The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-09-28
SURGEONS DESCRIBE THE Ell
FECTs OF THE MURDERER's
SHOT.
TRIAL PROMISES 10 Be SHORT
QUESTION OF THE PRISONERS SAN
1TY WILL NOT BE ENTERED
INTO.

VI IT 6uAASyS E ~ AW0S
changed to mot guilty. by direction OF
the court. All the events of the day
indicated that the trial will be short.
Court convened at 10 o'clock and with
in two hours eight jurors had been Sc
cured. Technicalities were not raised
by counsel and it was significant that
every man who had not formed an
opinion or the case was excused by the
district attorney. Those who acknowl-
edged they had formed an opinion or
stated that they were prejudiced u
admitted their opinion could be
changed by evidence were accepted by
each side.
Justice Truman C.. White, one Of the
Oldest and most experienced of the
preme court Judges was on the bench.
Immediately after the opening of court
and after the prisoner had pleaded,
Justice Loran L.. Lewis, senior counsel
for the defendant, announced that to.
gether with his colleague, Former JUS
tice Robert c.. Titus, and Mr.. Carleton
T.. Ladd, they were ready to act In be-
half Of the prisoner. The work of Sc
curing the jurors vas then undertaken
with alacrity that was amazing. Be
fore the day wassover the entire panel
had been sworn, the
Jurors Had Listened ;.
to a description Of the Temple OF
Music, where the crime was commit
ted; had seen photographs of the In
terror of that building, and been told
by three surgeons what caused the
death of the president and the effect OF
the assassin's shot upon the various or
gans Of The body. They also earned
why the fatal bullet had not been To-
Gated. The presentation Of h gov
ernment's case began shortly before 8
o'clock when Assistant District Attor-
ney Halter began with much delibera-
ton to address the jury. He spoke
very briefly.
I'VE shall show" said he, that for
some days prior to the shooting this
OF the president. He knew that on the
| 9Th of September the president would
| receive. the populace in the Temple OF
Music; that on that day he went to
the exposition, got into line with the
people and approached the president;
that he had a weapon concealed in his,
hand. and as the president extended
his hand in kindly greeting he fired the
fatal shot. He fired two shots, in face.
One of them took effect in the abdomen
and caused a mortal wound which re-
suited in the presidents death. Tina
In brief, is the story we shall show you.
Witnesses will tell o this story, Int
I am sure that when you have heard
the evidence you will have no difficulty
in reaching q verdict Of
Murder in the First DeGree.'
The first witness, Samuel j. Fields.
chief engineer OF the Pan-American
exposition, described the ground floor
plan Of the Temple of Music, and was
| followed by Perry "A. Bliss, a, photog-
rapher who presented views Of the In
terror of the building. The remainder
Of the afternoon was taken up with the
testimony Of three physicians. two OF
whom had attended the president DUR
ing his last days, while the other per-
formed the autopsy. The latter. DR..
Harvey r. Gaylord, was the first Of b
trio called. He described the location,
Of the wounds in the stomach and the
direction of the bullet. The cause Of
death was attributed to the gunshot
wound, but fundamentally, he said It
was due to the changes. back Of
stomach, In the .pancreas, caused by
the breaking down. Of the material 81
the paEcreas%a as q result of the passage
OF the bullet. DR.. Herman Mynter fol-
lowed, and his testimony was OF mn
portancey inasmuch as 1t brought Q
the fact that the reason why the fatal
bullet had not been located at the au "
tQpsy was because Of the unwillingness
of @f 9sS$
The President's Relatives
to have the body further mutilateds by
their instruments. DR.: Mynter and pr.
Mann, who followed him, both testt-
fed that the primal OF death was
the gunshot wound In the stomach.
One effect Of this wound q they
said, to cause the gangrene to form In;
the pa1ncreas, and the spot OF poisoned
tissue was as large as a. silver dollar
The prisoner during the morning eyi-
denced no interest whatever In the pro-,
ceedtngs.but as the evidence vast In
PRODUCED he paid more attention to
what was said and looked at stheSyari-
Gus witnesses closely. The probable
duration Of the trtal9tt tss thought Will
be twosGays. .S#
Ii is not probable that any defense
viii beSIput III, owing togthe character
81 the prisoner and his refusal ito help
his attoTneyAiai In any way to procure
evidence which t~heySSacould use IN his
favor. The idea5 OF an attefnpt enter
TIE Guestion ofH his sanfty &sisF not
thought 81 LIN view 81 thcgreports of the
two alienfsts who havet5sfecent.yssx-
ARMED him, and there aagrolInd for
tie belisf& that 1.-The trial VIII
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