Evening star., 1901-10-29

Once more the body became rigid. At 7:15
the current was turned off for. the last time.
Quick Work of Executioners.
From the time Czolgosz had left his cell
until the fun penalty was paid less than
four minutes had elapsed. The physicians
present used the stethoscope and other
tests to determine if any life remained, and
at 1:17 the warden, raising his hand an
ncunced:
Gentlemen 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.
Rev. Gordello Herrick. chaplain of the
prison, was III the death chamber, ready
for any call that might be made for his
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 We're burned under direction of
Warden Mead shortly after the execution.
When the body of Czolgosz had been re-
moved from the room where he was killed
to the autopsy table Auburn prison return
ed to the routine of it's ordinary life The
prisoners who had been kept locked in their
cells were released at 7:4J o'clock and pris-
on work was resumed at once. There was
no excitement among the convicts Scarce
ly hundred people had gathered outside
the prison gate to watch the witnesses en-
ter and wait until they reappeared. The
witnesses dispersed quickly, some of them
leaving for their homes early as 8
o'clock.
Prison Superintendent Collins made the
following statement to the Associated
Press:
Superintendent Collins Statement.
Just consider that within about six
weeks from the death of his distinguished
victim Czolgosz was regularly tried, con-
victed, sentenced and executed, and this
despite the fact that the law compelled US
to give him four weeks to prepare for
death. All has been done In a dignifed
way, and the greatest credit is due to
w arden Mead for the care he has taken to
strip the case of sensationalism
The execution was one of the most src-
cessful ever conducted in the state Ex-
traordinary care had to be taken in the
case, because both the warden and 1 re-
ceived hundreds of threatening letters
many of them asserting in violent and in
temperate language that the prisoner would
never be put in the chair. l have decided
for the present that we will not destroy
any of the hundreds of letters written to
CzolgosZ the warden ard myself as to the
case. Eventually they will be destroyed,
but 1t has struck me that perhaps we
should make list of them, especially of
those letters signed with full and proper
rames 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 the list for police
reference. believe that there may come a
| time when such list would be valuable in
running down anarchists 1 have decided
| to bury the body of Czolgosz in the regular
| prison plot in the local cemetery. The
funeral Will take place some time within
the next forty-eight hours. We will keen
the grave guarded day and night Until
such time as the quicklime which will be
placed around the body shall have entirely
1 destroyed it."
| Statement of the ExecutlOner
Electrician Davis made this statement as
to the electrocution:
used LOO volts of electricity. turning
It into the body at fun voltage for seven
| seconds and then slowly reducing n for
forty-five seconds. Then I threw the full
voltage on again for eight seconds. Then.
at the suggestion of DIR. Macdonald. i
turned II on again for a few seconds did
not think there Was any necessity for the
| miro contact, and the lack OF resistance
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