Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-09-26
AMAZING CELEBRITY.
Trial Of the Assassin Czolgosz Pro-
ceeding at a Rapid Rate.
PLEA OF NOT GUILTY REJECTED.


Buffalo, N. Y, Sept. 94.-Leon +. !
Czolgosz was placed on trial Monday,
charged with the murder of Presl-
dent William Mckinley. lie entered
q 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 examn-
Ing counsel, but 1t was significant
rhat 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 preiudiced, but admitted
that their opinion could be changed
by evidence, were accepted by each
side.
Justice Truman G. White, one of the
Oldest and most experienced of the
supreme court Judges, was on the
bench. Immediately after the open
Ing Of the court and after the prison
er had pleaded Justice Loran l..
Lewis, senior counsel for the defend
ont, announced that, together with
his colleagues, former Justice Robert
c. Titus and Mr.. Carlton +. Ladd, they
we're 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
description of the Temple Of Music,
where the crime occurred; had seen
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
assassins shot upon the various Or
Vans Of the body. They had also
learned why the fatal bullet had not
been located.
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, a 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
Il was due to the changes back OF
The stomach, in the pancreas, caused
by the "brcaking down" of the ma
terial of the pancreas rs result OF
the passage Of the bullet.
DR.. Herman Myntcr followed ant
his testimony was of Importance, In
asmuch as II brought out the fact
that the reason WHY the fatal hullet
nau NOT been. located AZ the autopsy
was because of the unwillingness o
the presidents relatives to have thu
body further mutilated by their in
,truments. DR.. Mynter and DR.. Mann
who followed him, both testified tina
The primal cause Of death was tn,
vunshot wound in the stomach. ON
Effect Of this wound was, they said
TO cause the gangrene to form in tn
pancreas, and the spot Of poisone'
tissue was as large a. o silver dollar
The prisoner, CEolgosz, during tn
morning evinced 10 interest whateve
in the proceedings but % the test
mony was introduced he paid NOR
attention at what was said an
looked q the various witnesses close
{ b. The probable durstion OF th