Louisiana capitolian., 1881-11-19
THE TRIAL OF GUITEAU.

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A Jury Obtained The Accused
Makes nm Appeal for Legal Aid,
and auarrels In Court with
=, His RrOther.in.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. l6.-The at
tendance oft SPECTATORS ii the court
room this morning shows public Gu
riosity increasing and tho desire to
witness the.proceedings daily growing
stronger in the higher classes Of the
community. There is a much larger
proportion Of ladies and well-dressed
people in the audience than on eli
ther OF the first two days of the trial.
Before 10 o'clock every space in the
room was occupied. The lawyers on
either side soon filed in and made
their way with difficulty to their re-
spective tables.
The judge entered and court was
opened with the usual proclamations.
Thereupon Guiteau was brought in
court by the police officers and dep
uty marshals, and being relieved of
his handouts he took his usual seat
between his lawyer, Mr.. Scoville Oh
the one side, and his brother and sis
ter on the other.
The nine jurors already selected
and sworn were called and answered
to their names, and then the names
of seyenty-fve men composing the
panel for this morning were called.
There We're bnt few absentees. Then
the work Of testing their individual
| qualifications to sit as jurors in the
case began.
Several Of the first batch confessed
having entertained very decided
opinions as to the prisoners guilt, one
Of them, However, a laborer named
Thomas. declared that he had neither
expressed nor formed an opinion ;
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that he cannot read and that he
never held any conversation whatever
on the subject.
| Mr.. Scoville remarked that this
man was about the kind a juror thai
the law contemplated, but that the
defense did not want him; he, there.
fore, challenged him peremptorily.
Next colored barber named Viii.
liams answered all the questions il
such manner as to show that be
was not disqualified, and in his case
peremptory challenge was interpo.
sed by defense.
| VIM. II. Browner, commission mer
chant, being closely questioned by
Mr.. Scoville, and no objection being
advanced by the Government, was
accepted and duly sworn, making tn
tenth juror in the case.
| Geo. T. Keen, in response to inter
: rogations, said there was nothin!
under the sun which could chang
the opinion he had formed, and sew
eral other gentlemen were as deci
ded in their answers as was Keen.
T. Heinlein, an iron-worker, ha
been sworn as the eleventh juror.
Joseph Strother, commission mer
chant, was accepted and sworn
the twelfth jnror.
During the examination Of the tai
esmen the following statement wa
, prepared by Guiteau, copied by hi
: brother, and given to the press:
To the Legal Profession of America:
l am on trial for my life. fol
: merly practiced law in New York an
3 Chicago, and propose to take a
. active part in my defense, as kno
! more about my inspiration and view
4 in the case than any one. Ny broth
4 er-in-law, George Scoville, Esq,
I my only counsel, and | hereby al
t peal tothe legal profession OF Amer
S ca for aid. expect to have none
:, shortly, sol can pay them. | sha
t get it partly from the settlement
: an old matter in New York an
partly from the sale of my boo
and partly from contributions
:, my defense. Ny defense was pull
s lished in the New York Heral
s of October 6, and in my speec
d published November Is, yesterda,