Awaiting Death He Writes of Czolgosz

Letter from Fred Krist of Waverly Now in “Murderers Row.”
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NO TRUTH IN MANY STORIES
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NOT A MAN IN THE CONDEMNED CELLS HAS SPOKEN TO THE
ASSASSIN OF M’KINLEY AND HE DOES NOT SPEAK TO THEM.

     There are five condemned murderers in Aubudn [sic] prison[,] Czolgosz and Fred Krist of Waverly being among them. Many stories have been published regarding the attitude of the four others toward the president’s assassin. But the stories have not, until now, been authoritatively confirmed or denied.
     Fred Krist, the Waverly young man, awaiting death for the murder of his sweetheart, Katie Tobin[,] has written from the prison to Rev. Thomas A. Hendrick of Rochester, the first authentic word received from “Murderers Row” since Czolgosz entered. Krist’s letter follows:

Auburn Prison, Condemned Cells,     
October 7, 1901.          

Rev. Thomas A. Hendrick,
     My Dear Friend:—I just this moment received your letter and will without delay answer it. The newspaper articles that you refer to, I have read them also and am proud to say that every word therein is a bold, brazen lie. There is not one man in the condemned cells that has spoken one word to him (mea[n]ing Czolgosz); neither has he spoken one work [sic] to us. Neither have any of us made a remark for him to hear. I have not as yet heard him speak one word since he has been here. Just write to Warden Mead of this prison and ask him if there is even one word of truth in those articles that you refer to.
     I have troubles enough of my own without making insulting remarks to him. I will colsenaiaa g sosFp oft.wa him [sic]. I will close again saying, even more emphatically than ever, that there has not one man among us even said one word to Czolgosz.

     P. S.—The guard in the Condemned Cell makes a written report every day of what takes place here in the Condemned Cells and this report is given to Warden Mead.

FRED.