Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1881-12-15
THE GUITEAU TRIAL.


scnce Of noisy demonstration but 1t was evil
dent that Guiteau feared sudden violence.
I pom the opening OF the Court Mr.. SCOVillC
request Cd Judge Cox 10 take some measures
TO prevent the prisoner from giving to the
public his unauthorized communications,
and also to prevent the annoying in
terrupiiOns of the prisoner in the
court. room. During MIR Scoyillc's re-
marks the prisoner bcCamc greatly excited,
ana said MIR. ScOvilc talks one thing - me
In private and another IN public / do not
propose 10 put my case In his hands He Is no
lawyer ana no politician / want hrst- class
talent In this business and am going to have
u, or there's going TO be trouble. Mind your
business. ne continued, hcrccly struggling
with the Doputy-Marshals who were trying to
suppress him. Further conversation followed
between Mr.. ScOvllc and the prisoner in re-
gard to another communication which Gut
teau had prepared for the press, during which
the latter loudly declared thut ScOvile was
no criminal lawyer. and that he had no
confidence IN his capacity. lie said:
the hrst-Ciass law crs IN America TO
manage my case. And want to say word
upon the law, said he, addressing the Court.
III YOU cXpcl me from the courtroom the
Court in banc will reverse you. II the Court
puts me Out-COuiOundci fools YOU he
cried, turning and struggling with the officers
who were pressing him into his seat-"the
court viii understand that he Will he re-
vCrscd.' Judge Cox said: "On several oCca-
sions In the court of the Tn ted states the
prisoner has been, ON account OF disordcrly
conduct, removed from the court aud the case
continued In his absence. 1t was done in this
very court In the case of Lawrence" The
prisoner interrupted the Judge and
struck the table tremendous blow,
saving such course OF procedure
would be- altogether illegal TO this Judge
Cox replied: 81 will not resort To that unless
II Is necessary: but | udmunish the prisoner
in advance II the case requires II IL Will be
done. | have told you that NJ the proper time
you can bc heard IN your defense, and you
shall! he heard mt the close Of the evidence If
you desire It. lntil that time you must pre-
serve silence" Il come here ~ counsel,
and want to DO heard cried the
prisoner. You cannot be heard"
said Judge Cox severely. GuitCau then re-
lnpscd into comparative silence The District
Attorney offered in evidence certain letters
which had been identified by MIR. Blaine. JO.
sCph X. Sharpe testified to seeing the prisoner
trying 10 escape ana to Witnessing the arrest.
Ella VI. Rdgclcy testified to hearing the CON
vcrsatOn between GuitpHu and the hickman
and the circumstances attending the shooting.
William :. Crawford suw the firing. John X.
scott detailed the incidents attending the
searching OF the prisoner. T.. l.. Dubarry wit
messed the shooting and graphically described
the incidents thereof. lie had said repeatedly
that prisoner ought to be hung. Policeman
kcarncy arrested GuitCau and described the
shooting. At this point II recess was taken
After recess, GuitCuu asked the Court that
yitcd to assist in. the Tense. John
Taylor ana Aquilla Barton, haClmcn,
testified ns TO GutCuu's negotiation with
them for Il vehicle. Byron Andrews, the cor
respondent of the Chicago inter ocean, said
he had received no papers from the prisoner
Mr. ScovilC gave formal notice that the de-
burden of proof would be on the prosecution
MIR Brown, Chief Clerk of the state Depart
me 1t testified to GuiteuuS frequent visits to
the Department. He thought he was a nerv-
Gus individual. j. Stanley Brown, private
Secretary TO Pre- ilcnt Garfield, testified to
GuitCau'S frequent calls at the White House
He also identified II largo number of letters
from GuitCuu 10 the President in relation to
the Paris Cons uiato in some of which he char
acterZod Mr. Blaine MS n bah man, etc. The
Court adjourned at this point.
There was n much larger crowd in the Grim
inal Courtroom on the 10Th than on any day
since the trial of Guiteau began. The prisoner
came in mt lO:l2, dressed in his usual manner,
and as he passed to his seat he was Obliged to
pass directly between General SWAIN and
Colonel Rockwell. lie glanced hurriedly and
with Il frightened look az these intimate
friends of the late President The first wit
ness called was George G. Maynard, who testi-
fed thar nc had loaned Guitcau So at differ
cnt times. Guitcau objected to the evidence,
saying tnut Maynard was Il good fellow and
he owed MIN the 81 In reply to n question
10y the Court rs to the object of the testimony
the District Attorney said he intended TO
show that the last money borrowed was used
TO purchase the pistol used by Guteau. The
witness further said that GuitCau was scCdy-
looking and appeared hungry when he last let
nun nave money, to which Guttcnu responded
that he was wearing SO SUIT of clothes, and
there was nothing scCdy-lOOlIing about those,
and that he had been well fed ever since he
had been in Washington. If he looked hun
CRY It was owing to mental anxiety. He had a
great weight upon his mind. The next witness
Guitcau purchased his pistol He said he
could not Identify the pistol. The weapon
was handed TO witness aud he was requested
10 draw the four remaining cartridge. While
this was being done Guitcuu requested of the
Court that he might ask MIR. John u. Town
send, IN eminent New York lawyer, Leonard
fI Ia a II
cago, to appear for him on Monday, the 2lst,
Judge Cox said he was willing. GutCau said
there we're good brains on the other side, and
he wanted some on his. lie ( rther said he
hNd been told that there were some diSreputa-
Bile persons lurking about the courtroom
watching Tor an opportunity - do him bodily
harm. lie said he was not in fear of his life,
Tor any one attempting 1t would probably he
shot down by his bOdy-guard. Colonel kOck-
we'll the next wtue' -, began TO detail the oc-
current O. Ht the depot, whom Mr. SCONilc in
tcrpoSed, nc lnowlcdgng the killing. Guiteau
quickly shouted. NO, your Honor, we nc
knowledge the shooting, but not the killing"
General Swain WIS called and testified TO his
association with the President during his ill
/ ness. lie SAID in reply 10 n question by the
words wcne GSt ms pr s ss
was called ana gave Il narrative covering the
time from when he was called 10 the PrCsi-
dents side, fifteen or twenty minutes after he
was snot. until he died. The Immediate cause
of his death. he said, was hcmorrhagc. nr.
bllSs cNpalncd minutcly rs 10 the formation,
blbNlu anu uuul rupture III tue sue lbiHcu
on the artery which had been cut 10y the
ball. In answer To II question by Mr..
ScoVlllo Dr Bliss said he had been personally
requested 10y the President to take charge of
the case. This was on the 81 of July The
quantity of morphine administered stated
10y the witness. lie SAID, also, that the wound
could not have been thoroughly prohcd,
even If the real track of the bail
had been known from the FIRST. He SAID
he had discharged several Of the physi-
clans originally III attendance upon the
patient 10y authority of the President given in
the prcscnu of Mrs, Garfield. lie was asked
where the ball had been found, and replied
that all the YlScera had been taken out and
placed in Il bowl, and that the bail had been
found cncystcd in that bowl Witness then
explained minutcly the character CT the
wound, and detailed nj great length
the prOgrCss and sNmptOmS of the case.