The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-02
OLCOSz'S CASE
Specialists File Report on As
sassin's Mental Condition.
Was Sound Mentally aud Other
wise and Responsible.

Buffalo, N. Y, Nov. 2.-Doctors
Flower, Gregg and Putnam. the special
lists who were requested by District
Attorney Penny to examine into the
mental condition of Leon Czolgosz, the
assassin of the president, have made
public their report, in which they state
as the result of frequent examinations
of Czolgosz, of the reports of his watch
ers, and of his behavior 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 CzolgOsz answered
questions unhesitatingly. After that,
however, he became more cautious ana
less communicative. He had COM
mon school education, the report says,
and read and wrote well. During the
first days examination he said he
planned killing the president three or
four days after he came to Bunalo.
The report then recites in Czolgosz
own words the assassin's story OF the
murder of President Mckinley. The
sanity of Czolgosz was held the Ie-
port says, from the history OF his me-
as 1T came from him. He had been
sober industrious and laW-abiding; I'LL
he was 81 years of age, he was, as
others of his class, believer in the
government of this country and of the
religion of his fathers. After he cast
his first vote he made the acquaintance
of anarchist leaders who invited MIN
to their meetings. He was a good lis.
tener, and in a short time he adopted
their theories. He was consistent in his
adherence to anarchy. He did not be-
lieve in government, therefore ne re-
fused to vote. He did not believe IN
marriage, because he did not believe IN
law He killed the president because
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as he was taught that all rulers We're
tyrants; that to kill ruler would BEN
eft the people. He refused lawyer
because he did not believe in law
lawyers or courts.
1--WE come to the conclusion that IN
the holding of these views Czoigosz was
sane, because these opinions were form-
ed gradually under the influence OF an
archistfc leaders and propa gandists. In
Czolgosz they found a willing and IN
teIligent tool; one who had the courage
of his convictions. regardless or personal
consequences. The most careful ques-
tioning failed to discover any hallucina-
tions of sight, or hearing. He had re-
ceived no special command; ne d1u not
believe that he had been especially
chosen to do the deed. He always spoke
of his motive for the crime as duty; he
always referred to the anarchists belief
that the killing of rulers was duty
He claimed the idea of killing the presi-
dent was not original with him, but the
method of accomplishing his purpose
was his and that he did it alone His Is
not a case of paranoia. because ne mas
not systematized delusions .reverttng TO
self. and because he is in exceptionally
good condition and has an unbroken
record of good health. His capacity for
labor and always been good and equal
to that of his fellows. These facts all
tend to prove that the man has an un-
impaired mind. He has false beliefs,
the result of false teaching and not the
result of disease. He is not to be classed
as a degenerate, because we do not find
the stigmata of degeneration Psychicai-
ly he has not a history of cruelty. or OF
perverted tastes and habits He is the
product of anarchy, sane and responsi-
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