Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-09-26

mittng him to the room
The city hall elevator man was even for
hidden to stop at the second floor where
the court room is located and ever one
had to walk up the stairs and before The
lines of policemen. The interior 6 the
city hall. as well as the outside O the
doorways, still bore the sombrc draperies
of mourning, and quiet was enforced as
bcftting the occasion. Scores OF nevspa-
Per correspondents and artists were OIL
hand carly.
WILL. NOT TALK no co1-NsE.,
"'| W. 'E'''iN -
nri,ro Ca,,r, ,rs,i,o. Idr'n tnu.is ard
Robert G. Titus, chosen by the bar $50
ciatlon of Erie county, and Carlton Il.
Ladd saw him again this morning before
the time for the opening of court. but ne
had no more to say to them than at 'ach
or the previous times when they nave Wis.
ited MIN. In view of the meagrenc's OF
the opportunity for defense, ana the LAG.
that prisoner refuses auSoluteiN TO al'
them II IS not improbable that the entire
proceedings may De competed withln
Two days
ne mental cohultlon cf inc assassin
VIII anso'uteiV he inc only d.fense 10 De
oItreo' are inc WoruS OF Judge lltuS
hnu 'nere is no little expectancy that they
VIII VIII p.,pI'cIN dnaho9n the case tolaN OF
tomorrow ana merely represent CzolRosz
iorinallH during the trial As result of
the examination oi TWO FAMOUS experts on
@ nl'ntal a. oiSeaSes' pr' carlos !. McDona'd
anu ~. Aliah W. Hhmlton ~ New York
wy me qu"Slioh OF insanity Is enml-
n"e'u from tne SUBJECTS upon Whlcn the
u"IehSe can rely for support. Counsel arc
therefore placed in the peculiar position
vi "c'"S CHOSEN TO def"ni prisoner LIZ
"n,' no uelehSe Is possible.
ne ,rIdl H., therefore, nut mere nc es-
S'lE i1lha'ltF OF law "ut ts result IS
- 5'",rN leSN III oount thah any "'",r
'''' LOT Hl0Tu'r IN the llS'prN OF Ameii-
can courts.
SMALL. COI-pT ROOM
fart III OF the supreme court OF Ell"
county Whor'lh Leoen r. CzoIEosz toIdy
appeared To answer tor :he murder of tn
PRESIDENT is small room on the sJuth
SIDE OF the second floor Of the city hail
IN" enclosure for the ben h and bar Cccu-
pcs over one half of the floor space, while
the haIahoe Is given over to seats for tn
general publ. Not over l60 Of the latter
coulu ne Accommodated and these seats TO-
DAY were mainly occupied hy the jury
men VINO were called in readiness for the
what is termed .,,hn sonorad ,,,blic" r,,.
spe'tators at the opening OF the case to-
"aN necause OF this Nzolgosz with lis
oouiiSe' occupied seats directly in front
VI tie Justices b"nch. IN" prisoner
''''e'' I"N' ''''h ~ tudl oI JuHEt
Iitus' ana 'here were plenty If polio men
n''r LOT the protection OF the court and
.ile oHcials from any untoward action on
ms part Deputy Shertffs, with their II a
hosahN slaves OF office, We're placed at Va
IlouS points IN the room ana quiet was en-
Iorceu upon all.
me spectators seats We're filed very
SloWiN' OWING to the eNtrem" care shown
oS tne oHl'erS IN the corridors about ad
iitt,ht thoSc VINO applied ana it was not
until court was announced that The last
one was occupied.
At ~ o clock the formal opening Of court
was announced and Justice Truman e.
hite entered through the center aisle
ana TOOK his seat upon the bench. The
hrst business of the session had no rea-
non to the case in hand 1t consisted m"ro.
y oi calling the roll of the grand Jurors
ior the coming session and they We're
then excused until October I. Clerk of
the court Martin j. Fisher, after the pre-
Hmlnary near Nc, hear ye' by the crier,
proceeded with the calling Of the Jurors
summoned TOR TN" trial OF the Czolgosz
case IN part III. OF the 30 trial jurors
called, only one asked to be excused.
THE ppIcO>,rp ppo,,c,,,, -,
''' '''>O' '''' iN'
At lois there was a hustle in the corri-
dor and a squad of policemen brought in
the prisoner. He was handcuffed To al,
officer on each side. while in front ana be-
hind him walked other uniformed police
men. The prisoner was attired in a new
suit Of dark grey a white shirt and collar
and a light blue bow tie His face was
cleanly shavcn and his hair coubod II,
sat down behind his counsel with i've ON
GERS in plain clothing immcdiatclv in his
rear. District Attorney Penney procc, drl
at once with the readine Of the indict-
rpcnts. He spoke to Czolgosz i'm n low
voice. In fact so low that when III, nris-
oner was asked to plead in reulv he failed
to show that he understood what had boo,,
said Justice White asked him "Nhat
have YOU to save" There was a moments &
hesitation Then his Inns moved as II To-
make reply hut before h, could do So his
, Junior counsel Mr. Lewis arose to sneal<
not having seen tho prisoners motion
Justice White. however insisted that
, Czolgosz should sneak. as he shnwed IN
clination to do 81 and the prisoner renlisd
81 didn't hear what n, said
District Attorney Penney then read IN.
Indictment apain in 81 louder voi,, orl 70
, his demand for a replv the nrisonar WIN
; was standing at the time said in a very
, low voice guilty"
This plea was. however. not normit,,d
to stand. under tho law ana a n,c,, If .,uot
guilty" was at once ordered h,. the court
Former Iusticc 'ritus Junior co,,nsoI for
the defence. stated the focta ALREADY
known AS to his connection viii tbn cas-,
He explaincd that the position of hirsciS
and his assistants Judye Teu.is ard NJ
I.add was a noculiar ono and oo,,sistad
mainly in making sure that oIl tha Tnrr,s
of law and iustice were obser,.od in II, ,