The examiner., 1881-11-26
GUITEAU'S TRIAL.

Immediately after the court opened on the
 fourth day Counsel Scoville arose to make
 personal explanation in which he said that there
 had been no disagreement between himself and
 Mr. Robinson, the associate counsel, as would
 appear from certain publications, and in con-
 clusion said that MT. Robinson would rendeI
 all the aid possible in the case, and that they
 would work in harmony. At this point Gulteau
 rose to his feet and objected to MT. Robinson
 taking part in his defense. He said he would
 manage his own case. would not trust Mir.
 Robinson with anything, as he had no brains.
 He wished the court to understand him on this
 point, and if counsel were forced upon him he
 would make 8 noise about it to the country.
 He represented the Deity in this case and
 wished the court to understand it. Continuing
 he said two or three blunderbuss lawyers would
 lose the case for him, and he did not propose
 t submit ta aaEt5hgeg af the kiaa 59 Ths e4aEs
 quiet he would be removed from the room
 District Attorney Corkhill then made the open
 the circumstances of the shooting and of the
 Presidents death, detailed the conduct of
 Guiteau, and showed by his letters that he had
 way back in 1880 begun to lay plans for getting
 his disappointment he plotted the Presidents
 death. MT. Corkhill declared that Guiteau's
 claim of acting in vindication of some great
 principle, and taking advantage of the dissen-
 sion i'll the Republican party to cloak his real
 motive, was only shrewd pretense. The
 address was eloquent, and it at times drew
 tears from the auditors. After Mir. Cork
 hill had sat down MT. Robinson said
 that the defense would reserve their open
 ing. Secretary Blaine was then called to
 the stand by the counsel to the government,
 and testified that he had known James 4. Gar
 field from 1863 to the time Of his death He said, on reaching the depot, on the morning of the assassination, the President turned to say goodbye, but he insisted upon accompanying him to the car. He heard pistol shot, fol- lowed almost immediately by another, and thinking there was some trouble, touched the President for the purpose of hurrying him on- ward At this moment the President threw up his arms, exclaiming. "My Godl What is this2" The secretary, continuing, detailed the circumstances of the removal of the President to the White House and other matters pertain ing to the shooting, all of which have been pub lished heretofore. In response to Colonel Corkhill, the secretary testified that Guiteau visited the department many times seeking the appointment of the consul -generalship at Paris. He informed Guiteau that there were no pros- poets of his receiving the appointment, and requested him to discontinue his visits. Secre- tary Blaine was cross-examined, and testified as to the locality of the shooting, pointing out on diagram of the Baltimore and Potomac depot the spot on which the shooting occurred. He said he had received numerous letters from the prisoner persistently urging to be assigned to speak in the Maine campaign the letters l were doubtless destroyed with other campaign debris. Regarding Gaiteau's visits to the state l department the secretary said he was one of l perhaps forty applicants on the days he came. and that he Suffered the disappointment of the | rest in his endeavors to obtain an appointment. | He at no time noticed anything which would | indicate any derangement of Guiteau's mind. | MT. Scoville in questioning MT. Blaine referred | Q the difficulty which arose in the Republican | party in New York after the appointment of | Collector Robertson and requested the secretary l o explain the situation as it existed. Secretary Blaine answered number of questions on the | ubject of the resignations of Senators Conk- ing and Platt and the controversy in the New fork legislature, and upon being further ques- toned suggested that he would make political 1 beech for the defense if it was desired. Mr. 'coville explained his reason for putting the uestions, saying that he desired to show the ceiling of bitterness in political circles with risoner's mind. At this point the prisoner ex- with MT. Scoville, stating that he esired him to comply with his (Guiteau's) fishes in the case, and if he did not do so there ailiffs with difficulty. He desired to continue he conversation. MT. Scoville paid no atten- ion to his client. In reply to further ques- ions the secretary stated that after the assas- btention to the conflict in the New York legis- sture, and. in. fact, thought nothing of politics [e said he invented the term ss sStalWart" him. l elf in 1875. Secretary Blaine. after further lestioning, left the stand at 1920 P. M., and as followed by Mr. Simon Camacho. the l eneZuelian minister; Mrs. Sarah B. White, ho was in charge of the ladies' waiting groom
 the depot when President Garfield was shot; ebert A. Parke, ticket agent at the depot; Jud n W. Wheeler, young man who was in the g; George W. Adams, publisher of the Wash gton Sar, who witnessed the murder, And cob T. Smith, janitor of the depot. All these
 illnesses testified as to the shooting and.gave oh facts as were made public at the time ot @ assassination
 At the openinp of fhe court on the fifth 6av
 d before the prisoner was brought in, MT. { oyille addressed the judge, asking him to en- ( rec quiet on the part of Guiteau. He was ntinuing with request that order be i 'ued prohibiting any official at the jail or f sewhere from giving to the press any ything lich Guiteau might write, when the prisoner I tered and caught the purport of the remarks. ( 11teau, with flashing eyes, and with extreme 8 ger displayed in every feature, arose and de- C unced his counsel as double-dealer, Mir. C