The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-29

ir-iaw arrived and Supt. Collins took
them down to the condemned mans cell.
There was no demonstration when thew
met. Czolgosz merely stepped to the
front OF his steel cage and said:
"Hello!v
The brother ventured the remark: IT
wish you would tell us. Leon. who got
/ you into this scrape?"
The assassin answered in a slow. hest
| tating manner: mo one Nobody had
/ anything to do with 1t but me-,
That is nor how you were brought
up, said the brother, land you ought
! to tell us everything onowf'
Il haven't got anything to tell he
answered in a surly manner.
do you want to see the nriests
again?'' asked his brother. And he an
swered with more yehemence than he
had previously shown: mo- damn them;
don't send them here again; don't want
them" The brother-in7law interjected
here: That's right, Leon
The brother locked rather disturbed
by the answer. Then stepping up close
| to the bars, the condemned man said:
And don't yor have any praying over
me when I'm dead. don't want it. +
! don't want any CT their damned reli-
| gion."
Want to See Execution.
There was q painful pause of few
minutes and then the relatives resumed
casual conversation with him, to which
he replied in monosyllables, until the
brother -in-law suggested, much to Supt
Collins surprise, that he and the brother
be permitted to witness the execution.
Before Supt- Collins could reply Leon
Czolgosz said: yes, Mr.. Superintend-
ent, let them see me killed"
Supt. Collins told the trio in emphatic
terms that no such thing could be al
| lowed and ordered them to say good-by
Czolgosz walked to the back of his
| cell, sat down on the edge of his cot.
and did not answer the last farewell.
When the relatives reached the ward
ems office they again renewed their re-
| quest to see the execution. to which Mr.
Collins replied:
"Emphatically no. Czolgosz will be
| killed at o'clock tomorrow, and if you
apply TO the warden in the afternoon
| you may be able to see the body
The two men were then let out of the
| prison.
few minutes after they had left
| SUpt. Collins received a telephone mes
| sage from the chief Of police of Cleve-
! land announcing that the father of the
convicted man had signed an agreement
similar to the one Signed by the brother
| here this evening, giving tn prison au-
| The prison was absolutely quiet at 10
| O'Clock. A little crowd that had gath
! cred about the main entrance at dusk
| quickly dispersed without any suggestion
from police or guards.
! The superintendent and warden retired
| at 10 O'Clock. with the announcement that
| there will be nothing given out and that
no one would enter or 1eave the prison
| before tomorrow morning Before the
| SllnPrjnf pOCpOf retired he tol,
reported to him that Czolgosz was Sleep
! ing soundly. Beside the two regular men
| On the death watch, in the corridor an
| additional guard sat in Czolgosz's cell to-
| night.
In Prison Cemetery.
The body of Leon Czolgosz, the muir
| derer of President Mckinley will not
! be removed from Auburn. Superintend-
ent of State Prisons c. v. Collins and
Warden ]. Warren Mead, after hours of
controversy with Czolgosz's brother, sue
ceeded in obtaining from him the follow
ing REIMBURSEMENT of the family claims
| to the remains when the executioner
shall have finished his work:
Auburn, N. Y, Oct. 30, 1sO1-J War,
rem Mead. Agent and Warden, Auburn
Prison: hereby authorize you, as
| warden of Auburn prison, to dispose Of
| the pody OF my brother, Leon F. Cool
gosz, by burying it in the cemetery at
| tached to the prison, as provided by the
law OF the state of New York.
| ThlS request is made upon the ex-
| press understanding that no part OF the
| remains will be given to any person or
! society, but the entire body will be bur-
led in accordance with the law in the
| cemetery attached to the prison.
-''Waldeck Czolgosz"
- Witnesses: John a. Sleicher, George
| E. Graham.
The resolution of Supt. Collins to pre-
vent sensation in the transportation and
burial or cremation of the body of CZol-
| gosz took new zest from two offers that
were submitted today by men of ques-
| tlonable enterprise. "A museum keeper in
one of the large Eastern cities tele-
graphed him an offer of 5000 spot cash
| for either the body or the garments of
| the murderer, and the owner of a kineto
! scope, wired Warden Mead that he would
| Fay $1,000 for permission to take a NOV
| Ing picture of CZolgosz entering the death
| chamber.
superintendent Suspicious.
The superintendent also had his sus-
! plcions aroused as to the motives of some
| OF the relatives of Czolgosz in seeking the
body, In view Of their poverty and the
trouble and danger possible in connection
with it's removal and disposal. The
! superintendent CHANGED to meet Waldeck
Czolgosz. brother of the murderer, as he
was being escorted to the death cell
! shortly after his arrival and at once took
| the matter up with MIN. He asked
! Czolgosz if he wanted the body. He said
he did. Collins then told him that he
! did not believe it could be removed with
out serious trouble and strongly advised
him against the attempt The plan to
take 1T to Buffalo where CZolgosz had
asSaSSlnated the president, he regarded as
particularly dangerous Collins discussed
the matter from the standpoint of the
| Czolgosz family and said they would
| surely aovid serious annoyance and pos
| sibly violence by consenting to burial
| here. IN
He assured Waldeck Czolgosz that he
and the family could attend, that they
would be protected, and that the body
would be given decent burial
Czolgosz was obdurate, however, and
Collins finally told HIN that, if there was
a well grounded suspicion as to the
motive in claiming the body he would
refuse to surrender it, law or no law.
Czolgosz then seemed inclined to give
in, and went with the superintendent to
the office of Warden Mead, where paper
relinquishing all claim upon the body was
drawn. While it was being prepared Col
Inns called up the chief of police of
Cleveland, and asked him to discuss the
matter with CZolgosz senior Collins
| asked that the situation be fairly stated
to the father and that if he agreed,
telegram of REIMBURSEMENT be signed by
him and sent at once.
The Cleveland police expressed the hope
| that the body would never be sent to
| that city.
Crematory Refuses.
When the superintendent submitted the
instrument relinquishing all claim to the
body of Czolgosz. he refused to sign it.
unit he LaI