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VOL. TV.
HANHA APOLOGIZES
FOR SAYIHG ACCUSED
6CHLEY WILL BE REFERRED TO
AS -APPLICANT- IN FUTURE
PROCEEDINGS.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 28. Today's ses
sion of the Schley court of Inquiry began
usual at 11 o’clock with the recall of
yesterday's witnesses for the purpose of
correcting mistakes In their testimony
and allowing other questions to be asked
when necessary to mark any point which
had not hitherto been sufficiently eluci
dated by them.
Mr. Wanna made brief explanation of his
use of the term '•accused" in yesterday’s
proceedings as applied to Admiral Schley*
He said:
“I should like to say a word in explana
tion of jne word which 1 understand ap
ftV records I learn to my sur
- prise that an examination of the records
that I used the word 'accused’ in reference
to the distinguished officer who has ask
ed for the court of inquiry. I wish to
state, with respect to that that I was not
•ware that I had used that-expression un
til this morning. It was used in the rapid
ity of debate and simply for the reason
that in the course of long years of ex
perience it is the word generally employed
tn such cases. Before this court of inquiry
began the Judge advocate and myself con
sidered what we should call the gentleman
who had requested it. and desiring to ex
tend to him the utmost courtesy in the
matter we selected a term which is not of
ten employed, the term of 'applicant,' and
I believe I had used that term many times
in the course of these proceedings. I wish
to add only my sincere and earnest and
most cordial expressions of regret that by
an inadvertency or accident I have em
ployed the word which would imply any
such reflection."
When Captain McCalla took the witness
stand Mr. Hanna asked him:
"Were any ships assigned to the duty of
engaging the batteries on the morning of
May H. MM. or during that day. or to the
duty of enfilading the batteries’’'
The reply was:
"None that I know of.”
Mr. Hanna: "Were there any shoals or
other obstacles of any kind to prevent the
battleships from approaching the mouth
of the harbor of Santiago sufficiently close
to have been within easy range of the
Colon T'
Captain McCalla replied:
“None that I know of. The only shoal
I know of was the shoal on the west side
of the channel opposite the Morro."
"Did the battleships go within range of
the Colon?”
"Not from my observation."
“Were you so situated as to observe the
fall of shots from the fleet T* i
"I was.”
"Where did they fall?"
“L think I saw every shot fired. They
all Tell short that I saw. One very nearly
reached the Colon.”
The witness said that the American
ships engaged In the Colon bombardment
steamed In a distance of about two miles.
HMtlAod fitt ffiAfWd* length
concerning the weather and the sea on
May M and 27. He said there was no diffi
culty in coaling on the 27th, as the sea
was smooth. The witness said that he had
been present during a conference of com
manding officers on the Brooklyn while
the fleet was off Santiago on May 29.
Describing what took place hq said:
"The commanding officers were ordered
on board the Brooklyn on May 29. It was
with regard to the work of blockade. I
can only remember one specific thing
which took place at the close, and that
was that Captain Evans asked Commo
dore Schley If the Spanish ships did not
come out If he was golag In for them. He
said:
** 'Certainly.* And he then arranged for
a sub-division of fire from the ships under
his command on the Spanish ships, should
they come out."
Relating the particulars of the blockade
on Santiago before June 14th. Captain Mc-
Calla said the Marblehead and the Vixen
had at night occupied positions inside the
large ships about two miles from the
shore line and that that line was easily
discernible.
Replying to a question Captain McCalla
said that Commodore Schley's fleet while
off Santiago had never to his knowledge
been withdrawn to any distance from the
harbor of Santiago.
"Then." said Captain Parker, “that
story by whomsoever told is absolutely
falser*
"I object,” shouted Captain Lemley, in
a voice as sharp as a pistol shot”
'The objection is sustained." said Ad
miral Dewey. "The question is highly im
proper."
On re-direct examination Mr. Hanna
askedi
“If Commodore Schley had signaled you
to come on the Brooklyn and had stated
to you that his destination was Clenfue
gos would you have communicated
to him the secret signal to which you have
referred.”
"I would have given him the code, of
course.” answered the witness.
In reply to questions by Mr. Hanna,
Captain McCalla said that the memoran
dum prepared by himself and quoted by
Admiral Sampson in his report of August
1 1494. as having been placed In possession
of Admiral Schley, contained all the In
formation except the secret code, which
he possessed, concerning the insurgents,
when he arrived at Key West on May 19.
Mr. Hanna stated that his purpose in ask
ing this question was to develop the fact
that the memorandum was in the hands
of Commodore Schley in time for him to
have acted upon it before leaving Cienfu
egos for Santiago.
