Evening journal., 1915-05-14
KRAKUS TO LAST
DENIES HAND IN
PRIESTS death
continned from First Page.

OO0llnutO lIOul Ilri ottt
carried we'll. but his knees we're
wobbly. At the end of his talk he
stood erect and rigid for the few sec
onds prior to the springing Of the
trap. The trap was sprung by per-
son unknown to the witnesses, who
stood inside the engine house door OF
the institution and pulled the rope.
Chief Warden Crawford of the work
house was i'll in bed with pneumonia.
List of Witnesses.
The following jurors and witnesses
were present at the execution:
Councilman Jacob thinner
mann, Alexander E. Goudiss of New
Castle, Postal Inspector nj. S. Plum
mer, James II. Yates. Howard Turner,
Nathaniel Warburton, James Devon
shire, Harry Straub. Thomas 0'Con-
nell. William Warren, Harvey Wiley
and Clark b. Mills.
Official itnesses-Andrew Crambo,
mechanician of the Department OF
Public Safety, Philadelphia: william
Carsteon. Bureau of Fires. Philadel-
phia: Joseph S. Emory. Francis
Straub, James Chapelle. John r. VIII
son. DR.. l. J. MacCollins, Oscar NJ.
Thomas, J. Donohue. Patrolman Will
lard S. Sharpless. Captain Robert Cam
eron and Captain William B. Mills of
the Philadelphia police department.
krakus Slept Well.
The condemned man retired to his
bed at $3.50 o'clock last night and slept
peacefully until about AS o'clock this
morning. He partook of communion
in the presence OF Father Kaulukanis
of Philadelphia. AT breakfast time
z 80 o'clock, he ordered ham and eggs
potatoes. coffee, Strawberries and
pineapple While he did not eat all
that he received he partook of a good
meal
The Rev. Father KauIukanis. the
Rev. Father Thomas Waugh of tho
Salesianum. and the Rev. Vincent
Buchowiecki. Of st. Hedwig's Church
remained in the cell alternately witt
the condemned man and he was ac-
companied to the scaffold by Father
Kaulukanis.
March Of Death.
II was about FIVE minutes before II
o'clock. when the march of the con
demned man was begun from his cell
The trip through the tunnel was SLOW
and IL was about 1910 when n,
emerged in company with two guards
and his spiritual adviser. At the exi
of the tunnel into the chamber o
death the priest read the last rites.
krakus Asserts Innocence.
Upon his arrival on the scaffold th'
condemned man looked around a
those assembled and made the fol
lowing statement:
/ stand before Gods sunshine
today for the last time. / came
to America when young. only 10
years old. | got in company with
some bad men. They taught bad.
Now l stand here and say I re-
woke the paper | signed yester-
day. I did not know what was in
II. ] did belong to a gang and
police in New York and Boston
belonged to the gang.
| took morphine and IL was in
me when / came to Wilmington.
did not know what / was doing.
Now this is my last minute and I
don't remember something TO
say. The police who belonged TO
the gang in New York and Boston
got money through them. That
man MOntNld dld not nave any
Thing 10 do with that priests
i. murder in Connecticut / am not
on. guilty Of that New Britain MUIR
! der. have told the names of the
men who know about il.
was asked to sign a paper.
do not know what l signed. | am
only responsible for my writing
which is In my own Bible. The
sun shines on me no more for
ever. So | revoke what / have
signed my name to. / leave a
writing showing my best knowl-
h edge. | am seeing the sunshine
81 for the last time and hope that
God will have mercy on me.
am going 10 peace and have
q peace. l received a message from
Il my own brother. remember
"a his last wishes. hope the
j Savior will try to save my soul
and lead me TO the last. be-
lieve he will. did take morphine
and did not know what I was do
ing.
At this iunctllrp Father KauIi