Connecticut western news., 1881-11-30
THE TRIAL OF GuITEAu.
Incidents Of the case and Testimon Ion

k
 scribed briefly his association with tn
 President during his illness, An i'm
 pressive scene occurred during his testi
 mony.p stWhat were the President
 last words ?"' asked MT. Corkhill. "Hi
 last worlds. replied the witness, wit
 emotion, "were 'Oh, Swain P" ...
 The gunsmith who sold the pistol wa
 examined. and then Col. Rock we'll an,
 Gen. Swain. Mr. Scoville stated tha i he saw no; use in going oyer the ground of the shooting so many times, and tn
 previous witnesses had already said al
 that was necessary to prove the fact
 Guiteau sud dsnly interposed. ttttWe den, the killing, but admit the shooting.
 Guiteau sometimes read a! newspape
 for few moments rat time, and the,
 again took a1istehihg attitude. h
 Dr.! D. W. Bliss was then called Witness gave narrative covering iron the time he was called to the iPresident'i | side 05 or 20 minutes after dhe we. shot) until his death. The immediate , cause of death. was hemorrhage. Wit I ness then explained minutely the char.
 acter of the wound, using the upper
 section of wired skeleton for the pur
 poses of illustration, and detailed al
 great length the progress and the symp
 Oms of the case.
 Pending the arrival of the fractured 'vertebr@77 which the District Attorney
 announced had been sent for witness
 was subjected to lengthy cross-exam. inationy theq supposed object being to
 lay 9, foundation for the theory of nal. practice, which Guiteau insists must be
 made the foundation stone of his de- fence. A& -4', @ {. Quite the sensation of the trial was
 produced when the District Attorney suddenly. drew from a pasteboard box
 upon his table section of human backb6ne,j and holding it up inquired:
 "Do you recognize this, Doctor ?" The audience hung breathless upon the an- swer: 'I do. It is a portion of, the yertebre of the late President James A. Garfield" The -vertebrs were then handed to the jury, and the character and extent lof the injury to them was explained by the witness.
 II The witness was followed with the closest attention on the part of the en- tire andience, with; the sole exception of Guiteau, who devoted himself to some papers,, only occasionally glancing up with the air of man being bored with 8 recital in which he could have no pos sible interest. After the vertebrse had been returned to the District Attorneys table Mir. Scoville reached over and re- quested an opportunity of examining it. It was handed to him, and Guiteau- who sits immedihtely on his right-ex. 'amined it closely as MT. Scoville turned 1t over and from side to side. He made no move to touch it. however, and gave not the slightest indication of any feel ing other than @ casual curiosity. The examinaton; of the witness was stiu pro- gressing when the hour of recess arrived. In hjs dcross- s-examination Dr. Bliss was asked by what authority the doc7 tors who had been originally in attend ance upon President Garfield were dis changed, and he sad that it was by authority of the President given in the presence of Mrs. Garfield and the witness He was asked as to where the ball had been found, and replied that all the viscera had been taken out and placed m bowl and that in that bowl the ball was found in it's cyst. MT. Robinson asked the witness to reply in detail to the question as to the symptoms ob. served during the first four days. In order to do that it was necessary for him to refer to the memoranda kept by Dr. Key burn, and Dr. Reyb was sworn and stood beside him to aid him in the task. When Mir. Robinson had concludeds Mir. Davidge subjected the witness to g short redirect examination.
 Q. What was the character of the it mortal wound?
 A. Yes, it was @ mortal wound. 5 From the cross-examination of MT. Robinson it was evident that he meant to bring up malpractice as dernier fessort shonld the defence be unable to maintain the insanity theory. Mir. Scoville believing that the method of MT. Robinson is calculated to do the defendant great injustice, says:-,->-
 do not know the purpose of Mir. Robinson in doing this. do know that we desire no trick or technical benefit whatever. believe that my brother is insane, and I am anxious that this be established but if he is not insane am willing that he be hung. Therefore I am unwilling that MT. Robinson by his methods should give the defence an appearance of re- sorting to anything irrelevant to the insanity of Guiteau. We want fair trial and nothing else. Of course we desire to bring in all that is necessary to establish the fact of my brothers insanity, bnt ia doing thls I am not willing to bring up anything that is either untrue or has no direct relation to the proof of insanity. Although I do not say that MT. Robinson intends I@,-4 IL l. | is just the reverse of what will be Deneicial to the defendant. feel ncensed at this, because it is without sither my own or Mir. Scoville's sanction. It was as much as Mr.. Scoville could 1o to-day to restrain himself and not have another row with Mir. Robinson.
 On Monday, the 21st inst, when the case was opened, Robinson, one of Gui- teau' 8 counsel, withdrew from the case. Mir. Scoyille said he had fully made up his mind that either he or MT. Robinson must leave the case. ". ,5''tl
 Judge Cox said he appreciated the prompt sacrifice made by MT. Robinson when he was assigned to the case. He recognized the disadvantages MT. Rob nson had labored under, and, there fore, particularly since MT. Scoville seemed to have mastered the case, he gave Mir. Robinson a very honorable discharge from the case. Mir. Robinson then took 8 back seat. r.'s, asa..- Wy
 Guiteau here made short speech in ;egard to his expectation of counsel to some, concluding with: "I am here the Deity. He has taken good care of me thus far, and I am will ing to trust Him."
 Surgeon General Barnes testified that 5he wound was mortal from the first, and was the cause of the death of the President. s.-. .-. .--- { pr. Woodward and Dr. Lamb gave similar testimony.
 Colonel Corkhill then said, "Your honor, the Government rests"
 At the reouest of Mr. Seovilla the