The court asked the following questions:
"What was the state of the sea between
May 24th and May 36th. when the squad
ron was steaming to Santiago from Cien
fuegoe?"
'To the best of my recollection it grew
rough during the night of the 24th. We
had so far as I remember, rain and thick
weather.
'The next day we had thick and rough
weather and moderately heavy sea. The
weather was clear on the 26th. So far
as I remember it was fair weather. The
sea was smooth from the 25th right on
until it became quite calm the night of the
Mth.
"Did you on any occasion see the block
ading force at or near daybreak between
the 20th and the 21st day of May’”
T saw them every morning. I could see
them at night, too, because there was
some moonlight.”
“How far were they from the Marble
head. and how far was she from the en
trance to Santiago?"
"I Judge we were certainly two miles
and perhaps three miles Inside of the
large shins ”
“Were you familiar with the coast in
r the vicinity of Cape Crux?"
"I knew the whole coast pretty well."
"At what distance from the mouth of
the harbor were the Massachusetts, the
lowa and the New Orleans during the
firing on May 21st?”
"I judge they must have been from the
Colon, about five miles.
“I estimate that the distance from the
Morro to the Colon must have been 1.200
or IJW yards.”
“Did Commodore Schley at any time
prior to May IT consult with you about
the possibilities of coaling from the large
ships at Cape Crux?”
"I do not remember that he conversed
with me. I told him I thought the ships
couiil coal under Cape Crux from the
24th. the morning I reported.”
Captain McCalla was then excused.
Lieutenant Commander W. H. Suther
land. who commanded the converted yacht
Eagle during the Spanish war. followed
Captain McCalla on the witness stand.
He said he had first fallen In with the
flying squadron on May 19. When the
squadron was steaming toward Cienfue
goa and Captain McCalla’s squadron was
on the way to Key West. He said then
under Capt. McCalla's orders he had un
dertaken to communicate to Commodore
Schley his Information concerning the sit
uation at Cienfuegos and had given this
information to the Scorpion for the com
modore. his message being as follows:
"We left Cienfuegos on the night of the
l«th at which time we learned from in
surgents that only vessels Inside the har
bor were two gunboats and several can
noneros.”
Commander Sutherland also told of his
return to Cienfuegos. May 24. and of ac
companying the Marblehead to shore for
the purpose of communicating with the
insurgents. He also related that in re
turning Captain McCalla sent him at full
speed In advance of the Marblehead to
notify the commander of the squadron
that Cervera's fleet was not Inside the
harbor at that point and had not been
there. He had. he said, delivered this
Information about 3 o'clock.
When the court reconvened for the af
ternoon session Captain Lemley read the
agreement between himself and counsel
for Admiral Schley as to the portions of
the logs of certain vessels to be printed.
Dispatches Were Altered.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 27.—As usual Ad
miral Dewey was prompt today in or’ng-
Ing the Schley court of inquiry to order,
and, as usual, the counsel on both sides
were in their seats and prepared to pro
ceed promptly with the business before the
court. Indeed. Captain Lemley and Mr.
Hanna, the navy department’s representa
tives, had been in the courtroom for an
hour or more, preparing the details cf to
day's work. Tney c nsidcr the present
stage of the proceedings an important cne,
requiring the most careful attention. Cap
tain Lemley estimates that he will be
able to conclude the presentation of the
government side of the case by the close
of next week, if no unforeseen contingency
arises to cause delay. He says he will
have about fifteen or twenty more wit
nesses to introduce.
One of the most regular attendants upon
the court is Mr. William A. Slayton, the
attorney who is understood to be pre
pared to represent other naval officers
tnan Admiral Schley. He sits outside the
rail and does not in any way participate
tn the proceedings. He said yesterday that
ao long as Admiral Sampson was kept
out of the case he would have nothing
to say.
Today's session begun with the recall of
Captain Wise to make verbal changes in
the official copy of his testimony.
He altered his previous statement con
cerning the order of the navy ’epartment
of May 20, 1896, in which he nirected to
inform every vessel off Santiago that the
flying squadron is off Cienfuegos, saying
that he desired to correct his response to
the court’s question as to why this order
was not carried out by stating that it
had been carried out.
“I did not desire to Inform the commo
dore of the flying squadron of bir- own
movements. The order was to Inform
commanders of the movements of t’M fly
ing squadron.”
Lieutenant Spencer 8. Wood, who com
manded the dispatch boat Dupont during
the Spanish war, was then called and
continued hts testimony begun yesterday.
