The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-11-06

Kinley, paid the extreme penalty ex-
acted by the law for Bis criEe. He
was shocked TO death by seventeen
hundred volts Of electricity. He
went to the chair in exactly the same
manner in which have the majority
Of murderers in this State, showing no
particular ss;ss: se q ei fear, but I in fact
doing what few Of them have dome
talking to the witnesses while he was
being strapped in the chair.
Czolgosz retired last night at 10
o'clock and slep. go sorndly .hat when
Warden Mead went to. the cell shortly
before 5 o'clock this morning the
guard inside had to shake Czolgosz to
awaken him. He sat upon the edge
Of his cot and made no reply to the
warden's greeting Of "Good morning
The prison official took from his
pocket the death warrant and read it
slowly and distinctly to the assassin,
who hardly raised his eyes to him
during the perfunctory ceremony.
Just as the warden stepped away
from the cell door Czolgosz called to
him and said;
II would like to talk with the su-
perintendent.'
The warden responded:
.'He will be down presently;
Then the condemned man rolled
over on his cot apparently anxious to
sleep again.
Abb, however, the guard brought
to hima pair Of dark trousers with
the left leg slit, SO as to allow the free
application of the electrode, and q
light gray outing shirt. He was told
to get up and put these on, which he
did.
Contrary to the usual custom he
was given new pair Of shoes. When
dressed he laid downson the cot again
and in this attitude the superinten-
dent found him at $50, when he went
down to visit him. The superinten-
dent stood in front of the steel bars
and when the guard had called .Czol-
gosz 8 attention he said:
.'I want TO make statement before
you kill me-"
What do you wish to say, Czoi-
g0sz?" asked the superintendent.
II want to make it when there are a
!c. CT people prssel4. I want them to
hear me, said .be prisoner.
"Well, you cannot said the su-
perintendent.
Then ] won't talk at all. said the
prisoner, sullenly.
After the superintendent left the
guards brought Czolgosz's breakfast,
consisting Of coffee, toast, eggs and
bacon, and he ate with quite relish.
While he was partaking Of this the
witnesses were gathering in the Office
Of Warden Mead and at 7.O6 o clock
the procession passed to the death
chamber, going shrough the long south
corridor.
In the chamber Electrician Davis
and former Warden Thayer, OF Dam
nemora, had arranged the chair test,
placing bank of 20 incandescant
lights across the arms and connecting
the electrode wires at either end. The
witnesses were ordered seated and
then the warden addressed them
briefly:
ou are here to witness the legal
death Of Leon Czolgosz. Idesire that
.'ou keep your seats and preserve alb
solute silence in the death. chamber,
nolmatter what may transpire. There
are plentyof guards and prison Off
cials to preserve order and to attend
to the proper details.
The prison physician, DR.. Germ
and DR.. Carlos e. MacD Donald, Of New
York, took q position to the left of
the chair, Warden Mead stood directly
in front and Electrician Davis retired
to theilittla room containing the cleo
trical switchboard Thayer gave the
signal and the current was turned
through the electric lights, Gooding
the chamber with. brilliant light and
dramatically showing the power that
was.used to kill the prisoner
4 4 s
Warden Mead gave the signal to
have the prisoner brought in and at
7.1O.l.2o'clock Chief Keeper Topper
swung open the big steel door leading
TO the condemned cells, and as the
steel bars bohind which Czolgosz had
been kept were swung aside two
guards marched the prisoner into the
corridor, two fthers- following, and the
chief keeper walking in 'front.'
The guards on either side of Cool