Evening star., 1901-09-24
STORY OF THE CRIME
Continued from First Page,

of gangrene. In the cavity was a quantity
of pancreatic fluid. The tissues surround
ing it, covering a space as large as sill
yer dollar, were affected"
What caused Mr.. McKinley's deathr'
asked District Attorney Penney.
The gunshot wound In the stomach re-
sulting from the bullet that passed through
both walls of that organ and lodged in the
muscles Of the back"
DR.. Mann's testimony was not concluded
at the hour set for adjournment Justice
White addressed the Jurors, giving them
the usual formal instructions to talking
about the case among themselves or allow
ing others to talk to them about It. Juror
Richard j. Garwood asked the court to per-
NIT an officer to go with him to his place
OF business so AS to prevent persons from
talking about the matter in his presence
but the court declared that this was unnec-
essary. although the police would he said
afford the jurymen all the assistance possi-
BILE.
Court adjourned at 403 until this morn
ing.
Details of the Reception.
Louis L. Babcock, who was in charge OF
the ceremonies in the Temple Of Music on
the day Of the shooting. followed DR.. Mann.
He gave details of the arrangements made
for the reception and described the position
Of the President and the points of entrance
and exit from the Temple Of Music and told
where he stood when the fatal shots were
fired.
Il heard two shots. Immediately turned
to the left. I saw the President standing
still and he, was deathly pale. In front of
him was group of men bearing the pris-
oner to the floor
Did you recognize any Of the men in
the group?'
Yes, the artillerymen and two secret
service men. They threw the prisoner to
the floor in second 1 did not recognize
the men who took the pistol away from
the prisoner. The hall was at once cleared. ~
What became of the prisoner them"
He was surrounded by detectives and
secret service men, There was some con-
troversy as to who had the right to the
prisoner. but that was quickly settled. and
he was taken to a side room and later to
police headquarters"
Edward r. Rice. chairman of the commit
tee Of ceremonies in the Temple Of Music.
was next called.
Where were you at the time Of the
shooting?" asked District Attorney Pen
ney.
Mr.. Rice indicated the spot on the ground
floor plan Of the Temple near where the
President stood.
''Tell us what you saw said District At
torney Penney.
What Il. n. Rice Saw.
LAS chairman Of the committee OF cere-
monies. stood close to the President. Tho
line had been passing about ten minutes.
took my watch out Of my pocket, indicat-
Ing to Secretary Cortelyou that the time
of the reception was nearly up. At this in
stant I noticed something white pushed
over to the President. Immediately after
that two shots rang out. The white OBJ
ject fell to the floor with the man who had
1t in his hand. The hall was cleared and
the President was taken to a chair"
WAS this man who was borne to the
floor the same one who fired that shot?'
asked Mr.. Penney.
YES" answered the witness.
a1r1fp nod hy 1ryHp Htr0 Nr
said there was no one between him and the
President to obstruct his view.
Were there officers on both sides of the
line of the people?'
This concluded Mr.. Rice's testimony, and
James L. Quackenbush, another member
Of the reception committee, was called to
the stand.
''Tell us what you know" said District
Attorney Penney
Another Eye-Wftne4s.
"I was standing at Mr.. Rices right,
directly opposite the President" began
Mr.. Quackenbush. Just before the shots
were fred 1 noticed this man (the prisoner)
lift something white. Immediately there
were two shots. Then the artillerymen
who had been standing behind the Presi-
dent plunged forward, as also did Secret
Service Officer Gallaher The prisoner was
borne to the floor. Secret service men (Ofl-
GERS Ireland and Foster) were also in the
group scrambling the floor about the
defendant, At the Presidents right stood
Secretary Cortelyou and back of him the
other officers and arttllerymen. It seemed
as If all these men went to the floor in the
mass. A few minutes later the prisoner
was lifted to his feet He was struck in
the face by one OF the secret service men
and again went to the floor. He was then
removed to one Of the side rooms Of the
buildings"
Mr. Quackenbush was shown a photo
graph Of the interior Of the building and
indicated the points referred to in his testi-
mony.
Cross-examined by Judge Titus Mr.
Qrackenhnsh told how the President was
taken from the building to the ambulance
and where the prisoner was at that time.
On redirect examination by District At
torney Penney Mr.. Quackenbush said that
he stood in an elevated position, where he
pired. He was present on the following
day when photographs OF the interior Of
the temple were taken. He stated that
certain of the pictures shown in evidence
were taken before any charges had been
made. and others after a Encouragement Of
the fixtures.
On reaching police headquarters the night
Of the shooting Mr. Quackenbush accom-
panied District Attorney Penney to the
on1ce OF Superintendent of Police Bull
where the prisoner was being examined
Tell us what transpired there" said the
district attorney.
"nat the PRISONER Said.
Mr.. Penney and the assistant district
attorney had some conversation and then
the prisoner. in reply to questions, stated
that he had killed the President because
he believed it to be his duty He under
stood the position in which he had placed
himself and was willing to take his
chances. Czolgosz said he had gone to the
falls on the previous day with the inten-
tion of shooting the President, but was
unable to carry out his intention. He came
to Buffalo and got in line with the people
at the Temple Of Music The defendant
told us how he concealed his weapon; how
he kept his hand concealed in his pocket
while waiting to reach the Presidents s SIDE
When he reached a point in front of the
President he fired. If he had not been
stopped. he said, he would have fired more
Shots
did he say anything about planning to
Kill the President on any other occasion ?'
asked District Attorney Penney
He said he had been watching the Pres
ldent for three or four days for favorable
opportunity Of shooting"
did he give any reasons for wishing to
kill the President?"
Eyes: he said that he did not believe In
the present form of government or in any
of the institutions Of It,"
Continuing, Mr.. Quackenbush said:
/: 'He (Czolgosz) said he had for several