Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-09-25
ATTEMPTED No DEFENSE.
Attorney For Czolgosz Did Not Ats
tempt Any Defense Of Their
Client. q
Simply Addressed the Jury II His
Behalf and Presented no
Evid dence
4 jury Returned a Verdict Of Murder
II First Degree After Short n \.
sss. Elaboration.

Buffalo, Sept. 2 The jury in the
case OF Leon Czolgosz on trial for the,
murder Of Presid lent M Kinley, has re-
/ turned q verdict OF murder Ia the first
degree. The defense offered no tes-;
4 stimony, but briefly addressed the jury.
I The prisoner will be sentenced Thurs
day. 5:s 4 $50 : ,s5. u st2s 5:4
S$ Justice White arrived exactly at 10
O'Clock and the crier Immediately ut
Z tered the formal notice OF the opening
OF court. The jurymen were polled
and Samuel j. ields, chief engineer:
of the Pan-American exposition, was!
!, recalled to the witness stand. He was
asked by District Attorney Penney
the meaning Of certain figures on the
4 floor plan Of the Temple of Music. He
d said It was intended to show the direc-
h tion which the file Of people took in
& entering the building, passing in front
of the president and then out OF the
building. ~ 81 q 4 St ,:5z 5s:,.
DR.. Matthew D. Mann was then call
/ ed for cEoss-examination 81 4: HI .i%s q
.S$S5t.W as the cond tion which you found
I at the autopsy to- be expected from
the nature of the wounds which the
president received ?',' asked Mr.. Lewis.
53$ tsItt It was not expected and was very
Y unusual. never saw anything just;
sS exactly like 1t, !" !, replied DR.. Mann.
what, then, do you at tribute the;
symptoms or indications which you
discovered, the gangrenous condition
of the wound \.
''It Is very difficult to explain it. IL
may be due to one Of several things.
think 1t would be necessary for
further 3examinat ions to be made be-
fore any definite explana ations could
! be made. That would be the duty OF
ahe pathologists {, :53 ,,zs, rs s5$; .S5s
Louis ii. III 3abcock, who was in
i charge Of the ceremonies in the Tenn
pie of Music on the day Of the shoot
Ing, followed Dr.. M ann. He gave de-
tails of the arrangements made for
the reception and described the posi-
ton OF. the president and the points of
Z entrance and exit from the Temple
u Of Music and told where he stood
4 when the fatal shots were fired
heard two shots imm ediately
( turned to the left. II saw the president
D standing still and he was deathly pale
In front; OF him was a group or men
bearing the prisoner to the floor. y
Did you recognize any Of the men
in the group s:#s .zSs
III ..tY es. the artill lerynnan and two Sc
\ cret service men. They threw the
e & prisoner to the floor In second rs I
& did not recognize the man who took
u the pistol away from the prisoner.
b The hall was at once cleared Is, I"
sss hat became of the prisoner
then
4 s3sssS.s He was surrounded by detectives
Il and secret service men. There was
some controversy as to who had the
right to the prisoner, but that was
4 quickly settled and he was taken to a
side room and later to police head
4 quart I,
Chairman Rice Saw the Shooting.
Edward R. Rice, chairman of the
committee of ceremonies in the Tenn
\ pie Of Music, was next called
here were you ait the time OF the
B ooting ?'' asked Attorney Penney.
Rice dicated the spot on the
ground foor plan OF The temple near
& where the preside lent stood.
Teil JUS hat you sa W. s
ceremonies stood close to the prasi.
dent. The line had been passing
about 10 minutes. took rny watch
ont sof my pocket indic ting to Secre-
tary Cortelyous that sthe time fors the
4 racept ton was nearly up, AT this I'M
slant not ICED: some hing white
pushed over to the preside lent. Imme.
! diafely after that two shots rang out.
The whit Obj oct fell to the floor With
the man MI III had 1T til his hand The
hall was cleared and the president
4 taken to- a III 81
as this 10 I'D lilo was borne to
lt The floor the same one who fired the
shot RE- asked Mr. Penney.
I sY ess answered the Witness
Gross-examined by Judge aitllsg dr.
Rice said there was no one between
q him and the presid lent 10 obstrnct his
lew.
This eIuded Mr. Rics,s Testimony
and James ~. Quacke kenbush, another
member of the RECEIPT ption committee,
was called to- the stand .S
ell us WI at YOU knew ,s,s b, said Mr.
IS Penney.
was standing ut VI. Rice.s right,
directly opposite the president vs. be-
gan the witness 81 jj,ist before the shots
were fired mott ieed "a tthiss man the
prispnerl lift some ething white I'm
eIiatsly thTere were two shots.
Then the RTti llerYnen who had been
standing behind the president, plung-
ed forward DIS also did SaGret Services
Oflcer Gafiagh her The prisoner Was
bnrna to the floor. Secret ssserYice
men, Officers ireland and Foster, were
also in the group scramb bling on The