The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-30
All Organs in - Healthy state, and
Nothing Discovered That Indi-
Gated Weak Mentality.
BODY AT ONCE DESTROYED
PLACED IN A GRAVE AND STRONG
ACID POURED OVER 1T.
All Clothing and Personal Effects
Burned-BrOther and Brother-in-
LAW Not Permitted to See Body.

AUBURN. y. Y. oct. 29-As announced
in extra editions of the newspapers TN
cluding the JournaD this morning. Leon F.
Czolgocz. the assassin of President Nc
Kinley, was electrocuted at 712:SO o'clock
this morning Just before he was killed
he said he was not sorry for his crime. but
regretted he could not see his father before
ne died Il killed the President" he said,
because he was an enemy of the good peo-
pIe-of the good working people After
three contacts of the electric current he
was pronounced dead. Aside from the
doomed mans brief statement, there were
no scenes different from those attending
the eIectrocutiOn of any criminal. Rev.
Cordello Herrick. chaplain of the prison,
was in the death chamber. ready for any
call that might be made for his services
He was not wanted by the prisoner. how
ever, and sat quietly in the rear of the
chamber throughout the execution.
Electrician Davis made this statement as
TO the execution: Il used Loo volts of eiec-
tricity. turning it into the body at full volt
age for seven seconds and then slowly re-
ducing il for forty-five seconds Then L
threw the full voltage again for eight
seconds Then. at the suggestion OF Dr.
Macdonald. turned il on again for Few
seconds ] did not think there was any
necessity for the third contact. and the
lack Of resistance shown when IT was ad-
ministered proved that life was extinct.
The body showed eight amperes of resist
ance That is little more than would be
given by a larger or stouter man. where
the current could have more chance to
percolate. IL was as successful an execu-
ton as 1 ever operated at in all my expert
ence.'
When the body of Czolgocz had been re-
moved from the room where he was killed
to the autopsy table Auburn prison re-
turned to the routine of its ordinary life
The prisoners, 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 con-
victs Scarcely a hundred people had gath
cred outside the prison gate TO watch the
witnesses enter and wait until they reap
peared The witnesses dispersed quickly
some OF them leaving for their homes as
early as Q o'clock
THE AUTOPSY.
Naturally almost the entire attention Of
the physicians assigned to hold the autopsy
was directed towards discovering if possible
whether :he assassin was in any way men,
tally irreponsible The autopsy con-
Quoted by DR.. Carlos f. Macdonald Z. A
Spitzka and Prison Physician Germ. The
top of the head was sawed of through
the thickest part of the skull. which was
found TO be OF normal thickness, and il was
the unanimous opinion after a micrOscopical
examination that the brain was normal or
slightly above normal. This demonstrated
TO the satisfaction of the physicians that
I'm no way was CzolgOczs mental eondi-
ton except as il might have been per-
verted responsible for the crime The
autopsy was completed shortly before noon
when the surgeons issued the following
brief statement:
THE autopsy was made by Mr.. Edward
\. Spitzka. of New York. under the imme-
diate supervision and direction of DR.. Car
los r. Macdonald. of New York. and DR..
John Germ. prison physician. The autopsy
occupied over three hours and embraced
a careful examination of all the bodily
organs, including the brain. The eXamina-
tiOn revealed perfectly healthy state of
all the organs, including the brain. All
OF the physicians who attended the execu-
tiOn were present at the autopsy. and all
cOncurred in the findings of the examiners" ="
\ longer report prepared this afternoon
by the surgeons related entirely to the
brain and was OF highly technical char
acter. After scientifically describing to the
minutest detail the brain OF the dead mur-
derer. the report continues as follows: No
anomalies found. The brain i'm general is
well developed. sufficiently marked with
assures. and the lobes are in normal pro-
portion.
THE BODY DESTROYED.
After the autopsy the body was placed in
bIack-stained pine coffin every portion Of
the anatomy being replaced under the su-
perviSion OF DIR. Germ and Warden Mead.
shortly afterward it was taken TO the
prison cemetery and an extraordinary pre-
caution taken 20 completely destroy il. A
few days ago. under the warCen's order. an
experiment was made 10 determine the
power OF auicklime i'm the destruction of
flesh and bone. which was not satisfactory.
Warden Mead. who conferred with some of
the physicians present. determined. in con-
Junction with superintendent collins. that
the purpose or the law was the destruction
OF the body. and that IL was necessary 10
use quicklime FOR that end Accordingly.
a arbOV OF acid was obtained and poured
upon the body In the coffin after Il had
been lowered into the grave. Straw was
used in the four corners OF the grave as the
earth was put In 10 give vent 10 such gases
as might form. IL y the belief OF the ply
sicians that the body Will be entirely dis
integrated within twelve hours During
that time and as long deemed neces-
sarv a guard Will be kept over the un-
marked grave. The clothing and personal
effects OF the assassin were burned. under
direction OF Warden Mead. shortly after
the execution
Valdez Czolgocz and Valdez Thomas
BandOwski. brother and brother-in- of
o'clock this afternoon. They sent word into
Warden Mead that they wished 10 the
BODY Of Leon CzolgOcz. The warden told
them that the body had been buried for
more than an hour, and that n they wished
~ would send guard 10 guide them 10 the
grave. They answered that they did not
care 10 go to the cemetery. but that they
were anxious 20 arrange for the collection
OF the Insurance on the life Of the dead
murderer and asked that certificate OF
death be given 10 them. The warden prom
ised them a certificate and they departed.