Daily Republican., 1881-11-29
GUITEAU'STRIAL.
THE ASS ASSN PLACED UPON
THE WITNESS STAND,
Proving Guiteau InsaDe - His
Much Hmb nlanc cd lie TAX ON
she stand and Catec hises
Judge Cox.

she stand and Catec hiSes
Judge COX.
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| WASHINGTON. Nov. 2S. - At hall
past niue the doors Of the Crimina
Court were thrown open, and those hav
ing tickets were allowed to enter anC
secure their seats. The crowd su-gel
in, and the usual scramble for from
seats ensued. Two or three deputie
were kept busy for ten minutes O
more in disposlng of the throng am
| then the doors were closed leaving two
or three hundred persons shivering OF
the outside. Marshal Heary CAUSED
some amusement by the somewhat
quaint manner in which he announ
ced
"l.adies and gentlemen You are
in court. OF justice and are expected
to observe the same department thai
you would in church" The court was
opened as usual at ten o'clock, and the
prisoner, taking his seat, busted him
self with the morning papers Mrs.
Scoville resumed the witness stand
and described Guiceau's appearance
and actions during his stay at her
house in 1873, Meanwhile the crowd
In the corridors had pressed their way
through the Marshal's room, and in the
effort to effect an entrance to the Court
room, caused mOmentary confusion;
which nece,itated suspension of the
Court proceedings. For few minutes
there was quite din of female voices.
Several We're heard vociterating that
they would be squeezed to death and
begging to be allo we'd to get out. With
some difficulty the corridor leading
from the Marshal's office to the Court
room was cleared, and the examination
Of the witness was resumed. Witness
was convinced that at the time OF his
visit to her the prisoner was insane and
should be put in an insane asylum.
Further objections We're raise by
the counsel for ths prosecution to the
character of the questions propounded
by Mr.. Scoville, and continuous dis
cussion ensuod between counsel upon
the admi Isibility Of certain evidence.
AT times some irritabiIity seemed to
be manifested. "Tue witness does not
understand the rules of evidence, gen
temeD," said Mr. ScovilIe. Yes, but
you are supposed to-" was the reply.
The witness was asked if she had ever
before been upon the witness stand, and
replied with much emphasis "ho, ,aud
I'm not II lawyer, either"
Mrs. SCovil.o5 examination in chief
was concluded at T. O'Clock. Al the
request of Mr.. Scoville the crosS-eyami-
nation was postponed to allow Mr..
George ID. Burroughs, of Chicago, TO
testify, as he desired to leave the city
this afternoon. This witness boarded
with the SCovilles at the time Of uui-
trau's visit in 1873, and made up his
mind that the prisoner was either d tool
or crazy. He was satisfied that Gui-
teau was unsettled in his intellect.
There was a br,ei interval before the
next witnesS appeared, and Glitcau,
who had up to this moment been CON
pletely engrosSed i'll his papers, took
advantage Of the opportunity and broke
out with 81 desire to tell all these crank
newspaper men that | appear here ia
my own counsel. That il my answer
to ali the silly stuff they have been de
ilveling themselves OF for some days
past. Some Of these newspaper men
have gone crazy. | appear i'll part rs
my own counsel ls | have rig ht to
under the law and constitution OF
America No effort was made to
check Guiteau and no notes whatever
OF the interruption was taken by the
Court.
TIIEJUDGE AND THE PRISON EH.
How to silence the prisoner and put
a stop to his annoying interruptions
has been u serious question with Judge
Cox, who has more than once consulted
his associates upon the subject. TO re-
move the prisoner from the courtroom
and proceed with the trial in his alb
senCe-- as was at first intimatcd by the
Court might be done-WOuld deprive
him of his undOubted constitutional
right to confront the witnesses agalnst
A.m. While to gag him, as j nd se Cox
threatened TO do, would be open to the
objection that it would serve as a con.
slant remainder to the jury and exert
perhaps an undue influence upon their
minds. The situation seems to be IN, an
omalors one. SO long as :he prisoner in
siSts upon acting as his own counsel
the Court cannot wei! deny him the
riglt without admitting his insanity as
the bar to its exercise. ihe court can.
not we'll punish for contempt, as he is
already in confinement. Members of
the district bar deprecate the severe
structures which have been made upon
Judge CoX's failure to adopt some rig
or0us measures, but are unable to sug-
gest any legal way out of the embar'
ressment.
G. s. Jocelyn, of Lenox, y. y, stated
that he was business manager OF the
Oneida Community while that institute
ton had all existence. Witness knew
Guileau during his stay with Co,ninl-
nifty: thought his most marked charac-
teristic was his intense egOtlsnl.
Witness was not cross examined, but
the District Attorney requested him 10
remain in the ciry, as the prosecu-
rion would probably desire to call him
as u witness.
THEASsASSIE'S BROTHER.
John w. Guitcau, brother Of the pris-
oaer, was next examined. He had not
been on ,od terms with his brother
for several years, but had not doubted
his broIher's sanity until he received
some letters in October. Since he had
come on here and seen his brother in
the court room and at the Jail, he had
become satisfied that he was insane.
On being cross-eXamined witness ad-
mitted that before he had come to
that he had always, i'll
speaking of the case, said that he be-
leved his brother was responsible. He
his brother responsible, but
not sane. Responsible, because, as he
thought, at some period of his life, the
prisoner had voluntarily surrendered
himself to evil practices rather than
good.
Guiteau WINGED under these state
nents, evidently fearing that his
)rother's candor was injnring his case,
and with considerable bitterness in-
,errupted "My brother and | have not
,een on good terms for fifteen years. He
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