The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-09-24

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long before that hour the streets in
the vicinity of the city hall were the
objective OF many curious persons. The
various entrances to the great uild-
ing. with the exception of that on
Franklin street, were closed and guard
ed. SquadsNsrof policemen were sta
toned on .AN~y landing and in a dou-
bic line lar inside the place of en-
trance 90 keep back the crowds. while
in a station not far away reserves were
ready to reinforce the detail of duty
should the feelings of the people be-
come aroused to the extent of rioting.
Mounted officers paced slowly around
every side of the structure and no one
was allowed to stand on the sidewalk
for moment. so that at no time was
tire crowd large.
No one outside The building saw the
prisoner as he was taken from his cell
to the court room. His guardians made
use Of the tunnel of sObS" under the
street TO the city hall. and CzOlgOsz
was brought into the court room only
a few moments before the hour set for
the opening of his trial. No person
was admitted to the building without
a pass signed by the chief of police.
and it was necessary to show this to
every policeman on every landing and
in every corridor
The officer at the door of the court
room was especially vigilant and not
only examined the passes. but scruti-
/ mixed the bearers critically before ad-
hitting them to the room. The inter-
Tor of the city hail. as well as the out
side, still bore the sombre draperies
Of mourning and quiet was enforced as
BETTING the OCCASION.
Czolgosz Maintains Silence.
The counsel for Czolgosz, former Su-
Inc -fraa I riSs
and Robert 9. Titus and Carleton r.
L.add, saw him again this morning be-
fore the time for the opening of the
cour. but he had no more to say to
them than on the previous occasions
/ when they have visited him.
THE mental condition of the as
sassin will absolutely be The only de-
Tense to be offered" are Inc words of
Judge Titus, and there is no little ex
] pectation that the counsel will pub
licly abandon the case today or to-
morrow and merely represent CzOlgOsz
formally during the trial AS a result
of the examination of two alteniSts, DR..
Carlos T. Mcdonald and DR.. Allan Nc
Lean Hamilton of New York City, the
question of insanity is eliminated
from the subjects on which the defense
can rely for support
Part III of the supreme court of Erie
county is small room on the south
side of the second floor of the city hall.
1t is lighted only at the south end by
/ latticed windows. and here the jus
| tees bench and witness stand are
placed. on the right of the room are
the Jurymen'S seats, and they have an
unobstructed view Of the entire room
/ There is no railing in front of the
/ iurymen, ana the chairs are placed on
I platform some six inches above the
| floor. The room has a high ceiling,
studded with drab walls, which are
/ scanned with cracks.
! The enclosure for the bench and bar
/ occupies over one-half of the floor
/ space, while the remainder is given over
! TO seats for the general pubic. Not
/ over $50 of the latter could be accom-
| modated, and these seats today wer
manly occupied by the men summoned
I TO serve upon the jury.
Czolgosz. with his counsel, occupied
seats directly in front of the justice
bench. The prisoners chair was just
back of that of Judge Titus. and dep
uty sheriffs with their slaves of office,
We're placed at various points in the
room, and quiet was enforced upon all.
/ The spectators seats were filled very
slowly owing to the extreme care
shown by the officers in the corridors
IN admitting those who applied, and 1t
was not until court was opened that
the last one was occupied
Insanity Expert Present.
DR.. Allan Mclean Hamilton of New
I York City was one of the first of those
position inside of the enclosure. DR.
/ Hamilton, who was the chief insanity
I expert st the trial of Garfield's as
Sassin, Guiteau, occupied a seat at the
/ table reserved for the prosecution.
7 OF the thirty-six trial Jurors called.
only one asked TO be excused. He had
a sawmill in process of cree ton. which
he said must be finished { once on
4 account of low water. and he was ex-
cused. Justice White then requested
the other justices of parts 1 and 2
then in session. not to discharge their
( for an impaneling in the Czolgosz case
At 1915 there was a hustle in the
corridor, and squad of policemen
brought in the prisoner He was hand
cuffed 30 an officer on each side. while
| in front and behind him walked other
/ uniformed policemen
/ The prisoner was attired in a new
suit Of dark gray. a white shirt and
collar and a blue tie. His face was
/ cieanly shayen ana his hair com bed.
He sat down behind his counsel with
! two officers in plain clothes Immediate
/ IS in his rear.
District Attorney Penny at once be-
gan the reading Of the indictment He
spoke to Czolgosz in a low voice: in
fact so low that when the prisoner
was asked to- lead ne seemed not to
| understand what had been said
Justice White asked him. What
have you TO say?"
There was a moments hesitation
Then the prisoners lips moved as If
10 make a reply, but before he could
s.ros2 70 speak. not having seen the
priSOner's motion.
Justice White. however. insisted that
/ Czolgosz should speak, and the pris-
I oner said:
II didn't hear what he said
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