The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-10-16
GUITTEAU.

prior to October sOth.
When 1t became known that the ar
raighment of 0uitteau was actually
going to take place very intense feeling
of cariosity and interest was manifested,
There was no unusual display of police
force about the court room, although
there were a large number of detectives
! present, not uniformed at LIS soldiers
took seats at the lawyers table and i'm
mediately sfterWard the door of the wit
nesses' room opened and gave entrance
10 Marshal Henry and two deputy mar
shals, having between them and hustIipg
along the bowed and covering figure OF
the man for whom they made way to the
seat reserved for him beside his counsel.
| Then one Of the guards unlocked the
hand cuffs, giving the prisoner the use of
| his hands. Guitteau seemed broken
| down in health and uncAred for in per-
son. His dark clothes were rusty and
shabby, and his whole person presented
q miserable neglected appearance. After
the excltem ent had subsidized District At
torAey CorkhilI rose and addressed the
judge. He said the grand jury of the
District OF Columbia has indicted Charles
j. Guittesu for the murder Of James A.
Garfield. The prisoner is In court. l
ask that the be arraigned and required
to plesdt the Indictment The prisoner
was ordered to staad and in a lauguid
manner obeyed. The clerk said is your
name Charles J. Guitteau? The prisoner
assented by nod The clerk then pro-
eesdsd to read the Indictment. The pris-
oner stood with his head most of the
time inclined to the right shoulder, his
eyes half closed or wholly so, his hands
crossed IS if still handcuffed and his gen.
eral air that OF q sickly appearance. The
reading occupied nearly half an hour
and during ali that time Guitteau
hardly once changed his attitude or
bearing and barely opened his eyes. He
did not manifest the slightest degree of
interest in the court. But fer an occa-
aional slight movement he might be sup
posed asleep. Upon the conclusion Of
the reading of the indictment, the clerk
said: What say you to this indictment,
guilty or not guilty." The prisoner, in
place Of response, fun bled in his waist
coat pocket and drew out a solid and
crumpled scrap of paper. The district
attorney, imperatively, "Enter your
plea, guilty or not guilty" fhe prisoner,
II enter the plea OF not guilty, if your
honor please"
Here occurs break in the report.
The affidavit which was read states
that there are various witnesses whose
evidence is material for the prisoners
defense, and without which he cannot
safely go TO trial; that the names and
residences OF such witnesses, and the facts
that can be proved by them severslly,
are all known to atlantis counsel,
George Scoville, and are only known Ia
part by sffiant; that he has not money OF
property, and Is unable to pay the fees
and mileage of witnesses, or the cost Of
them; be therefore prays the court
shall allow such witnesses in his behalf a:
m&y be shewn by sffi4nt's counsel to be
necessary, tAe fees and costs to be paid in
such manner as those Of government wiz
nesses are paid.
4 Scoville then read an affidavit made
by himself 1t states that besides the
points Of law that may be made, the
idsfsass will consist of two points, first,
the Insanity Of the defendant; second.
that the wound was not necessarily NOR
tai, sla Was net the cause of President
0Ar2sld's death. The sfaant has en-
deaVarea TO obtain the names and resi-
deAcss of witnesses for the defense, to
PreVe tha material facts on the question
Of insanity, but has been unable to do 90
because the defendant did not seem TO
understand, and reiased to acknowledge
the effect Of common aud established
rulee Of evidence; in effect, hs believes
this defect arises from the very fact
which such evidence would prove
to Wit, Defendants insanity, and YET
h6 knows no means to overcome it.
For that reason chiefly, tbs affidavit Of
afhant became necessary In the case
he further says that sincs he wss en-
lplOyed in the case, two days ago, he has
and especially has made such Inquiries as
would enable him to find witnesses fol
the defense. He further says the nam rs
John 81. Guilteau. New York; g. A.
Parker, VIM. J. Maynard, Francis
BrOwnly. orsen Goyet and Fran
els II. ScoVille, Chicago. The
Afiant expects to prove by these wit
Desses asiendsnt's tendency to hereditary
insanity, not only By his own cOnd uet
but by establishing first, that one D. w
Guitte2u, brother of defendants father,
was insane and died insane in Ne~ York
naRy years ago; second, that one Au-
QusLQs GTkaI, COuSlH VI 0SlSuO6ub dlO
son of his fathers sister, WAS insane ADD
died four years ago insane in Cook
County, Ill; and that anotoer cousin oil
defendant, one Abbie Maynard, dsugh-
ter Of smother sister of defendsnt's father.
has been insane for many years, is con-
frmed insane, and yet in Chicago; and
further, that Luther w. Gitteau, tbs
father Of defendant, was q nonomaRiac
on the subject Of religion fer many years.
Afisnt further says he expects to prove g
the actual insanity Of defendant himself
on different occasions by B. 6. Seville
and George T. Burrows, of Chicago,
and John 81. Noyes, of Niagara Falls;
John A. Rice, Waukesbs, Mich, and
Mr.. Bradley, Chicago, Afiant further
says be expects to prove by Mr. Foss,
Dover, h. e., that be WAS present at the
time and place of the shooting, saw the
defendant and heard what he ssid, and
that defendants acts and words on that
occasion showed unmistakahly that he
WAS insane. Affisnt further says il is
important and necessary for the defense
to have the testimony Of experts on the
bject of insanity, in addition to wit
nesses to the facts, and that ne expects to
prove that defendant wss insane at the
time of the shooting BY the testimony OF
the following named witnesses: Drs.
Mcdonald and Fitch, insane asylum,
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