The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-09-26
CzOLGOSz
ON TRIAL.
rur assassin OF THE PRES
IDENT GEFUSES TO AN
SWER QUESTIONS.
nusSsL ASSIGNED TO PRISONER.

.,br r... 81" ">ot Guilty" Entered -
,., fa,.. obtained and sworn in
r-..,ui H,. Brief Czolgosz Zoe. not
INV ,rurY interest In Trial.
RafI'u. pt. 19.-Leon +. Czol-
.,., fhr ~ i'm of Presiden Me-
yiorry. u.. rrlaigned before Judge
Edward h .prry, in the County
r.or. tu.. ..crnoOn on the indict-
mont for u urIcr in the first d. gree
IN htaI., .lyo'ing the President in
,bp Temple of Music at the Pan.
Amcrirsu Exposition on September
ab The .ubvO prisoner refused
,opsad or even To- utter a word or
.opnd aud tur Hon. 4Oran l.. Lew is,
o, o,Suprouc Court justice, entered q
oe, of no, guilty. The accused will
n tried iu the Supreme Court next
Monday morning.
The prisoner entered the court
nom ju.t a- the City Hall clock was
arikIug % o'clock, and a. many of
thp curious spectators as could surg
cd into the courtroom behind him.
Amurmur ran through the audience,
but the gravel on the judge and the
tlps,atr Of the cricr soon restored
order. As soon "a Czolg0sz was be
fore the bar and the handouts were
removed District Attorney Penney
began the formal arraignment. He
read the principal charge Of the
Indictment in q voice of severity
and asked "IIow do you plead,
guilty or not guilty?"
PRISONER MUTE.
Not Il sound was uttered by the
the prisoner. lie stood mute before
the bar OF Justice, apparently con-
tinuing his icint of insanity, which
was noticed for the first time " hen he
was taken into court yesterday after
noon. His curly hair was dlslevel-
ed, and although his linen was
white and clean, his disOrdered
clothes aud the growth Of his beard
gave him an unkempt appearance
SPECTATOR i'm the court room com
mented ON the fact that if he was
shaved, which he has not been since
the day of the shooting, he would
Oea fairly good-looking young man
Although his demeanOr was still one
Of stubbOrnness, he gave a little
more evidence of concern than upOr
his frat presence in court. Wher
questions were being asked of him
npldly he mOistened his lips will
his tongue and seemed to be en-
deavOring to maintain the appear
mce Of stolid indifference.
REFUSED TO PLEAD.
When the prisoner refused t.
plead, the district attorney asket
him if he understood what had beer
read, and, receiving no answer, tolC
him that he had been indicted 70
murder in the first degree, and tina
he could answer 'yes" or "no.'
For an instant CzolgOsz glanced a
Mr. Penney, and it was thought h
Intended to- speak, but he did not
Judge Lewis then addressed tn
court at length, saying that ne ha,
called upon the d tendant, but hat
Oeen unable to ascertain of any wis
on the defendants part as to tn
employment of counsel. He sal
mat his associate, Judge Titus, wa
IN Milwaukee, but that he had al
Fared informally TO enter a plea {
mot guilty" on behalf of the d'
Rndant, as the law required such
plea under the circumstances.
He asked permission to reserv
'he right to withdraw the plea an
enter a special plea or interpose
uemurrer, if after consulting wit
Judge Titus they should decide M
10 ask the court to assign otht
Counsel.
Buffalo, Sept. 21.-Former Ju
uces Lorain l.. Lewis, and Robe
u Titus, of the Supreme Court, t
uay accepted their assignment
tounsel to defend Leon +. CZOlgOs
mdlcted for murder in the first d
gree in killing President McKinle
Ihey d. not at present know of ar
reason why they will not be read
ior the trial on next M nday NOR
ing when District Attorney Pennt
moves the case for trial in Part ]
VI the Supreme Court, whence
was transferred today by order
Judge Edward X. Emory, in t
0uhty court, who also appoint
Varlton f. Ladd, law partner
'uuge Titus to assist in the deftn(
Although both attorneys ten
uVely accepted the assignment
lew days ago, no definite annount
ment was made until today. Jud
iltus conferred with Judge Lev
N the latter's of1ie for a half no
u Wis morning, after which Jud
titus announced that they had {
oiued to conduct the defence of
Prisoner.
butalO, Sept. 23.-The trial
leon f. Czolgosz, under indictme
Ioi The murder of President
NNlnIey, was begun before Just
truman G White, in Part 3 of
criminal branch Of the Supre
0ourt at 10 o'clock this morning.
All the events~of the day indie
~ that the trial will be sht
Oourt convened at 10 O'Clock. TIE
Qualities were not raised by exam
.s counsel, but it was signific
S a' every man who said he had
amed an opinion on the case ,
TS TSuSed by the district .attorn