Mr. Raynor resumed his cross examina
tion. The witness said that while off Cien
fuegos he had been on picket duty two
miles from shore on the night of May
22d and had been instructed to signal the
squadron with the—red lights in case the
enemy's torpedo boats came out of the
harbor.
Mr. Raynor then read from the testimony
of Captain Harber, of the Texas, saying
that there had been no picket vessels
within the line of the fleet off Cienfuegos.
The witness said that the statement was
wrong.
“I will make an announcement while
we are waiting. There has been intro
duced before the court a question of the
correctness or the Identity of a certain
very important dispatch sent by the Har
vard May 27 from off Santiago by the
commanding officer of the flying squadron.
It appears that in the process of transla
tion from the commander in chief to the
department some changes in the language
of that dispatch occurred. I do not de
sire at this moment to interrupt the pro
ceedings by any discussion of that point,
but I shall merely make the announce
ment here that we Intend to enter into
that matter very fully and completely;
that is to say as fully as the court may
desire before we leave it.”
The witness then read dispatch No. 8.
from Sampson to Admiral Schley, May 21,
telling the letter that the Spanish squad
ron was probably at Santiago. He also
read the Brooklyn’s receipt memorandum
showing that this dispatch as well as the
accompanying memorandum had been re
ceived at 8:15. May 23. The witness iden
tified these as the orders he had car
ried. .
In response to a request from the judge
advocate Lieutenant Hood related the
conversation he had had with Admiral
Schley after delivering the message, say
ing that he (witness) had told the admiral
that tt was Admiral Sampson's wish that
the flying squadron should proceed im
mediately to Santiago, as his informa
tion was very positive. His statement
was as follows:
"Commodore Schley read the dispatch
and. then turning to me said: 'Captain.
Admiral Sampson wishes me to go to
Santiago. I cannot do It.’
“I told Commodore Schley that Admiral
Sampson expected the squadron to leave
the instant I arrived. Admiral Schley
said then In nearly these words:
■* '1 am not at all satisfied that the
Spaniards are not in Cienfuegos.
"Besides my ships ail wanted coal; the
Massachusetts, the Texas and Brooklyn
wanted so many tons of coal and that
the day before Sampson had sent him
down to the lowa with only half her coal
supply, so that she could not go anywhere;
that It was useless to send such ships
down there only half filled with coal. I
told Commodore Schley that I had passed
a collier convoyed by a gunboat only a
little before daylight that morning and
It would certainly be there with at least
four or five thousand tons of coal within
two or three hours. He referred again to
his belief of the Spaniards being In Cien
fuegos and said that he had heard some
firing about forty miles from port which
he took to be a welcome to the Spanish
squadron; he had also seen some smoke
which he conceived to be the Spanish
squadron and he believed they wefe there.
I said to Commodore Schley then that if
the information which the admiral had
be considered as definite he had no doubt
but that the Spanish squadron was at
Santiago. Commodore Schley then said to
me:
“ 'Captain, Sampson does not under
stand. He is not on the spot and cannot
Judge.'
"Describe the commodore's manner on
this occasion” said Captain Lemley.
"The commodore was sitting in his
chair at the time I was talking to him,
very quietly. He seemed to be very much
perplexed at what to do.”
Mr. Raynor then changed his line of
questioning.
He said: "I want to ask you whether in
this conversation with Commodore Schley
upon this occasion he did not tell you that
i Admiral Sampson bad instructed him be-
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1901.
fore he left for Santiago to satisfy him
self that the Spanish fleet was not at
Cienfuegos?”
The reply was: "I gathered from his con
thls conversation had been ruled out.
versatlon that he had said that In some
of the dispatches which were sent pre
vious to the dispatch carried to him which
was of considerably later date and there
fore of course annulled all the others.”
"Wasn’t it your understanding that the
Adula, in the communication with the
Brooklyn, led the officers of the Brook
lyn to believe that the Spanish fleet had
arrived at Santiago one day and come out
of the harbor the next day? Wasn’t that
the impression It left on your mind?”
The reply was:
“The Impression made on my mind was
no Impression whatever. It is my recol
lection that at that date I knew the fleet
was in Santiago.”
Captain Bowman H. McCall, who com
manded the Marblehead during the Span
ish war, was next called. He stated that
he had first come into contact with the
flying squadron on May 19, 1898. He was
then proceeding from the south coast of
Cuba to Key West and met the squadron
on Its way to Cuba. He had not been ask
ed to come aboard for the purpose of mak
ing a report.
Captain McCalla said that upon reach
ing Key West he had informed Captain
Chadwick, Admiral Sampson’s chief of
staff, of the secret code he had arranged
with the Cuban insurgents, but that he
had not given it to anyone else.
