| Show CZOLGOSZ IS GUILTY i i Wheels of Justice in the Case of the Murderer Mur-derer of President McKinley Move 1 in Rapid Manner Jury Returns a Finding of Guilty After Being Out a Few Minutes Sentence Will Pronounced Thursday Afternoon Dramatic Scene in the Courtroom at Buffalo While the Jury Was Out Prisoner Not Moved I by Verdict o Buffalo N Y Sept 24Lcon F Csolgosz alias Fred NIeman was found guilty today ot murder In the frt degree by n Jury In Part III of the Supremo court In having on the 6th day of September shot President Presi-dent William McKinley the wounds Inflicted afterward resulting In the death of the President The wheels of justice moved swiftly 1 The trial of the assassin consumed eight hours and twentysix minutes and covered a period of only two days r Practically all of this time was occupied occu-pied by the prosecution In presenting a case so clear so conclusive that even had the prisoner entered the plea of Insanity Is doubtful If the jury would have returned a verdict different from the one rendered today > DECLARED PERFECTLY SANE The announcement this afternoon by < the attorneys for Czolgosz that the eminent alienists summoned the Erie County Bar association and bye the District Attorney to examine Czolgosz and to determine his exact i mental condition had declared him to be perfectly sane destroyed the only stage of a defense that Judges 1 Lewis and Titus could have put together I i gether SENTENCED ON THURSDAY Before adjournment Justice White announced that he would pronounce centohtc upon the defendant on Thursday Thurs-day afternoon at 2 oclock The prisoner was taken at once through the tunnel under Delaware avenue back to the Jail To all appearances ho was In no way affected by the result re-sult of the way MANY WOMEN PRESENT 1 t The crowd gathered at the City hall today was the largest that has Been him since his arraignment People were I lined upon both sides of the br 0 rotunda on the second floor when court f convened and frjnged the stairs leadIng L lead-Ing from thcooiib tJl TfierSwnUno demonstration except that of curiosity A large number of women witnessed todays proceedings STATE O LdS S ITS CASE I At 214 this afternoon District Attorney At-torney Penney abruptly announced that the case of the prosecution was ended Judge Lewis arose slowly and i addressing the court said that the sudden closing of the case against Czolgosz was a surprise to him and his colleague They had no witness to call for the defense He asked the court that he be allowed to address the Jury at once The court assented nnd the venerable Jurist began an address S ad-dress that will long be remembered by I c those who heard It The address will I be found In another column i District Attorney Penny began his summing up of the case at ri10 oclock When he concluded Justice White delivered 1 S de-livered hs charge to the Jury and at I 351 oclock the jurors retired to consider con-sider the evidence DRAMATIC SCENE IN COURTROOM After the Jury had retired to con filder the evidence the R ncln the courtroom b camo dramatic la the excitement ex-citement Dcorum was somewhat forgotten for-gotten and spectators stood up and many walked about the room and engaged en-gaged In conversation The guards about the assassin who ntlll sat in his lint before the bench were doubled Chief of Detectives Cusaok J and two of his men taking positions Just back of Czolposzs chair Others took coats to the lei and right and many plainclothes plain-clothes mon were seen mingling among among the crowd surging about the room clopely watching every one whose face I was not familiar to them CROWD ABOUT PRISONER 4i There ww no disposition to rowd < about the prisoner although the objcqt of everyonpiS < cmod to b < In a position to command n full view I of bin face czolgohz had been seated In his chair all afternoon his hands clasped on the arms of the chnij anrLrhls Jicad bent forward and a little to the left The room war not wiirm hut ho frequently < took his handkerchief from his pocket I and mopped the peroplratlon from his I forehead nnd checks NEVER RAISED HIS EYES At no time during the absence of the Jury did he raise his eyes or lift his head or seem to know that ho WHS the object of Interest of several hundred mer and women VERDICT ANNOUNCED At 1115 1 tue Jury returned and announced an-nounced a verdict of guilty of t murder In the firct Degree I DR MANN CROSSEXAMINED When the crier uttered the formal notice of the opening of the court this I morning Dr Mntthow D Mann was I I called for crossexamination 1 jM VVas th condition which you found