The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1901-09-26


citation and by the district attorney
to examine Czolgosz and to determine
his exact mental condition had de-
clared him to be perfectly sane, de-
stroyed the only stage of defense
that Judges Lewis and Titus could
have put together.
To BE Sentenced Thursday.
Before adjournment Justice White
announced that he would pronounce
sentence upon the defendant on
Thursday afternoon at two o'clock.
The prisoner was taken at once
through the tunnel under Delaware
avenue back to the Jail. To all APP
pearances he was in no way affected
by the result of the trial
The crowd gathered at The citM hail
was the largest which has seen him
since his arraignment. People were
lined up on both sides of the big ro-
tunda on the second floor where the
court convened and fringed the stairs
leading from the floor above. There
was no demonstration except that OF
curiosity. A large number of women
witnessed the proceedings.
A Dramatic Scene.
After the jury had retired to consid-
er the evidence the scene in the court
room became dramatic in the extreme.
Decorum was somewhat forgotten and
the spectators stood up and many
walked about the room and engaged in
conversation. The guards about the
assassin, who still sat in his seat be-
fore the bench, were doubled, Chief
OF Detectives Cusack and two of his
men taking positions just back of
Czolgosz' chair. Others took seats to
the left and right and many plain
clothes" men were seen mingling
among the crowds surging about
the room, closely watching every
one whose face was not familiar to
one to them. There was no disposition
to crowd about the prisoner, although
the object of everyone seemed to be
to get in a position where he could
have a full view of his face. Czolgosz
had been seated in his chair all after
noon, his hands clasped on the arms
of the chair and his head bent for
ward and little to the left. The room
was not warm, but he frequently took
his handkerchief from his pocket and
mopped the Precipitation from his
forehead and cheeks. At no time dur
ing the absence of the jury did he
raise his eyes or lift his head or seem
to know that he was the object of in
terest of several hundred men and
women. Every time the door was
opened all eyes were turned in that d.
reetion, the evident thought in every
mind being that the jury would take
only few minutes to agree on a ver-
dict.
The Jury Reports.
1t was 5:35 when the crier raped for
oruer and the jury filed into the room.
The clerk read their names, each juror
responding present" as his name was
called. No time was wasted. The
jurors did not sit down. Addressing
them, Justice White said:
Gentlemen, have you agreed upon a
verdict?"
"We have" responded Foreman
Wendt.
"What is your yerdict?"
"That the defendant is guilty Of
murder in the first degree"
There was a moment of silence and
then a murmur arose from the lips Of
the crowd. 1t ended there. There was
no handclapping, no cheers. Justice
Whites voice could be clearly heard in
every part of the room when he
thanked the jurors for their work and
allowed them to go until IL o'clock this
morning.
Court was at once adjourned. Czol-
golz was immediately handcuffed TO
his guards and hurried from the court
room downstairs to the basement and
through the tunnel under Delaware
avenue TO the Jail. He appeared to be
in no way affected by the result Of the