The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-28
LIFE OF PRESIDENT M'kIxLEy,s
ASSASSIN NOW REckoNED
BY HOURS
PRISON CLOSED TO VISITORS
Clothing of the Murderer, Together
with Vast Accumulation of Mail,
to BE Burned After
Execution
PRISONER STILL INDIFFERENT

AUBURN, N. Y, Oct. 27.-The time
winch Leon F. Czolgosz, the assassin Of
flesldeht Mckinley, has to live is reck-
ohed by hours now but there has baer
lio relaxatlop of the stringent rule under.
winch the prisoner has been secIudad
since MS confinement Auburn prison
was closed today to any who sought The
ASSASSIN, and SO it will remain until the
prisoner has paid the penalty which the
raw exacts In fact. the plan to deprive
N1olsosz living OF any notoriety has been
extended to deprive Czolgosz dead of no.
tor1ety Immediately after the execu-
tion the clothing of the murderer witb
Inc vast accumulation of mail that came
10 the prison for him will be burned.
ana II possible the request of the parents
Oh the dead man for his remains will he
evaded. 1t is feared that the removal
OF his body to Cleveland would lead TO
scenes of an unfortunate nature. AMI the
prison officials are anxious to avoid any-
thing OF the kind. The plan of burning
the clothing and letters of the murderer
VIII prevent the exhibition of relics by
those who pander to the morbid.
The hour of on Tuesday morning is
the time set by Warden j. Warren Mead
for the execution.
Various reports changing that time
have gone through Auburn today and to-
night One rumor places the time at !
o'clock tomorrow, but that is discredited
by the fact that Superintendent of State
Prisons Collins will not arrive here until
8 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, and none
of the regularly summoned witnesses
have yet reached Auburn.
Chair Is in Readiness
The chair in which Czolgosz will sit TO
receive the deadly electrical shock was
examined and tested today by State
Electrician e. F. Davis and is ready for
the part that it is to play in the final
scene of the great national tragedy.
Davis carefully examined the wiring
and satisfied himself that it was in good
condition. He also inspected the dyna-
mos in the prison shop where the cur
rent IS generated and at his direction
/ the current was for brief. period sent
pulsating into the death house as. it viii
go on Tuesday morning. carrying final
punishment sto the murderer
Electrician Davis will look the appara-
tus over again tomorrow and review with
the prison officials the plan under which
: the sentence of death is to be carried out.
CZolgosz will be the fifty-ninth man in
the state and the fifteenth at Auburn
prison at whose electrocution Davis had
applied the current.
The death warrant has not yet been
read to the prisoner, but it is believed it
will be tomorrow morning. The general
practice is to read the paper some lime
after the commencement of the period
for the execution designated by the court
That period in this case commenced at
midnight today. The firm purpose of
Supt. Collins and Warden Mead to avoid
even the appearance of sensationalism in
this case is demonstrated by an incident
in connection with one of the principal
witnesses DR.. Carlos F. Mcdonald, of
New York city, former president of
the state 1unacy commission. is to be
the principal attending physician at the
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