The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-11-18
1 GuIteau.

iAiRl' AbohAhf bNAHfAAiae oNAANAN t tNi i'AA
died of malpractice. General Garfield
was a good man, but a weak politician
Being President, he was in a position
to 10 vast harm to the Republicans, and
lac was doing ii by the unwise use OF
patronage, and the Lord and himself
took the responsibility of removing
him. That his duty to the Lord and to
American people oyercame his personal
feelings towards General Garfield, and
that he ought to remove him. Not be-
Ing Il marksman, General Garfield was
not fatally shot, but incompetent ply
sictans finished the work, and they,
not himself, are responsible for Lis
death He then speaks of the breach in
the Republican party and his resolve
10 remove the President, and claims
that the Deity ordered him to fire the
shot. lie refers to his work on the in
sanity in his family, his married life
and his life in prison, aud appeals to
those whom he says lie has put in posi-
-tion and to the general public to send
him money for his defense.
TUESDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
The five jurors WHO were selected and
sworn yesterday were early in attend
ancc. The Judge took his seat and the
court was formally opened IL few min
utcs after 10 o'clock, and immediately
afterwards the counsel in the case and
the brother aud sister of the prisoner
entered. After Il lapse of a few min
utes, Guiteau was hurried into the
court roOM in custody Of half a dozen
policemen and deputy marshals. The
handouts were removed from his wrists
and he shook hands with his sister and
brother and took II seat reserved for
him between them and his counsel.
Mr.. Scoville then submitted an afiila-
Wit and made application for an order
for an additional number of witnesses,
which order, the district attorney max
ing nc objections, was made by the
court. Then the additional PANEL Of
scvcnty-ilye persons who were sum
money last evening was called, most OF
the persons responding when called.
Guiteau manifested less nervousness
and excitability than he had displayed
yesterday, although in his whispered
conversation Win his brother he'Was
quite demOnstrative and earnest in his
manner
a colored barber. named Howard,
was the first juror to be called and eX-
amined as to his fitness to serve. His
answer showed him to be not disquali-
fled from service, but the defense clal-
lengcl him peremptorially, being the
fourth peremptory challenge. The
next was Il man named Lynch, who had
decided tlIatGuiteau Ought to be hanged
or burned. Me was of course excused,
us was also the n~eXt-named, Baily, who
declared his.belief that Guiteau was
crazy. The next vas Il colored man,
remarkable for his frilled shirt front
and dramatic posture and manner, who
related The history of his past life and
then was peremptorily challenged by
the defense. La fact it is understood
that Guiteau is resolved not 10 have Il
colored man on the jury The next was
an lrisllmap named Michael Shehan,
who had q opinion OIL the subject Of
Guiteau's crime, except chat, THE man
was out of his head. lie was swoin as
the sixth juror"
William Talbot, iron worker, an
swered all questions to satisfaction of
the defense, saying that he had never
bothered his head about the question of
Guiteau's guilt. He was challenged
percmptOrily by the prosecution. Sew
eral others were excused on theil state
ments that they had firm aud decided
opinions. One OF them believed that
Guiteau ought to be hanged, and an
other would require convincing mcdi-
cal testimony to change his opinion. A
long faced young colored man named
Foster declared that he was perfectly
free from any prejudice in the matter,
but admitted that he had mentioned it
murder of Mr.. Gartield) 10 several
parties as quite a serious accident. He
was challenged peremptorily by the de-
Tense. Sam. +. Hobbs, u native of
Maryland, and Il plasterer by occupa-
ton, answered all questions satisfacto-
rily and was worn rs the seventh iu-
rOr.
G.. w. Gates, n young man, a native
of Washington and u m|achinist by
trade, answered all questions satisiacto-
rily aud was sworn as the eighth juror.
After that, for about an hour, every
man who was called confessed he had
formed Il firm or decided or unalterablc
OPTION on the questiaG Of the prisoners
guilt and was excused. There was one
exception in the person Ola colored
man, Ralph Wormly (plasterer by oc-
cupati0n), who thought he could rem
der 4 fair verdict, aud said he had not
read more about the case than lie did IN
ordinary cases of that kind; did not
believe everything that he read IN
newspapers, because they had publish
ed things about himself that were not
true; could not say wheeler the Presi-
dent was shot by the prisoner until he
should hear the testimony; of course,
II any insane man did tho shooting he
would be as much guilty as amy body
else; the crazy part of the business was
something else, No sinslble man could
have done such thing.
After q consultation between counsel
and the prisoner and his brother, SEQ
VILE said the defense would accept the
juror, and Wormly was worn rs the
ninth juror.
The list of Is talesman having been
exhausted the marshal was ordered TO
another list eff IS for to-mor-
row.
The court, at IL 30, adjourned.
4 10000 Bushels Corn wanted,
SuRuUiNE &Co.