Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-11-01

and expeditions execution OF inc law.
Czolposz has held his last two inter-
views tonight. the first with Superintend-
ent Collins and second with his brother
and brother law. Both of the inter-
views were brief and the interviewers
did most of the talking until the ques-
ton of religion was mentioned, when
Czolgosz broke from his seeming leth-
argy and violently denounced the church
and the clergy, and made his relatives
promise there should be no service for
him, living or dead.
Prior to the late evening interviews
Czolgosz reluctantly received Fathers
Fudzinski and Hickey. 1t was late in
the afternoon and occurred after he
had once refused to meet them When
they reached the prison Superintendent
Collins conveyed the request for an in
terview to the prisoner. Czolgosz sent
back word that he did not care to see
them. but the priests asked to see him
despite his refusal. Superintendent Col
Inns consented and personally escorted
them to the cell.
The priests remained with Czolgosz
for three quarters of an hour and earn
estly pleaded with the prisoner to re-
pcnt and pray for divine forgiveness.
He rejected all their advances, however,
and they regretfully withdrew. They
told the prisoner they would hold them
selves ready to answer call from him
at any hour of the night. 1t was 7
o'clock when Superintendent Collins
went into the death chamber and tried
to get the prisoner to talk to him. AL.
though he remained in the cell some
time, he was apparently not successful
in getting anything material from him.
At o'clock the brother and brother
in law arrived and Superintendent COLI
Inns took them down to the condemned
mans cell.
There Wa no demonstration when
they met. Czolgosz simply stepped to
the front OF his steel cage and said:
Hello"
The brother ventured the remark: 81
wish you would tell us, Leon, who got
you into this scrape."
The assassin answered in a slow, hest
tating manner: mo one. Nobody had
anything to do with it but me-"
"That is not how you were brought
up" said the brother, "and you ought
to tell us everything now"
II have not got anything to tell" he
answered, in surly manner
do you want to see the priest
again." asked his brother, and he an
swered with more vehemence than he
had previously shown:
mo, damn them; don't send them
here again. don't want them"
The brother in law interjected here:
THAT'S right. Leon" 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 I'm dead. l don't want it. l
don't want any of their damned re-
ligion."
There was a painful pause of few
minutes when the relatives resumed
casual conversation with him, to which
he replied in monosyllables until the
brother in law suggested to Superintend-
ent Collins that he and the brother be
permitted to witness sthe execution. Be-
tore the superintendent could reply Leon
Czolgosz said:
"Yes. Mr.. Superintendent, let them
see it."
Mr.. Collins told them that no such
thing could be done, and ordered them
to say goodby
Czolgosz turned around and went to
the corner of his cell. where he sat down
and did not answer the last farewell.
In reply to question by the brothers.
Superintendent Collins said the execu-
ton would take place at 7 o'clock to-
morrow morning and if they asked the
warden. they might be able to see the
body. The brothers then left the prison
Buffalo. Oct, 2o-F. L. Brady, an
undertaken of this city. received tele
gram 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 its cremation.
Today MIR. Brady telegraphed to the
officers of the crematory to ask to have
the crematory reserved for Wednesday
tor the cremation of Czolgosz' body.
Later the crematory company asked Mr..
Brady to call. which he did, and Score
tary Metcalfe informed him that they
would not permit the body of the as
sassn to be cremated here The secre-
tary then sent the following message to
Undertaken Cameron
Buffalo Cremation company refuses