Arizona republican., 1901-09-25
SHORT SWEET TRIAL
It Lasted Altogether Eight Hours and Some Minutes = The Murderer Was Unmoved-He Will Be Sen fenced Tomorrow to Deadly Seat-Word Comes From St. Louis of Plot to Kill President Me Kinley.

Buffalo N Y. Sept. 24.-Leon F. Czolgosz. alias Fred Nieman, was found guilty today of murder in the first ie- gree by a jury in the supreme court, having on the sixth of September shot President Mckinley. the wounds in fiicted afterward resulting in the death of the president.
 The wheels of justice moved swiftly. The trial of the assassin consume': eight hours and twenty-siX minutes and covered a period of only two days. Practically all this time was occupied by the prosecution presenting the case so clearly and conclusively that even had the prisoner entered a plea of in- sanity. it is doubtful if a jury would have returned a verdict different from the one rendered.
 The announcement was made this afternoon by the attorneys for Czolsosz that an eminent alienist summoned oy the bar association and by the district attorney to examine Czolgosz and tO determine his exact mental condition declared him to be perfectly sans. This destroyed the only veStige of defense his attorneys could have put together Justice White announced that he would pronounce sentence upon the de- fendant on Thursday afternoon. The prisoner was taken at once back to jai.. He was in no way affected by the re- suit of the trial
 The crowd gathered at the city hall today was the largest that had ~ 2 him since his arraignmeat
 The jury came into court with the verdict at 4:35. Justice White said: ''Gentlemen. have you agreed upon q verdict"
 We have" responded Foreman Wendt
 What is your verdIct?''
 That the defendant is guilty of mur- der in the first degree
 Th5re was a moments silence and then a murIner arose from the lips oe the crowd. There was no handclap- ping and no cheers. Justice White thanked the jurors for their work and allowed thsm to go until eleven to- morrow morning. Court was at once adjourned.
 Czolgosz was immediately handcuffed and hurried from the court room and down stairs to the basement through the tunnel to the jail
 Czolgosz's father. sister and brother arrived here tonight. presumably to talk with the prisoner Prosecutor Penney said permission would probably be granted before sentence is passed on the assassin.
 HOPED FOR THE WORST.
 Clevsl land, O., Sept. 24.-Paul Czcl- gosz. the father of the assassin. ac- companied by his son Waldeck and daughter Victoria, left today for Buf- falo. They were not summoned as witnesses but express entire willingness. to testify and hope that the assassin will receive the full penalty.
 STORY OF A PLOT.
 St. Louis. Mo. Sept 24.-Ed Sastis who was arrested hera this morning a! an accOmplice of Czolgosz. has made { confession giving the details of the plo that resulted in the assassination of tn president. The confession implicatsi Frank Harrigan. of the eDwey hote in Philadelphia. and declares that o. the Monday preceding the assassinl tion of the president. Sastig and Emm: Goldman met at St. Louis and arrange' the details of the crime. Sastig de clares that he was the man who tie the handkerchief about Czolgosz' hand.