The age-herald., 1901-09-25

If there is no doubt in your minds, then you are bound to bring in verdict of conviction. I am very glad that up to the present stage of this lamentable af- fair, so far as the jury and people of this city are concerned, there has been shown that respect for the law that Is bound to teach a valuable object lesson. The defendant has been given every ad- vantage of experienced counsel. l de- plore any indictment to violence and the man who Is ready to go out and com init a crime because some other man had committed one like 1t, Is as guilty as the latter and his act is just as repre- hensible. It is proper that I should de- fine the crime of murder in the first and second degrees and manslaughter in the first and second degrees.
 'lf the defendant on September did wrongfully assault, shoot or wound Will liam Mckinley by means alleged in the indictment, and if the act was committed with premeditated design, and if the act was the sole and approximate cause of death, and if the defendant knew he was doing wrong at the time, the defendant was guilty of murder in the first degree. If the act was premeditated he was guilty of murder in the second degree. If the shot was fired accidentally and without reconciliation he is guilty of manslaugh- ter in the first degree. It Is not necessary for me to discuss the question of mart slaughter in the second degree In this case"
 Justice White then ordered the jurors to retire and bring in a verdict.
 Just before they did so. however, Dis trict Attorney Penny requested the judge to charge the jury that the law presumes every individual sane unless proven oth- erwise, and the court said to them: "The law presumes the defendant in the case sane"
 Lawyer Titus also asked the court to charge the jury "that if they were satis- fled from the evidence that at the time of the committal of the assault the de- fendant was laboring under such a defect of reason as not to know the quality of the act, or that it was wrong he was not responsible and the jury must acquit.'
 'I so charge" said the judge.
 czolgosz III at Ease.
 The testimony In today's trial was prac- tically the same as has already been given in published statements.
 The room was not warm, but Czolgosz frequently took his handkerchief from his pocket and mopped the precipitation from his forehead and cheeks. At no time dur ing the absence of the jury did he raise his eyes or lift his head or seem to know that he was the object of interest of sev- eral hundred men and women. Every time the door was opened all eyes were turned in that direction, the evident thought in every mind being that the jury would take only few minutes to agree on a verdict.
 It was 4:35 when the crier rapped for order and the jury filed into the room The clerk read their names, each juror responding present as his name was called
 No time was wasted. The jurors did not sit down. Addressing them, Justice White said:
 Gentlemen. have you agreed upon q verdict?"
 We have" responded Foreman wendt.
 What Is your verdict?"
 "That the defendant Is guilty of murder in the first degree"
 There was a moment of silence, and then murmur arose from the lips of the crowd It ended there. There was no handclapping; no cheers. Justice Whites voice could be clearly heard in every part of the room when he thanked Ine jurors for their work and allowed them to go until Il oo'clock tomorrow morning
 Court was then adjourned.
 Czolgosz was immediately handcuffed to his guards and hurried from the court room down stairs to the basement and through the tunnel under Delaware ave- nue to the jail He appeared to be in no way affected by the result of the trial.