Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1881-11-25
THE CELEBRATED CASE.

INCIDENTS IN THE TRIAL OF GUITEAU-
THE JURY ELOQUENT OPENING !
SPEECH OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY |
SECRETARY BLAINE On THE WITNESS
STAND, A FIRST CLASS WITNEsS-THE
PRISONERS CONDUCTIVE DEAD PRES I
DENTS vERTEBRE BROUGHT INTO
COURT -ATTENPT TO KILL THE ASsAs- |
SIN,
&C., &C., sc.
Since our last issue the proceedings in
the trial Of the Presidents murderer have
increased in Interest every day. A dense
crowd is IN waiting at the court room each
morning, only a small portion of which
can gain abundance. We give the fol-
lowing interesting sketches Of the trial as
furnished by our exchanges:
THE JURY.
John P. Hamlin, the foreman, is about
fifty years old. He has kindly face. white
hair and mustache, is of medium height
and build, and dresses in gray He is
restaurant keeper and has been engaged in
that business here for thirty years. Fred
erick W. Brandenberg. juror No. 2, is
Prusslan by birth. He inas lived here ever
since ne Came to this country. thirty-one
years ago. He is now not fifty. In stat
ure he is small and he has rather pinched
and shrewd but withal frank face. He
wears mustache which is dark, and he
has black hair. By trade he is cigar
manufacturer. working for himself. Hen
nv J. Blight, No. 8. is ii retired merchant
AMI has the rotunditv OF form and benig-
nifty of expression indicative of satisfaction
with the world. His head Is large and his
face genial. He has a double chm, OF
course, and allows only brown tufts in
front of the ears to grow as beard. Dress
ed in cockade and epaulets. he could sit
for an excellent portrait OF a RevOlutiOna-
nv patriot. He is fifty-two years old and
said ON examination that he Fought to be
jmeaning that be was) man Of family"
Charles j. Stewart. No. 4, is middle-aged.
He has deep-set eyes. whose expression
tells how serious thing life has been with
him. A light-colored beard, considerably
frosted, covers his face. His manners.
dress and looks suggest an overWorked
fal m, r, NIT the least trying OF whose duty
mad been to rear a family who should new
| q: forget that Sunday meant three times
| to church and Sunday-school between ser
| vices Mr.. Stewart is in the flour and feed
business. Thomas Fl. Langley, No 5, is
grocer and provision dealer. He was born
! in MARYLAND of parents evidently very
| Irish. He lacks only brogue to fit him
| for a real old Irish squire. for he is portly,
dressed comfortably, including a chok er
and white necktie. He is over ifty. slight.
~ gray, shaves clean, has lived here for
| folty-tiye years and now does business IN
groceries aud provisions. Michael Shee-
han. No. 6, is a neat-appearlng lrlshmah
| under forty. He has brown side ers,
| and hut fur hau wilma nv hiS own admission
been fined once for selling liquor without
a license over his groc ry counter. could be
| said to have the most gnieIess face on the
| Jury, SAMUEL Hobbs No. Z, is an earlier
edition If Mr.. Stewart, No 5. Their re-
semblance is remarkably close, and the ex-
amlnations showed them to be of like cast
of mind. Mr.. Hobbs IS quite gray; plas-
tering is his trade. George w. Gates. No.
8, is the youngest member of the jury, be-
ing about thir,y-6ve. He has an agreeable
frank face full of grit and srrer 9Th. He
| is a machnist and is employed at the Ma
Wy yard. Ralph WoImly. No. 9, merits
the distinction of being the only coloi ed
man of the twelve. The ace of spades is
not darker. Mr.. Wormly has the reputa-
ton of havis during the days of suffrage
in the District habltually preferred a ward
meeting to $40 bill. He could always bt
relied upon to bob up serenely and make
his presence felt whenever other means
than moral suasiOn were to be atte mpted.
Since the District was dsfranchised, how
ever, he has diverted his muscle to the
manipulations of plasterer's trowel and
whitewashine brush and now remembers
the haIcyon days of politics only as pleas
ant dream. He is quite gOOd-looklDg
with round. laughing face and perfect
teeth. He is about forty and sprinklings
of white have grown into his btard. He
is man-of all-work in the Pension Office
William H. Brawner. No. 10, is a COM
mission merchant. He is middle-aged and
has gray hair and mustache. He has the
appearance of man worn with business
and in need of the rest that this temporary
change of occupation will probably give
him. He has given the subject of insaDi
ty some consideration. Thomas, Helnline
No. IL, is machinist. He is not forty
| He has p,acticed his trade here since leav
ing the army at the close of the war. Ht
is tall. AS straight as soldier, and has
Clark eyes. hair and mustache. JOSEPH
Prather, No IL, is the only juror except
ing Wormley with full beard. He is q
commission merchant and on the WRONG
question put by Mr.. Scoville to ascertain
If he had ever had experience with insani
ty in his family or among his relatives
Of the Jury it may be said that none are
ofice-holders, politicians, Spiritualists OF
MaSOnS.
EXTRACT FROM COL. CoRKH1LL's OPEN
| ING SPEECH.
"And this,'' said Col. Corkhill, ICON
pletes the history of this crime. This ends
the recital of the circumstances attendant
upon this national bereavement. For II
cannot be forgotten that the effects of that
fatal shot were felt throughout the land
that not only one family monrned, but
around the hearthstOne and about every
Preside there hung shadow, and it is not
surpe isl that many for time forgot law
and doubted Providence, for it seemed SC
terrible that this man in the full tide OF
his career of eminence and usefulness
should fall murdered without warning OF
no ice.
mo verdict of yours Can recall him.
file 'sleeps the sleeps that knows no wax
il e on the peaceful hanks Uf beautiful
lake Erie, whose llmpid waters wash the
boundaries OF his native State, overlook
the city he loved so well. and beneath the
sod of that State whose people had crown
ed his life with The highest hOnors. 1t IL
too late to cal that husband back to the
bereaved wife and fatherless children. Eos
that waiting little mother whose face will
never fade from the nation's memory there
can be no relief in this world. The fatal
deed IS done and its horrors and griefs
must remain,
You have been each asked whether you
were governed by religious convictions and
upon your oaths you have answered affir-
maiively.
eighteen hundred years ago it was
writ en- by the pen of inspiration as the
| law of that merciful God whom you re-
/ we're: Woe unto the world because Of Of
! fences, for it must needs be that offences
come. But woe unto that man by whom
the offence cometh
1t were better for him that a
milestone we're hanged about his neck and
| that he were droh ned in the depth Of the
sea-