The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-12-08
THE GUIrTEAU TRIAL.

w eshlngton, line criminal court
was densely crowded this morning.
Among the audience were General Sher-
man and Rev. Dewitt Talmage. To-day
the prosecution commenced in rebuttal.
They will retraverse the ground gone
over by the defense and favor the stand
point Of the prosecution, will thoroughly
yentilate Guitteau's past life and habits,
beginning with his early life in Freeport
ana concluding with vast amount Of
the best expert testimony attainsble in
the country As soon as the court was
formally opened Guittesu addressed the
court in rather imperious tone, thus:
May it please your. honor, the American
people do not desire that this case should
be tried again snd do not desire it. /
say with the utmost respect to this court,
and jury, and my counsel, Scoville, that
I am not satisfied with the political stu
alton as developed here in this case That
is the gist of this alleged offence. The
President of the United Statesi would
never haYe been shot if it had not
been for the political situation which
existed last May and June, and I say 1
have the right, as matter OF law, Of ap-
pesring as nay own counsel. ask your
honor that General Grant, Senators
ConkliDg and Plat and President Ar
thur, and those kind of men, who were
so down upon Garfield (they weuid not
speak TO him on the street and would
not go to the White House) shall be put
on the stand. I have the right to show
my personal relations to those gentlemen,
| that l was cordially received by them
snd that [ WAS well dressed and we'll fed
at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. I want to
show my personal relations to those men.
don't want to except to your honor's
ruling, but 1 shall be obliged to do so,
and l have no doubt the court in banC
| will give me new trial.
Judge Cox-Your exception has been
| noted.
Scoville then called up the subject o.
President Arthur's testimony, and said
he had not yet received any response to
his interrogatories; that the PRESIDENT
evidence was absolutely essential to the
defense.
Guitteau interrupted him excitedly
with 81 don't think it at ali necessary
for General Arthur to be here" To SEQ.
vile: 81 don't care what you want, I'm
doing this myself. I ask as a personal
favor that be sha'nt be dragged into court
l think coed desl of General Arthur,
and he is President of the United States,
and l don't think he should be botherec
with this matter Striking the desk VIC
lently). He is President Of the United
States, and made him so, and I think
I should have something to say in thi
matter
1t was agreed between the counsel tha
the Presidents answers should be pu
in as evidence at any stage Of the trial
and Scoville called General Sherman.
The witness simply read the orders be
had Issued for the disposition of troops 1t
the time Of the assassination. He identi.
fed letter written by Guitteau, anC
| said he supposed all the time there nigh
be conspiracy, but afterwards con
Guided that the shooting was the act o
enc man. As he left the stand GuitteaI
said, Il thank you, general, for hav
ing ordered out those troops
that day. If it hadn't been for you
should not be here to-day. owe my
life to the protection which you and Gen
eral Croker gave me during that pc.
riod when the riot spirit was rife" A
this the general smiled grimly.
EdWsId Il. Barton, lawyer. A. T
Green and CIV. Tandie, all of Freeport
illinois, testified that they knew tn
Guitteau family, and considered them al
sane.
DIR. B. P. Buckley. of Freeport. testi
fed that he was Guitteau's family doc
tor. Ee never saw any indications o
the slightest mental arrangement il hin
nor in Abraham Guitteau.
Mr.. Atkinson. ofthe Freeport RepW5
LicGn, confirmed the testimony of pre-
vious witnesses as to the sanity Of th'
Guitteau family