief keeper walking in front.
 The guards on either side of Czolgosz had hold of his arms as if either to sup port him or to keep him from making a demonstration. As he stepped over the threshold he stun bled but they held him up and as they urged him forward to- ward the chair. he stumbled again on the little rubber-covered platform upon which the chair rests
  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 uuivered very perceptibly. As he was be- ing seated he looked about at the as sembled witnesses with quite a steady stare and said:
 'I killed the President because he was an enemy of the good people of the working people,.
 His voice trembled slightly, but gained strength with each word. and he spoke perfect English.
 T am not strry for my crime" he said loudly, just as the guard pushed his head back on the rubber head rest and drew the strap across his forehead and chin. As the pressure on the straps frightened and bound the jaw slightly. he mumbled;