Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-11-16
Progress in the Trial OF Guiteau,
the Assassin.
Nine Jurors Obtained SO Far, One
of Them Colored.
The Second Pannel Exhausted
and a New One Ordered.
A Jury Likely to be Obtained In
the Case To day.

court room this morning was notably
greater than it was yesterday. After
the ushers had exercised the right of
selection and admitted two or three
score Of well dressed, respectable
looking people, including a Pennsy[
vania member of Congress, ac-
companied by ladies, the doors
were thrown open and there
was sudden and impetuous
influx of the representatives of the
rougher elements.
The five Jurors who were selected
and sworn yesterday were early in
attendance. The judge took his
seat and the court was formally
opened few minutes after 10 o'clock,
and Immediately afterwards the
counsel in the case and the brother
and sister of the prisoner entered.
After a lapse of few minutes,
Gulteau was hurried into the court
room in custody Of half dozen po-
licemen and deputy marshals. The
handouts were removed from his
wrists, and he shook hands with his
sister and brother and took a seat
, reserved for him between them and
his counsel. lIr. Scoville then sub
| mitted an affidavit and made appiica-
ton for an order for an a1ditionaInum
Der of witnesses, wi i,h order, the
district attorney making no obiec-
! tion, was made by the court. Then
| the additional pannel of seventy
five persons who were sum-
moned last evening was called,
most of the persons responding
when called. Guiteau manifested
less nervousness and excltabuity
than he had displayed yesterday, all
though in his whispered conversation
with his brother he was quite de-
| 'monstrative and earnest in his man
/ ner.
A colored barber, named Howard,
was the first juror to be called and ex-
amlned as to his fitness to serve.
HIS answer showed HIM to be not
| disqualified from service, but the de-
fense challenged him peremptorialy,
being thefour. III psremptory challenge.
The next was a man named Lynch,
who had decided that Guiteau
ought to be hanged or burned. He
was of course excused, as was also
the next~named, Bailey, who declared
his belief that Guiteau was crazy.
The next was colOred man, re-
markable for his frilled shirt front and
dramatic posture and manner, who
related the history of his past life and
then was peremptorlly challenged
| by the defense. In fact it is understood
that Guiteau is resolved not to have
a colored man on the jury. The next
was an Irishman named Michael
Shehan, who had no opinion on the
subject of Guiteau's crime, except
that, "The man was out Ut his head.
He was sworn as the sixth juror :"
, William Talbot, iron worker, an
swered all questions to satifaction of
J the defense, saying that he had never
bothered his head about the question
of Guiteau's guilt. He was challenged
peremptorily by the prosecution
Several others were excused on their
statements that they had firm and
decided opinions One of them be-
, lieved that Guiteau ought to be
hanged, and another would require
: convincing medical testimony tc
change his opinion. A long
faced young colored man
+. named Foster declared tina.
he was perfectly free from any
prejudice IN the matter, but admitted
that he had mentioned it murder ot
MIR. Garfeld) to several parties, as
; quite serious accident. He was
challenged premptorily by the de-
j. fense. Sam. F. Hobbs, a native OF
: Maryland, and a plasterer by occu-
patton, answered all questions salts
factorily and was sworn as the seventh
juror.
G. w. Gates, young man, ma
C tive of Washington and machinist
= by trade, answered all questions sat-
- is actoIlly and was sworn as the
= eighth juror. After that, for abou,
II an hour, every man who was called
is confessed he had formed firm o.
: decided or unalterable opinion on tn,
t, question of the prisoners guilt anG
was excused There was one excep
b ton in the person of a colored man
5: Ralph Wormly (plasterer by occu-
b patlon), who thought he could rem
O der a tair verdict, and said he hac
not read more about the case thar
he did in ordinary cases of thai
kind; did not believe everything
Q that he read in newspapers, because
n they had published things about
t himself that were not true; could
: not say whether the President was
shot by the prisoner until he should
l hear the testimony; Of course, il
} any insane maa did the shooting he
would be as much guilty as anybody
, else; the crazy part of the business
was something else. No sensible
man could have done such thing.
After q consultation between coun-