Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-11-17
GUILTY GUITEAU.
THE PREPARATIONS FOR HIS Trial
COMPLETED.
The Jury Finally Completed and Sworn
Scenes and accidents of the tx.
animation -Personel of
the Jurors.
THE ASSASSIN'S APPEAL FOR AID,

WASHINGTON, November l6. - The
back entrance to the criminal court
! room was thrown spen about half-past
nine o'clock this morning, and almost
Immediately about iity ladies were
ushered in by the Deputy Marshals and
given seats in the chairs Immediately
ia the rear OF counsel.
A few minutes before ten o'clock the
| jurors who had been accepted entered
the room and took their seats. Before
ten o'clock tho court room was crowded
| to overfoving, the audience being very
respectable.
Court was then called to order, and
| during the calling Of the names Of the
| jurors
Tho Prisoner
Was brought in. His appearance was
wild and excited. He tossed his hat
upon a desk before him ard turning to
his brother in.law, Scoville, hurriedly
whispered something TO him in an ex'
tremely excited manner. the two ell.
tered into conversation, and Gulteau,
while speaking, usad his Clenched fist
vigorously, as il insisting upon some
matter which Scoville seemed to diSap.
prove.
The talesman being called, Judge Cox
qeestionsd the first talesman, +. J..
Kougla, upon his feelings regarding the
prisoner. keug!a responded that he
did not think there could possibly DC
sufficient evidence 10 change the opinion
ho rad formed. The next taleSlnan
called
Was Excused
almost at once, having formed decided
opinion. A ab0rer ntmed Thomas,
declared hs had neither expressed nor
formed an opinion, could not read, aud
bad never had any conversation what
over on the subject. Scoville remarked
that this man was about the kind 0t q
Juror the law contemplated, but the de
fonce did not want him. He therefore
challenged him peTemptOriv. a col
ored barber named Williams. was called
and having formed no OpiuiOn was ex-
smined by Scoyile He read the papers
every morning before o'clock, ami
Being a Barber
st esurss had ccuver.ci a great deal or
the subisct. In response 10 the inquiry
whether he had ever been 4 Juror in i
nurGer ease, he said hs had, but The
Jury disagreed. This remark caused
considerable amusement throughout The
room. After further questioning Mr..
Williams was excused. Wm. Ii
Browner, a commission merchant, being
closely questioned hv ScOvile, and no
objection being advanced by the Gov
ernment was accepted and duly sworn,
making
Vhe Tenth Juror.
Geo. I. Kecne, in response to !ntPlro'
gatoripS, said thcra was nothing under
the sun which could change the opinion
hs had formed, and several other gen
ttemen we're ss decided in their answers
As Was keene.
During the examination OF talesman,
the following statement WAS prepared
by Guitesu, copied by his brother, and
given TO tho press:
To ne L.gcl ProfsniOa .j Amsfca
lam on trial for my life. | formerly
prsoticsd law in New York and Chicago,
and | propose to tako Al active part ii
nv own defense, a. | Know more about
my inspiration and y!oSs in the case
than any ols. My hrother-m.!aw Geo
3Coviis, Bsq is my only counsel, and |
hereby appeal to the legal profession q;
America for aid. expect 10 have
money shortly, go ! can pay them. |
shall get il partly from tho settlement Oi
an old matter in Nov York, and partly
from the Sal, of my book anG partly
from public contributions TO nay de-
i,nse. Ny defense was published IN
tho New York Reroli, on October oh,
snd in my speech, published November
18Th, yesterday. Any well known
lawyer OF criminal capacity, desiring
to assist in my defense, will p ease tce.
graph uithouI delay. 10 George >cOyllIe,
Washington, d. Q. Ii, for any reason,
an application bs refused, the name will
bs withheld from the public.
T3igncdl CHAs. GUrTEAU.
!. Court, Washington, d. e, Noro,h-r
l6, 1881.
Il. usinlein,
iron worker, was swo-u as eleventh
Juror. Thomas II Barron, carpenter
and builder answered tie preliminary
question, in 4 satisfactory manner and
was then moro closely examined by
Sco,ille. He had talked very little on
! tho subisct and never formed opinions
until ho had heard both sides. He
usycr hsd hsen Free Mason. lie ha
once been an Odd Fellow, buthad drop
| ped th,t order because it was the duty
OF good citissns to help everybody. Being
| asked whether he believed in herea'-
| ter, he said that tho present implied a
| hereafter, and he believed everv viola
tion OF law, whether natural or spiritual,
Would Be Punished
Being ..keu whether he had ever en-
ployed any OF the lawyers for the prose-
ostion, ho said tho only lawyer he hsd
ever employed was Davitgo, and his ex
! psrisnce with the Law then was such
| that he never suat msn since. Being
] asked whether his wife WAS living, he
| said, "Yes, what is eft Of her; not
| much" The dry and caus,ic hum0r
| with which this mar replied 10 tna
questions sfrlrdcd mrcn amusement
| Scoville at last made mp his mind 10
accept Barron as Juror, butthe District
Attorney preferred to excuse him and
interposed pcremptory challenge.
There were
Thirty-two Men,
examined between the 10th and llth
| Jurors. There has been Ten peremptory
challenges on the part of the defense.
Tho next talesmaE examined was @. A.
PAYNE, s boot and shoe manufacturer,
who proved acceptable to the defense,
bu. was peremptorly challenged by the
government. Jas. Prather, commits
sion merchant, Was accepted and sworn
as the u,.s ,,,-o,
Oae OF the talesmen, on examIntlon,
said his opinion Of the case has been
materially changed by the bulletins OF
the attending surgeons, which hsd ap-
pesred daily in the windows OF various
business houses throughout the city.
The district attorney questioned tails
men on this point, and after reiterating
the cause of mis- changed opinion, he
vas p,remptorly challenged by the gov