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Source: Spokane Daily Chronicle Source type: newspaper Document type: article Document title: “Sentence of Death” Author(s): anonymous City of publication: Spokane, Washington Date of publication: 26 September 1901 Volume number: 16 Issue number: 20 Pagination: 1 |
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| “Sentence of Death.” Spokane Daily Chronicle 26 Sept. 1901 v16n20: p. 1. |
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| Keywords |
| Leon Czolgosz (sentencing); Leon Czolgosz (sentencing: attendees); Leon Czolgosz. |
| Named persons |
| Patrick V. Cusack [misspelled below]; Leon Czolgosz; John J. Geary; William McKinley; George N. Mitchell; Albert Solomon; Truman C. White. |
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Sentence of Death
Doom of Leon Czolgosz Was Pronounced by Court.
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WOMEN PRESENT
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Execution to Be at Earliest Period Allowed by Law.
BUFFALO, Sept. 26.—Czolgosz was sentenced to
be electrocuted in the week beginning October 28, 1901.
According to the laws of New York, this was the
earliest time at which the execution could take place.
Brought into Court.
The police arrangements at the city hall, where
Leon F. Czolgosz was to receive his sentence this afternoon for the murder of
President McKinley, were even more stringent than during the trial of the assassin.
Half an hour after the time announced for the
opening of the court the courtroom was filled and the doors locked. After 1:30
no one but officials connected with the court or newspaper men were allowed
to enter. About 25 of the 150 spectators were women.
At 2[:]05 o’clock the prisoner was brought into
court, shackled to Detectives Geary and Solomon, accompanied by Assistant Superintendent
Cusick and Jailor Mitchell.
Czolgosz was perspiring and seemed nervous, though
he did not tremble, and his gait was steady. Czolgosz took his seat and mopped
his brow with his handkerchief. When he settled back in his chair his wonted
listless attitude was absent. He kept his eyes wide open and looked about him
occasionally, but presently he dropped his eyes to the table ahead of him and
assumed his former listless air. The strain on him was evidently intense, as
was attested by a few sighs and heaving of the chest.
At 2:12 Justice White took his seat on the bench
and the crier announced the opening of the court.