•Captain Mrf’alla told of his return to
Cienfuegogs on the morning of May 24. He
had carried dispatches to Admiral
Schley and had then told him of the ar
rangement to communicate with the Cu
bans and of his Information that the
Spanish fleet was in the harbor at San
tiago.
He said that Schley had immediately
assented to his going ashore. He also
told of 'his report to Schley and had then
for the first time seen the Instructions to
the commodore. The commodore had
told him that he had found difficulty in
coaling, but that he felt that if he re
turned to Key West he would be court
martialed.
McCalla said he had advised him to go
to Santiago, even If he did not stay there.
In reply to questions Captain McCalla
stated that no effort had been made while
he was with the flying squadron off Cien
fuegos to prevent the Spaniards from
continuing the construction of earth
works, which he had been ordered .to do.
He said the Marblehead could have gone
within range of these works and that he
had been told by a Cuban pilot that the
water was deep.
Conduct of Schley Told By Witnesses.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 26.—The Schley
court of Inquiry began Its session today
with the intention of holding one sitting,
having decided to forego the afternoon
sesson in order to permit the members of
the court and counsel to attend the funer
a of Judge Wilson.
Counsel for the navy department today
continued their efforts to 4how that Ad
miral Schley had information of the pres
ence of Admiral Cervera and his fleet in
the harbor at Santiago, and Introduced
for this purpose additional officers of the
auxiliary cruisers which were at the time
doing duty as scout boats In West Indian
waters.
Captain Wise, who commanded the scout
ship Yale during the Spanish war, contin
ued his narration of the retrograde move
ment of the flying squadron toward Key
West on May 37. He first told of how th*
•Tale hod—taken the Merrimac in tow un
der direction of Admiral Schley. He said
that the Admiral had signalled on the
starting to ask if there was, coal enough
to carry him to Key West, to which he
had responded in the affirmative. On the
next day he had reported in response to an
inquiry that he had coal sufficient for two
days of full steaming and for four days of
moderate steaming. He was then dis
patched to Newport News, reporting to
Admiral Sampson on the way. He had
told Admiral Sampson, he said, that the
flying squadron was about 30 miles west of
Santiago. In response to a question of the
admiral he had said he did not know what
It was doing there. In detailing the trip
westward to Key West the witness told
of the breaking of the Yale's hawser on
the Merrimac. He said this had caused
delay.
Mr. Hanna read the following extract
from Admiral Schley’s report of February
16, beginning:
“After having been informed by the
scouts commander by such officers as Slgs
bee, Jewell and Wise that although they
had all been off Santiago de Cuba for a
week they had seen nothing of It (the
Spanish fleet) and knew nothing of Its
movements or its whereabouts, etc."
He then asked Captain Wise if he had
made such communication to the admiral.
"I did not.” was the response.
"Did you give Admiral Schley any in
formation respecting the Spanish squad
ron.”
"Only through Captain Slgsbee,” was
the response. "I did not go on board the
Brooklyn at all. I gave Captain Slgsbee
all the Information I had.
The witness said that Captain Slgsbee
had taken the dispatch beginning “Get
in touch with the enemy.”
At this point Captain Wise was excused
and Admiral Cotton was recalled to make
verbal corrections in the testimony given
by him.
Admiral Cotton was questioned concern
ing some points of the Santiago campaign.
He said that on the morning of May 31,
after arriving from Kingston he had gone
aboard the Brooklyn with dispatches for
Admiral Schley.-
Mr. Rayuor read from a report made
on May 30. by Admiral Sampson in which
he stated that Captain Wise had told him
that he believed Santiago harbor to he
strongly fortified.
"Is that true?” Mr. Raynor asked.
"It is," was the response.
Captain Wise said in reply to questions
of Captain Parker that he would at any
time when off Santiago have been able
to signal any Information he might have
had in regard to the situation. He had
seen the masts of a vessel, and thought
it to be a small military vessel. He had
gone far enough to observe the land bat
teries. •• . /
In reply to an inquiry from the court
the witness said the land batteries did not
fife upon the Yale while that vessel was
reconnoitering the harbor. He also said
that even then he had been the senior
officer while off Santiago prior to the ar
rival of Captain Cotton he had not com
manded Captain Slgsbee to give to Com
modore Schley the Information which he
(Wise) had given to him (Slgsbee).
Asked by Captain Lemley to relate his
conversation with Admiral Schley on the
occasion of that visit he said:
"He informed me that it had been as
certained that some, at least, of the ships
of Admiral Cervera's squadron were with
in the harbor at Santiago, that they had
been seen and were in sight, and as a
matter of fact one of them was then in
sight at the entrance to the harbor. In
language as nearly as I can remember he
said:
“After dinner I am going to hoist my
flag on board the Massachusetts and take
her and the lowa and go in and have a
pot shot at those fellows."
