The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-03
Sane and Responsible For Killing
the President, the Opinion of
Specialists Who Examined
CzOIgoSz
REPORT OF PHYSICIANS
is MADE PUBLIC
Up Till the Time He Cast His First
Vote He Was a LaW-Abiding
Citizen and Believed in Govern
ment of This Country and ReIi-
qion of His Fathers

Buffalo, N. Y, Nov. 2.-Doctors Fow-
Ter, Gregg and Putnam, the specialists,
who were requested by District Attor
ney Penney to examine into the men
| tai condition of Leon F. Czolgosz, the
assassin of the President, have made
public their report, in which they state
that as a result of the examinations
of Czolgosz, of the reports of his watch
ers, and of his behavior in court, 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 few
( hours after the crime was committed,
and while he was still uninformed of
the fate of his victim. During the first
three examinations, Czolgosz answered
questions unhesitatingly After that,
however, he became more cautious and
less communicative.
He had a common education, the re-
! ports say, and reads and writes well.
During the first days examination, he
said he planned killing the President
three or four days after he came to
Buffalo. The report then quotes Czol-
gosz as saying in the first interview:
L
for the President to go into the Temple.
I did not see him go in, but someone
| told me he had gone in. My gun was
in my right hand with a handkerchief
| over it. I put my hand in my pocket
after I got in the door; took out my
gun and wrapped the handkerchief over
the hand. I carried it that way in the
row until I got to the President; no
one saw me do it. 1 did not shake
hands with him. When I shot him, I
fully intended to kill him. shot twice"
In conclusion" the report says, "as
| a result of the frequent examinations
! of Czolgosz, of the reports of his watch
ers during his confinement in the jail,
of his behavior in court during the trial
and at the time he received his SEN
tence. we conclude he was sane at the
time he planned the murder, when he
shot the President, and when he was
| on trial. We come to this conclusion
from the history from his life as it
! came from him. He was industrious
and law abiding until he was Il years
of age; he was, as others of his class,
/ a believer in the government OF this
country and of the religion of his faith
ers. After he cast his first vote, he
made the acquaintance of Anarchist
leaders, who invited him to their meet
ings. He was a good listener and, in a
short time, adopted their theories He
was consistent in his adherence to an
archy. He did not believe in govern
ment. therefore he refused to vote.
"He did not believe in marriage, be-
cause he did not believe in law. He
/ killed the President because he was
/ ruler, and Czolgosz believed as he was
! taught that all rulers were tyrants;
/ that to kill ruler would benefit the
people. He refused a lawyer because
he did not believe in law, lawyers or
courts.
1--WE come to the conclusion that In
the holding of these views Czolgosz was
sane because these opinions were
formed gradually under the influence of
anarchist leaders and propagandists. In
CzolgosZ they found a willing and in
telligent tool, one who had the courage
of his convictions regardless of per-
sonal consequences. We believe that
his statement: 7 killed the President
because I done my duty was not the
expression of an insane delusion, for
several reasons. The most careful ques-
tioning failed to discover any hallu-
cinations of sight or hearing He had
received no special command, he did
not believe he had been especially cho-
sen to do the deed. He always spoke as
4 his motive for the crime as duty-the
anarchists belief that the killing of
rulers was a duty. He never claimed
/ the idea of killing the President was
original with him, but the method of
! accomplishing his purpose was his, and
/ that he did it alone. He is not a case
! of paranoia, because he has not sys-
| tented decisions reverting to self and
because he is in exceptionally good con-
ditlon, and has an unbroken record of
good health. His capacity for labor has
always been good, and equal to that of
! his fellows.
These facts all tend to prove that
the man has an unimpaired mind. He
/ has false beliefs the result Of false
| teaching, and not the result Of disease.
| He is not to be classed as a degenerate.
| because we do not find the stigmata of
| degeneration; his skull is symmetrical,
his ears do not protrude, nor are they
/ of abnormal size. He is the product of
anarchy, sane and responsible.
"(Signed).
JOSEPH FOWLER, NJ. D.
FLOYD S. GRECO. NJ. D.
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