The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-25
Jury in the Trial of Leon Czolgosz
Promptly Returns a Verdict
of Guilty.
No Evidence Was Put Forward by
the Attorneys for the
Defense.

subvert our government in time if they
are allowed to prevail.
:, Gentlemen OF the jury, while 1 pe-
heve firmly in that, l 60 not believe 1t
.cIeaIeS danger 10 this court equal 10
the belief, becoming so common, that
men VINO are charged with crimes shall
not be Permitted To go through the form
Of a trial in a court of justice but that
lynch law shall take the place of the
calm and d1Snitied administration of the
law by our courts OF justice
When that doctrine becomes sufficient
~ prevalent in this country, il il ever
does, our institutions Will be set aside
ara oVerthrown, and, If We are not mis-
INFORMED as TO the state OF mind of
some people in some parts of the couu-
Try, the time is fast approach ng wheE
men cnarst q WIN crime VIII not De per-
m1tted TO come into court and submit TO
d calm and GI2niiied trial, but will be
strung up TO tree on the bare suspi-
clon that some one may hold the belief
that they have committed some crime.
1t is not long since 1 read in a paper
that colOred man in the South had his
IiIe taken because ne had inSuIted a
Whlte man. What it was the paper did
not say, but he was strung up. ] suggest
gentlemen, that class or community VINO
are crying out III our cities and are send
ing letters to lawyers suggesting that
the man who Is charged with the crime
that this defendant Is should not pc per
mltted to have trial before Il court Of
justice are
MORE DANGEROUS CLASS
to the community than the anarchists
about whom we read so much
Now. 1t is the duty of every Ameri-
can cltlzen, or every good man. TO stand
hrmlyS by the law and put his voice
against any idea that a man should be
punished for any crime until he is proved
guilty III court, beyond any reasonaule
My assistant and myself are here tn
QpnOtd the law Some Vra lr-vv 7fT7,7 lad
PIE entertain the notion that the lawyer
VINO appears in defense of a defenGSlnt Is
IN court TO obSIrucI the due process Of
the law, to balk justice and to DELAY by
tecnD1cahtleS. But every man who knows
the members of the bar understands thar
thls is not so. My associate and myself
are mere Tor the same purpose that the
learned district attorney is here for-to
see that this trial-prog crosses in a legal
orderly and proper manner We must in
every way possible put down and sup
press TINS 1eeling shat cases may be dis
courts of justice
1 remember. gentlemen when I was a
you young man living in Auburn, studying
my profession, the news came thar >
coloTed man mad gone up on the shores
o1 OWaSco lake and there had murdered
RPractlcaIiy an entire family named Van
Ness. The news created intense excife
ment The people gathered on the streets
10 near the news. In the course OF tn.
afternoon 1t was learned that the man
EIeeIhdh, mad been arrested and was be-
Ihs pfought to the city to be incar-
cerated- The people upon the streets he
came more and more excited Thsv ne
s gan 10 talk about mobbing the cHlored
man when he arrived.
WILLIAM H. SEWARD.
who, lived then in that CITY. apnaara5
aa'IIl opon L3e street and counseled moderation.
whether the man was really gTiltv of
the crime or NOT. and permit him to have
q a. legal trial But the people protested.
dieS die was guilty; they said, and must he
they incarcerated Freeman in iail II
soon became known that Mr. Seward had
volunteered to defend the negro wuen re
WIS put on trial. and Indignation arose
against him, but that far-seeina mar,
that statesman. saw that there vas IN,
opportunity of giving an object lesson 10
me t,ie world as to the proper disposition of
trdt case, and for two long months tf4at
t1al went on with Seward defending the
negro. 1t occupied some three wei ks IN
@ opta. nlng jury. and Il sat by during al
and listened to the defense tb9t "
Seward interposed. Not that ne cared
AWNING for thes1egro. but he wanted to
maintain the law giving every mar, ).
trial and put down mob violence.
ms trial here is a great obtsct les
son TO the world. Here Is a cas- whore
S,a1iar,4 a man has as stricken down the beloved
light, in the presence OF hundreds or
thousands of spectators If th re We
ever a case that would excite the anee-
the wrath OF those who saw it. this was
one, and yet, under the advice Of ne
president let no man harm him. ha was
taken. confined in our prison. Indicted
pat upon t1aI here and the case is soon
is guilty of the crime charged againsf
nm: That. gentlemen. Speaks volumes
IN taEor or the orderly conduct -cf the
people of the city of Buffalo.
position. man of irrep~oachable cherar-
ter; he was man who had come harc
TO assist US in promoting the prosperity
OF our great exposition And he was slHoe
down while holding 4 reception.
His death has
TOUCHED EVERY HEART
in this com immunity. and in the world. ana
yet we sit here and quietly consider
whether this man was responsible feg tie
act he committed. That question is one
you are called to decide
The law presUmes the defendant IN
nocent until he is proven guilty. and v-e
start with the assumption that the de-
feniant was not mentally esoopsjbl, for>
the crime he committed We have not
been ahle to present any evidence UpOn
our part The defendant has even re-
fuscd on almost every occasion to talk
With his counsel He has not aided US
so we have come here unaided TO consider
this important question But know
there is In every human being a strong
uCSiIt " i1Nc ACGdtIl Is a spectre tAat
all dislike to meet and here this deferd
ant, without having any animosltv
against our president, without any per-
Sonal motive, so far as we can sec. com
mitted the act, which. if he was SAM. hs
knew must cause death. How can a. ~
with a sane mind perform such an act?
The rabble in the streets will say no
matter whether he is insane or not he
deserves to be killed The law. however.
says that you must consider the cireurn-
stances and see If he is in his right mind
or rot when he committed the deed y
You find he was not responsible Won
would aid in lifting a great cloud from
the minds of the people of this country
IF the beloved president had mt will, 2
railroad accident and been killed. cur
grief could not compare with what il is
now. If you find that he met his fate
through the act of an insane man il is
the same as though he met 1t nv accident
had the profoundest respect for Pres
i1ent Mckinley. | watched him in con-
gress and during his long public career.
and he WAS one of the noblest mon Cod
ever made. Ills policy we care nothing
about but it alwavs met with my nr6-
foundest respect. His death was
dest blow to me that has occurred n
NAM ve1rs."
Judge Lewis was crying when he Tin
isEed and the eyes of many of those IL,
the court room were filled with tears
Judge Titus then arose and said that