The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-14
NEWS NOTES.
Guiteau arraigned for Muir
der to-day. = !
The Situation in ireland
Threatening.
Fires, Crimes and General ~
Political Gossip.
GUITEAU's TRIAL.

WASHINGTON, Oct 14-There was a
very large attendance this morning in the
criminal court room attracted partly by the
impression that the arraignment of Gui
teau would take place, and partly by the
announcement that argument in the star
route cases would be opened by Robert G.
Ingersoll. The latter said he was unwill-
ing to go ON unless the whole matter
could be finished in day or two, and
counsel for the government said he was not
ready, owing to the absence of the coun-
sell Finally the case was allowed to re-
main open for two weeks, the time for
opening argument to be fixed after that
time. After the withdrawal of the coun-
sci in the star route case, it became known
in the court room that the arraignment of
Guiteau was actually going to take place,
so most of the spectators remained A
very intense feeling of curiosity and inter
est was manifested. There was no unusual
display of police force in or about the
court room, although there were a large
number of detectives present not
in uniform. At quarter
past eleven, Scoville, counsel for
the prisoner entered and took a seat at
the lawyers table, and Immediately after
ward the door of the witnesses room open
ed, and gave entrance to Marshall Penny,
and two deputy marshals, having between
them and hustling along the
BOWED AND COVERING
figure of the man for whom they made
way, to seat prepared for him beside his
counsel.
Then one of the guards unlocked the
handouts, giving the prisoner the use Of
his hands. Guiteau looked broken down
in health, and unkept for in person His
dark clothes were rusty and shabby and
his whole person presented miserable and
neglected appearance. After the excite
ment attending his entrance had subsidized
District Attorney Corkhill rose, and adj
dressing the judge said: The Grand Jury
of the District of Columbia has indicted
Charles J. Guiteau for the murder of James
A. Garfield The prisoner is in court; I
ask that he be arraigned and required to
plead to the indictment. Il
The prisoner was ordered to stand up,
and in a languid manner obeyed. The
Clerk said:
Is your name Charles J. Guiteau3
The prisoner assented by a nod. -
The clerk then proceeded to read the in
dictment, the prisoner standing up with
his head most of the time inclined to the
right shoulder; his eyes half closed, or
wholly so his hands crossed as if still they
were handcuffed, and his gene raj look that
of sickly Indifference.
Scoville then read an affidavit made by
himself. It stated that the points of law
that may be made by the defense will con-
sist of two points, first, insanity of defend
ant, and second, that the wound was not
necessarily mortal and was not the cause
of President Garfeld's death. The defense
had endeaYoFed to obtain the names and
residences of witnesses for the defense to
prove matter of facts on the question of
insanity, but had been unable to do SO be-
cause the defendant did not seem to under
stand and refused to acknowledge the eff
feet of the common and established rules
of evidence in-such cases. The afiant
believes the difficulty to arise
from the very facts which
such evidence would prove to-wit the
defendants insanity and yet he knows of
no means to overcome it. For that reason
chiefly the affidavit of affiant became nee
essarily in the case. He further says since
he was employed in the case ten daye ago,
he has been doing what he could to pre-
pare for trial and especially has he made
such inquiries as he was able to find wit
nesses for the defence He further says
the names and residences of such witnes-
ses are John NJ Guiteau, New York; g. A.
Parker, VIM. Noynard, Francis S. Brown
ley, Anson w. Gayt and Francis M. Scho-
vii, Chicago. N