The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-09-26
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Justice Trueman c. White. one of
the Oldest and most experienced Of
lhe Supreme court judges, was ON
the hench. Immediately after tho
opening Of the court and after the
prisoner had pleaded, Justice I,oran
l. Lewis, senior counsel for the do
PENDANT, announced that toee,ber
with his colleague, former Justice
lt"bert I. Titus and Mr.. Carlton r.
Ladd, they were ready to act in be-
half Of the prisoner.
Inc prisoner Evidencea no Interest.
The prisoner, Czolgosz, during the
trial evidenced no interest whatever
la the proceedings, but as the tes,i
mony was introduced he paid more
attention to what was said and
looked at the various witnesses
closely.
The probable duration of the trial.
ii is bellt we'd, can be placed at two
full days. When District Attorney
Penney 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 deteuse, was nOn-commital.
however, and merely replied: "That
depends upon the turn things take.n
1t is not probable that any de-
fense will be put in, owing to the
character of the prisoner and his re-
fusal To help his attorneys i'm any
way to procure evidence which they
could use in his favor. The idea of
an attempt TO enter the question of
sanity IL 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 concluded with a
session Of but one day more.
Reading Indictment
The prisoner when brought ir to
court was attired in new suit of
dark grey, white shirt and collar
and light blue bow tie. His face
was cleanly shaven and his hair
combed. He sat down behind his
counsel with two officers in plain
clothes Immediately in his rear.
District Attorney Penney proceed
ed at once with the reading of the
indictment. He spoke to Czolgosz
in low voice, in fact 80 low that
when the prisoner was asked to
plead, he seemed not to understand
what had b, en- said.
Justice White asked him: "What
have you to say?"
There Was moments hesitation.
Then the prisoners lips moved as if
to make reply, but before he could
do so, his junior cOusel, Mr.. Lewis,
arose to speak, not having seen the
prisoners motion.
Justice White, however, insisted
Czolgo-z should speak, and the
prisoner said: 81 didn't hear what
he said.
District Attorney Penney then
read the Indictment again in louder
voice and to the demand for re-
ply, the prisoner, who was standing
at the time, said in very low
voice: "Guilty."
The plea was, however, not per
mitted to stand under the law, anC
plea of "not guilty" was at once
ordered by the court.
DIR. Mann Testifies
DIR. Matthew d. Mann, one OF
the physicians who attended Presi
dent Mckinley was examined
He went over the grOun(
covered by DIR Mynter and describ
ed the operation perfOrmt d at the
exposition hospital.
"To find the track of the bullet
back of the stomach" Or. Mann eX
planned, sit would have been neces
4ary to remove the bowels from tn
, abdominal cavity. The perform
ance of that operation would pro
bably have resulted fatally, as tn
. Pre- sident had already grown yer.
weak as result of the first opera
tion."
"Were you present at the autop
sy?" asked District Attorney Pen
= ney.
"Yes.n
"Tell us what you found
. "Raislng the stomach we found
: large cavity, the walls of whic
showed evidence of gangrene. l
the cavity was quantity of par
y creatic fluid The tissues surrOunt
I ing it covering space as large as
, silver dollar were affected"
- "What. caused MIR. Mckinley
:, death?" asked District Attorne
; Penney.
7. "The gunshot wound in tt
y stomach resulting from the bull'
y that passed through both walls (
l. that organ and lodged in the mu
y cles of the back"
4 DR.. Mann's testimony was n
It concluded at the hour set for a.
If iournment Justice White addres
le ed the jurors, giving them the usu
a formal instructions as to talkiI
'f about the case among themselves,
(. allowing others to talk to the
a. about it..
a Court adjourned until tomorro
e. morning.
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