Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-11-01
HIS BRAIN WAS NORMAL
Autopsy Shows That Czolgosz was
Perfectly Sound Mentally.

Perfectly Sound Mentally.
Auburn, ~ y, Oct. 29.-Leon CZol-
eosz, assassin of President Mckinley,
has paid the penalty in the electric
chair at the penitentiary, and his
iifeless body now awaits the DISPOSE
ton the warden has concluded TO
make of it.
The execution took place this morn
ing. in the presence OF the required
number of witnesses, who were all
closely examined when they entered
by the guards stationed at the prin-
cipal gate of the prison. The grew
some sight was not relished by the
men who had been summoned TO
make affidavit that the order OF the
court at Buffalo had been duly car.
ried out.
The prisoner was bound into the
electric chair and with as little delay
as possible the current was turned
on.
The muscles of its occupant were
drawn tight when the heavy current
passed through the body. The arms
seemed to stitfen and to grasp the
arms of the chair. The legs straight
ened and the trunk was rigid. Then,
after the. current had been kept on
for sufficient time, the bands were
loosened and the assassin of the pres
ident was declared dead.
Auburn, n. y, Oct. 30.-Naturaily,
almost the entire attention of the
| physicians assigned to hold the au-
| topsy over the remains of Assassin
| Czolgosz was directed toward dis
, covering, if possible, whether. the
assassin was in any way mentally
| irresponsible. The autopsy was con-
Quoted by DR.. Carlos f. Macdonald,
Z. a. Spitzka 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
unanimous agreement after the MI
croscopical examination that the
brain was normal or slightly above
normal. This demonstrated to the
satisfaction of the physicians that
in no way was Czoigosz's mental con-
dition, except as it might have been
perverted, responsible for the crime
The body was placed in black
stained coffin, every portion OF the
anatomy being placed under the sup
ervision of DR.. Germ and Warden
Mead. Shortly afterward it was
taken to the prison cemetery, and
an extra precaution taken to COM
pletely destroy it. A few days ago
under the warden's order an expert
ment was made to determine the
power of quick lime in the destruc-
| ton Of flesh and bone, which was
not satisfactory. Warden Mead, who
conferred with some Of the physi-
clans present, determined in con-
| junction with superintendent Collins
| that the purpose of the law was the
destruction of the body and that it
was necessary to use quick lime for
that end. Accordingly a carboy Of
acid was obtained and poured upon
the body in the coffin afterward it
had been lowered 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.
| 1t is the belief of the doctors that
the body will be entirely dsintegrat-
ed within twelve hours. During that
time and as long as deemed neces-
sahy guard will be kept over the
unmarked grave.
! Czo]gosz went to the chair in ex-
sary guard will be kept over the
ma jority of others in this state,
| IL
but in fact doing what but few Of
them have done-talking to the wit
nesses while he was being strapped
| to the chair.
81 killed the president because lie
was an enemy to the good people
of the good working people. l am
not sorry for my crime ">+.
These were his words as the guards
| hurried him into the chair. A mo-
ment later, mumbling through the
half adjusted face straps, he said:
II am awfully sorry l could not
see my father
The D1ctetic and Hygienic Gazette
says: Walter Baker & Co., of Dor
chester. Mass, U. S. A., have given
years of study to the skilful prepara-
| ton of cocoa and chocolate, and have
| devised machinery and systems pc
culiar to their methods of treatment
whereby the purity, palatability, and
highest nutrient characteristics are re-
tanned. Their preparations are known
the world over and have received the
highest Endorsements from the medical
practitioner, the nurse, and the intel
ligent housekeeper and caterer"
Buffalo Bill Loses 10 Horses.
Charlotte, N. c., Oct. 3O.-One hun
dred and ten of the ring horses of
Buffalo Bills Wild West show were
crushed to death in a railroad wreck
near Lexington yesterday. Among,
the horses killed was Old Pap, Col
onel Cody's fayorite saddle horse. Old
Eagle, the star ring horse, and the
mules that drew the Deadwood coach
! also were killed. Colonel Cody spent
| yesterday at the scene Of the wreck