Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-11-16
SECOND DAY
Of the 0uiteau Trial.
LARGE ATTENDANCE.
Roughs il the Court Room.
The Defence Orders Additional
Witnesses.
Roughs il the Court Room.
Candidates for Jurors Challenged

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10. The pressure to
obtain admission to the court room this
morning was greater than yesterday. After
the ushers had admitted two or three score
of respectable looking people, the doors were
thrown open and there was an lmpetuous
rush of the rough elements of society. The
court was formally opened shortly after ten,
and a few minutes later Guiteau was hurried
in by half a dozen policemen and deputy
marshals. His handouts were removed and
he shook hands with his sister and brother,
and took a seat between them and his
counsel.
Scoville then submitted the affidavit and
made an application for an order for additional
witnesses, which order made by the
court The additional panel of 70, summon
ed last evening, was called. most of them re-
| spending Guiteau manifested less nervous
| ness and excitability than yesterday although
| in his whispered conversations with his
brother, he was quite demonstrAtive and
earnest in his manner. A cOlored barber
named Howard was the first juror called and
examined. His answers showed he would
not be disqualified, but the defence challenged
him peremptorily, being the fourth peremp-
tory challenge. The next was a man named
Lynch, who had a decided opinion that the
prisoner ought to be hung, or burned. He was
excused, as was also the next man, Bailey,
who declared his belief that Guiteau was
crazv The next was colOred man, who
related his past life and then was peremp-
tOrily challenged by the defence. 1t is under
stood that Gaiteau is resolved not to have a
colored man on the jury. The next was
Michael Shechan, who had no opinion on the
subject of Guiteau's crime, except that he
was out of his head he was sworn in. After
several more had been challenged, Samuel
F. Hoffs of Maryland, a rlasterer, was sworn
as a juror.
Geo. Gates, young man, native of WASH
ington, and machinist, answered all ques-
tons satisfactorily and was sworn as the
eighth juror. After that, for an hour, every
man called confessed he had formed a firm,
or decided, or unalterable opinion on the
question of the prisoners guilt, and were
excused.
There was one exception in the person of
. colored man named Ralph Wormly, plas-
tersr, who thought he could render fair
verdict, and said that he had not read more
about the case than he did in ordinary cases
of that kind.
He did not believe anything he read in the
newspapers because they had published things
about himself that were not true. He could
not say whether the President was shot by
the prisoner, until he could hear testimony.
OF course if an insane man did the shooting,
he would be as much guilty as any one else.
The 'crazy part" of the business was ''some
thing else" No sensible man could have
done such thing. After consultation be-
tween counsel and the prisoner and his
brother, SoOville said that the defense would
accept the juror, and SO Wormly was sworn
as the 9th. The list having been exhausted,
the Marshal was ordered to summon another
Is for tomorrow, and the court adjourned.
There was some difficulty found in MAIN
tanning order among the spectators present at
the proceedings Of the second day of the trial
of Guiteau. There were no manifestations
of i'll will against the prisoner, except now
and then slight disposition to applaud ex-
pressions occasionally made by those being
examined for the jury, that they were of a
decided opinion that the assassin ought to be
hanged; but applause was in every instance,
promptly checked by the deputy marshals.
The pushing and shutting for better posi-
tons, on several occasions, became so great
As to compel the District Attorney to call
upon the court to order the Marshal to enforce
quiet. Good humor was, however, preserved,
and all appeared to relish the replies, at times
quaint, and at others forcible, which were
elected from persons being examined as to
their jury qualifications.