The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-12-02
H THIRD WEEK
OF THE GUITEAU TRIAL.
Guiteau. the IrTepressible,
Says the Newspaper Men
Have Gone Crazy.

az large as that of any previous
day. The marshall delivered his
daily admonition to the audience,
and requested that the same or
der be observed as would be in
church. ScOville and his co-ad-
iutatOrs, Chas. H. Reed and j. w.
Guiteau were early in their seats.
but the counsel for the prosecu-
ton did not enter the room until
several minutes after ten.
The m%onotOnous ''oyez" of the
crier having been delivered, the
names of the jury called and the
prisoner brought in, Scovllle ask
ed consent to interrupt Mrs. Sco-
ville's examination so as to put
on the stand one or two witnesses
from distance, who desired to
leave the city to-day. The prose
cution, however, objected, and
Mrs. Scoville's examination was
resumed. She described Gui-
teau's appearance and actions In
1878. Meanwhile the crowd in the
corridors had pressed their way
through the marshal's Office, and.
in their effort to effect entrance
to the court room they caused a
mementary confusion, which ne
cessitated the suspension of the
court proceedings for a few min
utes. The quiet din of female
voices were heard vociferating
loudly that they would be squeez.
ed to death, and begging to be al
lowed TO get out. With rome diff
ioulty the hall and corridor lead
ing from the marshal's office to
the court room we're cleared, and
the examination of the witness
was resumed. The witness was
convinced at the times O: Gui
teau's visits to her that he was in
sane and should be put in an in
sane asylum.
Frequent objections were rails
ed blythe counsel for the prosecu.
ton as to the character of the
questions propounded by Scoville
and continuous discussion ensued
between the counsel upon the ad-
instability of certain evidence.
Mrs. Scoville's examination in
chief was concluded at eleven
O'Clock, At the request of SEQ.
vile the cross examination was
postponed to allow George D.
Burroughs, Of Chicago, to testify,
as he desired to leave the city to-
day. He boarded with Scoville
at the time of Guiteau's visit in
1878, and made up his mind that
the prisoner was either fool crazy
or he was satisfied that Guiteau
was unsettled in his intellect.
There was a brief interval be-
fore the appearance of the next
witness and Guiteau took advan-
tage of the opportunity and broke
out with 81 desire to tell all these
"crank" newspaper men that | ap-
pear as my own counsel; that is
my answer to all the silly stnff
they have been delivering them
selves Of torsome days past. Some
of these newspaper men have
gone crazy, l appear in part as
my own counsel, as l have a right
to under the law and constitution
of America"
!, No effort was made to check
Guiteau and no notice whatever
was taken of the interruption by
the court.
How to silence tie prisoner and
: put q stop to his annoying inter.
ruptions has been a serious ques
ton with Judge Cox, who has
more than once consulted his as,
r sociates upon the subject. To re.
move the prisoner otom the court
room and proceed with the trial
in his absence, as was at first in.
timated by the court might be
done, would deprive him of the
undoubted constitutional right to
confront the witnesses against
him, while to gag him, as Judge
Cox on Saturday threatened to do.
would be open to the objection
that it would serve as a constant
reminder to the jury and exert,
perhaps, undue influence upon
their minds, The situation seems
. 10 be anomalous, for as long as
the prisoner Insist upon acting
as his own counsel the court can,
not we'll deny him the right with
out admitting his insanity as q
bar to its exercise. The court
cannot well punish for contempt
as he is already in confinement.
the members of the District bar
deprecate the severe structures
which have been made upon
Judge Cox's failure to adopt some
vigorous measures, but are una.
BILE 20 suggest any legal way out
of the embarrassment.
John w. Guiteau, brother OF
the prisoner, was then examined
and the court took a recess.
After recess John w. Guiteau
again took the stand and Mr.. Da.
vidge proceeded with his cross ex-
animation.
The witness said he had always
understood that his uncle Abra-'
ham had been an Incorporate
and dissolute man. He had been
told by his father and had seen a
record to the effect that his uncle
Francis Guiteau had died in an