The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1901-09-27

position. got into line with the people
and approached the president; that he
had a weapon concealed in his hand
and as the president extended his
hand in kindly greeting he fired the
fatal shot.
Three Physicians Testify.
"He fired two shots, in fact. One
of them took effect in the abdomen
and caused the mortal wound which
resulted in the presidents death.
That, in brief, is the story we shall
show you. Witnesses will tell you
this story and l am sure that when
you have heard the evidence you will
have no difficulty in reaching ver-
dict of murder in the first degree"
The first witness, Samuel j. 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, photog-
terror of the building. The remainder
the testimony of three physicians,
dent during his last days, while the
latter, DR.. Harvey R. Gaylord, was the
first of the trio to be called. He de-
cribed the location of the wounds in
the stomach and the direction of the
bullet The cause of death was at
tributed to the gunshot wound, but
fundamentally, he said, it was due to
the changes back of the stomach, in
the pancreas, caused by the break
ir,o Nf al pio1 of hn
creas 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
he 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 instru-
ments. DR.. Mynter and DR.. Mann,
who followed him, both testified that
the primal couse of death was the
bullet wound in the stomach. Que ef
feet Of this wound was, they said, TO
cause the gangrene to form in lhe
pancreas, and the spot of poisone!
tissue was as large as a silver dollar.
czo!gosz Becomes Interested.
The prisoner, Czolgosz, during the
morning evidenced no interest what
over in the proceedings, but as the
evidence was introduced he paid
more attention to what was said and
looked at the various witnesses close
ly. The probable duration of the trial,
it is thought, will be two days. Dis
trict Attorney Penny 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-com-
initial, however, and merely replied:
THAT depends 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 en-
ter the question of his sanity is not
thought of in view of the reports of
the two alienists who have recently
examined him, and there is ground for
the belief that the trial will be con-
cluded with session of but one day
more.
District Attorney Penny questioned
DR.. Mynter closely regarding the op-
GRAFTON performed on President Nc
Kinley at the exposition hospital i'm
mediately after the shooting. DR..
Mynter said the surgeons found the
bullet wound in the left upper side of
the abdominal cavity. The president
agreed to an operation at once, which
was absolutely necessary to save his
life. DR.. Mann was selected, with DR..
Mynter, to perform the operation.
The abdomen was opened. 1t was
difficult to get at the wound in the
back of the stomach. The stomach
was turned over and a bullet hole
was found in the back of that organ.
They could not follow the further
course of the bullet and as the
Presidents Temperature Was Rising
4 was agreed by the physicians pres
ent that no further search for it was
advisable at that time. The stomach
was replaced and the opening closed
with sutures. On the advice of the
physicians, the president was re-
moved to Mr.. Milburn's house.
Dr. Mynter then described the Pc
riod of favorable symptoms shown by
the patient, his relapse and death. He