The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-11-06
EXECUTION OF CZOLGOSZ.
Killed BY 400 Volts of ELECTRICITY.


perceptibly. AS he vas being seated
he looked about at the assembled wit.
nesses with quite steady stare and
said:
Il killed the President because he
was an enemy of 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.
.iish.
II am not sorry for my crime, y. he
said loudly, just as the guard pushed
his head back on the rubber head-rest
and drew the strap across his fore
head aud chin. AS the pressure on
the straps frightened and bound the
jaw slightly he mumbled:
II am awfully sorry I 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 state
ment when the strapping was COM
pleted and the guards stepped back.
Warden Mead raised his hand and at
7.12.30 Electrician Davis turned the
switch that threw 100 volts Of cleo
tricity into the living body.
The rush Of the current threw the
body SO hard against the straps that
they creaked perceptibly. The hands
clinched suddenly and the whole atti-
tude was one Of extreme tenseness.
For forty-fige seconds the full current
was kept on, and then slowly the elec-
trician threw the switch back, reduc-
ing the current volt by volt until it
was cut of. entirely. Then, just as it
had reached that point, he threw the
lever back again for two or three seq
onds. The body, which had collap-
sed as the current was reduced, stiff
fened up again against the straps.
When it was turned OFF again DR.. Nc
Donald 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 a
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 steth-
oscope aud other tests to determine if
any life remained, and at III the
warden, raising his hand, announced:
Gentlemen, the prisoner is dead" !"
The witnesses fled from the cham
Der, many Of them visibly affected,
and the body was taken from the chair
and laid on the operating table.
The body was placed in a black
stained pine coffir, every portion of
the anatomy being replaced under the
supervision Of DR.. Germ and Warden
Mead. Shortly afterward it was taken
to the prison cemetery and an extra
ordinary precaution taken TO CON-
pletely destroy it.. A few days ago
under the warden 8 order an expert
ment was made to determine the
power of quicklime in the destruction
of flesh and bone. which was not sat
isfactory. Warden Mead at once con-
ferred with some of the physicians
present and determined, in conjunc-
tion with Superintendent Collins, that
the purpose Of the law was the destruc-
tion of the body, that it was not ne
cessary to use quicklime for that end.
Accordingly carboy of acid was
obtained and poured upon the body in
the coffin after II had been lowered
into the grave. Straw was used in
the four corners Of the grave as the
earth was put into give vent to such
gases as might form.
It is the belief Of the physicians
that the body will be entirely disin-
tegrated within twelve hours. Dur
ing that time and as long as deemed
necessary q guard will be kept over
the unmarked grave.
a lengthy report prepared this
afternoon by the autopsy surgeons re-
lated entirely to the brain and was Of
highly technical character. After
scientifically describing to the min
utest detail the brain of the dead MUIR
derer the report concludes as follows:
No anomalies found. The brain
in general is welldeveloped, sufficient.
ly masked with fissures and the lobes
are in u normal proportion.
The surgeons have not yet drawn a
report on what the autopsy disclosed
as to the Other organs.