The age-herald., 1901-09-25
Shows No Emotion as He is Led Back to His
 Gloomy Cell SOME POWERFUL SPEECHES
Attorneys Ask the Jury to Consider All the Facts and Deliver yer dict-Prisoner To Be Sem
 fenced Thursday.

Buffalo, N. r., September Z4.-Leon Y. Czolgosz, alias Fred Nieman, was found guilty of murder in the first degree by a jury in Part IL of the Supreme Court, in having on the 9th day of September, shot President William Mckinley. the wounds inflicted afterwards resulting in the death of the President
 The wheels of justice moved swiftly. The trial of the assassin consumed eight hours and twenty-six minutes, and COW cred a period of only two days. Prac- tically all of tnls time was occupied by the prosecution in presenting a case so clear, so conclusive that even had the nrisoner entered the plea of insanity, it is doubtful if the jury wou.~ have re- turned a verdict different from the one rendered today The announcement maSe this afternoon by the attorneys TOT Czolgosg, that the eminent alienlsts sum- moned by the Erie County Bar Associa- tion, and by the district attorney to eX- anime Czolgosz, and to determine ms exact mental condition, had declared him to be perfectly sane, destroyed the only stage of a defense that Judges Lewis and Titus could have put to- gether.
 Will Be Sentenced Thursday.
 Before adjudgment Justice White an- nounced that he would pronounce sem tence upon the defendant Thursday at- ternoon. The prisoner was taken at once back to jail. To all appearances he was in no way affected by the result or the trial
 ae crowd gathered at city hall today
 
 since his arraignment. There was no demonstration except that of curiosity. At 2:4 o'clock District Attorney Penny abruptIy announced that the case or the prosecution was ended. Judge Lewis arose slowly, and addressing the court said that the sudden close Of the case against Czolgosz was a surprise to him and his colleague. They hau no wit nesses to call for the defense. He asked the court that he be allowed to address the jury at once. The court assenteo and the venerable jurist began an ad- dress that will long be remembered by those who heard It.
 Judge Lewis said:
 Judge Lewis Address.
 "Gentlemen of the jury: A calamity has fallen upon this nation through the act of this man, but the question IS whether his act was the act of an insane man. If an insane man, 1t is not murder, and he should be acquitted or that charge He would then, of course, be transferred to an asylum.
 Much discussion has occurred In our midst, and 1t has been called to my att tention as to the propriety of any defense being interposed in this case. Many let ters have been received by me since was assigned with my associate to derend this man, questioning the propriety or defense being attempted. You, gentle men, know, perhaps, how Judge Titus and myself came into this case The po- sition was not sought by us but we ap- pear here in the performance of duty which we thought devolved upon us, not withstanding it was an exceedingly dls- agreeable one.
 His honor, the judge who presides at this trial as a justice of the Supreme Court, is here because the law makes It his duty to sit and preside at this trial. "Our very distinguished and able dls- trict attorney has prosecuted this action because the law makes 1t his duty to do so You, gentlemen, are sitting there De- cause under our system of jurisprudence, if was your duty to sit here, hear the testimony in this case and perform the duty of determining whether this man IS to be executed or to be set free
 Compelled to Defend Him.
 'Gentlemen when they become mem- hers of the legal profession become mem bers of the court They are compelled, II assigned, to defend man who IS charseo with a crime.
 of any simple-minded, thoughtless per son should entertain a notion Tor mn ute that the counsel who appear in this case are doing something which they ought not to do, that person Is laboring under a very serious misapprehension as to the duties devolving upon lawyer The defendant no matter how serious a crime he has committed. is entitled under our laws to the benefit of a trial In the case of murder he must have trial.
 ''You sat here and listened to the de- fendant's plea of guilty when he was ar raigned at the opening of this term, but the law of our State will not permit him to plead guilty to such a crime as this. The law is so careful of the rights of it's citizens that 1t will not permit man to plead guilty to the crime of murder, so that, even after he had conceded his guilt in this case, 1t was incumbent upon the court to insist that the trial should proceed and that the people should es- tablish beyond reasonable doubt that the defendant was guilty of the crime charged against him.
 Vt is charged here that client is an anarchist-a man who does not believe in any law or in any form of government; and there are, so we are told, other indi- yiduals who entertain that opinion. We all feel that such doctrines are danger ous-are criminal-are doctrines that will subvert our government in time if they are allowed to prevail.
 Lynch Law Worse Than Anarchy.
 'Gentlemen of the jury, while I believe firmly in that, do not believe 1t creates a danger to this court equal to the belief of becoming so common that men who are charged with the crime shall not be permitted to go through the form of a trial in a court of justice, but that lynch law shall take the place of the calm and dionifed administration of the law by our courts of justice.
 ''When that doctrine becomes suf- ficiently prevalent in this country. if 1t ever does our institutions will be set aside and overthrown, and if we are not misinformed as to the state of mind Of some people in some parts of the country, the time is fast approaching when men charged with crime will not be permitted ko come into court and submit to calm