Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-11-06
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The body was placed in a black
stained pine coffin, 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 extraordinary precaution
taken to completely destroy it. A
few days ago under the warden's
order an experiment was made to
determine the power of quicklime in
the destruction of flesh and bone,
which was not satisfactory. War
den Mead at once conferred with
some of 4e physicians present and
dete' ,ei'led, in conjunction with Su-
perintendent Collins, that the pur-
pose of the law was the destruction
OF the body, that it was not neces-
sary to use quicklime for that end.
Accordingly a carboy of acid was
obtained and poured upon the body
III the coffin after 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 physicians
that the body will he entirely disin-
tegrated within twelve hours. Dur
ing that time, and as long as doomed
necessary, guard will be kept over
the unmarked grave.
A lengthy report prepared this
afternoon by the autopsy surgeons
related entirely to the brain and was
of highly technical character.
After scientifically describing to the
minutest detail the brain of the dead
murderer the report concludes as
follows:
"No anomalies found. The brain
in general is well developed, suffi-
cicntly masked with fissures and the
lobes are in normal proportion"
The surgeons have not yet drawn
a report on what the autopsy dis
closed as to the other organs.
CHAPLAIN NOT WANTED.
Rev. IIerrick, chaplain of the
prison, was in the death chamber
ready for any call that might be
made for his services. lie was not
wanted by the prisoner, however,
and sat quietly in the rear of the
chamber throughout the execution.
The clothing and personal effects
of the prisoner were burned.
Prison Superintendent Collins
made the following statement:
"The execution was one of the
most successful ever conducted in
the State. Extraordinary care had
to be taken in the case, because both
the warden and / received hundreds
of threatening letters, many of them
asserting in violent and Incorporate
language that the prisoner would
never be put in the chair. have
decided for the present that we will
not destroy any of the hundreds Of
letters written to Czolgosz, the war
den and myself as to the case.
Eventually they will be DESTROYED,
but il has struck me that perhaps we
should make list of them, especially
of those letters signed with full and
proper names, in which coincidence
was offered to the prisoner or threats
against us were made. My plan is
to get the addresses of these people
and keep the list for police refer
ence. I believe that there nav come
a time when such list would be
valuable in running down anarchists"
czoLGosz WAS INSURED.
Waidcck Czolgosz and Waideck
Thomas Bandowski, brother and
brother-in-law of the assassin, called
at the prison at 2 o'clock this after
noon. They sont word in to w Warden
Mead that they would like to see the
body OF Leon Czolgosz. The war
den told them that the body had
been buried for more than an hour
and that if they wished he would
send guard TO guide them to the
grave. They answered that they
did not care to 90 to tho cemetery,
but that they were anxious to ar
range for the collection Of the insur-
ance on the life of the dead murderer,
and asked that q certificate Of death
be given to them. The warden
promised them q certificate and they
departed. The insurance about which
they talked is supposed to be fra
ternal society to which the murderer
belonged.