Morning journal and courier., 1881-11-18
News by Telegraph
 FROM ALL QUARTERS. GUITEAU'S CRImE. The Shooting Described By
 Eye Witnesses. oUTBURsTs BY THE PRISONER A Sharp Reproof by the Court. THE DEATH OF THE PRESIDENT A Graphic Narrative of His
 Last Hours.
THE DEATH OF THE PRESIDENT
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. The Assa ssin's Trfal-The Taking of Tes
 timony Begun--Eye Witnesses Des
 cribe the Circumstances Attending tn,
 RIurder-Guiteau i'm Ugly Mood
 Threatening Big Row before the Cas-
 is Finished--A Widespread Feeling tha | He VIII Eventually be Shot.
 l WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.-Another larg
 crowd assembled in the court room thi
 morning to witness the proceedings in thu
 Guiteau trial, many ladies being present. Tn, prisoner was brought in at 1915 8. m. Ht
 had his manacled hands full of newspapers
 which he tossed on the table as he took his seat When the court came to order MT | Scoville began the proceedings by persona l explanation of the quarrel between MT. Rob
 inson and himself, from which it seemed that any misunderstanding existing between then had been removed. Then followed one ot ! those extraordinary outbursts of temper or Guiteau's part, which may be expected dur ! ing the trial He rose excitedly, and bang l ing the desk with his clenched fist declared he would not have Robinson in the case. Efforts on the part of the court to quiet him only increased his passion. He defed the judge saying he wanted him to understand that the country was bigger than any court, and if gagged here he would make noise before the country He said: q don't want Robinson in this case and if he had any respect he'd get, of that is my opinion of him." Judge Cox warned Guiteau finally that if he would not keep still he would re- move him from the court room and conduct the case in, his absence 'tBut I'm leading must be heard," cried Guiteau. ''Your work as counsel, ," replied the judge. ''must be con fined to consultation with your associates. , Guiteau seemed a little dashed by the posi- tion of the court He said little more except to declare the special dispatch telegraphed to the Washington Post from Chicago, of the discovery of conspiracy of which Guiteau vas only one member, is entirely false. There is not one word of truth in it, he exclaimed, and h- added, ''I come here as the agent of Diety in this business, not on my hands and knees. That's the view desire your honor to take of that subject and is the one sup posed you did take"
 Judge Cox was plainly annoyed and per
 
 say out. He subsided. After few words more he ceased talking, ending with 8 hate full remark to Robinson.
 District Attorney Corkhill delivered his opening statement with considerable ora torical power. Guiteau paid close attention 70 and felt the sting of many of the fierce ac eusations of the District attorney. Once he burst out into correction and explanation. Judge Porter then rose and reminded the court that the administration of justice must not be interrupted by the clamor continuous y of the prisoner. He must insist on order. Judge Cox said it was within the power of the court to remove the prisoner and proceed in his absence, and he would adopt this course If the prisoner did not keep still. This warn ing, thus repeated, evidently cowed Guiteau, who said, with 8 scared and propitiatory smile, that he would try to command him self. s'You must excuse me, feel very deep ly on this case" Corkhill then proceeded and concluded his remarks amid applause. dis address was as follows:
 May it please the court gentlemen of the jury The prisoner at the bar stands before you charged with the murder of James A. Garfield. Under any ligation upon every man who is called upon in the discharge of his duty under the law to render de- sision upon which depends the life of offence charged in the present case is no greater leg. gravity and consequences to the prisoner than if by his he had taken the life of the humblest and most obscure citizen of the Republic still it is idle to overlook the fact that the eminent character of the whose life taken, his high official po- siton and the startling effects of the commission of the crime, render the case one of unusual and un- paralleled importance It is the second time in history that the citizen chosen by the people of the United States to discharge the high and responsible duties of President has fallen victim to lawless assassin during the period of his incumbency of the ofdce But in the former case were just emerging rom the shadows of long and bloody The country had been racked by commotions and stirred by civil feuds. Throughout the length and breadth of the land nearly every household ned the loss of relatives friends slain the hotly contested battlefelds of the republic. It was danger that thoughtful men had anticipated It a. calamity that patriots had feared And when it came, with all dread consequences, it accepted of the results of the then disordered and discordant ton of public affairs. But had passed from the arena of the war, the sword had been beaten into ploueh and the spear into pruning hook the abroad. There no local dissensions there were no intestine strifes. Seed time and harvest had come and gone, the battlehelds, redeemed from the scars and havoc of their bloody contests bios soming with the fruits of peaceful labor. Suddenly the startling fact proclaimed throughout the lana and around the entire world that the President of the United states had fallen victim to the assassins bullet in the capital of the nation. Murder, under all circumstances, and upon all occasions is shock ing The life of which we know little, and which we hold by fragile tenure is dear to all and it is brought to close, not in the usual order and course of nature but prematurely by violence, no matter what may be the condition of the person. the human mind is appalled, with terror. When
 causeIess Victim to the murderers stroke we real ize still more fully the awfuness of the deed which produ the result.
 Secretary Blaine was called to the stand as the first witness, and, being sworn, was asked to give narrative account of the shooting, which he furnished. He spoke slowly calmly and with much gravity of manner, and his statement, clothed in graphic language. was listened to in silence which was oppres- sive in its intensity. The testimony given was not different from his numerous state- ments published at the time of the assassina- tion. He spoke of being separated from General Garfield at the time of the shooting, hearing the pistol shots and rushing up to the wounded man to save him from possible harm. He had no idea that General Garfield had been shot until he heard him excIaim My God'' The rest of the testimony was merely rehearsal of what has been pub lished before. On cross-examination Mir. Scoville tried to make capital out of current political events. MT. Blaine said that he did not know Guiteau until his persistent apph- cations for office brought him to his notice. applications that he did not encourage in any way. These claims were founded on services as a campaign speaker. For merely political services offices were never given. Many for eign ministers had no political records. When asked about the New York custom house and Robertson's appointment Blaine said he was not Secretary of the Treasury. He also as- serted that while General Garfield lay sick no man took less notice of politics than him. self. He acknowledged that he originated the term stalwart and said that 1t applied to the friends of General Grant At the close of Mr. Blaine's testimony recess was taken It was the impression that but little capital was made by>Mr Scoville out of his political questioning.
 Promptly on his reappearance after the noon recess Guiteau made another of his hateful demonstrations He clamored to be heard, insisting that he was dissatisfied and displeased with his counsel. Judge Cox said he was satisfied with them, and the pris oner must keep order or he would remove him and place him in irons. sI don't care if you do, :" retorted Guiteau. T tell you there is going to be big row in this busi ness unless have proper counsel I want it understood that am satisfied with Sco- vile; he is doing splendidly." Having given his counsel this eulogy, he turned to him next moment and said: "You had no busi- ness to suppress my appeal to lawyers, oth- erwise I should have had many replies by this time You ought to be kicked, that's the plain English of it.
 The first witness after the recess was NJ. Canecho, Minister from Venezuela. He spoke in broken English and said he was in the depot at the time of the shooting. He looked around when he, heard the first shot and saw Guiteau fire second shot. On the