Morris tribune., 1901-09-28

vide open and looked about him Occa
sionally, but presently he dropped hi
4 eyes to the table ahead of him and as
sumed his former listless air. Thu
strain was intense, evidently, as wa
attested by a few signs and heavins
of the chest.
| At 2:12 Justice White took his sea-
on the bench and the crier announced
the opening of court.
"GzoIgosz, stand up commanded
District Attorney Penney.
The assassin rose.
what is your name?" asked Mr.
Penney
"Leon F. Czolgosz."
/ Glow old are you?"
'sTWenty-eight years."
"Where were you born?"
Detroit"
Where were you living when ar.
rested 2"
cleveland
What is your occupations"
"Ironworker."
care you married or single?'
| Single
what degree of education have you
received ?"
No reply.
'tWhat schools have you attended,"
Public and church schools y
"Are you temperate or intemper-
ate?''
Temperate"
"Have you ever before been convict
ed of any erime?"
"No.''
care your father and mother alive?"
"My father is alive. My mother is
dead"
Czolgosz' replies were so low that
he could not be heard i've feet away.
Had No Excuse to Offer.
IA Have you any legal excuse why
Sentence should not be pronounced
against you ?"
Czolgosz could not or pretended he
could not hear the question put by the
clerk It was repeated to him twice
and then he said something in an in
audible tone. The judge interviewed
and explained what was meant by the
question.
First, you may claim you are in
sane, the next is, have you good cause
to offer against sentence being pro-
nounced against you?
81 have nothing to say about that,
was the reply.
Justice Titus asked that the prison
er be allowed to say something in ex-
culpation of his crime.
The prisoner began to speak. His
voice was so low he could scarcely be
heard. Judge Titus was obliged to re
peat it, sentence by sentence, so that
the court might hear.
ST have nothing to ay, whispered
Czolgosz to his counsel
Judge Titus-.T think he ought to
be permitted to make a statement in
exculpation of his family"
Titus held a brief conference. Turn
ing to the court counsel for thes de-
PENDANT said:
He. says no other person had any
thing to do with it.; that no other per
son knew of his commission but him
self. His father or mother. or no one
else knew nothing about it."
The prisoner closed his lips, stared
straight ahead of him and awaited TIT !
courts announcement of his doom.
The sentence was brief.
ttCzolgosz," said the court, 'you
nave cOmmlLL0Q a grave crime dSdluSI
the state and our Union in the assas-
sination Of our beloved president. |
After learning all the facts and cir
cumstances in the case, IL good men
have pronounced you guilty Of murder |
in the first degree. You say that no |
other person abetted you In the com
mission of this terrible act. The. PEN
atty is fixed by statute and it becomes
my duty to impose sentence upon you.
The sentence of this court is that in /
the week beginning Oct. 28th, at the
place designated and in the mannersl
by law, you suffer the pun
of DEATH
Czolgosz stood erect, looking
straight at the Judge. He did not
trembIe; not muscle quivered. AS
soon as the death sentence was fin
ished he took his seat in the same in
different manner that has character
lied him throughout the trial. He was
brought to his feet quickly by the of
flcers. They shackled him and led
him away to the Jail while the crowd
r,Srnrad a ffar thar o., n fhn nfffnorc