The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-10-03
THE GUILTY GUITEAU.
HIS MANNER OF LIFE IN THEPRIsoN,


WASHINGTON, October LAS has been
stated the case OF Guiteau will be presented
to the grand jury next week, probably on
Monday, when it reassembles pursuant to
its adjournment Of three weeks ago, Dis
trict Attorney Corkhill will lay before the
grand jury all the facts obtained by him
from Guiteau respecting his crime, and eye
witnesses OF the assassination will appear
before ii and relate the story OF that fateiul
Saturday morning The grand jury will
possess conclusive evidence that Guiteau
shot the President, and will, rs q matter OF
course, endorse on the indictment, "a true
bill" Al an early day thereafter Guiteau
will be arragned. Whether he il to bear
raigned Ortricd in the Criminal Court room
in the City Hall, near the center OF the city,
or in the rotunda in the center OF the jail,
has not syet been determined. lfhe Is to
be tried in the City Hall, which iS
ut least two miles from the Jail,
some means will have to be devised to con.
Yey him to and fro without exposing him
to the vengeance OF possible mob.
SCoyill, and whoever is associated with
him us counsel for Guiteau, will be granted
free access to him at all times, Who will be
Scovill's associate is OF course unknown.
Storrs refusal to serve will greatly disap.
point Guiteau, who, looking upon him us
II Stalwart Of the Stalwarts, us well us II
tirst-Class lawyer, considered him the best
selection he could make. lie regards
Beljamin +. Butler, OF Massachusetts,, as Il
criminal lawyer of the first rank, and MS u
humane and brave man, and may make
an appeal to him for assistance. In any
event, unless his present purpose Is
changed, Guiteau will be the leading
counsel in the case. ScOvill and any 9th
ers who may take pity on him will simply
be "of Coinsel." ".SsGuitGau llus already
planned his defense II is bused upon
the assertion, "The deed was without NAL.
ice, and malice Is the essence Of
murder" In brief, well.written
argument, he supports his posi-.
tion with remarkable force. His assoriate
counsel will probably dispel this pleasing
illusion, He will be told that while his
proposition may be true in the abstract,
there are cases where malice is presumed,
and therefore naught but the commission Of
the net remains to be proved. II is thought
thNt he and his associate counsel will then
fall buck on the theory ofnsanity. Assoon
ashe has been arraignGd his counsel will aSk
for a postponement for some time. This
will probably be granted, Then, say prom.
inent members OF the District bar, Ills
counsel, II he Is shrewd, will prepare for
his trial in our Criminal Court, and will,
without making any strenuous efforts TO
prove that II has not Jurisdiction, contest
the case step by step until the inevitable
conviction. That point reached, he will
ask one Of the Associate Justices Uf our Su.
preme Court, perhaps Justice Wylle, who
Issued the same writ In Mrs. Smiths CNss,
for writ OF hdbedS corpus, aud on
this he will take the case to the su.
preme Court OF the United States,
alleging want OF Jurisdiction OH the
part OF our Criminal court, II the Supreme
Court decides that lie Is right, as 40 many
lawyers here think 1t will, Guiteau goes
free. II not, OF course he hangs But you
sec the wisdom Of this course. II Guiteau
should plead to the Jurisdiction OF Our
Court, and that Court should decide in his
favor, he could he, and would he, tried In
New Jersey. but II the Supreme Court Of
the United States decides TINT Court did
not have Jurisdiction In his case, lie Gun
not be tried again in New Jersey, or any.
where else You will remember That It Is
written in the fifth amendment OF the Con-
stitutiOn: "Nor shall any person be sub.
jeCt for the same olIense TO be twice put In
jeopardy ofliie or limb"
To u reporter who called to ascertain
whether there was any truth in rlimOr
current today that GIitcau had attempted
suicide by poison, Mr.. CrOCkcr, the jailer,
said that the story was ridiculous lie further
saitl'that "Guiteau lad been complaining
sometime with malarin, and has been dosed
with quinine. That Is the only drug TINT
has passed his lips since his incarceration,
There arc but two ways for poison to roach
him, one through his food and the other by
passing II TO him in his cell secretly. do
not believe either possible. In tho first
place he Is very carefully guarded, and
nothing allowed to 20 to him. His food Is
the regular prison fare, prepared In com.
mon with the food for several hundred
others, placed in boxes. There is no dis
elimination, and 10 particular box is ever
selected for any particular prisoner. lie
has not been poisoned, and | do not think
It likely that lie will be. lie spends his
time reading his Bible constantly. lie Inns
stopped writing bis biography; at least he
hNs not written anything for abott ten
days. lie exercises IN the corridor as usual,
but OF late has appeared very nervous and
becomes alarmed ut each new face he sees
lie is norose, and does not euro to talk
much; have informed him TINT Mr.. SEQ.
vile has agreed to defend him. He up.
peared pleased with the information, and
intimated that he would leave the matterin
the lawyers hands"