The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-25


 murder in the first degree by a jury in Part III of the Supreme Court, In hav- ing, on the the sixth day of September shot President William Mckinley, the wounds inflicted afterwards resulting in the death of tho President.
 Tho wheels of justice moved swiftly The trial of the assassin consumed eight hours and twenty-six minutes, and cover. ed period of only two days. Practical ly all of this time was occupied by the prosecution in presenting case so clear so conclusive that even had the prisoner entered the plea of insanity, 1t is doubt full if the jury would have returned a verdict different from the one rendered today. The announcement made this afternoon by the attorneys for Czolgosz that the eminent alienists summoned by the Erie County Bar Association and by the District Attorney to examine Czol- gosz and to determine his exact mental condition had declared him to be per fectly sane, destroyed the only stage ol a defence that Judges Lewis and Titus could have put together.
 Before adojurpment Justice White an. nounced that he would pronounce sen tence upon the defendant Thursday afternoon. The prisoner was taken al once back to the jail To all appear ances he was in no way affected by tho result of the trial.
 The crowd gathered at City Hall today was the largest which has seen him since his arraignment. There was no demon stration except that of curiosity.
 At 2:A o'clock District Attorney Penney abruptly announced that the case of 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 had no wit nesses to call for the defense. He asked the court that he be allowed to address the jury at once. The court assented and the venerable jurist began an ad. dress that will long be remembered by those who heard 1t.
 Judge Lewis's Impressive Words.
 Judge Lewis said:
 'Gentlemen of the jury: A calamity has fallen upon this nation through the act ol this-Iaan. ~hat~the question ts whether his act was the act of an insane man If an insane man, 1t is not murder and he should be acquitted of that charge He would then. of course, be transferred to an asylum.
 Much discussion has occurred in oul midst and has been called to my atten' tion. 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 de- fend this man. questioning the proprtetS of defense being attempted; Iou' gen tlemen. know, perhaps, how Judge Titus and myself came into this case. The DO sition was not sought by us, but we ap' gear here in performance of duty whicf We thought devolved upon us, notwith standing an exceedingly disagreeable one His Honor, the Judge, who preside' at this trial as a Justice of the Supreme Court. is here because the law makes it his duty to sit and preside at thi trial.
 Our very distinguished and able Dis trict Attorney has prosecuted this ac tion because the law makes 1t his dut. to do so. You, gentlemen. are sittini here because, under our system of juris prudence, it was your duty to sit here hear the testimony in this case and per | form the duty of determining whethe this man is to be executed or to be SC free.
 Gentlemen, when they become mem | bers of the legal profession become mem bers of the court. They are compelled | if assigned, to defend man who | charged with a crime.
 'If any simple-minded, thouzhtless per son should entertain the notion for | minute that the counsel who appear i | IDIS case are uOlnB Wn1Cn the ought not to do, that person is laborin | under a very serious misapprehensioT as to the duties devolving upon a lawyer | '"I he deferdant. nc matter how seri tied under our laws to the benefit of | trial. h the case of murder he mus | have trial.
 You sat here and listened to the de 1 fendants plea of guilty when he wa arranged at the opening of this term, bu l the law of our State will not permit hiT to plead guilty to such a crime as this The law is so careful of the rights c it's citizens that 1t will not permit | man to plead guilty to the crime c murder. so that, even after he had con ceded his guilt in this case, 1t was in cumbent upon the court to insist tha l the trial should pI oceed and that tn l people should establish, beyond reas on1ble doubt, that the defendant wa guilty of the crime charged against hin
 Lynching Bad as Anarchy.
 'Tt is charged here that our client an anarchist a man who does not belieV in any law, or in any form Of govcrT ment. And there are, so we are tol' opinion. We all feel that such doctrine are dangerous, are criminal, are doctrine that will subvert our Government time if they are allowed to prevail
 "Gentlenen of the jury. while firml believe in that, I do not believe 1t cr' ates a danger to this court equal to tn be ief, becoming so common, that me who are charged with crime, shall nc be permitted to go through the form ( a trial in court of justice, but tha lynch law shall take the place of tn calm and dign:fied administration of th law by our courts of justice.
 When that doctrine becomes sufhcien ly prevalent in this country, If 1t evC does our institutions will be set asid and overthrown, and if we are not mil informed as to the state of mind of som people in some parts of the country, tf time is fast approaching when me charged with crime will not be permitte to come into court and submit to a call and dignified trial, but will be strung U 10 a tree on the bare suspicion that son one may hold the belief that they hay committed some crime.
 Tt is not long since I read in a pap that a colored man In the South had h life taken because he had insulted white man. What it was the paper d not say, but he was strung up SUI gest, gentlemen. that that class of Il community who are crying out in ol sl ggesting that the man who is charge with the crime that the defendant should not be permitted to have a tri before a court of justice, are a more da geIous class to the community than u anarchists about whom we read so muc
 Now, 1t Is the duty of every America citizen, of every good man, to stand firI any idea that a man should be punish, for>any crime until he Is proven guilty court, beyond any reasonable doubt. My associate and are here to upho the law Some weak-minded people e certain the notion that the lawyer WI ! appears in defense of a defendant is