The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-09-24
CZOLG0SZ TRIAL IS
 WELL UNDER WAY
.FYTE WITNESSES FOR THE PROSE-
 CUTION ALREADY HEARD.

EYE WITNESSES FOR THE PROSE
 CUIION ALREADY HEARD.
 Drs. Gaylord, Mynter and Mann Tostif
 Tho Reason the Fatal Bullet Was No
 Found-Presidents Relatives Objected
 to Further MutiIation of His Body
 The Probable Line of Defense-Tria
 May End To-day-Prisoner still Re
 fuses to Help His Counsel.
 Buffalo, N. Y, Sept. 23-Leon F
 Czolgosz was placed on trial this morn
 ing charged with the murder of Presi-
 dent William Mckinley. He entered a
 plea of guilty" which was subse-
 quently changed to mot guilty" by
 direction of the court.
 All the events of the day tended to
 indicate that the trial will be short
 There was not a suspicion of a bubble over any question whatever and coun- sel for both sides seemed to be in per- feet harmony. Court convened at 10 o'clock and the work of procuring jur- ors went on rapidly. Before two hours had elapsed eight had been secured and this in itself was an unprecedented rec ord in any murder trial in the state. Technicalities were not raised, but it was noticeable that every man who acknowledged that he had not formed an opinion on the case was excused by the district attorney. Men who had formed an opinion or stated that they were prejudiced but were willing to acknowledge their opinion could be changed by evidence, were accepted by each side.
 Judge Truman c. White, one of the oldest and most experienced of the su- preme court judges, was on the bench Immediately after the opening of the court, and after the prisoner had plead ed, ex-Justice Loran l.. Lewis, senior counsel for the defendant, arose and announced that together with his col leagues, Former Justice Robert Titus and Carleton E. Ladd, they were ready to act in behalf of the prisoner
 T thought it best" he said, flor my colleagues and myself that I should say something regarding our presence here as attorneys for the defendant. At the time my name was suggested I was out of the city and knew nothing of what was transpiring here with reference to the selection of counsel for the defendant I was out of the city at the time and when the circumstances of my selection were told me I was ex- tremely reluctant to accept.
 But the duty has been imposed and II considered it my duty, in all the cir cumstances to defend this man.
 T ask that no evidence be presented here-that the court will not permit the acceptance of any evidence unless it would be accepted at the trial of the most meagre criminal in the land"
 T am familiar with these circum- stances" said Justice White in reply. land wish to say that will give you every assurance that the prisoner will have a fair and impartial trial. and that during the progress of the trial he will receive such treatment as the law demands in any criminal case.'
 The work of securing the jurors was then undertaken with a celerity that was amazing Before the day was over the entire panel had been sworn, and were seated in the box, and had lis- tened to a description of the Temple of Music, where the crime occur red, had seen photographs of the in- terior of that structure, and had been told by three surgeons what caused the | death of the president and the result of the assassin's shot upon the various or | gans of the body. They had also learn | ed why the fatal bullet has not been located.
 The presentation of the governments | case began shortly before 3 o'clock | when Assistant District Attorney Hal Ter began, with much delberation, to address the jury. His talk was very brief, and consumed scarcely five min- utes. I've shall show said he, "that, for some days prior to the shooting this defendant had premeditated the shooting of the president. He knew that on the sixth of September the president would receive the populace in the Temple of Music that on that day he went to the exposition, got into line with the people and approached the president so that he had weapon con- cealed in his hand, and as the president extended his hand in kindly greeting, he fired the fatal shot.
 ''He fired two shots, in fact. One of them took effect in the abdomen and caused that mortal wound which re- suited in the presidents death. That n brief Is the story we shall show you Witnesses will tell you this story, and am sure that when you have heard he evidence you will have no difficulty n reaching a verdict of murder in the 1rst degree"
 The first witness, Samuel J. Fields thief engineer of the Pan-American exposition, described the ground floor ,lan of the Temple of Music and was ollowed by Perry A. Bliss, photogra- { ,her, who presented views of the in- ( erior of the building. The remainder if the afternoon was taken up with the ( estimony of three physicians, two of whom had attended the president dur ng his last days, while the other per ormed the autopsy The latter, pr. 1 Harvey R. Gaylord, was the first of the rio to be called He described the To- ation of the wounds in the stomach ,