Waterbury Democrat., 1901-09-24


 dict of guilty of murder in the first de gree.
 The assassin was then taken back to his cell where he will remain until Thursday morning, when he will be brought before Justice Truman c. White who will pronounce sentence.
 Buffalo, N. Y., Sept 24.-The trial of Leon F. Czolgosz for the murder of President Mckinley was resumed to- day with every prospect that it would be concluded with adjournment of the court at 4 o'clock. It was the opinion of those connected with the case that it would not at furthest be prolonged beyond a few hours session to-mor- TOW.
 The crowd about the court room this morning was slightly larger than yes terday, but the vigilance of the police was in no way relaxed. The same careful scrutiny of each person was observed and the force of officers was if anything larger. The court room, owing to the care exercised by the sheriffs and police as to who was ad- mitted, was nearly empty fifteen min- utes before the time of opening but it filled quite rapidly after that
 There were many more ladies in the audience to-day than yesterday and fhnir. I,sic 4N sa pYa extent the sombreness of the dark court room. The prisoner was brought over from the jail at 9:45 and placed in the same chair he occupied yesterday. There were very few people i'll the room at the time and an opportunity was thus afforded for the members of the grand jury which indicted him to enter the room as guests of the assist ant district attorney. They occupied seats back of the clerks desk.
 Drs Mynter, Mann and Fowler came in early and Dr Mann was ready to take the stand at once for cross-exam- ination. At $50 the members of the jury filed in and took their seats.
 It became known this morning that application for seats had been made by representatives of several anarchist papers, but they have been refused.
 Justice White arrived at the exact hour of 10 and the crier immediately uttered the formal notice of the open ing of court. The jurymen were polled and Samuel J. Fields. chief engineer of the Pan-American exposition, was re- called as the first witness. He was asked by District Attorney Penney the meaning of a certain figure on the floor plan of the Temple of Music. He said it was intended to show the di- rection which the file of people took in entering the building, passing in front of the president and then out of the building.
 Dr Matthew D. Mann was then called for cross-eXamination.
 Louis l.. Babcock. who was in charge of the ceremonies i'll the Temple of Music on the day of the shooting, fol- lowed Dr Mann. He gave details of the arrangements made for the recep- tion and described the position. of the president, the points of exit and en- trance to the Temple of Music and told where he stood when the fatal shots were fired.
 q heard two shots. Immediately to the left I saw the president standing still and he was deathly pale. In front 1 of him was a group of men, bearing the prisoner to the foor.''
 "Did you recognize any of the men in the group?"
 .'Yes, the artillery men and two se- cret service men. They threw him to | the floor in a second. I did not recog- | nize the men who took the pistol away | from the prisoner. The hall was at | once cleared"
 What became of the prisoner then?'
 '.He was surrounded by detectives and secret service men. There was some controversy as to who had the 1 right to the prisoner but that was set i tied and he was taken to a side room | and later to police headquarters"
 Edward R. Rice. chairman of the of ceremonies in the Temple, 1 was next called.
 Where were you at the time of the shootingy" asked District Attorney Penney
 Mir Rice indicated the spot on the 1 ground floor plan of the Temple near where the president stood.
 '.Tell us what you saw said Distric Penney.
 AS chairman of the committee of l I stood close to the presi- | dent. The line had been passing about | ten minutes. took my watch out of | my pocket, indicating to Secretary | Cortelyou that the time of the recept- | ion was nearly up. At this instant | noticed something white pushed over to the president. After that two shots | rang out. The white object 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.'