IS I thc autopsy to be expected from the nature of the wound which the Presl dnt received naked Mr Lewis I wna not expected and was very unusual I never snw anything Just exactly like it replied Dr Mann To what then do you attribute th S symptoms or Indications which you discovered the gangrenous condition of the wound DIFFICULT TO EXPLAIN I la i very difficult to explain It I may be due to one or several things i think It would bo necessary for L S81r further examinations to be made before any definite explanations could be s made That would b the duty of the PathO1Og1 IH r You nBAe no opinion In the matter I have no ixwitlvo opinion I presume therefor that the optl leror inlatlc bulletins Uhac wore C Issued I iroin time to limpnyjhe tie t1e > dhe physician ni were without any kO led Or cus cr plclon of those symptoms that were afterward discovered 4 tAt BULLETINS NOT OPINIONS The bulletins Vcre optimistic 1I In that they gave no Idea of what was to come wax the Wa reply The bulletins cxprewcd no opinion They merely lodgment In the tlssuen it Is 1 Impoeolble to kill them PRESIDENTS PHYSICAL CONDITION CONDI-TION TI0N stated facto but the opinions which were held by the staff seemed to be fully warranted by the condition otthe President We had no reason to suspect sus-pect the existence of any such state of affairs a was found replied the witness Now doctor you say Ita due to several l causes Can you give either of them DUE TO SEVERAL CAUSES The entrance of germs Into the 1 parts may have been one of the causes The very low state of vitality may have been one cause The action of the pancreatic juice may have be none n-one undoubtedly It contributed to It The germs which you speak of are present I understand in all our bodies Yes < And make their work prominent when the body Is In any way Injured 1 That Is true That you expected of course In this case GUARDING AGAINST GERMS If the operation Is carefully and properly performed we can to a certain cer-tain extent guard against the entrance of these germs We cannot do so entirely 1 en-tirely trebHow1 I By having everything absolutely 1 clean which Is used In the operation j the hands of the operators the Instruments Instru-ments the ligatures and things we use Nature can take care of a certain cer-tain number of germs and overcome their bad l ere tI Are there any remedies known to the profession to prevent the action of these germs There aro remedies which will kill tile germs but It Is very difficult to apply them deep down In the tissues of the body After they have got The President was not In I very good physical condition was he asked the attorney I He was somewhat weakened by hard work and want of air and condl L Vtions of dint kind 5rcplledrthevuloctpjv I Xou think that had something to do with the result lUiidoubtedlyiwa3 the answer r I i1 PANCREAS NOT INJURED BY BALL You agree with the other physicians that the pancreas was not injured by the ball As near as could be determined that organ wa not Injured by the hal but It was Injured In some way possibly by concussion Once the organ Is Injured In-jured the pancreatic Juice can pass through the gland and attack other portions of the tissues The only attribute of that organ is to aid digestion Yes NOTHING COULD HAVE SAVED HIM On redirect examination by Mr Penney Div Mann was asked If there was anything known J to medical science that could have saved the Presidents I life lifeNo was the reply without hesitation 1 hesita-tion tionEYEWITNESS EYEWITNESS TO TRAGEDY Louis L Babcook who was In charge of the ceremonies in the Temple of Music on the day of the shooting followed fol-lowed Dr Mann He gave details of the arrangements made for the reception recep-tion and described the position of the President and points Of entrance and exit from the Tjemple of Music and told where he stood when the fatal shots were fired l I heard two shots 1 Immediately turned to the left I Paw the President standing still and he was deathly pall In front of hIm was a group of men bearing the prisoner to the floor Did you recognize any of the men In the group Yes the artillerymen nnd two secret service men They threw prisoner to the lloor in a second I did not rec ognise the I men who took the pistol away from the prisoner The hall wns at once cleared What became of the prisoner then He was surrounded by dotoctvcs 1 and secret service men There was some controversy as to who had the right to the prisoner but that was quickly settled and he was taken 1lo a l slderoom and late to police headquarters I 1 headquar-ters STOOD BY PRESIDENT I Edward R Rice