THE LATE PRESIDENT M'KINLEY.

Otago Witness, Issue 2481, 2 October 1901, Page 19

THE LATE PRESIDENT M'KINLEY.

DEPORTING SUSPICIOUS CHARAC-

TERS.

THE TRIAL OF THE ASSASSIN.

FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER.

REMANDED FOR SENTENCE.

DISCHARGE OF ALLEGED

ANARCHISTS.

CZOLGOSZ SENTENCED TO DEATH

TO BE ELECTROCUTED IN A SIONTH.

ATTEMPT TO LYNCH THE MURDERER.

THE SYMPATHY OF THE KING AND QUEEN.

WASHINGTON, September .23.

The immigration .officers ,in America are deporting all steerage passengers who are unprovided with passport's or citizenship papers. The chemical and bacteriological examinations of Czolgosz's revolver did not reveal the presence of poison. Most has again been arrested for haranguing the - crowds about the streets.

September 24.

The trial of Czolgosz for the murder <jf the late ..President has begun. He refuses to .speak. Doctor Gaylord stated that the actual cause of death was absorption of the broken matter of the pancreas. September 25. Czolgosz, who fcKbt President M'Kinley, maintains an air of unconcern. Evidence was given that the prisoner, while in gaol, in the presence of several witnesses, deliberately and<; unhesitatingly confessed that he had dogged the President for days, seeking an opportunity to' shoot him. He said he believed in no -form of Government or marriage relations. Every head of a -State *wasr-a tyrant and ought to be killed. Miss Goldman's teachings had influenced him, but he alone planned the deed, arid accepted the responsibility. -Mr Lewis, one of the counsel for the defea6e^ declared that the prisoner steadfastly refused to aid th'env The .prisoner was entitled to any doubt. If the jury were able to declare he wa9 an irresponsible person it would lift from the public mind a great load. The jury returned a verdict of "Murder in the first degree." Accused was remanded till Thursday for sentence.

September 27. Czolgosz, the murderer of President M'Kinley, replying to a question whether ho wished to say anything before sentence was passed on him, listlessly remarked that he alone was guilty of the President's death. Nobody was aware of the plans. Caolgc=z was sentenced to electrocution. He stood erect and motionless, looking straight at the judge, as the judgment was pronounced. There was no demonstration amongst the spectators.

The execution was fixed for the 28th October, at Auburn Prison. This is the earliest date the law allows.

September 28.

During, the journey to Auburn Prison, Czolgosz, who is under sentence of death for the murder of President M'Kinley, said, he regretted the crime and pitied the widow.

Hundreds of persons congregated outside the gaol, and made a rush for the murderer, with the intention to lynch him. The guards, with difficulty protecting their charge, drew their revolvers and "blows were exchanged. Czolgosz was hustled into the prison, and collapsed on the floor of the prison, shrieking in abject terror. "NEW YORK, September 24.

Owing to the absence of any evidence nine alleged Anarchists arrested in Chicago have been discharged. September 25.

Miss Goldman, who is a lecturer on r Anarchy, has been released from (Custody.

In connection with the trial of Czoligosz for the murder of President M'Kin•ley, Mr Lewis informed the press that lie refrained from calling witnesses as to the prisoner's insanity because alienists were prepared to testify that Czolgosz was sane.

LONDON, September 30.

Mr Choate, the American Ambassador, has handed to the King and Queen a letter expressing America's and Mrs [M'Kinley's grateful thanks for their constant sympathy in the darkest hour of distress and bereavement.

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