. William C. Gray, who was chief ma
chinist on the Texas during the battle of
Santiago on July 3d, testified that on that
date he had been on duty at the throttle
of the starboard engine of the battleship.
He said that when he went to the en
gine room the vessel was going ahead.
“The next signal,” he said, "was to
stop and a minute afterwards to reverse.
The engines were then reversed.”
The witness said that the reverse was
i very brief, the revolutions not exceed
| ing one hundred and the time being short.
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He had. he said, heard afterwards that
the reversal was bectxie they were pass
ing the Brooklyn.
Lieutenant Wood related the particulars
of his mission as a dlsfattfh carrier from
Admiral Sampson lying at Key West to
Admiral Schley who w’ps off Cienfuegos.
He had left Key West-lon Ma.- 20th, car
rying dispatches of witch the lowa car
ried duplicates, and had reached Cienfue
gos several hours In advance of the lowa.
“On my arrival,” tB witness said, "I
went aboard and personally delivered the
dispatches which I carried from Admiral
Sampson to Commodore Schley in his
cabin at 9 o’clock. He asked me Admiral
Sampson’s Idea about where the Spanish
squadron was. I tolA him I did not
know; he asked me cf Admiral Samp
son’s intentions. I UM him I did not
know them. He told tile he thought the
Spanish squadron wag there. He had
heard firing and wasjalmost convinced
that they were there. | The conversation
was on the line to enleavor to find out
from me what Admiral Sampson’s plans
"Have you anything further to state
with respect to this interview which will
bear upon the subject if this inquiry?”
“The commodore heS tated some about
giving me coal. He lid not think he
could spare it at first, said it was abso
lutely necessary; that \»e were almost out
oi coal, having made he run from Key
West. He said: ’Very Well, go below and
1 will think it over.* I <went below to the
ward room and was afterward called up
and informed that thak would give me
coal. I had never beffte met the admi
ral and he Impressed ftie as being very
nervous. He would ®et up and walk
around, come back and sit down, and a
number of questions 1* asked me about
Admiral Sampson’s intentions I was una
ble to answer.” 1
Asked by Mr. Raynor? if Admiral Samp
son or any one else had Informed him be
fore he left Key West for Cienfuegos that
a code of signals had been agreed upon
between the American forces and the
Cuban insurgents, lieutenant Wood re
plied in the negative. He had not, he
said, received such information and he
added that it was current talk at Key
West that the Marblehead on a previous
trip had established communication with
the Cubans. If, howev<, a.code had been
arranged he did not Bnow of the fact.
Before Lieutenant Wflbd had concluded
his testimony the court Lat 12:45 adjourned
for the day to permit attendance at Judge
Wilson’s funeral.
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CZOLGOSZ IN SILENCE
IS DOOMED TO REUTH
SLAYER OF THE PRESIDENT SEN-
TENCED WEDNESDAY TO DIE
BY ELECTROCUTION.
BUh FALO, Sept.27.—The police arrange
ments at the city hall where Leon Czol
gosz was to receive his sentence yester
day for the murder of President Mc-
Kinley was even more stringent than dur
ing the trial of the assassin. Half an hour
before the time announced for the open
ing of the court the room was filled and
the doors locked. After 1:30 no one but
officials connected with the court or news
paper men were allowed to enter. About
25 of the 150 spectators were women. The
police cleared the hallway of the crowd
and no more were allowed to come to the
second floor of the building.
At five minutes after 2 o’clock the pris
oner was brought into court shackled to
Detectives Geary and Solomon, accom
panied by Assistant Superintendant Cus
ack and Jailor Mitchell. The crowd sought
to surge about them and It was with dif
ficulty that the channel was cleared down
the aisle to the prisoner's seat.
Czolgolsz was perspiring and seemed
nervous, though he did not tremble and
his gait was steady.
Czolgosz took his seat and mopped his
brow with his handkerchief. When ae
settled back in his chair, hia wonted list
less attitude was absent.
He kept his eyes wide open and looked
about him occasionally, but presently he
dropped his eyes to the table ahead of
him and assumed his former listless air.
The strain on him was intense, evident
ly, as was attested by a few sighs from
the chest.
At 2:12 Justice White took Jiis seat on
the bench, and the crier announced the
opening of court.
"Czolgosz, stand up,” commanded Dis
trict Attorney Penney to the prisoner.
The assassin arose.
"What is your name?” asked Mr. Pen
ney.
