Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1901-10-02
CzOLG0Sz is SENTENCED
Doomed to Die in the Week Begin
ming October 2S.
LAST MEETING WITH FAMILY

-"yoc Unto the Day OF Your Birth :"
the Aged Pnrrnt Exclaimed - CEolgosz
Declared Kc Alone Was Guilty.
Buffalo. y. Y.-Leon +. Czolgosz. the
assassin of President Mckinley. was
sentenced 10 die i'll the electric chair i'll
Auburn State Prison in the week be
ginning on October 2S, 1901. Before
sentence was passed the assassin
evinced n desire to speak. but he
could not get his voice above wills
per and his words We're repeated to
the court by his counsel.
There was no one else but me- the
prisoner said iii a whisper. NO one
else told me TO do ii. and no one paid
me to do it. | was not told anything
about the crime and never thought
anything about it until n couple of
days before | committed the crime"
CZolgosz sat down. He was fairly
calm. His checks wore n trifie pale
and his outstretched hand trembled
There was an expression of the pro-
roundest fear and heIplessness IN his
eyes. He glanced about at the field
Of heads which crowded together in
efforts to get Il look a. him. Every eye
was cold. The prisoners eyelids rose
ana fell tremuiouslE. and then he
fixed his gaze on the floor in front OF
him.
At this point former Justice Titus
came over to the prisoner and bade
him goodby. CZolgOsz replied family.
letting his eye rest rpon the man who
has been his counsel.
'NGOodby" he said weakly.
CZolgOsZ was then hurried down
stairs and through the "turmel of
Sobs" to the iail. \ few hours later
the assassin was taken from Buffalo
10 Auburn State Prison.
Although the time announced for
lie opening of court was - o'clock. |
avery seat and every foot OF standing
room Were occupied before 1.30 ana
scores were clamoring outside for od
mission. Tie doors were locked AMI
ab more were admitted to the room.
When the prisoner was brought into |
the court room lie was sworn and his !
nhcord was takeII as follows:
Age. twcnty-eight years; nativity, !
Detroit: residence. Broadway. .Nowaks !
buffalo: occupa ton, laborcr; married
Jr single. single degree of educ :rion |
common school and parochial; religi- |
rus instruction. Catholic; parents liv- |
ing or dead. father living. moSher.l
lead: temperate or Incorporate, tenn
oerate; former conviction OF crime |
lone.
When asked If he had any legal
cause to show why sentence should |
lot be pronounced against him. Czol- |
gosz replied. Il have nothing to say
about that
Have YOU anything to say?" asked
Justice White.
YES" replied the prisoner.
CzoIgosz said: There was no one
else but me. No one else told me to
10 Il: and no one paid me to do IT.
Mr.. Titus. the prisoners counsel. re-
peated it as follows, swing TO the pris-
oners feeble voice: He says no one
lad anything to do with the commits
sion OF his crime but himself: that his
'ather and mother, and no one else.
had anything TO do with and knew
nothing about it,
The prisoner continued: Il was not
told anything about the crime, and |
neve- Thought of anything about it
until couple OF days before l com
mitted the crime
Mr.. Titus 9gain repeated as follows:
'IIe never tC'd any one about the
crime and never intended to commit
1t until ia couple of days before it's
omniss SON.
Then Justice White passed sentence
as follows:
In taking the life of ou- beloved
President you committed n crime
which shocked and outraged the moral
sense of the civilized world. You have
confessed that guilt. You have said.
according TO the testimony OF credita-
ole witnesses and yourself, that no
other person aided or abetted YOU in
the commission of this terrible act.
sod grant IL may be so. The penalty
tor the crime for which you stand
convicted is fixed by this statute. and
t now becomes my duty to pronounce
his Judgment against you.
The sentence OF the Court is that
IN the week beginning October 2S.
1901. at the place. in the manner and
means prescribed by law, YOU suffer
the punishment of death. Remove the
prisoner"
Paul Czolgos2. the father. WaIdcck.
the brother, and Victoria the sister.
VINO had come from Cleveland. Ohio.
TO see Leon CZolgosz son and brother
before he had paid the laws penalty
Tor the assassination OF President Me
kinlcy. were given permission by Dis
trict Attorney Penney. to see Leon in
his cell III the County Jail.
fhe assassin was sitting ON tho
bCnch in his cell when the members
OK his family arrived. He had been
prepared Tor the meeting but dis
played no cagerneSS. nor did lie mn.
pear ashamed. His pretty sister. Vie.
toria, with pathetic little cry, ran
20 him, threw her arms around his
neck and sobbed as IL her hcart would
break.
The father stood erect. gazing at
his unnatural son with mingled cN-
preston OF suffering and unrrlenting
anger. Would that YOU had never
been BORN he said, with something