The Green Forest tribune., 1901-11-09
CZOSGOSZ WAS SANE.
Report of the Doctors Who Ex.
 amined His Brain.

A dispatch from Buffalo, N. Y., dated last Saturday says:
 Drs. Fowler, Crego, and Put nam, the specialists who were re- quested by MT. Penny, the dis trict attorney, to examine into the mental condition of Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of the president, have made their re- port public. They state, as the result of frequent examinations of the remains of Czolgosz, of the reports of his watchers, and his behavior in court, that they have s.conclu ded 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 only a few hours after the commission of the crime and while he was still uninformed of the fate of the victim. During the first three examinations Czolgosz answered questions unhesitantly. After that, however, he became more cautious and less communicative He had a common school educa- ton, 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 Buffalo. The report recites in Czolsosz own words, the assas- sins story of the murder of Pres ident Mckinley.
 Czolgosz was sober, industrious and lawabiding until he was 21 years old. He was as others of his class, a believer in the gov ernment of this country, and of the region of his fathers. After he cast his first vote he made the acquaintance of anarchistic ead- CTS who invited him to their meet ings. He was a good listener, and in a short time he adopted their theories. He was consist ent in his adherence to anarchy. He did not believe in government, therefore he refused to vote. He did not believe in marriage be- cause he did not believe in law. He killed the president because he was ruler, and Czolgosz be- lieved as he was taught, that all rulers were tyrants, and to kill a ruler was a benefit to the people. He refused a lawyer because he did not believe in law, lawyers or courts.
 "We come to the conclusion that i'll the holding of these views Czolgosz was sane, because these opinions were formed gradually under the influence of anarchistic leaders and propagandists. In Czolgosz they found willing and intelligent tool; one who had the courage of his convictions re gardless of personal consequent ces. The most careful question: inc failed to discover any hallu- cinations of sight or hearing. He had received no special command. He did not believe that he had been especially chosen to do the deed. He always spoke of the motive of his crime as duty. He always referred to the anarchists belief that the killing of rulers was a duty. He never claimed that the killing of the president was original with him, but that the method of accomplishing his purpose was his, and that he did it alone. :.
 "Czolgosz's was not a case of paranoia, because he had not systematized delusions reverting to self, and because he was in ex- ceptionally good condition and had an unbroken record of good health. His capacity for labor had always been good and equal to that of his fellows. These facts all tend to show that he had an unimpared mind. He had false beliefs the result of false teaching, and not the result Nof disease. He is not to be classed as a degenerate. Physically he