Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-09-20
CzoLGoSz IS MUTE.
mcWtnIoy's Assassin Refuses to Plead
when Arranged I'm Court-I7is Trial
VIII negIn September %.

Will Begin September 23.
Buffalo, Sept. 1s.-Leon f. Czolgosz.
the assassin of President Mckinley,
was arraigned before Judge Emery
in the county court Tuesday after
noon on the Indictment for murder
in the first degree in fatally shooting
President Mckinley.
AS soon as CZolgosz was before the
bar and the handouts were removed,
District Attorney Penney began the
formal arraignment. He read the
principal charges of the indictment in
voice of severity and asked: "How
do you plead, guilty or not guilty?"
Not a sound was uttered by the
prisoner. He stood mute before he
bar of justice, apparently continuing
his feint of insanity, which was
noticed for the first time when he
was taken into court on Monday. His
curly hair was dishevelled, and al
though his linen was white and clean,
his disordered clothes and the growth
of his beard gave him an unkempt
appearance. Spectators in the court
room commented on the fact that if
he were shaved. which he has not
been since the day of the shooting.
he would be a fairly good looking
young man.
In passing from the basement Of
the city hall TO the court room on the
second floor Czolgosz was compelled
to pass close to the black and white
bunting with which the pillars, cell
ing, windows and stairways of the
city hall were draped when the body
of the president was lying in state on
Sunday. Those evidences of the city's
grief apparently made not the slight
est impression on the prisoner and
he gave no more heed to them nor
the large portraits of the president
tastily draped with American flags,
than he did to the questions of the
court or the district attorney.
Although his demeanor was still
one of stubbornness he gave little
more evidence of concern than on his
first presence in court. When ques-
tions were being asked of him rapid
ly he moistened his lips with his
tongue and seemed to be endeavoring
to maintain the appearance of stolid
Indifference. Aside from the slight
evidences of uneasiness, his appear
ance was that of a man shammrng in
sanity.
Judge Lewis then addressed the
court, saying that he had called upon
the defendant, but had been unable to
ascertain of any wish on the defend
ants part as to the employm,Lt of
counsel. He said that his associate,
Judge Titus, was in Milwaukee. but
that he had appeared informally to
enter plea of not guilty ON behalf of
the defendant, as the law required
such a plea under the circumstances.
District Attorney Penney gave notice
that he would move to have the in
dictment transferred to the supreme
court for trial and would ask that
the trial begin next Monday.
~ know of no reason why the de-
fendant should not be ready next
Monday" replied Judge Lewis. At his
request, however, the order will not
be entered until Judge Titus returns,
which will probably be within day
or two.
Judge Lewis said that he might also
like an order of the court for alien
lists to examine the prisoner, as the
district attorney had informed him
that eminent alienists had examined
the prisoner on behalf of the people.