Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-11-08

CvoIgoss Was q sane Man.
Buffalo, N. Y, Nov. 4.-Doctors Fow-
Ter, Gregg and Putnam, the specialists
who were requested by District Attor0y
Penney to examine into the mental con-
dition Of Leon +. Czolgosz, the assassin
OF the president, have made public their
report, in which they state az a result
Of frequent examinations of CzoIgosz, of
the report OF h;s watchers and his beha-
vior in court that they have concluded
that he was sane at the time he planned
the murder, when he shot the president
and when he was on trial."
His first examination was but few
hours after the commission OF the crime
and while he was still uniformed Of the
fate of the victim. During the first three
examinations CszolgosZ answered ques-
tons unhesitatingly. After that, how
ever, he became more cautious and less
communicative. He had common school
education, the reports say, and read and
wrote we'll During the first days ex-
animation he said he planned killing the
president three or four days after he
came to Buffalo. The report then recites
in Czolgosz's own words the assassin's
story of the murder Of President Mcl<in-
ley. The sanity of Czolgosz was told
"from the history Of his life as it came
from him. He had been sober, Industrious
and law abiding until he was 81 years Of
age, and was, as others of his class, a
believer in the government of this coun-
try and of the religion of his fathers.
After he cast his first vote he made the
acquaintance of anarchistic leaders who
invited him to their meetings, He WIS
a good listener, and in short time he
adopted their theories He was consist
ent in his adherence to anarchy. lie did
not believe in government. therefore he
refused to vote He did not believe in
because he did not believe in
law. He killed the president because he
was a ruler, and Czolgosz believed that
all rulers were tyrants. To kill ruler
he thought would benefit the people. He
refused a lawyer because he did not be-
lieve in law, lawyers or courts.
Product of Anarchy.
eve come to the conclusion that
in the holding of these views Czol2osz
was sane, because these opinions were
formed gradually under the influence of
leaders and propagandists. In
Czolgosz they found willing and intel
ligent tool. one who had the courage OF
hi, convictions, regardless of personal
The more careful quas-
Iioning failed to discover any hallucina-
lions of sight or hearing. He had rcceiv
ed no special command; he did not be-
ieve he had been especially chosen to
10 the deed. He always spoke of his mo-
tive for the crime as duty; he always re-
ierred to the anarchists belief that the
killing Of rulers was duty. He never
,laimed the idea of killing the presi-
lent was original with him, but the meth
ID Of accomplishing his purpose was his
ind that he did it alone. His is not
,ase of paranoia, because he has not sys.
decisions reverting to self, and
because he is in exceptionally good condi
ion and has an unbroken record of good |
lealth. His capacity for labor has al |
Ways been good and equal to his fellows
These facts all tend to prove that the
nan had an unimpaired mind. He had
alse beliefs, the result of false teaching,
md not the result of disease. He is not |
o be classed as a degenerate because we
10 not find the stigmata to degeneration.
Physically he has not a history of cruelty
II of perverted tastes and habits. He ,
3 the product of anarchy, sane and re-
ponsible."