New-York tribune., 1903-02-23
"CZOLGOSZ INSANE.
DR.. Claiming Thinks This Wost
Reasonable Explanation of Crime.
SAYS HE WAS NOT PURE ANARCHIST

In this weeks issue of Medical News" DR..
Smith Ely Jelliffe has an editorial on "A Later
Interpretation of Czolgosz and His Crime
based on the recent Investigations of Dr. Chal-
ming the results of which are published IN 'iie
c,,rren; number of The American Journal OF
Insanity The editorial follows in part
In the loom history facts fashion&ed & at Smb w
and color OF the hour d t,Sil sts All concurrei
Fhe alienists arc the @ an anarchist who
knew the nature AMI consequence OF ms ae' that @
Mas Iorond OF his awful success GTantlns liz enae
1 WAS insane il seemed permissible 10 soine @
that such as should die in colseq9iel,v - eIi-
glme n . S nresent sent time has forthcoming
VrT 'gT,lre Of the Rasty rial the suppressed am
determined hatred of the natiom, nle fbe evidence
quick eS,.tti acton; 1,oEs But IA nGm 1mlT v may
al oi5r most able alienists Or. Claiming. IN Ihe
current number of The American Jou5la Al % o.
Ming co1trovertl., that Czogosz was an aaI % @
r,,tion nv rhe most earnest search OF capaoe S
J7erts There seems 10 be no 1uegtb6 gb narty OF
disorganization This practically ot 7Sof
CzafFosz's own statement in the Ildtlea- e IN
rs57,ai change IN Czolgoszs life from :one - m an
Custrv cheerfulness TO ina! OF Iore % sTed
consideration the peoples wrongs lIItioct
70 nsTc the way for the unbalancing OF an :ntteC @
neler strong and hereditariy Handicapped oN 1 a
l h11, gni necessarily vicious family stock me
desire OF doing some great act 10 o,~a5iSIrosi.in,
- mental alienation and he ATTEMPTED me luLle @
method OF reform common to his ciass III 4 SUI
oessIer se sTTest zogosz never posed an insane
man as Gultesn ana S iIne on the contrary he
weighed his remarks well after ulT .aro,oa
.Sa7g17 ..l[eeninc back Something This soLns Lne
+t;rp@' led MANY 10 think that plot was IN mo- mo
Ing but Claiming sees nGthlns ~ tis. f+o- +in7e
5a7ce of q yiisor,iered mind which after q 'he .i
might have developed and anpllheu llSet on The
well Systein2t tzed tieulols'
pber hand ii might never have developer duiiE ta ~ u
1I-nicai paranoia. but degenerated llsleau' iii'o
Probsbly one Of the grossest absurdites 9f moo
erT, mental science WAS that OF
prove Czolsoszs sanity or GlSTTrSi ' and gross
Nv 1,resence OF Stigmata OF .;se7e
or even nicroscopical findings OF the pralh Tissue
aIfer Te gnmsrv of Dr. Channings collection OF
data is rrefutable. and his conclusions are rY MI
OF serious Thought IN nTiei fSostion 1fS than that
,,cssessed Fv those experts who examined zok,nn %
after his crime. the opinion theh @ e, 20 owing to
cannot he accepted as the fTa1 one, ~ ;o,,
lack of time 1t lr1poSS-oIe III IN 1s;r+n- IF
referred to- TO investgate nFe oe Of his state
Czolgosz Had this been zone s1ll ;.o,Irotet "a n,
-nenfs would have been found 10 oe 10, +r,,e
he not in my opinion an ahcaI doctrines
nav have inf1aned his mind and pel q so1,Ia+a
H91anstion: a. he had been in i'll health for sep
e~si wears changing from an INDUSTRIOUS dnG a.
ea1h, aI7d ahnorrnaI one (5) while in this ply ST.
cal and mental condtlon OF slChlIn;Se5 &c i5aa
~ eF,r,,,inr some great for the beneht OF the
a-5To1 and working people; 6( this hnaIly @ deFtl ~
LII the PRESIDENT because ne was an enemy OF ~. III
people and resulted in the assaSslna9o - vii h
he crime not lncorlSlSte
Sreani1y. IS his history for some years before me &
deed the way in which II was ton Of the
typical m negleog &c ogoe4r,orten examination threw no
esis' 1' ,ie @ mental condition and would not IN
Ii5s@e +1e oninion that the existing deIusln Na
.s7,1I of disturbed brain action; Qo) hnalIN,
~, etns9- Of ali the facts that have come to my
af1ention insanity appears 10 me Lhe E.uo "a
eonstia and logical explanation of the crime. .ho
SONAR IL Gu rrsn3s +be conclusions of CLAIMING the
legitimate question is: How much OF 10 20 @be case
tent old the ends Of justice miscarry IN INT e"''