New-York tribune., 1901-09-17
CZ0LGOSZ INDICTED.
MURDERER OF president
ARRAIGNED IN COURT.
ASSASSIN REFUSES TO ANSWER CUES
TIONS-EX-JUDGES LEWIS AND
TITUS NAMED AS COUNSEL.
De rELEeRArH no lee rRIBuNE.l

81 liIUS NAMED AS COUNSEL.
q IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.l
q Buffalo. Sept. 16.-While the lifeless body of
president Mckinley on its way from this
scity TO Washington, Leon Czolgosz, the Presi-
zdents murderer, was indicted by an Erie County
xgrand jury for murder in the first degree. ar
raigned before County Judge Edward K. Emery.
s;and evidently with the purpose of feigning in
Ssanity stood stolid and speechless before the
seourt. refusing open his lips in answer to all
Hquestions put to him.
q The examination of the witnesses before the
Hgrand jury. the arraignment of the prisoner. his
ssudden appearance in the courtroom and his
{ disappearance again to his place of mysterious
Ncoucealment, were all done quickly and clev-
Serly by the officials in charge of the case that
the busy city scarcely had an inkling of what
z with the court machinery, not one hundred peo-
! pie knew that this all important work was
sbeng done.
AT AL p. m the grand jury left the jury
room in the District Attorneys office and
,swalked through the second floor corridor to
: the County Court room. where Judge Emery
was waiting for them. There not a dozen
people in the room. The usual form of report
ing the indictment was gone through with. and
the jury was excused. Judge Emery remained.
d together with Frank Haggerty. the court ste
nograp pher and a few clerks, for they knew that
within the next hour the assassin would be
, brought in and the first important step in the
4great trial would be taken.
CONFINED IN THE PENITENTIARY.
4 The fact that Czolgosz had been indicted
.ssoon spread through the building, and a crowd
ssof small proportions began to assemble in the
$courtroom Every one wanted to get glimpse
xof the wretch who had committed the cowardly
Amurder. and beyond that every one was inter
4 Sested to know from what hiding place he would
Nappear, as the spot of his confinement has been
a. mystery since the day before the President
Adied. on Friday morning last. when the Pres
ydents life was despaired of. the murderer was
$stealthy removed from Police Headquarters
HHwhere he was confined. Some have said that he
Mwas confined in the Jail in Delaware-ave.. op-
Hposite the City Hall: others have insisted that
ne was in penitentiary in another part OF the
i city. while others have declared that he was
: shut I'D in one of the strong buildings at Fort
aPorter. the United States Army post on the
Hbanks of the Niagara River. The manner I'M
(which he was produced in court to-day would
seem to prove beyond question that he had been
akept in the penitentiary. There is a secret un-
passageway extending from the City
SHan to the jail. and it was through this pas /
Hsageway that Czolgosz was brought this after
noon.
lied OVER SPOT WHERE VICTIM LAY
Unexpectedly he led up the stairs from
the basement of the City Hall, handcuffed to
detectives Geary and Sullivan. and as he was
conducted across the first floor to the stairway
Heading to the courtroom he walked over the
averv spot where the Presidents body lay last
night and as he turned corner by one OIL
the pillars it necessary for him to lower his
&head to prevent fold of the Grape stii fes-
3tooned upon the wall from brushing his face.
II is now admitted that he has been con-
Continued Second PaEeJ