The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-03
WAS SANE
REPORT OF THE EXPERTS MADE
 PUBLIC.
Regarded Killing of the President as His Duty and Every Move ment Toward That End
 Showed Sanity.

Buffalo, N. Y, Nov. 2.-Drs. Frege. Fowler and Putnam, the specialists Wno were requested by District Attorney Pen ney to examine into the mental condition of Leon F. Czolgosz, the assassin or
 President Mckinlsy, have made public their report in which they state as the result of Frequent examinatons oL Caois his behavior in court that they nave 'concluded that he was sane at the ume he planned the murder, when ne snoL the President and when he was on trlsh
 His first examination was but few hours after the commission of the crime and while he was still unintormeo oI tne state of the victim. During the nrst three
 lions unhesitatiugly. After that, how ever. he became more cautious and less communic ative. He had common scnoo, education, the reports say. ana reeo anu wrote well. During the first days ex- aninat ton he said he had planned Kill ing inc President three or four days af- ter he came to Bunale. The report then recites in Czolzosz's own words the as sassir1's story of the murder of Presi-
 The sanity of czolgosz was held. the report says, from the history of his life as it carne from him; He has a been s91 sisi he was M years of age he was as others of his class and believed in the govern
 ment of this country and Of the Eengion
 of his fathers. After he cast ms nrs'
 
 chistic leaders who invited him to thelr
 meetings. He was a good listener ana h
 a short thine he adopted their theorles.
 He was consistent Tn ms so
 herencs to anarchlsm. He dld not
 believe in marriage because he did not be- lieye in law. He killed the President be- cause he was ruled and CZolgosz be- lieyed as he was thought. that all rulers were tyrants, that to Kill ruler would hsnefit the people. He refused lawyer because he did not believe in law, lawyers or courts. We come to the conclusion that he. holding these views, was sane. because those opinions were formed gard- ually, under the inuf1ence of anarchlsuc leaders and propagandists In him they found A willing and intelligent tool, one who had the courage of his convictions rerardIess of personal consequences. The most careful investigation failed to dis cover any hallucination of sight or hear in1, He had received no special com mand: he did not believe that he had been especially chosen to do the deed. He always spoke of the motive for hls crime as duty; he always referred to the anarchist belief that the killing of rulers was a duty. He never claimed the idea of killing the President was original with him, but the method of accomplishing his purpose was his and he did it alone. His is not a case of peronia. because he has not systematized delusions reverting to himself. and because he is in excep- tionally good condition and has an un-
 broken record of good health. His ca pacity for labor has always been g1oo' and equal to that of his fellows
 These facts all tend to prove that the
 man has an unimpaired mind. He nas
 false beliefs. the result of false teaching and not the result of disease. He IS nV' to be classed as degenerate. PhYslcal., ly he has not a history of cruelty or or
 perverted tastes and habits. He is not
 the product of anarchy. sane ana reep'" sible.