, 1881-12-15
atsr or Ills ArrEAL F0f. SYMPATHY,

ECOYILLEsS LECTURE.
AtsT or Ills APi'EAL FDt. SYMPATHY,
sptetas Dtspcteh to The Chicago 7rtbun*.
WAslttNnTnX. u. G., Ucc. 14.-l}cfore an
audience of al,ons 200 reopic. t'eorge :,co-
villG, counsel for tho aasasn 0r tho late Pres
lt!cnt. tlls evening presented Ills views on
tho fsnitcnn case. Ills hearers constituted n
respectable nssenblaEc, af,d were apparently
III sympathy with him. Among them were
ina,ly ladies'. mostly ut tho class Fknnwn M
strong.lnliIsiel, and n further lurge ,,urcent-
ngu Of tic nuutencu wns innde TT, from lneni-
bers Ut tile Dlstrfct bar. Mrs. Scoyile, &C.
co.npaMtett by her li.tlo daughter, WIS t,res-
ent, occupying a scat fl tho frnnt row near
tho stage. Mr.. Scorflla came Oil tho stage
without ceremony. 9rtl. without my pre-
lllninnry sklr1nislllnR, went right at tho sub.
1cct matter Of l.Is speech. His opening scl,-
planation Ut the unusual circumstance Ut MI
attorney undressing am audience on the
nlerits Of ease OIL trtal In the court. 1t was,
"tAM tE1t: An AN AMERICAN CITIZEN,
not rs uuitean's counsel, bit, III the Interest
VI law nI,u or'ler. to present. sumo p0tnts III
tl,is casu wIlcfI cntlu0t bt. introduced ~ uvi-
dcnre In the coNrt.n liz went on tllnil, lil q
tlesnltOry manner, to trent Of Tie cnsr. gly-
Ing especial intention to the poitlts bearl1,g
Oh the protection af tho prisoner, IN the
license to be afforded lin by the Court, o,,
tho trcatme,,. Ut the ease by tile press, aud
public sentiment regarding 1t. lie gnye
good deal Of attention 10 the question uf tho
prisoners Insanity, went lnt0 the abuses In
tho civil service rs bclHg Ohc uf the exciting
causes Ut the c:ilne, anu cnlo9izetl Judge
Cox for llis trentturnt If the caso mud the
prisoner. lie satd he was hot going to fight
for the life 0f the prisoner In the court. ex-
cept Under the foril,s Ut law, I,1t that
lie SERVED wAilStSG
Oh tho authorities tint, unless they took
further precautions, tlle life uf the prisoner
would be sacrificed before the closu Of tho
trial. lie give q statement Of the attncks Oil
the life Of tile prisoner, and described what
might occur during Tho taking uf tho Rssasft,
through tic crowd froln the courthouse TO
the ]atl-yun. An organized mob might at
any tEilio rush III and knife or club lin 10
death III tho presenco Ut thu pDlcc. The
deed woulu then be done. Two expressions
of his at this point were loudly app!andeL--
Que where liz said. IL want 10 seu law nild
order prevail" anu another where lie saiu he
wanted to show BY lis efforts IN this case
that tile law WAS for tile protection Ut
THE LOWEST AND MEASEsr CITIZEN
III NG44 rs ll3C EHNak III ltERlHhN+ 11H
read III extract FROM 4 threatening lrttur IT,
cefVcd BY him. Which, he said, WIS but IL
| samplG of hundreds. and then wcrt tn give
| lis opinion Of Judge Cox's treatment Ut tho
cuse. Ills polnt US to tic course fu!owed By
Cox was tl,at tic latter a.I either 10 assume
{suftcnn 10 he SANG and trcat him ns sanr
man, thus pretudging lhe case, or trent hin,
rs liz had done. lie sail l,e was defending
| Guteut'S conduct In the COurt-roo,li. liz
had dune Ills best to keep him still, md SO
had ,Judgu Cox, al,d he tCox) would have
been to bfamU had l,u done otherwise thai,
liU did. This sentiment brought uMt up.
planst 1fu devoted so,nts lime to the qtlcs.
tion Of Gulteau's Insanity, told Ut his family,
an1 tho taInt ut Insanity running through 1t,
md rcntl nn extract FROM n letter written By
Glftcnn's father In iSs5. stntlng ho {the as
sasinl was INSANE, and II the writer had tile
means hi waull send him to nn nsane usy'
inM. Speaking Of
oulTEAu's UTTERLY FnsESnLEss coSpl
Tl0S,
except for the sympathy Of his s!stor, III
brought out Il tribute Of applause for It'll
Iatter. lie made his strung point III closln.
By sayIng that at present 1t was mt (;,ten.
WHO was now on trlal, but the American
people ntnl their loasteti respect for law MT
order. Should Guitea,l not lave fulr trfu
foreign Countries would set the Americas
people t!owI, us n inere rabble. liz thought
too, that II tuitcau was convicted m,
hn,lgrd, aiNt n past ntortent l,rnveh him Il
hayo been Insane, 1t would, from, the prom
t>ent character 0f tie case, be tho death
blow to capital punishment III t!lis country
After tllo lecture one of tho audience pro
posed 1t resolution Of sy,npntlly with Iii
6c0sille and Ills wife, wlicl, was a.louted.
\ Mt1sE SUBSTANTIAL. EXPRESSION
OF sympathy followed In n private collection
of iunds by n female lawyer here, will
landed the proceeds tn Mr., Sc0ylte. with n
expression Of sympathy. Mrs. Scoyitta wa
the recipient of many expressions OF SYN
pAthy fronl tho latlles III tlu audience Oh III
close Of tho lecture.
ADDITIONAL. POINTS.
1b tho 1rfstera hssotiatf4 PrfsS.
WASHINGTON. d. G., Doe. 14.-t;core
Scovlln, brother.In-law md counsel 10
tinIteau, lcclurctl tonight OIL "Thc Guttca
Casc." Ilo complained tint the press l,
not u disposition to Elye tint force mud CO,
stlerntl0n to tllo Aefense which Ind hecI II
! terposeG, which ought to be given. Nc
only the press but tho pulpit llatl preJutlgc
! tho cuse. rle pulpit condemned Guitca
J on the assumption that hu WIS s1,in llsll
/ aud yet not single minister Of tile Gosp'
! Ind called OH tho prisoner III Ills Gull, nj,
| not single letter latl beell sent by then, I
HIN us Il sitIle lnnn. calling OIL a!tm 10 rele1
; anu turn to t;od. lApptausc.l Nineteen
twentlttls Of tlle lutturs rerelvel by Gulteu
" were simple tl,reuts ngninst his life. aid III
. lI,nrn tl,uM two ur three brcaillusi Ehrlstfn
/ spirit. ltu criticised Tie acti0ll OF judy
i llAyfs, III n reeent murder euso Il, Nuw lurl
fur KuIuk outside the eusu ntld tMstrtlctfn
tho Jury III the tinitenu ease, md giving
lAw wlIat Judge Cox wDuhl nut Elye,. X Il
tSc0yillu) were not mistaken. ApulAuse