The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-11-01

put in to give vent to such gases as
might form.
IL is the belief OF the physicians
that the body will be entirely disin-
tegrated within twelve hours. BAR
ing that time and as long ms deemed
necessary, a guard will be kept over
the unmarked grave.
supt. Collins Statement.
Prison Superintendent Collins made
the following statement:
Just consider that within about six
weeks from the death OF his dlstin-
guished victim, Czogosz was regu-
larly tried, convicted. sentenced and
executed, and this despite the fact
that the law compelled MS to give nam
four weeks 10 prepare for death. All
has been done in dignified way,
and the greatest credit is due to
Warden Mead for the care he has
taken to strip the case of sensational
ism. The execution was one of the
most successful ever conducted in the
state.
Extraordinary Care Taken.
Extraordinary care had to be taken
in the case, because both the warden
and | received hundreds of threaten
ing letters, many of them asserting
in violent and incorporate language
| that the prisoner would never be put
| i'm the chair. ! have decided, for the
present, that we will not destroy any
| Of the hundreds OF letters written to
/ CZOlgusz, the warden and myself as
to the case. Eventually they will be
! destroyed, but il has struck me that,
perhaps, we should make a list of
! them, especially of those letters
signed with full and proper names, in
which coincidence was offered to the
! prisoner, or threats against us were
made. My plan is to get the addresses
of these people, and keep a list for
police reference. | believe that there
may come time when such list
would be valuable in running down
anarchists.
Disposition of the Body.
81 have decided to bury the body of
Czolgosz in the regular prison lot in
the local cemetery. The funeral will
take place some time within the next
As hours. We will keep the grave
guarded day and night until such time
as the quicklime which will be paced
around the body shall have entirely
destroyed it,"
Electricinn Davis Statement.
Electrician DAVIS made this state
ment as to the execution:
Il used LOO volts of electricity,
turning it into the body at full volt
age for seven seconds, and then slow
ly reducing il for As seconds. Then |
threw the full voltage on again for
eight seconds. Then, at the sugges-
ton of DR.. Macdonald, | turned it on
again for a few seconds. | did not
think there was any necessity for the
third contact, and the lack of resist
ance shown when it was administered
proved that life was extinct. The
body showed eight amperes of resist
lnce. That is a little more than
would be given by larger or stouter
man, where the current could have
more chance to percolate. 1t was as
successful an execution as | have ever
operated at in all my experience"
Chaplain Wasn't Needed.
Rev. Cordeflo Harrck, chaplain OF
the prison, was in the death chamber
ready for any call that might be made
for his services. He was not wanted
by the prisoner, however. and sat quiz
OIL in h, Of Ia 81, I,v
throughout the execution.
The clothing and personal effects
of the prisoner were burned, under
: direction of Warden Mead, shortly af-
tire the execution.
Brain Was Normal.
The physicians holding the autopsy
have decided, after critical exam
nation, that Czolgosz' brain was
normal, if not above normal.