"Leon F. Czolgosz.”
"How old are you?”
"Twenty-eight years.”
"Where were you born?”
"Detroit.”
“Where were you living when arrest
ed?”
"Cleveland.”
"What Is your occupation?”
"Iron worker.” >
"Are you married or single?”
"Single.”
"What degree of education have you re
ceived?”
No reply.
"What schools have you attended?
“Public and church schools.”
"Are you temperate or intemperate?”
"Temperate.”
"Have you ever before been convicteQ
of any crime?”
"No.”
"Are your father and mother alive.
"My father is alive. My mother is
dead.”
Czolgosz’ replies were so low that h*
could not be heard seven feet away.
"Have you any legal excuse why sen
tence should not be pronounced against
you?"
Czolgosz could not, or pretended he
could not, hear the question put by the
clerk.
It was repeated to him twice and then
he said something in an inaudible tone.
The judge Intervened and explained
what was meant by the question.
"First, you may claim you are insane.
Next is have you good cause to offer
against sentence , being pronounced
against you?”
The Judge also stated legal reasons the
prisoner might have against sentence be
ing pronounced.
"I have nothing to say about that,” was
the reply.
Justice Titus asked that the prisoner be
allowed to say something in excujpatlon
of his crime.
The prisoner began to speak. His voice
was so low he could scarcely be heard.
Judge Titus was obliged to repeat it sen
tence by sentence, so that the court might
hear - .. ...
"I have nothing to say," whispered
Czolgosz to his counsel.
Judge Titus: "I think he ought to be
permitted to rrake a statement in excul
pation of his family.”
Turning to the prisoner again Judge
Titus held a brief conterence. Turning
to the coiftt, counsel for the defendant
said:
He says no other person had anything
to do with it; that no other person knew
of his Intention but himself. His father
or no one else knew anything about it.
The prisoner closed his lips, stared
straight ahead of him and awaited the
court’s pronouncement of his doom.
The sentence was brief.
“Czolgosz,” said the court, “you have
committed a grave crime against the state
and our union in the assassination of our
beloved president. After learning all the
facts and circumstances in the case
twelve good men have pronounced you
guilty of murder in the first degree. You
say that no other person abetted you in
the commission of this terrible act.
“The penalty is fixed by statute, and it
becomes my duty to impose sentence upon
you. The sentence of this court is that in
the week beginning October 28th, at the
place designated and in the manner pre
scribed by law, you suffer the punishment
of death."
Czolgosz stood erect, looking straight
at the Judge. He did not tremble, not a
muscle quivered.
As soon as the deatjt sentence was fin
ished he took his seat in the same indif
ferent manner that has characterized him
throughout th£ trial. He was brought to
his feet quickly by the officers at 2:20.
They shackled him and led him away to
the jail, while the crowd surged after the
officers.
The officers had to force a passage for
the assassin from the court room.
Though elation and satisfaction were
written on every face in court there was
no applause and no demonstration of any
kind on the nart of the spectators.
Sheriff Caldwell was asked if he was
ready to take the prisoner to Auburn.
“You may say that no one but those
who will act as guards and myself will
know the time of departure. Even the
guards will not be notified until the last
momeat. The moment the prisoner is sen
tenced he passes into my hands, and from
that time until he is delivered at Auburn
It will not be possible to learn about the
assassin's movements.”
SCREAMS IN HIS FRENZY.
Slayer of President McKinley Breaks
Down Completely at Prison.
AUBURN. N. Y., Sept. 27.—Csolgosz.
President McKinley's murderer, in the
custody of Sheriff Caldwell, of Erie coun
ty, and twenty-one deputies, arrived in
Auburn at 3:15 a. m.
The prison is only about fifty yards
from the depot. Awaiting the arrival of
the train there was a crowd of about two
hundred people.
Either for fear of the crowd which was
not very demonstrative, or from sight of
the prison, Csolgosz’s legs gave out and
two deputy sheriffs were compelled to
practically carry the man into the prison.
Inside the gate his condition became
worse, and he was dragged up the stairs
and Into the main hall.
He was plaetd in a sitting position on
the bench while the handcuffs were being
removed, but he fell over and moaned
and groaned, evincing the most abject
terror.
As soon as the hand cuffs were unlock
ed the man was dragged into the princi
pal keeper's office.
As in the case of all prisoners the offi
cers immediately proceeded to strip him
and put on a new suit of clothes.
During this operation Czolgosz cried and
yelled, making the prison corridors echo
with evidence of his terror.
