The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-09-25

PRESIDENTS PHYSICAL
CONDITION WAS WEAK.
1.-The President was not in a very goo
physical condition. was hep asked the at
| torney.
He was somewhat weakened by har
work and want Of air and conditions OF tina
| kind" replied the doctor.
| You think that had something to do Will
| the result?''
| Undoubtedly" was the answer
You agree with the other physicians
| that the pancreas was not injured by tn
| ball?"
| LAS near as could be determined tha
organ was not injured by the ball. but Il
| was injured in some way. Possibly by con
| cussion. Once the organ is injured the pan
| create juice can pass through the gland!
| and attack other portions of the tissues.
1.-The only attribute of that organ is te
| aid to digestion?"
Yes"
| On redirect examination by Mr.. Penne,
| Doctor Mann was asked If there was any
thing known to medical science that coulc
| have saved the Presidents life.
No" was the reply, without hesitation.
SAW ASSASSIN
BORNE TO THE FLOOR.
Louis l.. Babcock, who was in charge OF
the ceremonies In the Temple of Music on
| the day Of the shooting, followed Doctor
Mann. He gave details of the arrange
ments made for the reception and described
the position of the President and the points
of entrance and exit from the Temple OF
Music, and told where he stood when the
fatal shots were fired.
II heard two shots 1 Immediately turned
to the left. saw the President standing
still and he was deathly pale. In front of
him was a group of men bearing the pris-
oner to the floor
did you recognize any Of the men in the
group:'
Yes. the artillerymen and two Secret
Service men. They threw the prisoner to
the floor in a second 1 did not recognize
the men who took the pistol away from the
prisoner. The hall was at once cleared.
'What became Of the prisoner them"
HE was surrounded by detectives and Sc
cret Service men. There was some contro-
versy to who had the right to the pris-
oner, but that was quickly settled and he
lice headquarters"
Edward r. Rice, chairman of the Com
mittee Of Ceremonies In the Temple OF Mu-
sic. was next called.
Where were you at the time Of the
shooting" asked District Attorney Penney.
Mr.. Rice indicated the spot on the ground
floor plan Of the Temple. near where the
President stood.
Tell us what you saw" said District At
torney Penney.
"As chairman of the Committee on Cere-
monies 1 stood close to the President. The
line had been passing about ten minutes. 1
took my watch out of my pocket, indicating
to Secretary Cortelyou that the time for
the reception was nearly up. At this in
slant noticed something white pushed over
to the President. Immediately after that
two shots rang out The white object fell
to the floor with the man who had it In his
hand. The hall was cleared and the Pres
ident was taken to a chair
Was this man who was borne to the floor
the same one who fired that shot?" asked
Mr.. Penney.
YES" answered the witness.
Cross-examined by Judge Titus. Mr.. Rice
said there was no one between him and the
President to obstruct his view.
Were there officers on both sides Of the
line of people?"
Yes
This concluded Mr. Rice's testimony, and
James l.. Quackenbush. another member Of
the Reception Commit tee. was called to the
stand.
Tell us what you know" said District
Attorney Penney. :, .@
PRISONER WAS KNOCKED
DOWN SEVERAL TIMES.
II was standing at MIR. Rices right, d.
rectly opposite the President" began Mr..
Quackenbush. Just before the shots were
n1eu i nOlCeO U1aH (IQ6 pIlBOnST) I'LL
something white. Immediately there were
two shots. Then the artillerymen. who had
been standing behind the President. plunged
forward. as also did Secret Service Officer
Gallagher. The prisoner was borne to the
noOr. Secret Service men Officers Ireland
and Foster were also in the group, scram-
bling on the floor about the defendant. At
the Presidents right stood Secretary Cortel-
you and back Of him the other officers and
orf{I1erynen ff all ffpSp
went to the floor In a mass Finally the
prisoner was lifted to his feet He was
struck in the face by one Of the Secret Serv-
ice men and again went to the floor. He
was then removed to one OF the side
rooms"
Mr.. Quackenbush was shown photo
graph of the interior Of the building and
indicated the point referred to in his tes-
timony.
Cross-examined by Judge Titus. Mr..
Quackenbush told how the President was
taken from the building to the ambulance
and where the prisoner was at that time.
On redirect examination by District At
torney Penney. Mr.. Quackenbush said that
he stood in an elevated position where he
could see distinctly everything that trans
pired. He was present the following day
when photographs OF the interior OF the
Temple were taken. He stated that GER
tain Of the pictures shown in evidence were
taken before any changes had been made
and others after a rearrangement OF the
fixtures.
On reaching police headquarters the night
of the shooting MIR. Quackenbush accom-
panied District Attorney Penney to the Of
flee of Superintendent Of Police Bull. where
the prisoner was being examined.
''Tell us what transpired there" said the
District Attorney.
HEARD CZOLGOsZ,s STORY
AT THE POLICE STATION.
"Mr. Penney and the Assistant District
Attorney had some conversation. and then
the prisoner. in reply to questions. stated
that he had killed the President because he
believed 1t to be his duty He understood
the position in which he had placed himself
and was willing to take his chances. Czol-
gosx said he had gone to the Falls on the
previous day with the Intention of shooting
the President, but was unable to carry out
his intention. He came to Buffalo and got
In line with the people at the Temple OF
Music.
"The defendant told us how he concealed
his weapon; how he kept his hand concealed
in his pocket while waiting to reach the
Presidents side. When he reached point
in front of the President he fired II he
had not been stopped. he said. he would
have fired more shots.
did he say anything about planning to
kill the President on any other occasion!'
asked District Attorney Penney.
He said he had been watching the Pres
ident for three or four days for favorable
opportunity of shooting"
Ibid he give any reasons for wishing to
kill tie President
"Yes. he said that he did not believe in
the present form OF government or. in any
~ tho institutions Of II