Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-11-21
grant Mr.. Robnson's request and give him most

that he still expected to have additional counsel
| stand Judge Magruder is anxious TO assist in thi
defence, and had Mt him public notice. and alst
| John D.-not John B.-Townsend, of New York
| GUITEAU OUTLINES HIS DEFENCE.
minute later the prisoner broke out again
| 81 want to say" he remarked, 'one word on the
| question OF maltreatment 1 want it understood
| that appear here partly as my own counsel
NOW, my idea is. that the President was moi
fatally shot, and the physicians said he was not
fatally shot at the time-on the 5th OF July, when
| they gave out to the public that the President
@ would recover want this i'd ca to go on record
a moment and said: |sYour honor. my defence is
that this was the Deity's act and not mine, and
| expect Him to take care or me: that is all. He
| mas taken care of me thus far, sure"
MEDICAL TESTIMONY AS TO THE WOUND BEING A
| FATAL ONE.
Surgeon General j. X. Barnes was called and
testified that he was called to the depot and was
also present at the autopsy. He said that the
| wound of President Garfield was fatal one.
DE- j. j. woodward testified that the wound OF
the President was a fatal one and was the cause
OF the death.
DR.. D. S. Lamb, who made the autopsy OF Presi-
dent Garfteld's case testified that he considered
! the wound fatal one. He produced the bullet
which was handed to Col. Corkfill and then passed
10 the jury. DIT. Lamb said he had made extensive
examination, but could find no traces OF recovery
from wound OF the exact character of the PreSi-
| DENTS
1he Governments Testimony Closed.
Mr. Corkhill here said that he believed that
this evidence concluded the case of the govern
ment, except two points: one was that Elberon
was in the state OF New Jersey, and that New
Jersey was one of the United States; the other
was that the depot property belonged to the
United States.
Mi. Scovile admitted these facts.
Mr. ScOvflle said he had consulted the prOSecll-
ton, and they had agreed II the court pleased to
allow the defence two opening speeches-one by
to have the prisoner state his own case first The
court said that he would permit that course.
Guiteau i'm lHis Own Defence.
Guteau here spoke from his seat, and said:
81 was not aware that was expected to speak
this morning." (To Mr.. Scoville, who whispered
to him to stand up: 81 will not stand up; am not
afraid TO- however, but have only got moment to
was published in my address last Monday alter
noon In The EVENING STAR That paper was ad-
dressed to your honor and the public, and pre-
have no set speech to make. So long as l appear
In part as my own counsel, the best way is for me
have done during the last three or four DAYS.
meant no discourtesy to anybody In the case. 1
only want to get at the facts II somebody says
it on the spot simultaneously with the false
Charge and that as the case proceeds. OF course
ana pe es My dea h
| ever, to correct a misstatement while it is hot
and at the moment the stttament Is made; and
that dspOSes OF it instead OF waiting number OF
weeks till the matter is digested and msunder-
| stood. great deal OF the bad feeling In this
tn' tne suppression OF my papers l think that the
true way Is to interject Statements as the case
proceeds: have no set speech to make; am
much obliged to your honor and my counsel for
The courtesy OF the invitation"
Mr.. ScOville for the Defence.
Mr.. Scoville then at II O'Clock, began to address
the jury. After reviewing the evidence for the
prosecution, he said he knew it would be difficult
for the jurymen to divest themselves of all feeling:
they could not, however, afford to render verdict
0fguity simply because the President had suffered.
Facts Mr. Scoville said, were stubborn things, and
had no connection with feeling; one fact to be as
certalned into was whether this man was ra-
tional man at the time The fury was not sworn
to take any responsibility, OF the result of their
verdict; they were to consider merely the evil
dence; if they found the facts showed the prisoner
was guilty, they would not hang him. The law
did that. He asked them to get their minds in
such condition that they could judge Of this case
before jury; their conduct should be the same as
II they were to try the right OF property in
Jurymen had never before served on a jury, and
on that ground excused his prolixty Of explana-
ton There would, he said. be comfortable evi-
dence as to the mental condition OF the prisoner,
Which would appear contradictory. 1t was the
province OF the 1urymen to watch these witnesses,
that they would easily arrive at the truth Of cer
tain common facts; but there was class OF testi-
m0ny-that to be given by ''expert" witnesses,
1urymen knew enough to know there was a
difference between man OF sound mind
and one whose od mind was These
1t was not uncommon that the more abstruse the
question was, the more positive became those who
were engaged in the Investigation. The question
OF mans responsibility was one of those matters
which they could not always tell the truth OF. He
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evidence was in, to weigh it. He thought it would
be competent to ask these witnesses, II they were
an opinion He Thought the jury Should W take into
consideration the facilities the government had OF
seFt bad 81 m at He dd not think
could say they had risen above human nature, and
would be natural for them to testify against the
to the sacrifices made by witnesses for the de-
fence, and the odds In favor of them as credible
Witnesses He did not attack the government
witnesses He knew there were h1gh-minded
scientific gentlemen in the country who would
testify fairly and honestly, Notwithstanding they
ton. The jury no doubt had heard
OF the attack on the prisoners. life,
ael =; snt to the s
that the defence OF insanity in his case was gener
ally approved. These expert witnesses merely gave
perjury. The public feeling was such as would
influence them to testify against the prisoner He
wanted W. a these facts considered What motive
saying that Guiteau was insane7 1t certainly
would not help him in his business; he would ind
Three quarters of all the letters he had received
he said, since he had been here were mark ked
''strictly cOfdent1al" Almost invariably they
closed: "Please not let my name get out" He re-
ferred, at length, to the prejudice which had OBJ
structed the defence In getting witnesses. No one
cared to face the social ObOquy that would follow
They should have had a postponement OF the case
on this account: He would be very presumptuous
II he thought he could carry thought the case
with the same ability that the government had
enlisted; this was the third criminal case he had
ever had IN his life the last was 20 years ago He
referred to the difference Of criminal and civil
practice The gentlemen engaged In the prosecu-
ti0n, on the other hand, wereeXperenced criminal
lawyers. He begged no favors on that account,
but wanted it to be seen that there
was vast disparity Of force here,
and he wanted them Uhe 1urymen) to be
little conSiderate to the defense 1t was not his
fault that there was not competent counsel for the
defense. In some particulars, however, he asked
no odds OF the prosecution. That was the question
merely OF fact. He did expect the facts would be
presented before the jury In conclusive manner;
| he thought when they got this array Of facts
before them they would find an impregnable wall
which the prosecution could not shake. II the
jury fairly considered these facts he felt to
| their Judgment. He was also cOmforted by the
fact that the court would protect him in matters OF
law. He was certain that with the array OF facts
to be produced before then the fair consideration
OF the jury, and the intelligence OF the court he
Il n nj q &irnlr d.