The prison physician. Dr. John G«rln,
examined the man and ordered his remo
val to the cell in the condemned row,
which he will occupy until he Is taken to
the electric chair. The doctor declared
that the man was suffering from fright
and terror, but said that he was sham
ming to some extent.
The collapse of the murderer was a sur
prise to every one. Enroute from Buffalo
he showed no indication of breaking down.
He ate heartily of sandwiches and smoked
cigars when not eating. He talked some
and expressed regret for his crime. He
said:
"I am especially sorry for Mrs. Mc-
Kinley.”
He reiterated his former statement
that he had no accomplices and declared
that he never heard of the man upder
arrest in St. Louis who claimed to have
tied the handkerchief over his hand, con
cealing the pistol with which the presi
dent was shot. He says the handkerchief
was not tied.
He went behind the Temple of Music,
arranged the handkerchief so as to hide
the weapon and then took his place In the
crow'd. To Jailer Mitchell he sent this
message to his father:
"Tell him I left such a bad name.”
GUNS TURNED ON TURKEY.
LONDON, Sept. 2S,—A dispatch to The
Times from Bombay gives the following
additional details regarding an alleged
Anglo-Turkish crisis in Southern Asia.
According to these latest dispatches the
Turks again attempted to land troops at
Kowelt. The British cruiser Perseus, no
ticing the movements of a Turkish vessel,
steamed up and demanded the object of
the visit. The reply was that the vessel
had been Instructed to land 500 men. The
commander of the Perseus advised the
Turkish commander to return to Busra.
The Turkish vessel insisted, entered the
harbor and prepared to land the troops.
The Perseus cleared decks for action and
played her searchlights on the Turk all
night.
In the morning the Turkish commander
visited the Perseus and intimated his in
tention of returning to Fao and telegraph
ing to Constantinople for Instructions. .
The vessel went to Fao, and is still there.
Meantime, Turkish troops are massing
at Busra and are reported to be under the
command of Edhem Pasha.
The Sheikh Mabourakh reports that the
Vail of Busra has asked him to discour
age the calls of British warships and mail
steamers. He has* refused to do so.
A British protectorate has not yet been
established.
BRITISH NAVAL FORCE
IN GULF OF PERSIA.
BOMBAY. S«pt. 28.—A British naval
force Is concentrating in the Persian Gulf.
Three warships are already on the spot
and they will be augmented by the gun
boat Assaye. which has already left
Kurrachee. and the flagship, the second
class cruiser High Flyer. The third
class cruiser Pomone will also sail for the
Persian Gulf as soon as she has coaled.
It is believed that fresh trouble Is im
pending at Koweyt.
According to a report. Turkey has 30,000
troops at Basra on the Shat-El-Arab, 70
miles from the mouth of the Persian Gulf,
commanded by Edhem Pasha with the ob
ject of seizing Koweyt. though the Turks
assert that the troops are intended to tra
verse at Arabia with the object of sup
pressing dissatisfaction in Yien.
RAIN 6ENERAL OVER SOUTH.
The change was a sad one. but the
weather man had prepared us for it. The
barometer dropped, the temperature rose
slightly, the wind, freshened up. and the
rain came, all in the course of a few short
hours.
Previous to that there had not been a
cloud in the sky for several days and the
temperature was almost perfect. The old
inhabitants remarked of the fine weather
and the department had it changed im
mediately.
A pretty general rain over the south
eastern states followed the course of the
low barometer, and Is felt as far north
aa Wilmington.
FIFTY AMERICANS
KILLED IN BATTLE
FILIPINOS ATTACK COMPANY AT
BREAKFAST, AND ONLY
TWENTY-TWO ESCAPE.
MANILA, Sept. 29.—A disastrous fight
between United States troops and Insur
gents occurred yesterday In the island
of Samar, near Balangiga. A large body
of insurgents attacked company C,,Ninth
Infantry, only twenty-two members of the
company escaping.
All the others are reported to have been
killed.
The company were at breakfast when
attacked and made a determined resist
ence; but, the overwhelming numbers of
the Insurgents compelled them to retreat.
According to the latest- returns the
strength of the company was seventy
two. The survivors Include Captain
Thomas W. Connelly, First Lieutenant
Edward A. Bumpus and Dr. R. S. Gris
wold, surgeon.
Captain Edwin V. Bookmiller, of the
Ninth infantry, reports that General
Hughes is assembling a force to attack
the insurgents.
The insurgents captured all the 'Stores
and ammunition of the company and all
the rifles except 26.
Guerrilla Warfare.
The latest report made by General
Hughes to the war department was that
the number of insurgent rifles In the
island aggregated about 300. The Fili
pinos carried on a guerrilla warfare and
operations against them were difficult.
