The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-09-27
ASSASSIN ON TRIAL.
Czolgosz Arraigned for the Murder
of President Mckinley.
Plea Of ''Guilty" Entered BY tho Prisoner,
But It Was Not Permitted to Stand
Under the Law-Jury Secured
In Short Time.

Under the Law-Jury Secured
In q Short Time.
Buffalo, n. Y. Sept. 24.-Leon F.
Czolgosz was placed on trial Monday,
charged with the murder of Presi-
dent William Mckinley. He entered
plea of guilty" which was subse-
quently changed to mot guilty" by
direction of the court. All the events
of the day indicated that the trial
will be short. Court convened at ten
o'clock and within two hours eight
jurors had been secured. Technicali-
ties were not raised by the examin-
ing counsel, but it was significant
that every man who said he had not
formed an opinion on the case was
excused by the district attorney.
Those who acknowledged that they
had formed an opinion or stated that
they were prejudiced, but admitted
that their opinion could be changed
by evidence, were accepted by each
side.
Justice Truman c. White. one of the
Oldest and most experienced of the
supreme court judges, was on the
oChSh. IAlulCuideCly dltSI tuS oPCh-
ing Of the court and after the prison
er had pleaded Justice Loran L.
Lewis, senior counsel for the defend
ant, announced that, together with
his colleagues, former Justice Robert
C. Titus and Mr.. Carlton E. Ladd, they
were ready to act in behalf of the
prisoner.
The work of securing the jurors
was then undertaken, with a celebrity
that was amazing. Before the day
was over the entire panel had been
sworn, the jurors had listened to a
description of the Temple of Music,
photographs of the interior of that
structure and had been told by three
surgeons what caused the death of
the president and the effect of the
assassin's shot upon the various or
gans of the body. They had also
learned why the fatal bullet had not
been located.
The first witness, Samuel ]. Fields,
chief engineer of the Pan-American
exposition, described the ground floor
plan of the Temple of Music and was
followed by Perry A. Bliss, pho
tographer, who presented views of
the interior of the building. The re-
mainder of the afternoon was taken
up with the testimony of three physi
clans, two of whom had attended
the president during his last days,
while the other performed the au-
topsy. The latter, DR.. Harvey r. Gay
lord, was the first of the trio to be
called He described the location of
the wounds in the stomach and the
direction of the bullet. The cause of
death was attributed to the gunshot
wound but, fundamentally, he said.
it was due to the changes back of
the stomach, in the pancreas, caused
by the breaking down" of the ma
terial of the pancreas as result OF
the passage of the bullet.
DR.. Herman Mynter followed and
his testimony was of Importance, in
asmuch as it brought out the fact
that the reason why the fatal bullet
had not been located at the autopsy
was because of the unwillingness of
the presidents relatives to have the
body further mutilated by their in
struments. DR.. Mynter and DR.. Mann,
who followed him, both testified that
the primal cause of death was the
gunshot wound in the stomach. One
effect of this wound was, they said,
to cause the gangrene to form in the
pancreas, and the spot of poisoned
tissue was as large as a silver dollar.
The prisoner. Czolgosz, during the
morning evinced no interest whatever
in the proceedings, but as the testi-
| mony was introduced he paid more
attention at what was said and
looked at the various witnesses close
~. The probable duration of the
trial, it is believed, can be placed at
two full days. When District Attor-'
ney Penney was asked by Justice
| White at noon as to the time he would
take in the presentation of his case,
he declared that he would conclude
by Tuesday noon. Judge Titus, for
the defense, was non-committal, how
| ever, and merely replied: "That de-
ponds upon the turn things take" 1t
is not probable that any defense will
be put in, owing to the character of
the prisoner and his refusal to help
his attorneys in any way to procure
evidence which they could use in his
favor. The idea of an attempt to
enter the question of his sanity is
not thought of in view of the re-
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