The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-24
CZOLGOSZ ON TRIAL.
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CZ0LG0SZ ON TRIAL.
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two officers in plain clothing immedi-
ately in his rear.
District Attorney Penney proceeded
at once with the reading of the indict-
ment. He spoke to Czolgosz in a low
tone, in fact so low that when the
| prisoner was asked to plead he SEEM
ed not to understand what had been
said.
Justice White asked him:
What have you to say?"
There was a moments hesitation.
Then the prisoners lips moved as if to
make reply but before he could do so
his junior counsel, Mr.. Lewis, arose to
speak, not having seen the prisoners
motion.
Justice White, however, insisted that
Czolgosz should speak, and the pris-
oner said:
81 didn't hear what he said
District Attorney Penney then read
the indictment again in a louder voice
and to the demand for a reply the pris-
oner, who was standing at the time,
said in very low voice:
| Guilty"
This plea was, however, not permit
ted to stand, under the law, and plea
of mot guilty" was at once ordered by
the court.
The jury was then sworn in. 1t is
composed as follows:
Frederick V. Lauer, plumber; Rich
]. Garwood, street railway foreman;
Henry w. Wendt, manufacturer; Silas
GARNER, farmer; James S. Stygall,
plumber; William Lotion, farmer; Wal
ter E. Everett, blacksmith; Benjamin
]. Ralph. bank cashier; Samuel P.
Waldo, farmer; Andrew j. Smith, deal
err in butter and eggs; Joachim H.
. ertens, shoe dealer; Robert ]. Adams,
contractor.
The Fatal Wound Described
Dr. Harvey r. Gaylord of Buffalo.
| the first of the physicians called, tes-
titled that he performed the autopsy
upon the body of President Mckinley.
He described the location of the
wounds in the stomach and the direc-
ton of the bullet. Back of the stom-
ach he said was track into which
1 could insert the tip of my finger. 1t
was filed with a dark fluid matter"
The search for the bullet was not
continued after the cause of death had
been ascertained. The pancreas was
seriously involved. The cause of death
was a gun-shot wound. The organs Of
the body other than those affected by
the wounds were in a normal condi-
ton.
On ross-examination by Judge Lew
is, witness said the autopsy was per-
formed nine days after the wound had
been caused. The process of healing or
the wounds in the stomach had be-
gun The tissues beyond the stomach
had been affected by gangrene.
Death Was Unpreventable.
The wounds in the stomach. said DR..
GAYLORD, continuing his testimony,
were not necessarily the cause of
DEATH The fundamental cause was the
| changes back of the stomach. The ac-
tual cause was absorption OF the
broken down matter of the pancreas.
| There was nothing known to medical
science which would have arrested the
progress of the changes caused by the
passage of the bullet through the pam
creas.
ON redirect examination Or. Gaylord
explained that the cause of the break
| ing down of the pancreas in the first
place was the injuries produced, and
secondly, the escape of the secretion
in the pancreas.
The Operation Described.
DR.. Herman Mynter was the next
witness. District Attorney Penney
questioned him closely regarding the
operation performed on President Nc
Kinley at the exposition hospital i'm
mediately after the shooting. DR..
Mynter said the surgeons found the
bullet wound in the left upper side of
the abdominal cavity. The President
agreed to an operation at once, which
was absolutely necessary to save his
life. DR.. Mann was selected, with DR..
Mynter, to perform the operation. The
abdomen was opened. 1t was difficult
to get at the wound in the back of the
stomach The stomach was turned
over and a bullet hole was found in the
back of that organ. They could not
follow the further course of the bullet
and as the Presidents temperature
was rising it was agreed by the ply.
stcians present that no further search
for it was advisable at that time. The
stomach was replaced and the open
ing closed with sutures. On the advice
of the physicians the President was
removed TO Mr.. Milburn's house.
DR.. Mynter then described the
period of favorable symptoms shown
by the patient, his relapse and death.
DR.. Mynter gave the names of all the
doctors who were associated with him
in the case and described the result of
the autopsy, saying that 1t proved,
first. that there was no Inflammation
of the bowels; second, that there was
10 injury to the heart; third. that
there was a gunshot wound in the
stomach, and that there was gan
grenous spot back of the stomach as
large as a silver dollar.
"What was the cause of death?' ask
ed Mr.. Penney.
''The cause was blood poisoning from
the absorption of poisonous matter
caused by the gangrene. Primarily II
was the gunshot wound"
AIS Have Microbes.
Cross-examlnatlon by Mr.. Titus was
directed TO the possible presence OF mi
crobes in the intestines.
Have you any idea that there may