Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-04
REPORT ON
CzOLCOSz'S CASE
Embodies Result Of investigation
By Eminent Doctors
HAD THE ANARCHY DISEASE
asociaily Diseased aud Perverted out
Not Mentally Diseased'"i 10 the
verdict Of science

New York, Jan. 4.-An exhaustive re-
mort on the trial, execution, autopsy
and mental status Of Czolgosz, the as
sassln of President Mckinley, is given
m the New York Medical Journal The
roport embodles the result of much
careful investigation by Dr. Carlos Nc
Donald and Edward A. spItzka of this
ctv The question which these In
yoetlgators set themselves to answer
was. "When Czolgos shot the Presl-
dent aid he know the nature and quail
~ of the act he was doing and that
the act was wrong"
This was from the legal standpoint
From the standpoint OF medical science,
me mlestion that framed Itself was;
oWos Czolgoz at the time he commit
TOD the act a victim Of mental disease
~ mental unsoundness?" The reply to
tbeee questions, which emb0dles the en-
lire history OF the case from the trial
~ the criminal to his execution ana the
disnosal of his remains. takes up nearly
twelye pages In the New York Medical
Ionrpal. and dlvosted Of all technical
nles Is TO the effect that Czolgo1 was
sarn and reasonable under the law and
mnishnhlp for the offense, although
svprythng in his history according to
'be medical experts. pointed TO the ex-
lsionce ia him of the social disease,
anarchy Of which he was a victim
Ms refusal to reply TO questions al the
trial Is regarded as having been ~ line
with his role, expressed Ia the theat'
ricol declaration; 81 am an anarchist
and have done my duty" Dr. Nc
"Ths anarchist creed teaches that
when one of their number Ii selected
ia do a certain deed he Is 10 proceed
about Il quietly aud In his own way,
iaklnp no one into his confidence, that,
having accomplished the deed II APP
nrehended he shall not admit his con-
pectlon with any other members of the
circle .eat If convicted and sentenced
10 ale ne shall 20 to his death without
revealing his connection With others,
restlr~ secure IN. the belief that he will
he ever regarded by his associates az
MARTYR and hero who died In the
discharge Of 0 noble duty.
oThe course and conduct Of Csolgosz
from the beginning down to his death
arc entirely In keeping with his creed.
Ana finally. the cool and courageous
manner In which he met his death and
the fact that from the day OF his ar
rest until he died he never uttered q
word that could be used against his
rccomplces. II he had any, and that he
rn1 ms an anarchist who suffers the
folth penalty always dies without ut
trng word that would tend to in
eliminate any OF his co-conspirators,
tend to stamp him as an anarchist"
Dr Mcdonald concluded HIS report
with the declaration that Czolgos2 when
he assassnated President Mckinley,
was IN all respects sane-both legally
and medlcally-and fully responsible
for his act
Dr. Spit2ka, who made the autopsy,
concludes his report MS follows
"There has been found absolutely
nothing IN the vlscera that could have
been at the bottom Of any mental de-
raneement Taking II all In all, the
verdict must be, Socially diseased and
perverted hut not mentally diseased,
The most horrible violation Of human
law cannot always be condoned by the
plea on insanity The wild beast
slumbers IN us ALL II Is not always
necessary to invoke insanity to cause
It's awakening"