PRESIDENT M'KINLEY'S ASSASSIN.
Cz ilgoez, who shot President M'Klnley, maintains an air of unconcern.
Evidence was given (hat 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 ahoot him. Be said he believed in no form of Government or marriage relations. Every head of a State was a tyrant and ouwht to be killed. Miss Goldmau's teachings had influenced him, but he alone planned the deed, and accepted the responsibility. Mr Lewis, one of the counsel for the defence, declared that tbe prisoner »*«^-- fastly nfuooU to aid them.' The prisoner was entitled to any doubt. If the jury were able to declare he was an irreapou* sible person it would lift from the public mind a great load. The jury returned a verdict of ' Murder in the firab degree/ Aocuied was fo» mancled till Thursday for sentence. New York, September 24 Owing to the absence of any evidence nine alleged Anarchists arreßtod in Chicago have been discharged. September 25. Mis 3 Goldman, who is a lecturer on Anarchy, has been released from custody.
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Tuapeka Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 4895, 28 September 1901, Page 1
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191PRESIDENT M'KINLEY'S ASSASSIN. Tuapeka Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 4895, 28 September 1901, Page 1
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