The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-30
7:15 the current was turned off for tine.
PRONOUNCED DEAD.

7:15 the current was turned off for tine.
PRONOUNCED DEAD
From the time Czolgosz had left his
cell until the. full penalty wac ps,ii, less
than four minutes had elapsed THE rhy-
SCANS present used the stethoscop. ard
other tests to determine if any tie re-
trained, and at 1:17 the warden, raising
his hand. announced: Gentlemen, tie
prisoner is Dead
The witnesses filed from TIL. chamber.
many of them vsibly affected ana the
body was taken from the chair ara Ian.
IN the operating table.
When the body OF Czolgosz had been
removed from the room where he was
killed to the autopsy table, Auburn prison
returned to the routine of it's ordinary
life. The prisoners, who had been kept
locked in their cells, were released at 1:45
O'Clock. and prison work was resumed at
once. There was no excitement among
the convcts. Scarcely a hundred people
had gathered outside the prison gate to
watch the witnesses enter and wait until
they reappeared. The witnesses dispersed
quickly, some of them leaving for their
homes as early as O'Clock.
BRAIN NORMAL. OR ABOVE.
Naturally. almost the entire attention
of the physicians assigned to hold the
if possible whether the assassin was in
any way mentally Irresponsible The au-
topsy was conducted by DR.. Carlos F.
Macdonald. E. a. SpitzIa and Prison
Physician Germ. The top of the head
was sawed off through the thickest part
of the skull which was found to be of
normal thickness, and it was the lInan-
imous agreement Of the microscopic ex-.
perts that the brain was normal, or slight
ly above normal. This demonstrated TO
the satisfaction of the physicians that in
no way was Czolgosz's mental condition.
except as it might have been perverted,
responsible for the crime.
The autopsy was completed shortly be-
fore noon, when the surgeons issued the
following brief statement:
THE autopsy was made by Dr. Edward
Spitzka, of New York under the immedi-
ate supervision and direction OF DR.. Car
los Macdonald. of New York, and John
Germ. prison physician. The autopsy oc-
cuped over three hours. and embraced a
careful examination of all the bodily or
gans, including the brain The examine
ton revealed a perfectly healthy state of
all the organs. including the brain
.'IAll of the physicians who attended
the execution were present at the autopsy
and all concurred in the findings of the
examiners.
"(Signed)
JOHN GERM, NJ. D..
CARLOS F. MACDONALD, NJ. D.,
'.E A. SPITZkA.''
ACID POURED ON BODY.
The body was placed in a black stained
pine coffin. every portion of the anatomy
being replaced under the supervision of
DR.. Germ and arden Meade. Shortly
afterward it was taken TO the prison
cemetery and an extraordinary precau-
ton taken to completely destroy it
\ few days ago. under the warden's or
der, an experiment was made to determine |
the power of quick lime in tie destr,lc- |
ton of flesh and bone. which was not
Warden Meade a once con- |
erred. with some of the physicians pres !
ent and, in conjunction with Superintend- !
ent Collins. determined Lat the purpose |
OF the law was the destruction Of the !
body; that it was not necessary to use
quick lime for that end. Accordingly, !
carboy of acid was obtained and poured |
upon the BODY in lie coffin after it H..
been covered into the grave Straw was |
used in the four corners of the grave as |
the earth was put in to give vent to such |
gases as might form.
t IS the beef Of the physicians that |
the body will be entirely disintreguted |
within twelve hours. During that time
and rs long as deemed necessary, guard
wnl be sept over the unmarked grave.
y lengthy report prepared this after
noon by the autopsy surgeons related
entirely to the brain and was of a highly
technical character. After scientifically !
describing to the minutest detail the
brain Of the dead murderer, the report
concludes as follows:
NO anomalies found. The brain in gen.
eral is we'll developed. sufficiently marked
with assures and the lobes are in normal
report on what the eautopsy disclosed
as to the other organs.
ASKED TO SEE BODY.
WalGecl Czolgosz and WaIdeck Thomas |
brother and brother-in-law of
the assassin. called at the prison at
o'clock this afternoon They sent word
in to Warden Meade that they wished to |
see the body of Leon CZolgosZ. The war
den told them that the body had been
buried fer more than an hour and that
if they wished he would send a guard TO
guide them tc the grave. They answered
that they did not care TO go to the ceme-'
terry but that they were anxious to ar
range for the collection of the insurance
on the life of the dead murderer. and |
asked that Il certificate, of death be given ;
to them The warden promised them q
certificate and they departed.
The insurance about which they talked
is supposed to he in fraternsI society
TO which the murderer belonged
A., fynIod.d Pomeore