The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-09-18
Hon. Lorain Lewis, His Counsel, En-
tered For Him a Plea of
Not Guilty,
THE PEOPLE KISSED THE PRISONER
Judge Lewis Called Upon CzOtgosz at the lai
Yesterday, But The Prisoner Absolutely
Refused to Have Anything 10
Say to him.
(By the Associated Press.)

tBy Lne Associated 1IeSS.J
Buffalo, n. Y, Sept. 17.-Leon F.
Czolgosz, the assassin OF President Nc
Kinley, was arraigned before Judge Ed
ward X Emery in the county court at 3
o'clock this afternoon on the indictment
for murder in the first degree in fatally
shooting the President in the Temple of
Music at the Pan American Exposition,
on September 9Th. Again the stubborn
prisoner refused to plead or even to utter
a word or sound, and the Hon. Lorain l..
Lewis, ex-Supreme court justice, entered
a plea of not guilty. The accused will
be tried in the Supreme court next Mon
day morning. Crowds focked to the city
hall today to see the prisoner, but the
uncertainty surrounding the question as
to whether or not counsel could be Sc
cured for him, saved congestion of the
court room and corridors of the hall.
The most notable incident of the day
was the kissing of the prisoner by the
crowds who surged around him as he
was being escorted down the stairs still
draped in mourning garb. The strong
guard of patrolmen and deputy sheriffs
were able to get nearer to him as he
passed to and from the court room.
AS a result of the urging of President
Adelbert Moot, of the Erie County Bar
Association, Judge Lewis, one of the
attorneys assigned as counsel by Judge
Emery yesterday, called at the Erie
county Jail at 2 o'clock this afternoon
to see the prisoner. CZolgosz refused to
talk to Judge Lewis, and even refused to
answer questions as to whether or not
he wanted any counsel. Judge Lewis
said that nevertheless he would appear
for the prisoner upon arraignment, even
if he decided not to accept the assign
ment of the court
Absolutely no demonstration having
been made. against the prisoner yesterday
the authorities decided that the strong
guard was unnecessary today, Czolgosz
was taken from the Jail through the tun-
mel under Delaware Avenue to the city
hall by Detectives Solomon and Geary,
being handcuffed to the latter.
In passing from the basement of the
city hall to the court room on the sec
ond floor. CzolgasZ was compelled to
pass close to the black and white bunt-
ing with which the pillars, ceilings,
windows and Stirways of the city hall
We're draped when the body of the Pres
ident was lying in state on Sunday,
which garb will not be removed until
after the burial on Thursday. These
evidences of the city's grief apparent
ly had not the slightest impression on
the prisoner and he gave no more heed
to them or the large portraits of the
President tastily draped with flags, than
he did to the questions of the court Oh
the district attorney. The prisoner en-
tered the court room just as the city
hall clock was striking 8 o'clock and, as
many of the curious spectators as could
surged into the court room behind him.
A murmur ran through the audience
but the gavel of the judge and the tip
staff of the crier soon restored order. AS
soon as Czolgosz was before the bar
and the handcuffs were removed, Dis
trict Attorney Penney began the formal
arraignment. He read the principal
charges of the indictment in voice of Sc
verify and asked: How do you plead,
guilty or not guilty?"
Not sound was uttered by the pris-
oner He stood mute before the bar of
justice. apparently continuing his feint
first time when he was taken into court
yesterday afternoon. His curly hair
was disheveled and although his linen
was white and clean, his disordered
clothes and the growth of his beard
gave him an unkempt appearance.
Spectators in the court room commented
on the fact that if he was shaved,
which has not been since the day of the
shooting, he would be a fairly good
looking young man. Although his de-
meanor was still one of stubborness
he gave little more evidence of con-
cern than upon his first presence in
court When questions were being ask
ed of him rapidly, me moistened his
lips with his tongue and seemed to be
endeavoring to maintain the appearance
of stolid Indifference.
When the prisoner refused to plead,
the district attorney asked him if he
understood what had been read, and re-
ceiving no answer told him that he had
been indicted for murder in the first de-
gree and that he could answer YES" or
mo" For an instant CZolgosz glanced