Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-12-23
GUlTEAU TRIAL TO--DAE-
HE OPENS WITH A spEECHl
INTRODUCES MR. REED AS HIS CouNsEr;s
CALLS A WITNESS A LIAR, AND WANTS MN
KICKED OUT or COURT.
ADVISES MR.. DAvIDGE TO GO HOME.

There were evidences in the court room this
morning that the interest In the Guiteau trial is
falling on. While all the seats were filled before
looclock there was no pushing or sh oviny for
places, and no crush In the doorway..
GrrrEAU OPENS THE DAY wrru A srrrcu.
The court was called to order punctually at 10
| O'clock
Guteau, as soon as he was placed In his seat.
broke out. 1t is said" he began. that have
been abusing Mr.. Scoville want TO make
speech on that. The fact is that Mr. Scoyille ia
doing well on this case from his theory. but he in
no criminal lawyer. His business is examining alb
stracts OF title. He can tell you all about YOUR
real estate II you own any in Chicago but he
ooht know how to examine witnesses | can't
nave Mr.. scoville here compromising my case.
mere ism lawer In thiScty who doesn't know
that MI. Scovllle has been compromising nv
case. 4 can sit here when my life is i'm dangev
ana allow him to compromise nv case. M
hirM ,en MI. onarles H. Reed OF Chicago has very
KINDLY consented TO come into the case He il q
nrst-cass criminal lawyer, and was prosecutina-
attorney In Chicago for good many wears and.
Introduce him to your honor and the iury and
.n. ..e american people He is a good fellow SEQ
Vile Is good fellow. too. want Mr. Scoyilla
he can" Wy
Guiteau stopped moment and then looked
up again:
81 haven't talked much in this case he said
And won't talk any more than is required
ciai III 10 oe a gentleman and want this trial
conducted In proper shape but I have been
greatly excited on account OF the statements OF
tions." f
Inc prisoner here gave his usual catalogue Of
lawyers VINO had been willing to come into the
case case and added, my opinion lie that Mr.. SEQ
Vile elbows them of"
I'D m
NIX sco'lLLE ASKS PERMISSION TO LET MR. REKD
IN As ASSISTANT COUNSEL.
Mr. Scovie, rising said he desired 10 state
That he had endeavored to obtain such assistance
as would be appropriate He had had an ints-
nation at one time that Mr. Townsend, of New
York, would assist Not hearing from Mr
Townsend, as a last resort he had appealed tn
Mr. Reed TO assist him i'm the examination ar
experts After Mr.. Reed had consented he sss
the experts. telegram from Mr. TownsenA
having peen delayed by some means. Mr.. Town.
send, meanwhile, had made other arrangements
ana could not come. Mr.. Reed, having been n
wtness I'm the case there was some scruplD
about his taking part. He had consented now
10 come INTO the case, provided the court thougit
IL was proper Tor him to do SO.
Mr.. PORTER OBJECTS
Judge Porter said he strenuously objected tn
having the court asked to decide question not
before the court or to enter into any such stipu-
lation as was proposed. On the part of the
government he said there was no objection to
Mr. Reed entering this case but they would not
stipulate not to criticise the propriety of the
part he had already played.
Mr. REED CONTRADICTs THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
You have been assisting all the time" OBJ
served Mr.. Corkhill to Mr. Reed who sat near
him.
That is not so, Mr.. CorkhiIl," retorted Mr..
Reed.
'Mr: Reed has not been absent from the court
room, said the district attorney
THAT is not true, Mr.. Corkhll," retorted Mr.
Reed
GUITEAU PUTS IN.
"Mr. Corkhill can't tell the truth. so don't
mind him" interjected the prisoner
Mr.. Davidge remarked that Mr. Reed had
niinsel distinctly sworn that he was aiding in
the defence and suggesting questions
''Mr Reed has quietly assisted Mr. Scoyjlle"
SAID the prisoner, just scores of other law
yers have in the interest of right and Justice"
THE COURT ALLOWS Mr. REED TO ACT AS coUN-
Sell.
Mr.. Scoville asked that to relieve Mr.. Reed
the court should pass upon the question
Il have said privately" remarked Judge
Cox, that l did not think there was any inn
propriety in Mr.. Reed now coming into tho
case"
II don't think youcan prevent it, your honor"
said the district attorney.
And there is no mpropriety in it" added tho
court.
DIR. wOosTER's LETTER
Mr.. Scoville here read the letter from DIR.
Samuel Wooster, referred to Wednesday. It
was dated Salem, Mass. Nov. 2, 1881, and stated
that he wrote in the hope that he might help in.
saving the American people from.the disgrace Of
hanging an insane man simply because he hah
murdered President.
If One-half of what is said Of Guiteau is true"
the letter said, ''he is insane and not responsi.
bic" DIR. Wooster also suggested, in the letter,
that Gulteau should be confined in an insan0
asylum all his life, as there was no permanenfr
cure of homcidal tendency.
DIR. sPITZKA's LETTER WAS ADDRESSED TO -
sCOyH.LE, AND NOT TO GUTEAU.
Mr.. ScOyille, rising, said that his mail cams
late yesterday, and had been opened by th0
prisoner. The letter from Or. Spitzka was adj
dressed to himself, and he desired to have thu
matter corrected. He did not want it appear
that DIR. SpitZka had addressed a letter to .
man whom he had declared insane"
POINT BY Mr. DAvIDGE AND CONTRADICTIONS
BY GUITEAU.
Mr.. Davidge objected to having the court 10.
galed every morning by such irrelevant decass.
tiOns. What DIR. Spitzka had said was that tho,
prisoner was intellectually sane but moral
monstrosity. "That is the evidence of DIR.
Sptzka," said Mr.. Davidge; '.as fatal to tAa
prisoner as that of any witness who has besnaD
the stand"
''He didn't say anything of the kind, ~"
broke in the prisoner.
ASKING TO HAVE TESTIMONY EXCLUDED.
Referring to the testimony OF DIR. Damon. -
en- yesterday, Mr.. Scoville asked to have pus0
OF it excluded, on the ground that 1t requissG
the witness to pass on the credibi.ity Of thesstp
dence.
The motion was overruled
"With all respect to this court and jury" 80
the prisoner, there is q vast amount of rutbisk
in this case that has no connection with itr~
He then made q speech regarding the expnue
testimony saying that they could not say w1u9
the condition Of his mind was on the 2dssH
July. cit will probably take an act of GoHiD
this case, |" he said, very loudly. I'VE have lsak
one jurors wife, and 60 SO far as to say tnnG
God will take one Of those jurymen off -
case If can't get justice any other way"
THE LETTER FROM DIR. SPTTZKA
At the instance Of the district attorney, Me-
Scoville read the letter referred to by the pris>
oner yesterday from DIR. Spitzka, or ''this Ex-
pert Sptzka," as the district attorney called