The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-09-27


world, and yet we sit here and quietly
consider whether this man was re-
sponsible for the act he committed.
That question is one you are called
on to decide. i
THE law presumes the defendant
innocent until he is proven guilty,
and we start with the assumption that
the defendant was not mentally re-
sponsible for the crime he committed
We have not been able to present oyi-
dence upon our part. The defendant
has even refused on almost every oc-
casion to talk with his counsel. He
has not aided us, so we have come
here unaided to consider this import
ant question. But know there is in
every human being a strong desire to
live. Death Is a spectre that we all
dislike to meet, and here this defend
ant, without having any animosity
against our president, without any
personal motive, so far as we can see.
committed the act which, IL he was
sane, must cause his death. The rab.
BILE In the streets will say no matter
whether he Is insane or not he de-
serves to be killed. The law, how.
ever says that you must consider the
circumstances and see IL he is in his
right mind or not when he committed
the deed. II you find he was not re.
sponsible you would aid In lifting a
great cloud from the minds of the
people Of this country. II the beloved
president had met with railroad ac-
cident and been killed our grief could
not compare with what 1t is now. II
you find that he met his fate through
the act of an insane man It Is the
same rs though he met IL by acct
dent. had the profoundest respect
for President Mckinley. watched
him In congress and during his long
public career, and he was one of the
noblest men God ever made. His
policy we care nothing about but 1t
always met with my profoundest re.
spect. His deaf. was the saddest
Llow to me that has occurred in
many years."
The Attorney Shed Tears.
Judge Lewis was crying when he
finished and the eyes Of many OF
those in the court room were filed
with tears.
Judge Titus then arose and said
that Judge Lewis had so completely
covered the ground that 1t seemed en-
tirely unnecessary for him to reiter-
ate 1t, and he would therefore rest.
About 3: 10 p. M. District Attorney
Penney began summing up. He said
IN part. ~
ut is hardly possible for any man
TO stand up and talk about this case
without deepest emotion. 1t was the
most awful tragedy that ever came
upon the world.
1--WE have shown you how this de.
fendant stood In the Temple Of
Music tina afternoon and shot down
cur beloved president We have
shown you how he deliberated on and
placed this awful crime. We have
shown you how he attended anarchis-
tic aud socialistic meetings, at which
were sown In his heart the seeds OF
his terrible act.
"The counsel for the defense says
II the defendant was sane he was re-
sponsible and that If he was insane
he must be presumed to be innocent.
He tells you that is a presumption OF
law.
1T is also a presumption of law
that every man is sane until proven
insane. Evidence tending TO show
that the prisoner was insane has not
| that he was the agent Of the crime,
and there should be no question in
your minds as to the responsibility
Of the defendant
"The counsel has said there should
be no lynch law in this state. He has
told you that the people Of Buffalo
are to be commended for the spirit
displayed by them since the murder
of the president, but the law must be
Vindicated. This terrible thing has
happened because there are people
in this country who, unless they feel
the irresistible force OF prompt and
proper action in this case, will cause
something awful to happen to our be-
loved country.
Think, gentlemen, of that grand
man who stood but q few days ago in
the Temple Of Music, and how he
| came from the lowly walks of life,
how he was first a school teacher,
then lawyer then . Judge. gov
ernor, congressman, and then a
president of the United States. and,
above all, a loving husband, and that
on the last day when he said, 1t is
Gods way. goodbye all, goodbye a
man so great that he could raise his
hand and save his own assassin, a
man who could shake the hand of
even the very worst man you could
imagine.
Mckinieys Great Lesson.
ut Is a great lesson that SO great
man can stoop so low, that he was
80 great that he could forgive his own
assassin He was the mobiles man, |
believe, God ever created. A man
who stod near him in the Temple of
Music said to me: 4 have travelled in
all parts Of the world and have seen
people assembled to greet their rulers,
but when | saw the people stand in
the railroad stations and along the
country through which the funeral
train passed, that they might get q
look at the casket of this great man,