Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-11-06
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was an enemy to the good people
of the working people"
His voice trembled slightly at first,
but gained strength with each word,
and as he spoke it was perfect Eng
lish.
81 am not sorry for my crime," he
said loudly, just as the guard pushed
his head back on the rubber head-rcst
and drew the strap across the fore
head and chin. AS the pressure on
the straps frightened and bound the
jaw slightly he mumbled
81 am awfully sorry l could not
see my father"
1t was just exactly eleven minutes
past Z o'clock when he crossed the
threshold, but minute had elapsed
and he had just finished his last
statement when the strapping was
completed and the guards stepped
back. Warden Mead raised his
hand and at 7.12.3O Electrician Davis
turned the switch that threw LOO
volts of electricity into the living
body.
The rush of the current threw tho
body so hard against the straps that
they creaked perceptibly. The
hands clinched suddenly and the
whole attitude was one of extreme
tenseness. For forty-fve seconds
the full current was kept on, and
then slowly the electrician threw the
switch back, reducing the current
volt by volt until it was cut off en-
tirely. Then, just as it had reached
that point, he threw the lever back
again for two or three seconds. The
body, which had collapsed as the
current was reduced, stiffened up
again against the straps. When it
was turned off again DR.. Macdonald
stepped up to the chair and put his
hand over the heart. He said he
felt no pulsation, but suggested that
the current be turned on for few
seconds again. Once more the body
became rigid.
From the time Czolgosz had left
his cell until the full 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 TIT the warden, raising his
hand, announced
"Gentlemen, the prisoner is dead"
The witnesses filed from the cham
Der, many of them visibly affected,
and the body was taken from the
chair and laid on the operating table.
THE AUTOPSY.
When the body of Czolgosz had
been removed from the room where
he was killed to the autopsy table
Auburn prison returned to the rou-
tine of its ordinary life. The pris-
oners, who had been kept locked in
their cells, were released at 7.45
o'clock and prison work was resumed
at once. There was no excitement
among the convcts. Scarcely
hundred people had gathered out
side the prison gate. The witnesses
dispersed quickly.
Naturally almost the entire attcn-
tion of the physicians assigned to
hold the autopsy was directed to-
wards discovering, if possible, whc-
ther the assassin was in any way ir-
responsible. The top of the head
was sawed off through the thickeat
part of the skull, which was found
to be of normal thickness, and it
was the unanimous agreement of tho
microscopical examination that the
brain was normal or slightly above
normal. This demonstrated to the
satisfaction of the physicians that in
no way was Czolgosz's mental condi-
tion, except as it might havo been
perverted, responsible for the crime.
The autopsy was completed shortly
before noon, and was made by Mr..
Edward A. Spitzka, of New York,
under the immediate supervision and
direction of DR.. Carlos II. MacDon-
aid, of New York, and DR.. John
Germ, physician at the prison. The
autopsy occupied over three hours
and embraced careful examination
Of all the bodily organs, including
tho brain. Tho examination re-