The Bemidji pioneer., 1901-10-03
JUDGE PRONOUNCfS SENTENCE
ITO DE ELEcrROcITED DuDING:
i THE WEEK BEGINNING
i q OCT. IS.
10 ONE ELSE IS IMPLICATED
STATES THAT tIIr 6EoSal
IS RESPONSIBLE FOR 4 n
CRIME. .r

q Buffalo, Sept. 27.--Leon r. @Czolgos%
/ the assassin Of President McKihley
}iwas yesterday sentenced to be electEoS
scuted in Auburn state prisons during
T.the week beginning Oct. ,es, 1901. Be-
Tfore sentence was pasSed,,the assassin
evidenced desire to gueak,s btftsfe
could not get his voice above a whisper
land his words were repeated to the
court by his counsel.
There was no one else but me-" the
prisoner said In whisper, No one
else but me to do it and no one paid
me to do it. 1 was not told anything
about the crime and I nexer thought
anything about that until sss.aauple OF
days before committed the criNss
Czolgosz sat down. He was aiAte
calm but 1t was evident that his a1ind
was flooded with thoughts of his own
distress. His eyes were dilated, maxi,
/ ing them appear very bright His
cheeks were a trifle pate and his out-
stretched hand tremblEd The guards
put the handouts on his wrists. He
looked. atone .of, he aficeEs s-.Th There was
an expression Of the
Profoundest Fear q tt4s I Y5
and helplessness in his eyes. He
glanced /: about at the people who
crowded the room in efforts to get q
look at him. The prisoners eyelids-
rose and fell trenulously and then he
fixed his gaze on the floor in front Of
him. 83lt ss n.
AT this point Judge Titus came over
to the prisoner and bade him good bye,
Gzolgosz replied very family, iettinS
his eye rest upon the man who had
been his counsel. &c God bye he said
weakly. He was then hurried down.
stairs and through the tunnel to the
jail where he Wilt remain until removed
to Auburn tolpay the penalty for his
crime. Although the time announced
for The converting OF court was Z
o'clock every seat and every foot OF
standing room aWereF occupied before
1:30 and scores We're clamoring outside
for admission. The doors We're locked
and no more We're admitted to the
room. .5r III n III 1S's.5
In passing sentence Judge White
said: 4. 4, ,s 4. s.5. s4$8s5; ~. u
IN. taking. the life of our beloved
president YOU commit ted a, crime which i alg
|9t oshoelfedrnnd Outraged
the moral sense OF the civilized world.
You have confessed that guilt and af-1
ter learning all that .at this; time can be
learned from the. facts and eirculEmfl1sS; m;
stances OF tie case twelve good Jurors
have pronounced you guilty OF murder
III the first degree You have said, &C.
cordipg ITO the testimony OF. areditable
Witnesses that, no other person aided
or abetted you in the commission Or
this terrible act. fGod grant 1t may be
SO. The peEalty Of the crime for which
you stand. convicted, is fixed by the
statute ana It now becomes my duty to
pronounce this jl ldgnlent against you,
.eThe sentences of3 the eonrtsis that
III the week beg ginning Oct. 4228i l993l, az:
the place. in the manner and l,: means an
prescribed by law, YOU suffer the pun
ishrnent Of death. ~ s7. ; .s'e'. A 4.S @ \
.Remove the .prisonerss G{sfs.
The crowd slowly filed cut OF etnet
room and court adjourned at 4: ~. g.fa
IN Now Safe In Auburn Prison.
Aubupn,s N.Y. Sept 27' 27 ga Iieon'
| ii. CzofgosaE the conf enaned assassin OF
President McKinley,i iss now In murders
er's5 row Lii aTet prison here, where ne
Win remain until put To death by Lelec.
triofty during the iweekE beginning Oct.
49, q sCzoIgosz was q faecome eanisd, Il by
Sheriff Caldwell and a aguaTdsof sixteen
men. 8 The party arrived IN q tspeeiat
| car attached TO thes regular New York
Central train wRfchs left Buffalo at 10
Ep. ms The departure from sRuffalo was
$40 unexpected by. the, citizens that
practically no one besides the officers
know that The assassin is no longer IN
I eBiffalo CzoIgiosz foceasiOned no ttrounie
Iwhateper during sihe "trip. Soon after
= !. 80 :, Y,1a .ad II, his reH with the death