The age-herald., 1901-10-30
AUTOPSY SHOWS THAT
 CZOLGOSZ WAS SANE

Auburn, N. T.. October 29.-Naturally,
 almost the entire attention of the physi-
 clans assigned to hold the autopsy over
 Czolgosz's dead body was directed to-
 wards discovering. if possible, whether
 the assassin was in any way mentally ir-
 responsible. The autopsy was conducted
 by Dr. Carlos F. Macdonald, E. A. Spitz-
 ka and Prison Physician Gerin The top
 or the head was sawed off through the
 thickest part of the skull, which was
 found to be of normal thickness, and 1t
 was the unanimous agreement of the mil croscopical examination that the brain
 was normal or slightly above. normal. This demonstrated to the satisfaction of the physicians that in no way was Czol- gosz's mental condition, except as it
 might have been perverted, responsible for the crime
 The autopsy was completed shortly be- fore noon, when the surgeons issued the following brief statement: "The autopsy was made by Dr. Edward A. Spitzka of New York, under the i'm
 mediate supervision and direction of Dr.
 Charles R. Macdonald of New York. and
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 ''I am awfully sorry could not see my father"
 It was just exactly Iii o'clock when he crossed the threshold, but minute had elapsed and he had just finished the last statement when the strapping was com pleted, and as the guards stepped back Warden Meade raised his hand and at 2 7:12:30 Electrician Davis turned the switch that threw 1700 volts of electricity into the living body. The rush of the current thew the body so hard against the straps that they cracked perceptibly. The hands clinched suddenly and the whole attitude
 was one of extreme tenseness. For forty five seconds the full current was kept on and then slowly the electrician threw the switch back, reducing the current volt by volt until it was cut off entirely. Then Just as 1t had reached that point he threw the lever back again for two
 or three seconds The body, which had collapsed as the current was reduced, stiffened up again against the straps. When it was turned off again, Dr. Mac Donald stepped to the shair and put his hand over the heart He said he felt no pulsation, but suggested that the cur | rent be turned on for a few seconds again Once more the body became rigid
 At 7:15 the current was turned off for | good.
 From the time Czolgosz had left his cell until the full penalty was paid, less 1 than four minutes had elapsed. The phy- sicians present used the stethoscope and
 other tests to determine if any life re- mained and at 7:17 the warden, raising
 his hand announced:
 .Gentleman. the prisoner is dead" The witnesses filed from the chamber. many of them visibly affected, and the body was taken from the chair and laid on the operating table.
 His Clothes Are Burned. Rev. Cooledore Herrick. chaplain of the prison was in the death chamber ready ,tphf he services He was not wanted by the pris- oner. however, and sat quietly in the rear of the chamber throughout the execution. The clothing and personal effects Of the prisoner were burned, under direction of Warden Meade, shortly after the execu- | tion.
 Tn his interview with Superintendent | Collins last night, Czolgosz made another | exclamation of his visit to Chicago just before he went to Buffalo, but later ad- mitted that he had lied He said that when he reached Chicago a boy whom he did not know approached him at the de- not and handed him package of money. He said the money was used on the Buff | falo trip but that he never knew who sent it to him or the identity of the lad who delivered 1t. He then explained that most of the meetings of anarchists that he had attended at Cleveland were held in saloons designated by an anarchist | newspaper. Half an hour later, when the | superintendent called in the brother and brother-in-law of the prisoner he brought the subject up again and said: How about that money you got at Chicago?" What money?" asked the prisoner Why, the money you told me about l here earlier in the evening" said the su- perintendent.
 Did tell you that? I have forgotten that did. I did not get any money. If I said so. it was not true.''
 Another demonstration of the many falsehoods told by the prisoner was furnished by Waldeck Czolgosz He positively told Warden Meade that his
 brother Leon could read and write in di- rect contradiction of the oft-repeated
 claim of the prisoner that he was Hitter ate.
 Disposal of Body. The body was placed in a black stained
 pine coffin. every portion of the anatomy