The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-09-27

pressed the opinion that the bullets
might have been poisoned. District
Attorney Penney, who had possession
of the assassin's revolver, ordered u
careful and thorough examination
made. DR.. Hill was dirented to make
q chemical examination of the bullets
and the chamber and barrel of the re-
volver, and DR.. Herman G. Matzinger,
one of the surgeons who performed
the autopsy upon the presidents body,
was ordered to make psychological
examination. This afternoon DR..
Hill reported to the district attorney
that his work showed that no poison
had been used. He also presented a
written report, out it will not be used
on the trial, as that question is now
eliminated from the case. DR.. Mat
Finger has finished his archaeological
examination and his work also re-
vealed the absence of any lpoison.
The district attorney has :been in
formed to that effect, although
the formal report has not been sub
mitted.
Authorities on this question state
the two examinations form complete
test and that the slightest trace of
poison would have been revealed.
OUTLINE OF PROSECUTION.
Buffalo, Sept. 24.-The work of Sc
curing the jurors in the trial of Leon
Czolgosz yesterday was undertaken
with a celebrity that was amazing. Be-
fore the day was over the entire panel
of jurors had listened to a description
of the Temple of Music, where the
crime occurred; had seen.photographs
of the interior of that structure, and
had been told by three surgeons what
caused the death of the president and
the effect of the assassin's shot upon
the various organs of the body. They
had also learned why the fatal bullet
had not been located.
The presentation of the govern
ment's case began shortly before 3
o'clock, when Assistant District At
torney Halter began, with much delib-
Grafton, to address the jury. He
spoke very briefly.
1--WE shall show" said he, that
for some days prior to the shooting
this defendant had premeditated the
shooting of the president. He knew
that on the 9th of September the.presi-
dent would receive the populace in
the Temple of Music; that on that day
he went to the exposition, got into
line with the people. and approached
the president: that he had "a weapon
in his hand and, as the president eX-
tended his hand in kindly greeting, he
fired the fatal shot.
He fired, two shots, in fact. One
of them took effect in the abdomen
and caused that mortal wound which
resulted in the presidents death
, That, in brief, is the story we shall
show you. Witnesses will tell you
this story, and | am sure that wher
you have heard the evidence you vii
have no difficulty in reaching a YER
, dict of murder in the first degree.
, The first witness, Samuel j. Fields
chief engineer of the Pan-Americar
. exposition, described the ground foo
, plan of the Temple of Music and wa
, followed by Perry A. Bliss, a photo
grapher, who presented views of tn
: interior of the building.
, The remainder of the afternoon wa
= taken up with the testimony of tire
. physicians, two of whom attended tn
president during his last days, Will
- the other performed the autopsy
g the latter, DIR. Harvey Il. Gaylord
. was the first Of the trio to be called
. He described the location of tn
/, wounds in the stomach and the direC
= ton of the bullet. The cause of deaf
- was attributed to the gunshot WOUND
: but fundamentally, he said it was du
n to the changes back of the stomach
g in the pancreas, caused by the ''breal
a ing down" of the material of the pan
# creas as a result of the passage of II
- bullet.
9. DR.. Herman Mynter followed an
m his testimony was of Importance, ina
,r much as it brought out the fact th
the reason why the fatal bullet ha
not been located at the autopsy W;
because of the unwillingness of Il
~ . president S relatives to have the boo
- further mutilated by their instrument
" DR.. Mynter and Dr. Mann, who fo
~ lowed him, both testified that Il
- primal cause of death was the gunsh
= wound in the stomach. One effect
- this wound was, they said, to eau
gangrene to form in the pancreas, al
the spot of poisoned tissue was
large as a silver dollar.
- The prisoner Czolgosz, during t
~ morning evinced no interest whatev
H. in the proceedings, but as the ties
mOnv was introduced he maid mo