Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-03
GIOLgOSZ IS SENTENCED.
The Assassin of President McKin.
ley Condemned to Die by
E1ectrocution.
DURIHs WEEK BEGINNING OCTOBER %.
der the Law of New YOrk-The
Prisoner, Before Sentence, De-
clared that No One Else was Com
eerned I'm the Crime.

clared that No One Else was Com
eerned I'm the Crime.
Buffalo, N. Y, Sept. 27.-Leon f
Czolgosz, the assassin of President
Mckinley, was yesterday morning
sentenced to be e~lectrocuted in Au.
burn state prison during the week be-
ginning October %, 1901. Before
sentence was passed the assassin
evinced a desire to speak, but he could
not get his voice above a whisper, and
his words were repeated to the court
by his counsel.
There was no one else but me-"
the prisoner said, in a whisper. mo
one else told me to do it, and no one
paid me to do it. / was not told
anything about the crime and / never
thought anything about that until Il
couple of days before 1 committed the
crime"
Judge Titus repeated it as follows,
owing to the prisoners feeble voice:
"He says no one had anything to do
with the commission of his crime, but
himself; that his father and mother
and no one else had anything to do
with and knew nothing about it."
The prisoner continued:
81 was not told anything about that
crime and 1 never thought anything
about the murder until a couple of
days before / committed the crime"
Judge Titus again repeated as fol-
lows:
hAHn n0u0r told onyynnn q hnTf the
crime and never intended to commit
it until a couple of days before its
commission"
Then Justice White passed sentence
as follows:
''In taking the life of our beloved
president you committed a crime
which shocked and outraged the moral
sense of the civilized world. You have
confessed that guilt, and after earn
ing all hat at this time a be
learned from the facts and circum-
stances of the case IL good jurors
have pronounced you guilty, and have
found you guilty of murder in the
first degree.
"You have said, according to the
testimony of creditable witnesses and
yourself that no other person aided
Or abetted you in the commission oi
this terrible act. God grant it may
be so. The penalty for the crime for
which you stand convicted is fixed by
the statute, and it now becomes my
duty to pronounce this Judgment
against you.
1.-The sentence of the court is, that
in the week beginning October IS,
1901, at the place, in the manner and
means prescribed by law, you suffer
the punishment of death.
Remove the prisoner"
The crowd slowly filed out of the
room and court adjourned at 1926.
Czolgosz sat down. He vas quite
calm, but it was evident that his mind
was flooded with thoughts of his own
distress. His eyes were dilated, max.
ing them appear very bright. His
cheeks were a trifle pale, and his out
stretched hand trembled. The guards
put the handouts on his wrists. He
looked at one of the officers. There
was ar expression of the profoundest
fear and helplessness in his eyes. He
glanced about at the people who
crowded the room in efforts to get a
look at him. The prisoners eyelids
rose and fell TREMENDOUSLY, and then
he fixed his gaze upon the floor in
front of him.
At this point, Judge Titus came
over to the prisoner and babe him
good-by. Czolgosz replied very family,
letting his eye rest upon the man who
had been his counsel. "Good-by," he
said, weakly.
Czolgosz was then hurried down
stairs and through the tunnel of
sobs" to the Jail, where he will re-
main until removed to Auburn to pay
the penalty for his crime.
The death warrant signed by JUS
tice White is addressed to the agent
and warden of Auburn state prison
and directs him to execute the
sentence of the court within the walls
of the prison on some day during the
week beginning October % next, by
causing "to pass through the body of
the said Leon f. Czolgosz a current
of electricity of sufficient intensity
to cause death and that the applica-
ton of the said current of electricity
be continued until he, the said Beon
T. Czolgosz, be dead"
CzOIgosz Taken to
Buffalo, N. Y, Sept. 27.-Sheriff
Caldwell and 16 men left at 1906 last
night with Czolgosz in a special car
attached to the rear of the second
section of the $3.50 train on the New