chairman of the committee of ceremonies In the Temple of Music was next called Where I were you at the time Of the shooting asked District Attorney Penney Mr Htc < Indicated the spot ont the I ground Hour plan of the temple near t where the President stood Tell UP what you s ° w said the District Attorney As chairman nf the committee of ceremonies I stood close toj the resilient resi-lient Tt e line had boon passing about liH n minute I tOik my wajch out of nJy pocket Indlcatlrg 10 < secretary Cor t IoU that thccinifor < the reception VIIJ nearly up At this Instant I noticed no-ticed siyn jthln3 white pushed over to the President Immediatelyafter that two shns rang out The white ohjoct fell to the floor with the man whohad It in his hand The hall was cleared nnd l tho President was token to a chair I ASSASSIN IDENTIFIED Was this man who was borne to the hour the uno one who tired the shots naked Mr Penney Yes answered an-swered the witness rronsexnmlncrt by Tude Titus Mr Rice nld there was no one between i him and the President to obstruct his 1 ietWere Were there olUcers on both sides of the line of people Yes i I This concluded Mr Rices testimony rnd Jaanq L Qiulckcnbush another member nf tile reception committee I WUJB call 1 to the sdjmd Tell us what you know said District DIs-trict Attorney Penney VpTHER BYEWITNESS HEARD Lt 1 ajL 9 tanaing nxMr R1 v srrght I directly opposite th c President b 1 I f I Continued on page 2 CZOLGOSZ IS GUILTY Continued from pngo 1 gan Mr Qnackenbush Just before the shots were tired 1 noticed this man the prisoner lift something white Immediately there were two shots Then the nrtlllouymon who hud becn stationed behindthe president Plunged forward as also did Secret ber vice Olllcer Gallagher The prisoner l was borne to the hoer Secret Service Officers Ireland and Foster were also in the etoup scrambling the door about the defendant At the Piesl dents right stood Secretary Cortclyoil and back of him the other onicera and artlllerympn It seemed aa If all these men went to the floor In a moss Finally the prisoner vas lifted lo his f feel lie was struck Jn the face by one of the secret service men and again went to the Moor lie was then removed to one of the sldcroomH On reaching police Headquarters on the night of tim shooting Mr Quacken hush accompanied District Attorney Penney to the oflico of Superintendent of Police Bull whore tIre prisoner was being examined Tell UH what transpired tran-spired there said the District Attorney Attor-ney PRiSONER ADMITS GUILT Mr Penney and the Assistant District Dis-trict Attorney had some conversation and the prisoner Jn reply to questions stated that ht l j had killed the President Presi-dent because he believed It to be his duty Ho understood the position in which he had placed himself nnJ was willing to take his chances Czolgosz said he had gone to the falls on the previous day with the intention of shooting the President but was unable Ho carry out his intention He came to Buffalo and got In line with the people at the Temple of MusIc The defendant told liow he concealed his weapon how he kept his hand concealed con-cealed In his pocket while waiting to reach the Presidents side When he reached a point in front of the President Presi-dent he tired If he had not been stopped ho said he would have tired more shots PLANS TO KILL PRESIDENT Did he say anything about planning to kill the President on any other occasion occa-sion asked District Attorney Penney He said lie had been watching the President for three or four days for a favorable opportunity of shooting Did ho give any reasons for wishIng wish-Ing to kill the President Yes he said that lie did not believe in the present form of government or In any of the institutions In It He said lie had for several years studied tire doctrine of anarchy lie believed In no government no marriage regulations and said he attended church for sometime some-time but they talked nonsense and ho would not continue there WHAT HE BELIEVED IN He said he did not believe In the church or state asked Mr Penney Yas he said he believed In free love He gave tho names of several papers he had read four of them and he mentioned men-tioned one known as Free Society He mentioned several places where he had been and where he heard these subjects discussed asked Mr Penney Pen-ney EMMA GOLDMANS TEACHING Yes he said he lived in Cleveland and that before he came to Buffalo he had been In Chicago lie salcTho had boen influenced by the teachings of Emma Goldman and another woman living In Cleveland whose name I do not recall Mr TItua