The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-10-29
CONDITIONS ARE MADE
Remains Must Not be Given to ANY
Person or Society.
A HEAVY BID is MADE FOR THE BODY
A Museum Keeper 0ffars Five thousand Dollars
Cash For That or the Assassns Gar
ments, $4,000 0ffsr From
Kinetscope Owner.
(By the Associated Press.)

t6y the ASSOCIdlSQ IISoSJ
Auburn, N. Y, Oct. 2S-The body of
Lean Czolgoscz, the murderer of Presi-
dent Mckinley will not be removed from
Auburn. Superintendent of State Pris-
ons Cornelius " Collins and Marden ].
Warren Mead, after hours of controver-
sy with Czolgoscz's brother, succeed
ed in obtaining from him the following
relinquishment of the family claims to
the rmeains when the executioner shall
have finished his work:
Auburn, N Y, Oct. 2S. 1901.
ITO j. Warren Mead, Agent and War
den, Auburn Prison:
Il hereby authorize you, as warden of
Auburn prison. to dispose of the body
of my brothere, Leon F. Czolgoscz, by
burying it in the cemetery attached to
the prison, as provided by the law of
the State of New York.
This request is made upon the ex-
press understanding that no part of the
remains viii be given to any person or
society but that the entire body will be
buried in acordarce with the law in the
cemetery attached to the prison.
(Signed) "WALDECK CZOLGOSCZ,
Witnesses: John A. Sleicher,. George
E. Graham.
The resolution of Superintendent Col
Inns to prevent sensation in the trans
portation and burial or cremation of the
body of Czolgoscz took new zest from
two offers that were submitted today
by men OF questionable enterprise. A
museum keeper in one of the larger
Eastern cities telegraphed him an offer
of $4,000 spot cash for either the body or
the garments. of the murderer and the
owner of a kinetiscope wired Warden
Mead that he would pay $4,000 for per-
| mission to take a moving picture of
| Czolgoscz entering the death chamber.
The superintendent also had his sus-
| picions aroused as to the motives of
some of the relatives of Szolgoscz in
| seeking the body in view OF their power
| ty and the trouble and danger possible
| in connection with its removal and dis
| posal.
The superintendent chanced to meet
| Waldeck Czolgosz, brother of the murder
| er, as he was being escorted to the death
| cell, shortly after his arrival and at
once took the matter up with him. He
| asked Czolgosz if he wanted the body.
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| he did not believe it could be removed
| without serious trouble and strongly ad-
| vised him against the attempt. The plan
| to take it to Buffalo, where Czolgosz had
| assasinated the President, he regarded as
| particularly dangerous.
Collins discussed the matter from the
| standpoint of the Czolgosz family and said
| they would surely avoid serious annoy
| ance and possibly violence by consenting
| to burial here. He assured WaldeclI
| Czolgcsz that he and the family could at
| tend, that they would be protected and
| that the body would be given decent
| burial.
| Czolgosz was obdurate however, and
| Collins finally. told him that, if there was
| we'll grounded suspicion as to the mo-
| tive in claiming the body, he would re-
fuse to surrender it, law or no law. Czol-
| gosz then seemed inclined to give in and
went with the superintendent to the office
| of Warden Mead, where a paper relin-
| gushing all claim upon the body was
drawn.
| While it was being prepared Collins
| called up the Chief of Police of Cleve-
| land, and ased him to discuss the matter
| with Czolgosz senior Collins asked that
| the situation be fairly stated to the father
| and that III ne agreed telegram OF re-
linquishment be signed by him and sent
| at once.
| The Cleveland police expressed the
| hope that the body would never be sent
| to that city.
When the superintendent submitted the
instrument relinquishing all claim TO the
| body, to CZolgosz, he refused to sign it,
until he had an opportunity to advise with
| Waldeck and Thomas BandowsSi. his
| brother-i law, who was the leader in the
| plan to secure the body. He promised q
| final answer at o'clock when he was to
| call with Bandowski for a final visit to
the condemned man. Collins agreed to
| send for him, but would not let the
/ brother leave the prison.
| Finally. he was, at six o'clock in
formed that the people at the Buffalo
crematory would not accept the body and
i Superintendent Collins at once pointed out
/ TO BIN that ne would have the body on
| his hands At a few minutes past six
| he agreed to sign and it was at once de-
| cided to bury the body in the prison.