The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-10-20
The Enrinnl Arrnlnnmnni.

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cases were again taken up to-day but
owing 10 the absence Of associate counsel
| for the government an adjournment was
asked by the prosecuting attorney, After
| some discussion u pOstpOnemcnt for two
| weeks was taken.
After the star route cases were disposed
| of, IL became known in the court
room, that the arraignment of Guiteau was
actually to take place to-day, so most of
the spectators remained and very intense
feeling Of curiosity and interest was mani
tested. There was no unusual display ofpolice
force about the courtroom, although there
were large number of detectives present,
but not in uniform. For over half an hour
business was suspended, awaiting the in
PRODUCTION of the prisoner. Atll:15 Scoville
counsel for the prisoner entered and took n
seat at the lawyers table and Immediately
aiterthe door of the witness room opened and
gave entrance to Marshal Henry and two
deputy marshals, having between them
the bowed and covering figure of the man
for whom they made way to seat reserved
for him beside his counsel. Then one of
the guards unlocked the handouts
giving the prisoner use of his hands, which
he continued, however, to hold as if that
was their usual position.
GUITEAU LOOKED BROKEN
in health and uncared for in person. His
and chin-whiskers are worn thick,
but not long. His dark clothes
were rusty and shabby, and
his whole person presented miserably
neglected appearance. After the excite
ment of the entrance had subsidized, the
district attorney, Corkhill, rose and, adj
dressing the judge, said; ...The, grand jury
of the District of Columbia has indicted
Chas. J. Guiteau for the murder of Jas. A.
Garfield. The prisoner is in the court
and / ask that he be arraigned and
required to plead to the Indictment"
The prisoner was ordered to stand up and
in languid manner obeyed.
BY the clerk: as your name Charles
Guiteau" The prisoner assented by nod
to the clerk.
The clerk then proceeded to read the
indictment, the prisoner standing up with |
his head most of the time inclined to his |
right shoulder, his eyes half
closed CLOSED or wholly So his o hands
if they they still were handcuHed 't and his gen.
eral air that of sickly indifference. The
reading occupied nearly half an hour, and
during that time Guiteau hardly changed
his attitude or bearing, and rarely opened
his eyes. He did not manifest the
SLIGHTEST DEGREE OF INTEREST
in the scene in which he
was the chief actor, and but
for an occasional slight movement
Prisoner: " enter the plea of not guilty,
if your honor please, and l desire to make
state ment."
The court: SAT some other time; it would
not be appropriate just now. Sit down
prisoner" The prisoner thereupon took
his seat
The district attorney: =" In this case, I
ask that the trial be set for next Monday
morning, peremptorily. The government
is ready for trial now"
Mr.. Scoville asked to read statement,
and proceeded to read one by the defend |
ant to the effect that he has no money or
means, and that in his defense it is neces |
sary tor him to have witnesses from a dis |
lance, and also one made by himself to the !
effect that he was not ready for trial, hay
ing been in the case only about ten
insanity of the prisoner, and that |
the wound was not necessarily mortal, and |
was not the cause OF the presidents death; |
also that he has failed to get hold of the |
names of certain witnesses from the prison
err and that he expects to show by wit |
ry insanity in the family; that L.. w. Gui-
tcau, father Of the accused, was
monomaniac on the subject of
religion; he also expected to show that
the death was the result of
MALPRACTICE
on the part of the principal physicians. He
asked an order for witnesses a, in number.
Mr.. Scoville said that acting under the in
structions ofhis client, he had endeavered |
to get him suitable counsel, being himself
not familiar with the criminal
practice, and had gone to Emory |
Storrs, of Chicago who had declined, also
TO X. 7. Merrick, who feared that he could
not attend. He had written to General
Butler, but had not yet heard from him.
1t was important that the prisoner should |
be properly defended, and lac asked il
General Butler should decline that the
prisoner be allowed TO select counsel.
Argument on the question of Jurisdiction
was set down for the Both inst, and the
trial for November the Sth.
After leaving the courtroom Guiteau
was taken up stairs and large crowd
gathered out on the east portico.
The prisoner then being drawn TO the
east part of the building, the crowd made
rush to that point but about 1880
pm, the prisoner was quietly walked
through the basement and through the
centre OF the building where carriage was
waiting and taken back to jail.
VIM. Stevenson Johnson, of Chicago, the
law partner of Emory Storss, had
arrived in the city for. the pur-
pose Of taking part in the defense
Of Guiteau.
While Guiteau was being arraigned a
large sized man approached some of the
officers of the court and asked for the
LOAN OF PISTOL.
His inquiries causing suspicion he was
taken TO police headquarters, where |
BE gave his name as George ii. |
Bethard, and showed a diploma as
a lawyer issued TO him in Columbus. Ohio,
and said that he fought in Garfield's regi-
ment and showed two gunshot wounds in his
legs and bayonet wound inside OF. the
hand, which he said he received /
at the battle Of Shiloh. He has
been doing classical work for lawyers in this
city. He heard that Guiteau was TO be ar
raigned to-day, and intended to get
a bulldog pistol and shoot him
ut the city ball. He took his diploma with
him TO insure getting into the court room
a. n member ofthe bar He had evidently