then again took the witness In hand What were the prisoners actions while you were questioning him he was asked He answered all questions positively and directly Did he appear to be In any mental excitement He seemed to be disturbed but not mentally Did he hesitate about answering questions at all He did nt first he answered with deliberation but never refused to answer an-swer a Question SIGNED A STATEMENT He seemed to take a lively interest In what was going on continued Mr Quackenbush I asked him to make a brief statement for publication and he wrote the following I killed President Presi-dent McKInley because I done my duty I dont believe one man should have BO much service and another man should have none Thin statement he signed Afterward ho made a statement of two hours duration At times ho volunteered volun-teered Information and went beyond a responsive answer He Bald he had acted entirely alone planned the crime carried It out alone and was willing to take the responsibility Did the prisoner use the word anarchy an-archy He did not use that word but the District Attorney used It several times in putting questions Czolgosz said he believed every King Emperor President Presi-dent or head of Government to bo a tyrant ty-rant and should be put out of the way GALLAGHERS STORY Secret Service Detective Albert I Gallagher was then called He was in the Temple of Music at tIre time of the mooting standing ten feet from tlio President on bin right Tell ut what you saw said District Attorney Penney Pen-ney My duty was to keep time crowd moving Time reception had been going on only a few minutes when I heard two shots fired A man standing near the President had something whlto In his hand I sprang forward I heard Foster say Get the gun Mr Gallagher Galla-gher I grabbed the gun und handkerchief handker-chief Spine one grabbed the revolver but I held on to the handkerchief Dote Do-te iyo Gallagher then produced a pow derblackened and partlyburned handkerchief hand-kerchief about ten Incheri square It was shown to the Jury and appeared OB evidence OFFICER FOSTERS STATEMENT George A Foster of Washington another an-other Secret ServIce olllclal then took lliti stand Foster described his position posi-tion In tliQ line an opposite to that of I the prisoner and Bald he was scrutinizing scrutin-izing tho people as they passed He wild the prisoner looked him straight in tire face as he passed and the next Instant ho sow the prisoners hands go together aa If clapping and two shots were fired Witness inunedUuely grabbed him As the man lay on tho floor he looked backward ns If to see what effect bin hullclH had had and ibis made me ao mad that I smashed him right on the Jaw WHAT OBRIEN DID Francis P OBrien a private in the Seventythird U S const artillery wart next called He had been detailed to guard the President at the Temple of Music and wan standing nt the right of the President when the shooting occurred oc-curred lie testified that instantly after af-ter the shooting he sprang at Czalgoajc and got his revolver arid gave It up to 1 his commanding olllcer Cnpt Wise I Did you mark ItV asked Mr Penney Pen-ney 1 put my Initials on U Mr Ponney then produced the murderers mur-derers weapon and OBrien identified It by Initials which he made onJl before be-fore he 1 surrendered GRABBED THE PRISONER John Branch a colored employee of the Imposition company in the Temple oT Mublc took the tund He saWCb gorth qomlng toward the President Ho I noticed that his hand way wrapped In a handkorqhlef Suddenly two fcnoUj rang out and he saw the handkerchief In the defendant hand smoking An artilleryman grabbed the prisoner first and then he was borne to the llcHSr Did you hear the President say anything any-thing after the nhoxHr wore fired asked Judge TItua In crossexamina ibm Yes I though I heard him say Bo easy with him boy INTERVIEW WITH CZOLGOSZ The llrst witness at the afternoon session of the courtwas Jnmcs Vallely a detective at tho PanAmerican exposition expo-sition He dctwribed an interview which ho had with the prisoner at the Jail I asked him Why did you shoot the President and he replied 1 only did my duty Superintendent of Police Bull of the Buffalo Police department was then called and testlfkd that Czolgos said he know that he was shooting President Presi-dent McKinley when he tired The reason rea-son he gave was that he believed he ins doing his duty Caolgoaz said he was an ararchlst After the conclusion of Superintendent Superintend-ent Bulla testimony District Attorney I Penney announced that the case for tho prosecution was closed |
