The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-24
CONFERENCE or EXPERTS.
Medical Men Discuss CzOlgocz-The
Afternoon Session.

court a meeting OF the medical experts was
held i'm the office of the district attorney,
Mr.. Penny. The meeting lasted half an
hour.
Or. Mcdonald was the first to leave the
room. When asked if it had been decided
10 call the doctors to the witness stand he
replied: I'VE all may be asked To testify.
The matter rests with the counsel for the
defense and the district attorney. OF
course. we cannot announce our decision as
to the mental condition of Czolgocz i'm adj
vance. Ii would be unprofessional and dis.
respectful to the two noble men who have
undertaken TO uphold the dignity of the
law by defending the assassin.
But" he added. significantly. there are
very few people who have not formed the
proper opinion as to what our verdict
will be"
Evidently the general public appreciated
the fact that 1t would be practically impos-
sible 10 get a glimpse of the scenes within
the City Hall, for very few persons stood
about the entrance when the witnesses and
attorneys began TO file back into the build
ing after the noon recess. The prisoner
was brought in manacled as before. to two
officers. and at . o'clock Justice White re-
sumed the session.
The first incident out of the ordinary
which had occurred during the day came at
this point. when the name of Truman d..
Keyes, Of Collins, was called, and he did
not respond.
You will fine Mr.. Reyes SIS said the
court. and the name of Peter Feidt. of
Eden, was called. He was excused at the
request of the district attorney.
Edward s. Harmon. a florist. Of East
Hamburg, was excused by the people, and
Emil Zacher, a retired police officer. was
called but Immediately excused because Mr..
Titus declared II don't believe we want a
policeman on the jury
William j. Forsythe. a shoe deader, was
excused because he felt prejudiced against
the defendant. Joachim Fl. MertenS, an
other shoe dealer of Buffalo. was called. He
had formed an opinion, but was open to a
reasonable doubt, and was accepted and
sworn as the eleventh juror at 2:D p. IN.
Robert j. Adams, a contractor. knew OF
the case. only from reading about 1t. He
had formed an opinion. He was accepted
by both sides and the jury was completed
by his being sworn in.
~CZOLGOCZ INTERESTED.
After the jurors who had already been
chosen had nswered to their names the
examination of others was sun John
Bergtold, a Lancaster farmer, was called
and excused by the people. Samuel P.
Waldo, of Alden, also a farmer, was called.
and his prompt answer TO the questions
brought out the first evidence Of interest
on the part of the prisoner. He looked up
quickly when the reply came. clear and en-
phatic. Il do to the question, DO you be-
lieve in capital punishment
Instantly, however, the accused mans
eyes were lowered and he continued to gaze
at the back of his senior counsel in front of
him. Waldo was acceptable to both sides
and he was sworn in as the ninth juror.
Andrew J. Smith. a dealer in butter and
eggs, of Buffalo, was next called. ms an
swers were satisfactory 10 counsel for both
sides and he took the tenth chair in the
jury box.
The roll of the Jury was then called and
found complete. The venire of jurors orig
inally prepared for Part III session had not
been entirely used up, there being six
names which had not been called.
Mr.. District Attorney" said the Court.
addressing that gentleman, Il desire to
learn, if / can, how long a time you antici-
pate it will require for you to present the
evidence of your case?'
1T hope to complete it by tomorrow
noon,' was the reply.
And how long will it REQUIRE for your
defense?' Justice White said to Mr.. Titus.
THAT depends upon the turn things take.
We are not prepared to say" tie lawyer
replied.
Frederick Halter. assistant district attor-
ney. began the presentation for the prose-
cution at PAS. He reviewed the assassina-
ton of the President. his illness and the
death. The prosecution would endeavor to
prove. said he, that the defendant had been
for several days prior TO the shooting in
formed OF President McKinley's move
Music at the Pan-American Exposition
grounds with a weapon concealed beneath a
handkerchief i'm his hands: that he APP
peared before the President to shake hands
with him, and fired the shots that resulted
in the death of the chief executive.
While the assistant district attorney was
speaking the court officials were busy
mailing up on a blackboard a large map of
the Temple of Music, in which the rhine
occurred.
THE FIRST WITNESS.
Samuel j. Fields, a civil engineer, was
the first witness. He was chief engineer of
the Pan-American Exposition, and visited
the Temple of Music on the day Of the
crime TO take measurements of the posi-
tons of articles at the time 1t occurred.
The map. or ground-foor plan of the
temple. which was offered in evidence.
showed the position and direction of the
aisle in which the President stood and the
place each Of the receiving party occupied.
The flags, dr6peries and floral decorations
were described. and the witness told the
relative position and distance between
each.
The witness was questioned by the dis
trict attorney. His cross-eXamination by
Lawyer Titus was brief, bringing out the
TACT tnAt the NllileSS Idu lO personal
knowledge of the locations occupied by the
various persons with the receiving party,
but indicated them as he had been told they
were placed.
Percy A. Bliss. the second witness. testi-
fed that on the day following the crime he
photographed the interior of the Temple of
Music at the district attorneys request. The
photographs which were very large ones
were passed 10 the defendants counsel.
The latter made no objection to the admis-
sion of these as evidence, and they were
then passed TO the jurors.
DR.. Harvey Gaylord, OF Buffalo, who was
then called, testified 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 stomach.
he said. was a track into which / could
insert the tip OF my fingers. 1t was filled
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 gunshot wound. The organs
of the body other than those affected by
the wounds were in a normal condition. on
cross-examination by Judge Lewis. witness
said the autopsy was performed nine days
after the wound had been caused. The
process OF healing of the wounds I'm the
the stomach had been affected by gan
CREME. The kidneys showed changes which
could only have been caused by a wound
during life.
While Or. GAYLORD was testifying Judge
Haight. OF the Court OF Appeals. Justice
Frederick W. Kruse. of this district: Jus
tice Frank g. Laughlin. Of the New York
Appellate Division. and Justice Edward w.
Hatch. OF the Brooklyn Appellate Division
OF the Supreme Court. entered the court
room. They were given seats directly in
front Of the bench.
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