The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-24
LEON CzOLGOSz
 PLEADS GUILTY
Assassin of President Arraigned and Witnesses Examined Trial Will
 Be of Short Duration.

he was taken from his cell to the court room. His guardians made use of the | tunnel of Sobs' under the street from the jail to the city hall, and Czolgosz
 was brought into the court room only a d,,no Jew moments S before the hour set for the admitted to the building, without a pass. | signed by the Chief of Police. and 1t was
 necessary to show this to every police
 man, on every landing and in every | corridor.
 The officer at the door of the court
 room was especially Tgilant and not nizel the bearers critically before admit | ting them to the room. The interior of the city hall. as well as the outside. still bore the somber draperies of mourn | ing and quiet was enforced as befitting | the occasion.
 | The counsel for Czolgosz, former Su-
 preme Court Justices Loren l.. Lewis and Robert c. Titus and Carlton E. Ladd. saw him again this morning, before the time of the opening of court. but he had | no more to say to them than on the pre- l vious occasions when they had visited him. In view of the eagerness of the op- | portunity for a defense and the fact that | the prisoner refuses absolutely to aid them. 1t is not improbable that the en- | tire proceedings may be completed within | two days.
 Prisoners Mental Condition. ''The mental condition of the assassin | will absolutely be the only defense to be offered" are the words of Judge Titus. and there Is no little expectation that they will publicly abandon the case to- I day or tomorrow and merely represent Czolgosz formally during the trial As a alienists. pr. Carlos T. Mcdonald and Dr. Allan Mclean Hamilton of New | York City, the question of insanity Is eliminated from the subjects on which | the defense can rely for support. The spectators seats were filled very slowly owing to the extreme care shown | by the officers in the corridors in admit ting those who applied. and it was not until "court" was announced that the last one was occupied.
 Dr. Allan Mclean Hamilton of New York city was one of the first of those connected with the case to take position | inside of the inclosure. Dr. Hamilton, who was the chief insanity expert at the trial of Garfield's assassin, Guiteau, oc- cupied seat at the table reserved for | the prosecution.
 District Attorney Penny and his as- sistant. Frederick Haller, were the next to put in an appearance, and were fol- lowed by Judges Lewis and Titus, counsel | for the prisoner. Just behind them came Mrs Justice White and her daughter
 who were given seats within the in- At 10 o'clock the formal opening of the ltcourt was announced. Justice Truman | c. White entered the room to the centre | of the aisle and took his seat upon the bench. The first business of the session | had no relation to the case of Czolgosz. n the grand jurors for the coming session, Der :. Clerk of the Court. Fisher, after a pre- proceeded with the calling of the jurors summoned for the trial of Czolgosz case in Part III Judge White allowed the grand jurors, who had previously been | called. to leave the room if they desired. | but only two did so, the others prefer ring to stay and witness the trial. Of the thirty-six trial jurors called. only one asked to be excused. He had | a saw mill in process of erection, which | he said must be finished at once, on &C., count of low water. and he was excused. | Justices of Part and II then in session, | not to discharge their jurors, but hold them in readiness for an impanelling in the Czolgosz case.
 Czolgosz Enters Court Room. At 10:30 there was hustle in the cor ridor and a squad of policemen brought | in the prisoner. He was handcuffed to an officer on each side, while in front and behind him walked other uniformed policemen.
 The prisoner was attired in a new suit of dark gray, a white shirt and collar and light blue bow tie. His face was cleanly shaven and his hair combed. He sat down behind his counsel, with two officers in plain clothing Immediately in his rear.
 District Attorney Penny proceeded at 
 He spoke to Czolgosz in a low voice, in fact so low that when the prisoner vas asked to plead he seemed not to under stand what had been said. There was a moments hesitation, then the prisoners lips moved as if to make a reply, but before he could do so his not seeing the phisonef's motion Justice White, however, insisted that Czolgosz should speak and the prisoner said:
 ssT did rot baor x.yt,ot he Said District Attorney Penny then read the indictment again in loud voice and to the demand for reply. the prisoner, who was standing at the time, said In very low voice, guilty"
 The plea was, however, not permitted to stand, under the law and plea of mot guilty was at once ordered by the court.
 Mir. Titus. junior counsel for the de- fense, then arose and stated to the court the facts already known as to his con the position of himself and his associates. Judge Lewis and MT. Ladd, was a pecu- liar one and consisted mainly in making sure that all the forms of law and justice were observed in the prosecution.
 Justice White, in reply, complimented counsel for the defense and said that the and that whatever the outcome 1t would reflect only credit and honor on them.
 The examination and swearing in of the jurors was then begun. the prisoner standing as each was sworn.
 Swearing in the Jurors.
 The first juror was summoned at 1925 o'clock His name is Frederick V. Lauer a plumber. He was examined briefly by the District Attorney and the counsel for inc defense. No objection was made and Lauer was accepted.
 Richard J. GaTwoOd, street railway foreman was next summoned. One of the questions put to him by District Att torney Penny was:
 Do you believe in the present form of government?" to which Garwood replied:
 Yes"
 Judge Lewis asked Garwood if he would acQuit a man if 1t was clearly proven that he was insane at the time the mur- der was committed.
 Mir. Garwood replied that he would.
 After few more questions from Judge Lewis, GarWood was accepted.
 The third of the panel called to the bar was Joshua Winner, a farmer of North Collins. He was objected to by the de- fense and excused.
 Henry w. Went. a local manufacturer, when called announced that he had formed no definite opinion on the case; his opinion would be governed by the evil dence alone. He was sworn in.
 Alter several jurors had been excused for various reasons. Silas Garner farm CT; James s. StygalL a plumber, and William Lemon, farmer, were accepted.
 During the examination of jurors the prisoner sat erect in his chair and gazed straight ahead at the back of his senior counsel. Beyond the rapid blinking of his