The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-11-02

chamber at 7:0S o'clock and at 7:1O:3O
the murderer was brought in. He
was intensely pale and the four
guards who accompanied him had to
urge him forward after he had STUN
bled on the threshold of the entrance.
The assassin had refused to make a
confession or to call priest, but as
he was being seated in the death
chair and the electrical apparatus
was being fitted to his head he stared
at the guards and said:
II killed the preside because he
was an enemy of the good people-of
the good working people. 1 am not
sorry for my crime"
These were his words as the guards
hurried him into the chair.
A moment later, mumbling through
the half-adjusted face straps, he said:
IT am awfully sorry ] could not see
my father"
Condemned Man Brought In.
Warden Mead made the signal to
have the prisoner brought in and at
7:10h O'Clock Chief Keeper Topper
swung open the big steel door lead
ing to the condemned cells, and as
the steel bars behind which Czolgosz
had been kept were swung aside two
guards marched the prisoner out into
the corridor, two others following,
land the chief keeper walking in front.
The guards on either side of Czol-
:gosz had hold of his arms, as if either
to support him, or to keep him from
making a demonstration. AS he
stepped over the threshold he STUN
r bled, but they held him up, and as
they urged him forward toward the
chair he stumbled again on the lit
tie undiscovered platform upon
which the chair rests. His head was
erect, and, with his gray flannel shirt
turned back at the neck, he looked
quite boyish. He was intensely pale
and as he tried to throw his head
back and carry himself erect his chin
quivered very perceptibly.
Silence Broken ny Impious Speech.
AS he was being seated he looked
about at the assembled witnesses
with quite steady stare and said:
II killed the president because he
was an enemy of the good people
of the working people,"
His voice trembed slightly at first,
but gained strength with each word,
and he spoke perfect English.
II am not sorry for my crime," he
said, loudly, just as the guard pushed
his head back on the rubber head
rest and drew the strap across his
forehead and chin. AS the pressure
on the straps frightened and bound
the jaw slightly, he mumbled:
II am awfully sorry l could not see
my father"
Current Turned On.
1t was just exactly 7:l1 o'clock when
he crossed the thre shold, but min
ute had elapsed and he had just fin
ished the last statement when the
strapping was completed and the
guards stepped back. Warden Mead
raised his hand and a 7:12:30 Electric
clan Davis turned the switch that
threw 1,700 volts of electricity into the
living body.
A Speedy Execution.
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 deter
mine if any life remained, and at 7:17
the warden, raising his hands. an
nounced:
Gentlemen, the prisoner is dead"
Electrician Davis made this state
ment as to the executions:
II used 100 volts of electricity. turning
It into the body at full voltage for seven
seconds and then slowly reducing 1t for