Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-12-15
GENERAL NEWS.
Guiteau lnstructs the Court to
Give the Jury Daily
Exercise.
The Assassin InduIses in His Usual
Violent |iarausues To-day.
j. Bancroft Davis Nominated For
Assistant Secretary of State.
The Trial Of Gu,4enu.

~ II ;s
The Trial of Guitenu.
Washington, Dc l5.-As soon as the
court was called to order Guiteau ad
dressed the court and said: Il
Iswant to make a little speech. II
will be q great smi;tortune il anything
should happen to this jury They are
very honest and intelligent men, and ]
want the best care taken of.thcm. There
are some OF them who are not accus
toned to good, wholesome food, and
consequently they are liable to have. in.
digestion I want the court to order them
out every morning before breakfast for
walk OF four or five miles. have two
or three more little speeches to make,
but this will 10 for the present"
Judge Cox--"The court will attend to
the wants Of the jury"
Corkhill asked ii the witness, Henry
III. Collier, had never detected. signs OF
insanity in the prisoner.
SSVNiiie DeHitu 10 cross examine the
witness, VIXEN Guiteau, in great rage,
shouted, II never saw this man but once
in my life, and that was in 1873. Ineyer
saw him but five minutes. What does
he know about me? This shows just
how little sense you have got, Corkhill,
to put up this man as an expert"
X. M. Justice, lawyer, from Logans.
port. Indiana, was the next witness. He
knew the prisoner 1878, when he was
selling the book entitled the Life OF
Moody.
Gniteau constantly interrupted the
witness with his flow of the yilest and
most abusive language. He gradually
worked himself into n towering rage and
detained against the witness, the pros.
ecution and the cranks whom he claimed
threatened him with violence. His bill.
hngsgate was especially directed against
the prosecuting attorney. Referring to
Col. Corkhiil he said, HE is getting too
dirty and too sinking to live and the
frst.thing he knows God Almighty will
take him5of and send him down below
To Scoyille-"And you have not got
common horse senec to waste the time O.
the court in examining his character. Ht
was only clerk in lawyers office any
way"
Examined by Corkhill the witness said
"In my opinion. at the time I knew hin
lie was perfectly competent to dfstin
guish between right and wrong
Exceptions taken by Scovillc. sl
Rev. Rush Shipper, pastor of All Soul
church, boarded at the same house an.
occupied seat at the same table will
the prisoner from April last to the da,
before the murder, when the prisone
disappeared. The witness had frequent
ly conversed with the prisoner. Boil
had lived in Chicago and that formed
basis for the conversations,which had lie.
to quite :, n familiar acquaintance
The prisoner was Il little nervous, bu
chatty and polite. -
| The witness never detected anything
to indicate insanity. TIE usual topic
Of conversation were Conkling, CARTEL
and the new testan1ent revision. He ez
hibited no more excitement than othe
persons might.
Mrs. Dumore, Guitcau's former Nift
took the stand. She was married to til
prisoner iii 1862 ~
Scovillc objected unless record pro,
of q divorce was shown. The witnes
was then Withdrawn, Corkl,:ll stating l.
would introduce the witness after oil
tanning copy Of the records.
Dr. Noble, q young physician at ii
> Jail related tie particulars OF sever
talks with the prisoner.
, AT the time he asked the prisoner wi
:. he removed (using the prisoners tern
: the president, his reply was, Because
= was inspired todlo so" and little VIII
n afterward lie Said. "If the presidel
: should die Iowould be convinced my i
Q spiration WAS from Deity, but if
/ should recover / would be in doubt abo
= it," '2
h The witness wasGsked if he consider'
l, the prisoner sane and replied, 90 perfee
> ly sane man, sir, md as bright, quick al
8 intelligent a man us you would see on
:. summer day. There is not the sllghte
IF Indication of insanity about him. He
: a little impatient Of restraint at TIM
is aud nervous, rs d man in his positi
n would naturally be, but perfectly san'
az Mrs. Scoville suddenly rose in her pla
IN and said, "Your honor, l would like
ask question of the witness. cons
: er it OF vital importanceto.t the case''
Guiteau, impaGently-"Now don't, S
for. It's MI these Oeople can do to sta