The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-11-02
THE SANITY OF CZOLGOOZ.
Buffalo Physicians Report on the
AssasSin's Condition.

Mentally sound W hen He Planned
the Murder OF President Mckinley.
4 Follower of the Anarchistic Doe
triRe and Perfectly Responsible.
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nrisorer ve eliminated an HAS and per-
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mich, s7,qgest n rescb o. inst conclusion
as 70 his mental state
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sv7r,i,-a CzoIgosz sYcb nominations be-
rfpnsgp but a few hours after the com
mission Of the crime. while he was still
min formed Of the fate Of his victim. or
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oi his act alded us hSIeIla~S III '0'
work.
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y curing the lISI 'Ai'' ammo
After this he became more cautious ana
less. communicative when interrogated as
to the crime From September 10 until
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information 10 the examiners anu AL
swtred only in mOuOsyllables, except 70
his .q1arl tn whom no talked freely"
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are as follows
In conclusion. as "A result. Of the fire.
ouent examinations Of CzoIgosz. Of the
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Hnemen' IN JAM OF ms Oeha'''I III S"1''l
during the trial and ut the time ne re-
ceived the. sentence. it may be stated he
v,ss sane AZ the time he MANNED the
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"heh ne was on Iilai-
eve come 10 the conclusion, from the
story Of his life as obtained from him.
lie had been sober. Industrious, and law
abiding. Until he was twenty-oue years
old h. was as others OF his class. a be-
iiever in the Government Of his country,
and i'm the religion Of his fathers After
he cast his first vote he made the aC-
quaiEtauce Of anarchisdc leaders, who in
yitcd him to their meetings. He was
good listener, and in a short time he
adopted their theories lie was consist
ent in his adherence 10 anarchy. lie did
not believe IN government. therefore he
refused to vote He did not believe in
marriage. because he old not believe in
law He killed the President because he
was ruler. and Czolgosz believed, as
he was taught. that an rulers We're ty-
rants. Fhd 20 Kill a ruler would benefit
the people. he refused q lawyer because
D 1ssitd Hat-believe in lawyers or courts.
I'VE come - the conclusion that, iu the
ho.dtBg Of these Tiews. Czolgosz was
sane because these opinions vere form-
ed gradually under the influence Of an
arChfstic leaders and prOpaga udists. In
Czolcosz they found an Intelligent and
willing tool. one who had the courage of
his convictions regardless Of personal con
sequences.
We believe his statement, J killed
the President because done my duty
was not the expression Of an insane de-
lusIcn for several reasons The most
careful questioning failed % discover any
lllIuCIuation. He had received no special