The disaster to Company C, of the Ninth
Infantry, occurred, It Is believed, while it
was engaged in ah expedition to clear the
country of roving bands of these insur
gents. The fact that the Americans were
attacked while at breakfast indicates the
pluck and daring of the insurgents.
Immediately upon receipt of the dis
patch Adjutant General Corbin cabled
General Chaffee to seqd a complete re
port of the fight and a list of the casual
ties.
A well known official of the government,
in speaking of this outbreak against the
American forces In Samar, said he re
garded it as a consequence of the assas
sination of President McKinley. In all
probability the Insurgents had received, he
said, only meager reports of the tragedy,
and possibly believed the shooting to be
the result of some popular outbreak
against the president. The natives had
seized the opportunity in the flickering
hope of retrieving some of their lost
ground.
Exterminated Company.
Company C was a portion of the Ninth
regiment of United States infantry,
which went to China at the time of the
Boxer outbreak and while there per
formed valiant service. Later the troops
went to Manila and were engaged in
provost duty in that city. During the
past summer a battalion of the Ninth
was sent to Samar. All the officers con
nected with Company C, which was al
most wiped out by the insurgents, are
named in General Chaffee’s dispatch.
there being no second lieutenant now
with the company. Captain Thomas W.
Connell, who commanded the company,
was appointed to the military academy
from New York in September, 1889, ar'’
First Lieutenant Bumpus was appoln'.cd
to the army from Massachusetts, havi.-S
served as a private in Company A, First
Massachusetts heavy artillery. Surgeon
Griswold is a recent addition to the
army, having crossed the Pacific oc»>an
with Adjutant General Corbin on his re
cent trip to the Philippines.
During the trip General Corbin visited
the island of Samar. It was just seven
weeks ago tonight, he remarked, when
discussing the news of the disaster to
Company C, that he was talking with
General Hughe: : ’ Iloilo about the con
dition of affairs in . e islands
The point where Company C was sur
prised, he said, was a considerable dis
tance from General Hughes’ headquar
ters. He was not surprised at the attack
on the troops in Samar, as that was one
of the islands considered particularly
troublesome. The natives along the coast
are friendly, but many of those in the in
terior are regarded as dangerous guerril
las.
THIRTEEiTbASHED TO DEATH.
■ I
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Sept. 2s.—News
has just been received in this city of a
terrible disaster that occurred in Presidio
county, near the Rio Grande river, on the
25th Instant, 13 men who were prospecting
for cinnibar losing their lives in floods
caused by waterspout or cloudburst.
THE DEAD.
WILLIAM BOLIS.
GEORGE HOLTON.
HENRY CARTER.
HERNANDEZ COSTELLO.
PHILIP HUMPHREY.
PETER SCHAEFFER.
ALFREDO MONTEZ.
WILLIAM JEFFERSON.
THOMAS FREZZELL.
ALGERNON RHEA.
CASPER DEUTBCHMAN.
GEORGE AINBCH.
GABRIEL CARR.
WHELMED BY WALL OF WATER.
The men were in two parties, camped
one mile apart in a dry ravine known az
Alaminto creek, in which there had been
no water for 15 months on account of the
drouth. '
The men were asleep at 9 o’clock, when
there was a cloudburst several miles up
the ravine. A volume of water 20 feat
high washed down the channel of the
ravine and swept over the men in the
two camps before they were aware of
their danger.
All were drowned and up to this timo
only six bodies have been recovered.
The Alaminto empties into the Rio
Grande river not far from where the fa
tality occurred, and It is more than prob
able that the other seven bodies have
been swept Into the stream.
TO KILL ANARCHISM.
CHICAGO. Sept. 28.—T0 stamp out an
arcy and anarchists in Chicago, a number
of citizens of Austin have joined hands
and formed a secret oath-bound organiza
tion. which they hope will be the nucleus
of a secret fraternity with branches in
every city throughout the United States.
The incorporation papers were issued for
it yesterday at Springfield.
The name of the new organization is
“The Republic.” Its organization will in
clude one grand lodge and a number of
subordinate lodges. The principles of the
organization as expressed in the papers
of incorporation are “to protect life and
property from anarchists, to battle with
anarchistic propaganda, to guard and
tect the institutions of this country from
anarchists and their agitation.”
The organization is to include a regular
system of detective and spy work upon
the anarchists and prosecution of every
one of them at every opportunity under
the direction of the grand lodge of the
order. The members of the organization
bind themselves to ostracise the anar
chists socially and in business ano to aim
at ostracism in every way of all people
who hold anarchistic ideas or aid them la
any way.
NO. 5.