The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-11-01
DIED UNREPENTANT.
czolgOsz in the Death Chair Ez-
pressed No Regrets,
SAID President Mckinley Was an En-
envy OF the working CIass-Re-
fused Spiritual Consolation
and Cursed the Priests

Auburn, n. Y, Oct. 29.-At 1872
o'clock Tuesday morning, Leon Cool
gosz. murderer of President William
Mckinley, paid the extreme penalty
exacted by the law for his crime. He
was shocked to death by 1,70O volts
of electricity. He went to the chair
in exactly the same manner as have
the majority of murderers in this
state, showing no particular sign Of
fear, but in fact, doing what few men
have done-taIking to the witnesses
while he was being strapped in the
chair.
CzoIgosz retired last night at ten
o'clock and slept so sOundly that
when Warden Mead went to the cell
shortly before five o'clock this morn
ing the guard inside had to shake
CzoIgosz to awaken him.
The guards brought CzOlgosz his
breakfast, consisting of coffee, toast,
eggs, and bacon, and he ate with
quite a good deal of relish. While he
was partaking of this, the witnesses
were gathering in the Offices of War
den Mead and at 7:OS the procession
passed to the death chamber.
Warden Mead gave the signal to
have the prisoner brought in and at
7:1Ok o'clock, Chief Keeper Turpper
swung open the big steel door leading
to the condemned cells, and as the
steel bars behind which CzoIgOsz had
been kept were swung aside two
guards marched the prisoner out into
the corridor, two others following, and
the chief Keeper walking in front. The
guards on either side of Czolgosz had
hold of his arms as if either to sup
port him, or to keep him from max
ing a demonstration. As he stepped
over the threshold he stumbled. but
they held him up and as they urged
him forward toward the chair he
stumbled again on the little rubber
covered platform upon which the
chair rests. His head was erect and
with his gray flannel shirt turned
back at the neck, he looked quite
bOyish. He was intensely pale and as
he tried to throw his head back and
carry himself erect his chin Quivered
very percePtibly. As he was being
seated he looked about at the assem-
bled witnesses with quite a steady
stare and said: 81 killed the president
people-of the working people" His
voice trembled slightly at first, but
gained strength with each word, and
he spoke perfect English. 81 am not
sorry for my crime,' he said loudly,
just as the guard pushed his head
back on the rubber head-rest and
drew the strap across his forehead
and chin. As the pressure on the
straps frightened and bound the Jaw
slightly, he mumbled: ST am awfully
sorry I could not see my father"
1t was just exactly I'LL o'clock
when he crossed the threshold, but a
minute had elapsed and he had Just
finished the last statement when the
straPping was completed and the
guards stepped back. Warden Mead
raised his hand and at 7:12:3O Electri-
clan Davis turned the switch that
threw LOO volts of electricity into
the living body.
From the time Czo1gosz had left
his cell until the full penalty was
paid, less than four minutes had
elapsed.
At eight o'clock Monday night
Czolgosz' brother, Waldeck, visited
him in his cell and urged the doomed
man to tell who got him into the
scrape. In a surly manner Czolgosz
replied that he alone was the instiga-
tor and executioner of the plot to
assassinate the president. Asked if
he wanted the priests to visit him
he said with vehemence: mo, d-n
them; don't send them here. And
don't you have any praying over me
when I'm dead. I don't want it. /
don't want any of their id re-
hgion."
Monday night the brother and
brOther-in-Iaw OF the assassin re-
quested permission to witness the
eleetrocUtion but this was emphat-
1caLIy turned down. Waldeck Czol-
gesz then relinquished all claims, in
behalf OF his family, on the body of
the assassin.
The physicians held an autopsy and
litter critical examination decided
that Czolgosz's brain was normal. If
not above normal. After the AUTOPSY
the body was placed in a black
stained pine coffin, every portion of
the anatomy being rep laced. Shortly
afterward 1t was taken to the prison
cemetery and an exit ,aordinary pre-
taution taken to com pletely destroy
1t. A carboy of aciiI had been OBJ
tanned and poured upon the body in
the coffin after it had been lowered
LEtO the grave. 1t is the belief of the
physicians that the body viii be en-.
tirely disintegrateG within - hours.
Wants MausOIeg N for CzOIgosE.
Chicago, Oct. 2S.-AIiss Henrietts
Tice, a book canvas ser and anarchis,
here, is trying to aise 500, 900 for g
mausoleum for the body of Czolposz
the assassin OF Pr esident Mckinley
and thinks she viii be able to do it.