Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-03
FAMOUS TRIALS
TRIAL OF mklNLEps ASSASSIN.

On Sept. 6. 1901. as President Mo- kinley was holding a reception in the Temple of Music at the Buffalo expo siton. he was shot twice by Leon with the president. The assassination had evidently been planned with care. over his right hand the assassin wore white handkerchief, as if the hand was bandaged. Beneath this hand kerchief he had concealed a short bar reled pistol
 A little girl was immediately ahead of Czologsz in the line. and the pres ident. after batting her kindly on the head. turned, with a smile of welcome thrust out both his hands. brushed the presidents right hand with his left, lurched forward against the president, and, thrusting his right hand close against his breast. he pulled the trig- ger twice.
 Czologsz was an avowed disciple of anarchy, and at the time claimed that he alone was responsible for the crime. having no assistants. He persisted in this statement to the end, and the trial developed no other names con- nected with the assassination. The assassin was a Pole and lived in Cleveland up to a very short time before going to Buffalo. At one time he kept saloon in Cleveland and later worked in an iron mill. He had been born in Alpena- Mich, and was only a little over 20 years of age. His father was born in Posen county, Brumburg, coming to America thirty years before the sons crime He was considered a poor but peaceful citizen as were the other children of the fam fly.
 As soon as the assassin had &C., complished the deed he was seized by s. R. Ireland of the United States se- cret service. taken into a side room for fear of the angry crowd wreaking vengeance upon him, and was then hurried off to station house No. 1 and was thrown into an underground cell. On the following Monday he made a written statement in which he re- iterated his first story that he was alone in the crime.
 President Mckinley died on Satur- day morning, Sept. 14, and his burial took place on Sept. 20. at his home in Canton, O. Czolgosz, the murderer, was arraigned before Judge Edward K. Emery in the County court on Sept IT on an indictment for murder in the first degree.
 Czolgosz was placed on trial on Monday morning, Sept. g, before Jus tice Truman c. White. one of the old est and most experienced Supreme court judges. It only took a short time to secure a jury. The first day was given over to witnesses of the shooting and expert testimony from physicians and surgeons
 The trial was continued throughout the following day up to 3:51 in the afternoon and a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree was re- turned in just thirty-f1ve minutes. The entire trial of the assassin consumed only eight hours and twenty-six min utes.
 During the entire trial Czolgosz sat in a chair with his hands clasped on the arms and with his head bent for ward and little to the left. He seem ed to pay no attention to what was going on around him. Every now and then he would take handkerchief from his pocket and mop his brow. all though the day was not warm, show ing the mental excitement under which he was 1aboring. At no time during the absence of the jury did he raise his eyes or lift his head.
 After the verdict had been brought in the prisoner was returned to his cell and the judge called him into the court again on the 26th to receive his sentence, which was electrocution at Auburn state prison during the week beginning Oct. 28.
 Czoigosz was electrocuted at 7!45 o'clock on the morning of Oct. 2s, 1,700 volts being passed through his body. He slept so seundiy the whole night