The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-11-02
didn't tell me to do this"
What did you kill the president

didn't tell me to do this
What did you kill the president
for?"
"He didn't give me any work"
Did you ever ask him for work?"
"Yss, at Canton once, and he turn
ed me down.
Did you ever ask anybody else for
work.
"Yes, lots.'
"Why didn't you shoot the people
who refused your"
"They were not like Mr.. McKinleJ.
He could have fixed me-"
who helped you tie up your hand
in the handkerchief"
Nobody. never had handksr-
chief ON my hand. Anybody that says
so lies. I had the pistol in my Goa.
pocket and when got near the pres
ident. l pulled it out and fire1."
"Why, they found the handkerchief
you had IL wrapped in" said the SUI
perintendent.
"That amt so," he earnestly an.
swered. II did not have no hand
kerchief l just had the pistol In my
pocket"
among the hundreds of letters re-
ceiye1 by Cxo gos. at the prison, was
one mentioning a girl named Amy, Of
CT icago. Mr.. Collins. thinking to
surprise him, said:
"Your girl named Amy, Of Chicago.
IS coming to seey Ou."
| The prisoner said with stOlid In
difference and without the least tr--
NOR or surprise:
II don't know any such girl. lont
want to see her."
DO you know where you are now?
| "Yes. in prison
do you know where the prison
50"
NO" was the reply.
You know that you are going to
die?" asked Mr. Collins.
"Yes. / suppose SO. l expected 1t.
And he answered all the rest.
Mr.. Collins closed the interview by
saying:
"If you want to tel me anything
he guards viii notify me-"
i CzOlgosZ made no reply, and was
taken back to his cell.
| Czolgosz rested exceedingly wei
for man in the shadow of death
1t was 4:45 O'Clock before he final.
awoke and left his cot. His sleeI
was almost unbroken throughout tht
night and was restful and refreshing
} He d i not break his silence when hi
awoke or did he show any indica
ion of fai ing courage. Superinted
ent Collins and Warden Meade alst
arose al 4:45 o'clock and their frs
: inquiry was as to the prisoner. The.
breakfasted early and at once Sc
| about to perfect the final details o
the execution.
The prisoner was excee iingiy Quie
during the earlier hours and q few
newspaper men who watched in from
of the building were long withou
> company. A couple of guards an
city policemen watched the street
5 surrounding the prison, but theis wa
! nothing in the line of duty for then
; to do Lights began showing iii tn
: main prison at o'clock, and With
IN hour the entire household wa
: astir for the new day. The nigh
q had been cl' ar but cold and the morr
9 ing was bright but chilly.
!. The jury that witnessed the exec
l. ution Of Czolgosg and returned til
9 formal fin 1ings in his case was CON
:. posed as follows: Foreman, Joh
P. Jackie, Auburn: Ashley w. Coll
z Albany; H. H. Bender, Albany; CAa
t les R. SIX me-, Albany; George We
l. ton, Norwich, N. Y; D. L. ingAll
8 Westfield; H. o. Ely, Birmingham
d Charles J. Wallace, Syracuse; Cna
e les A. Huntley, Buffalo; DR.. w.
r Howe, Phelps. N. Y; DIR. G. R. Troy
S bridge. Buffalo, and John A. SleiLhe
3 New York.
It The physicians were: DIR. Carlo
h A. Macdonald, Of New York and D
al Germ, of Auburn.
'r Other witnesses were: H. Bon
y steel. Troy; Mr.. w. D. Wolff. Roche
''er: c. F. Rattingan, Auburn; Ge
'. c. Peck, Auburn; w. N. Thayer. 70
mer warden Of Dannemora priso
y who assisted Warden Meade. ar
three newspaper correspondents.
The chamber in which the murde
9, ar of President Mckinley was oxeo'N
y. ed, was not the same In which Il
first electrocution took place her
1t is a comparatively new builiin
~ strikingly elaborate In c0mparist
J. With the very old prison struclur
about l.. 1t is built Of gray s!ol
le and is situated about half way dov
the prison yard or from the ma
ct south corridor and the execute
room proper may be entered wltho
IT. passing the condemned cells.
e. From the time Of his entry INFO t
death chamber, SO that when he {
he tered the execution room this moi
ing, he had only to step few fe
through the stone arch and as t
w. iron door swung behind him. he W
beside the electric chair. The el
of cution room has seats for the witne
es and is lighted with several W
m dows placed high in the walls.
ur one corner of the wall is the clof
in which Electrician Davis sto
n When he switched the current {
e.. The preliminaries were exactly II
nd those of every other execution. T
ST. witnesses gathered In the once Of
warden on the second floor OF
it prison at a quarter Of seven. At
quarter before seven the witness