News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-09-18

Court justices to Act as Counsel
For the Prisoner-Doctors and Wit
nesses of Shooting Give Testimony
Buffalo, Sept. 17.-Leon f. Czolgos1
was indicted yesterday afternoon by
the county court grand jury for the
crime of murder in the first degree, in
fatally shooting William Mckinley,
President Of the United States, at the
Temple of Music in the Pan-American
exposition grounds at 4:15 o'clock on the
afternoon of Sept. 6.
When arraigned before Judge Edward
X. Emery, in the county court at 5:3G
o'clock, the prisoner stubbornly re
fused to answer questions as to whether
he had counsel or wanted counsel. The
district attorney then suggested that, in,
asmuch as the defendant refused to
answer. counsel should be assigned.
Judge Emery assigned Lorain i
Lewis and Robert G. Titus Of this city
former supreme court justices, whose
names had been suggested by the Erie
County Bar association.
Czolgosz probably will be arraigneo
again today to plead to the indictment
The trial will begin on Monday next
before Supreme Court Justice White
District Attorney Penney presented
the evidence in the murder case to the
grand jury from 10 o'clock in the morn.
ing until a few minutes past o'clock
in the afternoon.
Aside from the surgeons and physi.
clans in the case, no witnesses were
sworn other than those who were in the
temple of music and witnessed the
shooting. The complete list of wit,
nesses, in the order in which they ap.
peared to testify, is as follows:
DR.. Herman Mynter, DR.. Ii. r. Gay.
lord, DR.. H. G. Mattzinger, DR.. NJ. D
Mann, Secret Service Detective Gal.
lagher, Attorney ]. L. Quackenbush.
Attorney Louis l.. BabcOck, Harry Hen
shaw, Captain Damon and Patrolmau
Morkel of the exposition guards; Cor.
poral Louis Bertschey and Privates Neff
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the 73rd United States sea coast artil.
lery; Il. G. Knapp, Mrs. Vanderbergh
Davis, John Branch colored porter,
Captain Valley, chief of the exposition
detectives; superintendent Bull and AS.
sistant Superintendent p. a. Cusack,
of the local police department, Charles
]. Close, Exposition Guards Weston.
fielder and James, and Detectives Geary
and Solomon of this city.
After the Indictment was reported
the prisoner was driven from the peni.
Tertiary, mile from the city hall, to the
Jail across the street from the hall
| Czolgosz was then taken under strong
guard from the Jail through the tunnel
under Delaware avenue, to the base
ment of the city hall and up the stairs
| to the court room on the second floor.
| The prisoner was shackled to Detec-
tive Solomon, and Detective Geary held
! his other arm: Assistant superintendent
/ Cusack marched in front and a number
of patrolmen behind.
CzolgOsz is of medium height, of fairly
good build and has light curly hair, but
a 10 days growth of beard on his face
gave him an unkempt appearance. APP.
parently he feigned insanity, not stupid
| ity, and his glance rOamed about but his
eyes were always downcast. Not once
did he look the county prosecutor or the
| judge in the face.
Czolgosz was handcuffed to the detect
| ives who started out of the court room
! with him. The crowds surged after
them, but found the exit barred by four
| policemen. Outside the court room door
the prisoner was surrounded by l.
policemen with clEbs drawn and under
command of Captain Regain, JailoI
Mitchell and several deputy sheriffs
| The prisoner was hurried down stairs
and into the basement, whence he was
! taken through the tunnel to the jail
across Delaware avenue. Whether he
was left there for the night or taken
elsewhere, the police refused to say.
District Attorney Penney stated as he
left the court room that Justices Lewis
and Titus would be notified and given
an opportunity to talk with the prisoner
and that he hoped to arralgn Czolgosz
today to take his pleas to the indict.
ment. The district attorney will also
notice the trial of the prisoner for next
| Monday in the supreme court, that be.
ing the opening day of the September
term.