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

justice truman q. W mite. one az the
oldest and most experienced o. the
supreme court judges. was IN the
bench Immediately after the opening
of the court and after the prisoner
had pleaded, Justice Loran T. LEWIS,
senior counsel for the defendant. an
nounceI that. together with his col
leagues former Justice Robert G. III
tUs and Garlic T. Ladd. they were
ready to act in behalf of the pris-
oner.
Defendants Attorneys Explain.
or thought it best" he said. "for my
colleagues and myself. that I should
say something regart ing our presence
here as attorneys for the defendant.
At the time my name was suggested,
] was out of the city and knew nothing
Cf what was transpi~ing here with ref.
erence to the selection of counsel for
the defendant. When the Circum-
stances OF my selection were told TO
me, I was extremely reluctant to ac-
Cept. But the duty had been imposed
and I considered it my duty, IN light
of ali the circumstances, TO defend this
man.
II ask that no evidence be presented
here-that the court viii not permit
the acceptance Of any eVidenCe-uuless
80 would be accepted at the trial OF
the most mearyer criminal in the land.
81 oin familiar with these CirCum-
stances said Justice White, and I
wish TO say I viii give you every as
fan and impartial trial and that dur
ing the progress of the trial he viii
receive such treatment as the law de-
mands in any criminal case"
Jury is Quickly Secured.
The work of securing the jurors was
hey uuGerte&en, with CELEBRITY that
vas amazing. Before the day was
over the entire panel had been sworn,
the Jurors had listened to = description
OF the Temple OF Music. where the
crime occurred; had heard other evil
dence in the case.
The presentation Of the governments
case began shortly before 3 o'clock,
when Assistant District Attorney Hal
Ter began with much celebration 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 premeditated the shoot
ing OF the president he knew that on
the 9Th OF September the president
would receive the pOpulace in She Tenn
pie of Music: that on that day he
went &c the exposition, got into line
with the people and approached the
president; he had a weapon concealed
in his hand. and as the president e1S-
tended his hand in kindly greeting, he
fired the fatal shot.
He fired two shots. in fact. One
of them took effect in the abdomen
ans caused the mortal wound which
resulted in the presidents death That,
IT. brief is the story we shall show
you. Witnesses will tell you this story
and 1 am sure tn when you have
heard the evidence you Will have no
difficulty in reaching verdict Of muir
der in the first degree"
The first witness, Samuel J. Fields,
chief engineer OF the Pan-American
exposition. described the ground floor
plan of the Temple of Music and was
followed by Perry A. Bliss. a photog-
rapher. who presented views of the in
terror OF the building.
Physicians on the Stand.
The remainder OF The afternoon was
taken up with the testimony of three
physicians. two Of whom mad attended
the president during his last days,
while the other performed the autopsy.
.f1e latter. DR.. Harvey r. Gaylord,
wal the first Of The three to be called.
He described the location OF the
wourds i'm the stomach and the direc-
fion OF the bullet. The cause of the
death was attributed to the gunshOt
wound. but. funda mentally. he said.
Il was due to the changes back of the
Etoma ch. in the pancreas. caused by
the breaking down" of the material
OF the pancreas as a result Of the pas
sage of the bullet
DR.. Herman Mynter followed. and his
testimony brought out the fact that
the reason the fatal bullet had no been
located az the autopsy was because Of
the unwiilingness Of the presidents
relatives to have the body further
mutilated BY their instruments. Dr.
Mynter and DR.. Mann. who followed
him. both testified that the primary
cause OF death was the gunshot wound
5u the stomach. One effect of this
wound was, they said. to cause the
Eangrene to form in the pancreas. and
tie spot OF poisoned tissue was as
larKe as a silver dollar.
Czoigosz Watches Testimony.
The prisoner. Czolgosz. during the
morning evinced no interest whatever
IN the proceedings. but as the testf-
mony was introduced he paid more at
tension 10 what was said. anO looked
al the various witnesses closely.
The probable duration of the trial
can be placed at two full days. When
District Attorney Penney was asked oy
Justice White. at noon. as 20 the time
ne would AXE in the presentation Of
his ca<s he declared ti1at he would
conclude b. Tuesday mon. Judge
Titus. for the defense, was non-com-
initial. however. and merely replied:
That depends upon the turn things
take.
l. is not probable that any defense
VIII BE- put in, owing 70 the character
% the prisoner and his refusal to help
his attorneys in any way to procure
evidence which they could use in his
favor The idea Of an attempt to ell
ter the question Of his sanity is not
thought Of in view OF the reports of
the two alienists who have recently
examined him, and there is ground
for the belief that the trial win be
concluded with session OF but one
DAY more.
The rial began at 10 o'clock, but