Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-11-09


Buffalo, n. Y, Nov. 4.-Doctors Fow-
Ter. Gregg and Putnam, the specialists
who were requested by District Attorney
Penney to examine into the mental con-
dition of Leon f. Czolgosz, the assassin
of the president, have made public their
report. in which they state as result
of frequent examinations of Czolgosz, OF
the report OF h;z watchers and his beha-
vior in court that they have concluded
that he was sane at the time he planned
the murder, when he shot the president
and when he was on trial"
His first examination was but a few
hours after the commission of the crime
and while he was still uninformed of the
fate of the victim. During the first three
examinations Cszolgosz answered ques-
tions unhesitatingly. After that, how
ever. he became more cautious and less
communicative He had a common school
education, the reports say, and read and
wrote well. During the first days eX-
animation he said he planned killing the
president three or four days after he
came to Buffalo The report then recites
in Czolgosz's own words the assassin's
story of the murder of President Mckin-
ley. The sanity of Czolgosz was told
"from the history of his life as it came
from him. He had been sober, industrious
and law abiding until he was 81 years of
age, and was as others of his class,
believer in the government Of this cOun-
try and of the religion of his fathers.
After he cast his first vote he made the
acquaintance of anarchistlc leaders who
invited him to their meetings. He was
good listener. and in a short time he
adopted their theories. He was consist
ent in his adherence to anarchy lie did
not believe in government. therefore he
refused to vote. He did not believe in
marriage, because he did not believe in
law. He killed the president because he
was a ruler, and Czolgosz believed that
all rulers were tyrants. To kill ruler
he thought would benefit the people. He
refused lawyer because he did not be-
lieve in law, lawyers or courts.
eve come to the conclusion that
in the holding of these views Czolgosz
was sane, because these opinions were
formed gradually under the influence of
anarchistic leaders and propagandists. In
Czolgosz they found a willing and intel
ligent tool, one who had the courage of
his convictions, regardless of personal
The more careful Ques-
tioning failed to discover any hallucina-
lions of sight or hearing. He had receiv-
ID no special command; he did not be-
ieve he had been especially chosen to
10 the deed. He always spoke of his mo-
tive for the crime as duty; he always re-
ferred to the anarchists belief that the
killing of rulers was duty. He never
claimed the idea of killing the presi-
dent was original with him, but the meth
ID of accomplishing his purpose was his
and that he did it alone. His is not
Ease of paranoia, because he has not sys-
-ematized delusions reverting to self, and
because he is in exceptionally good condi-
lion and has an unbroken record of good
health. His capacity for labor has al
ways been good and equal to his fellows.
These facts all tend to prove that the
man had an unimpaired mind. He had
1alse beliefs, the result of false teaching,
and not the result of disease He is not
to be classed as degenerate because we
do not find the stigmata to degeneration.
he has not history of cruelty
Of of perverted tastes and habits. He
is the product of anarchy, sane and re-
sponsible."