Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1901-09-27
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CASE AGAINST He ASSASSIN OF.
PREslDENT: M'l<INLEY MAX.
..:..5 ING RAPID PROGRESS. .
Prisoner Unconcerhed At First but
Later Showed Interest in the Pro.
:: ceedings -four Witnesses Exam.
ined- Testimony Given as to the
Shooting, Operation, Autopsy and
Z Cause Of Death-TriaI will Be Brief.
Buffalo, Sept. 24.-Leon F. Czolgosz
was placed on trial during the morn
ing charged with the murder Of Pres
ident William Mckinley. He entered
q plea of guilty" which was subse-
quently changed to ."not guilty" by
direction Of the court. All the events
Of the day indicated that the trial will
be short. q Court convened at 10
o'clock and within two hours eight
jurors had been secured. Technical,
tiles were not raised by council and
It was significant that every man who
said he had not formed an, opinion on
the case was excused by the. district
attorney Those who acknowledged
they had formed an opinion or stated
that they were prejudiced. but admit
ted their opinion could be changed
by evidence, were accepted by each
side. =. %:.4. ~.
Justice Truman G. White, one of the
oldest and most experienced, OF the
supreme court judges, was on the
bench. Immediately after the opening
of the court and AFTER the prisoner
had pleaded Justice Loran Il. Lewis,
senior counsel for the. defendant, an
bounced that together with his col
leagues, Former Justice Robert &C.
Titus and Mr.. Carlton e. Ladd, they
we're ready to act in behalf of the pris-
oner. - :;
II thought it BEST" he said, "for my
colleagues and myself that should
say something regarding our presence
here as attorneys for the defendant:
At the time my name was suggested
was out of the city and knew nothing
of what was ~transpiring' here with
reference to the selection Of counsel
for the defendant. When the circum-
stances of my selection were told to
me I was extremely reluctant to &C.
cept. But the duty had been imposed
and considered It my duty in all the
circumstances to defend this man.
Assured a Pair Triaf.
<'T ask that no evidence be presented
here-that the court will not permit
the acceptance Of any e7idence I'm;
less it would be accepted at the trial
Of the most meagre criminal in the
land.n .S. :. :, l. ~ :
II am familiar with these circum-
stances, "-said Justice White in reply,
'*and wish to say l will give you every
assurance that the prisoner will have
a fair and impartial trial, and that
during the progress Of the trial he
will receive such treatment as the law
demands in any criminal case."
The work of securing the Jurors was
tAVA NAAOA t0ANA WILL q COAV14ty tA0st
was amazing. Before the day was
the jurors had listened to q descrip-
ton of the Temple Of Music, where
the crime was committed, had seen
photographs. Of the interior and had
been told by three surgeons what
caused the death of the president and
the effect of the assassin's shot upon
IS
also learned why the fatal bullet had
not been located. The presentation of
the governments case began shortly
before O'Clock, when Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Halter began with much
elaboration to address the jury. He
spoke very briefly.
1--WE shall show" said he, that for
some days prior to the shooting this
defendant had predicted the shooting
of the president He knew that on
Sept. the president would receive
the populace in the Temple of Music;
that on that day he went to the ex-
position, got. into line with the people
and approached the president; that he
had a weapon concealed in his hand
and as the president extended his
hand in kindly greeting he fred the
fatal shot. -~ =
=. Three Physicians Testify.
Gle fired two shots, in fact, One
of them took effect in the abdomen
and caused the mortal wound which
resulted in. the presidents death.
That, in brief, is the story we shall
show you. Witnesses will tell you
this story and am sure that when
you have heard the evidence you will
have no difficulty in reaching YER
dict of murder in the fist degree :.
: The first witness, Samuel j.. Fields,
chief engineer Of the Pan-American
exposition. described the ground floor