Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-29

Auburn, Oct 2s.-Physicians holding
the autopsy ha- decided. after critical
examination, that Cxolgosz's brain was
normal II not above normal.
Auburn. N. T., Oct. 2s.-7:12:so q. m.-
Czolgosz has been nelectrocuted.
Auburn, N. Y, Oct %. Bulletin-At
1:12:3o o'clock this morning Leon f.
Cxolgolsz, murderer OF Mckinley. paid
the NE penalty for his crime in the
electric chair at Auburn prison. He was
given three contacts Of electricity be-
I fore finally pronounced dead. Czolgosz
made q brief speech in the chair. He
said he was not sorry for what he had
done and expressed regret that he had
not seen his father. Half an hour be-
fore the execution the prisoner sent for
the superintendent and warden and
said: II want to make q statement be-
fore you Kill me and want to make 1t
when lot OF people are present You
can not said the superintendent.
Il 4 :
s.Then I won't talk at ALL said the
prisoner sullenly. He changed his reso-
luton, however. when in the chamber
Of death.
AT 7:10 Keeper Tupper swung open
the big steel door leading to the con-
demned cells and the prisoner, between
two ssuards. steppsd o..t into the ccrri-
dor. The chief keeper was in front and
the two guards at the rear. Czolgosz
stumbled over the threshold, bu. the
guards held him up. and he also Stun
/ bled as the chair was reached. His head
was erect. however, and with his gray
fiannell shirt turned back at the neck,
ne looked quite boyish. He wasintensely
I pale and his chin quivered perceptibly
when the strapping was completed. dur
which operation, the assassin made the
statement quoted above. The guards
stepped back, the warden raised his
hand and at 7:12:so. Electrician Davis
turned the switch that threw seventeen
hundred volts of electricity thru the liv-
ing body. The rush OF the current
threw the body SO hard against the
straps, they creaked perceptibly. The
hands clinched and the whole attitude
was one of extreme tenseness. For
forty-five seconds the full current was
kept on and then slowly reduced until
entirely cut OFF. Then it was thrown on
again for several seconds. This was re-
peated third time and at 7:15 the cur
rent was turned of for good. From
4 the time czolgosz left the cell until
Warden Mead announced: Gentlemen,
the prisoner Is dead" less than four
minutes had elapsed.
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.
i He showed no particular sign OF fear.
Az the guards were strapplng him into
the chair. he said: II killed the presi-
dent; because he was an enemy OF good
people -of good working people. I'm not
sorry for my crime. But I'm awfully
sorry couldn't see my father.
Cxolgosz retired last night at ten and
slept so soundly that when the guard
called him at five this morning, the lat
ter was compelled to shake the prisoner
to awaken him. He sat on the edge of
the cot while the warden read the death
warrant, slowly and distinctly. CzoI-
gosz hardly raised his eyes during the
perfunctory ceremony. After express
Ing desire to see the superintendent.
the prisoner rolled over on his cot, ap-
parently anxious to sleep again. AT 5:15
the guard brought him pair Of dark
trousers, with the left leg slit SO as to
allow free application of the electrode,
and light gray outing shirt, which the
q assassin put on. When dressed he laid
down again. Shortly afterward, the
guards brought his breakfast, consist
ing OF coffee, toast, eggs and bacon.
which he ate with a good relish. In the
meantime the witnesses were gathering
sin the warden's Office and at 7.0s the
procession passed to the death chamber.
The witnesses were enjoined by the
warden to preserve absolute silence.
When the body OF Czolgosz was re-
moved from the room where he was
killed to the autopsy table, Auburn
prison returned to the routine of its
ordinary life. The prisoners who had
been kept locked In their calls, were re-
leased at T:45 and prison work was re-
spmed at once. There was no excite
eent among the convicts. Scarcely a
hundred people gathered outside the
prison gate g