Show SENTENCE OF DEATH PASSED ON M KINLEY S will B electrocuted daring the weh october 8 breaking down leon P czolgosz the assassin of president mckinley was thursday afternoon sentenced to be electrocuted ia auburn state prison during the beginning october 28 1901 be fore sentence was pissed the assassin evinced a des re to speak but he could not get his voice above a whisper and hi words were repeated to the court by his counsel there was no one else but me the prisoner ea d in a wh sper no one atiee told me to do it and no one paid me to do it I 1 was not told anything about the crime and I 1 never thought anything about it until a couple of days before I 1 comm eted the czolgosz was qu te calm but it waa evident that h s mind was flooded with thoughts of bis own d stress his eyes were dilated making them appear very br his cheeks were a trifle pale and his ed hand trem bled there was an expression of the pro soundest foun dest fear and helplessness in h s eyes he glanced about at the people who crowded the room in efforts to get a look at h nn the prisoner s eyelids rose and fell tremulously and then he fixed hs gaie upon the floor in front of him in pass ng sentence justice white said in tak ng the life of our beloved president omitted a crime which shocked and outrage 1 the moral sense of the civil zed world you have confessed that guilt and after learn ing all that at this time can be learned from the facts and circumstances of the case twelve good jurors have found you gu ity of murder in the first degree you have sai according to the tes of credible witnesses and your elf that no other person aided or abetted you in the commission of this terrible act god grant it ma be so the penalty for tl e crime for which you stand convicted is fixed by the statue and it koiv become my duty to pronounce tl is judgment against you the of the court is that in the week beff annii g october 28 1901 a the place in the manner and means prescribed by law you suffer the pun ashment of death remove the ans oner czolgosz was removed to jail and in the evening started for auburn where he was placed in the state prison at 3 a m friday upon entering the state prison be collapsed |