The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1881-11-26

IS vel a. Aess-s SWEET and Trude, OF Chicago
Then adding, after short Yzuse: "one word
On the question Of malpractice; ny ldea Is
simply this, that BY the physicians own state
naenl On the 18th Of july the President was
Lot fatally sho-. We don't want TO press the
s1t5ess: o2ly desire 10 have i go On the record,
20 tl2zt tLe eoErE in banc NAV take notice oft
After brief pause Gnisesu sdded- That's sli
there i 10 the malpractice business, short and
70 the point | want il understood 2pTe4r &
NJ own counsel here. | an the agent OF thF
Deity and I e1pec. Him 10 take care Of ne l
think He has managed il pretty well 50 e."
Inc dis.ric. attorney then called Doctors
Woodward and Lamb, who testified 10 the
character Of the wound. that il was : moral
one. They also identified the bail which was
exhibited % the jury as the one they had
taken from the body OF PresideD. Garfield.
Ihe prosecution then rested their case, and
G1lteau was allowed permission 10 be hard II
he opening Of his defense. Guiseau. retaining
his se2i, began: Your honor, was not Zw2re
that l vas expected 70 speak this u0-uiGg."
Mr.. Scoyiile here leaned over and whispered 10
hin, when GuiIeau re.or.ed sharply and with
Impotence: ~ won't stand up. I'm not
AFRAID 70, however; but l have only m0men;
20 speak, and VIII keep my scar. I do no;
care 10 ssy more than WE published last Mon
day IN my address TO the public. I presume
the jay al saw t. I have no set speech 10
make. | appear as nv own counsel. and Elv
IDEA Is 20 make corrections IS We go a.onz-
Just as have done the past three OF four
days L don't mean any discOurresv to any
one; I only want 70 get 8. the facts Ifany
one says 1 owe them $50 and don't, vii
deny II on the spot. Ny idea IS 10 take things
when they are hot: not let them ge. cold and
suffer from Misrepresentation. OF course ]
shall go on the stand ct the proper time and bs
examined and cross-examined. Ny idea, how
ever. Is 20 meet misstatement when il IS no;
instead OF waiting TO lei the matter get digesrsd
and misunderstood. l think the true waT Is -
interleci M statements as the case proceeds.
have no set speech 10 make. but an much
obliged 30 your honor and 10 nv counsel for the
courtesy Of this invitation Mr. SeoyiIle then
addressed the jury al considerable length for
the defense, but withou. finishing he requested
that the court would permis him 20 close on
the following day, and his request was granted.
On the eighth day Of the lriai Nr. ScoYille
continued but did n0s finish his opening adj
dress for the defense. Mr. SsoviIIe confined
his speech mainly 10 showing thai Guiteaa Was
insane, and that insanity was hereditary in the
family. He gave an account OF the Gui-eau
family and stated that several Of It's members
had died IN insane asyluIns. The father
Of the assassin, he said, was wesk-ninded
and the prisoner himself had long been
OF unsound mind. He gave q sketch
Of the prisoners life and OF his pr
sonat pecGlisrities Some Of the state
meats made offended Guiteau's vanity, and he
promptly pronounced taem false. Others OF
he staseDen- s he approved warmly. Mr. SEQ
vile revealed the fact that the prisoner had
recently ATTEMPTED 70 carry on lore CORE
spondence, and stated thai letters written by
the prisoner had not been sent 10 their address
'ELereupon Gaiteau became f1rio1sly angry and
denounced his counsel as = liar. The scene he
tween the br0thers-in-law when Guite2I called
Scoville liar, because he had deceived him
about his matrimonial correspondence, was
vsry dramatic. Gaiteau never stands up 10
speak. but he pounded On the desk before him
ss he shouted in the moot dramatic
manner: % You're lar you're q liar! but
yau can't fc0l me" The dispatches saY that
81 ar. Scoville's speech vas yerY ingenious.
His IS the art that ccleeals art and. "a his
subtle sentences flowed forth, il was difficult
20 believe that hahad had sixty years expel ience
Of affairs and had been Tor several deczces
lawyer IA active practice. He seemed some
next friend =" just in from the bzckwoods. lie
was 20 gentle. - unsopBisticated IN every wav
50 candid and calm that he won not only tie
attention OF the judge. the jury aud the
audience, bnt their sympathy. 80 that when he
made 2 particularly good point and again when
he gave Di-trict-A'torney Coskniil q hons
thrust, h. vas heartily applauded.'