Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1881-11-18
The Guiteau Trial.

W ASHlNGToN, ID. e., Nov. 15.-Ihe
back entrance to the criminal court
room was opened about $50 o'clock this
morning. and almost ah'ut fifty ladies
were ushered in by the deputy marsEals
aud given seats Immediately in rear Of
the counsel. A few minutes before 10
O'clock the Jurors, who had been accep-
ted, entered the room and took seats
Before 10 o'clock the courtroom was
filled to overtlowing, the audience be.
ing very respectable one. The court
was called to order, and during the
calling Of the names OF the Jurors the
prisoner was brought in.
IIrs APPEARANCE WAS WILD AND EXCITED.
He tossed his hat upon the desk before
him. and. turning toward his brother
in-law. Scoville. hurriedly whispered
something to him in an extremely excl
ted manner. The two entered into con.
versatior. and Guiteau. while speaking,
used his clinched fist vigorously, as if
insisting upon matter which Scoville
seemed to disapprove.
There were thirty-two men examined
between the tenth and eleventh juror.
There havs been ten peremptory chal
lengeS on the part OF the defense. The
next talesman was G. A. Payne, boot
and shoe manufacturer, who proved
acceptable to the defense, but was
peremptorily challenged by the govern
lnent. Joseph Prater. commission mer-
chant. was accepted and sworn rs the
twelfth juror.
WASHINGTON November 15.-The
pressure to obtain admission to the
courtroom this morning was notably
grerter than yesterday. After the ush-
ers had exercised the right OF selection
and admitted two or three score we'll
dressed, respectable-looking people,
including a Pennsylvania member Of
Congress, accompanied by ladies, the
doors were thrown open and there was
a sudden and impetuous influx Of rep
resentatives of the rougher elements of
society," The five jurors sworn yester-
day were early in attendance.
The court was formally opened a
few minutes after 10 O'Clock, and I'M
mediately after the counsel in the case
and the brother and sister of the priso-
ner entered. After the lapse of a few
minutes Guiteau was hurried into the
courtroom in the custody of half a
dozen policemen and deputy marshals-
His handouts were removed and he
shook hands with his sister and BROTH
er and took seat reserved for him be-
tween them and his counsel.
Scoville then submitted an affidavit
and made application for an order for
an additional number of witnesses,
WEIGH order was made by the court.
Then the additional panel of seventy
five summond las! evening was called,
most of the persons responding when
called.
The list of seventy five having been
exhausted, the Marshal was directed to
Summon another list of seventy-fve for
tomorrow, and the court adjourned.
THERE WAS SOME DIFFICULTY
IN maintaining order among the crowd
ofspectators present to listen to the
proceedings. There were no manites-
tations Of i'll will against the prisoner
except now and then a slight DISPOSE
ton to applaud an expression oc-
casionally made by these being exanin-
ed for jury duty that they were of the
decided opinion that the assassin ought
to be hanged; but applause was in
every instance promptly checked by
the deputy marshals. A cause Of the
disorder was the overcrowding of the
platform assigned to the general pub
lie and the efforts of a number of
young men, of whom the audience was
chiefly composed, to secure more
available places.