The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-12-01
GUITEAU'S TRIAL.
Progress in the CeIehrated Case

EOSEeSS III lllc OcIeE 'CiJeu CaSes I
WASHINGTON, November 23.-ScOville |
concluded his subtle argument to-day, !
and examined, with the assistance of !
Charles ii. Reed, of Chicago, half dozen !
witnesses, whose evidence went to show
that there was an herditary taint of in
sanity in the Guiteau family, and that
! Guiteau had been a crank"
The attendance outside the court room
when the van drove up from the Jail
| this morning, was simmer than usual.
! The descending rain and threatening
| winds rendered the steps of the Court
| House too diSagreeable to be in the least
attractive. Everybody who could, got
| into the court room as soon as possible,
and everybody else went home. Guiteau
rode up in state, surrounded by half a
dozen well mounted policemen, and
was escorted into court, via the base
ment, by a bOdy-guard of dozen police
men and deputy marshals, over whose
heads his was not visible. He rested for
a while, EN- route, in the strong room
| Just over the court room, where he en-
jOyed a well prepared breakfast.
The prisoner, his counsel and his faith
full relatives, and the Judge and jury,
We're in their place ten minutes before
the counsel for the prosecution came in.
| They gave some new experts seats, and
apOlOgiZed to the Court for the delay.
ScOyille asked COTkhill for the letters,
papers and newspaper clippings taken
from Guiteau when he was arrested.
He considered this important in show
ing what the influences were which
were operating upon Guiteau's mind
when he committed the deed. He sus-
poets that the District Attorney will
never give up all the clippings, because
he thinks he wants to break the force of
the charge that StalWart utteTances
against Garfield brought about the
tragedy of the 2d of July.
{ After many attempts to evade the in
| Quiry, COrkhiil admitted he had the
l documents referred to. and would pro-
] duce the originals and copies at once.
He did produce what purpOrtedt to be the
papers and clippings taken from Guiteau
at the time of his arrest. The latter
looked them over and missed some. His
memory is excellent, and he will, on
the witness stand, bother COrkhiIl not
a little on this point. ScOYille finished
e his speech without them. He brought
out his defense in the most skillful
manner, and took occasion in his perOra-
tiOn to charge the crime upon the "SpOils
g system"
y Amid many wild Interruptions, SEN
II sible and nOnsensical, from Guiteau,
. and much laughter, appropriate and in
d appropriate, half dozen witnesses rela-
ted what they knew of the hereditary
. taint in the family, of the acts and say
d ingS of the accused. One could speak of
the insane members of the family; an
E | other of a lecture he heard Guiteau at
n tempt to deliver in Kalamazoo, Mich.
a another of his performances at ScOVille's
L country place in Wisconsin, in the sum
u mer of 1875; another of his attempt to
lecture in Paine Memorial Hall in BOs-
II ton, 1879; another, of his examination
for insanity in 1876 at the request OF
his family; another of his boarding al
Senator LOgan's boarding place on
Twelfth street without paying for his
ls board.
K So the day wore on. The audience OF
well dressed people regarded the pro
ceedings apparently very much as they
- would those of a circus. The good points
which the shrewd ScOville made, the
smart interruptions of the accused, and
a the skillful fencing between DavidgC
le and some of the well equipped witnesses
- were waited for and laughed at as tho
they were the Tehashed jokes of last
years clowns. Judge Cox did much tt
keep order, but the impulse to laugh al
the ludicTOuS seemed almost uncOntrOll
Of able, even on the bench.
llSe The experts wore grave faces through
IN out, and some of them worked hard will
e pencil and notebook.
ie The outcome of the days proceedings
81 is, ON the whole, favorable to the de
II fense. The foundation for proof of ir
=; | responsibility, by reason of insanity
or has at last been laid.
e The prisoner was removed to the jai
through the driving storm without mo
- lestatiOn. Tomorrow, of course, the
case will not be heard, but on FRIDAY
ScOville will proceed with his proof. He
is still summOning experts as he hears
Of them, generally through anOnymOu.
g communications, Guiteau'S "eX-Wife,
with her new husband, rawbOneC
cOuntryman, with his pants tucked il
Of his boots, arrived here this Afternoon
went to the fremont House. They reg
. istered and took dinner. The husband
, after dinner, amused himself with the
= hotel register. He soon came across the
90 names of George ScOville," Mrs. Geo
65 ScOville," and John Wilson Guiteau.'
IS Straightway he rushed up to his wife's
25 room and explained matters, and before
70 the ScOyille party got out of the din
20 ing room the others were out of the
S. hotel.
oe There has been during the past weel
Is a great deal of talk among we'll inform
70 ed men, who are watching the progress
60 of events in the Guiteau trial, to the eff
g feet that the StalwaTt faction of the Re
65 publican party sO-called will use every
20 effort to prove the assassin sane, anC
10 hang him as a TeYengeful, disappointed
90 Officeseeker. Tonight the same men art
50 talking a great deal about the intention
s. on the part of the other faction of tn,
o. Republican party, to prove him insane
as the result of Stalwart attacks on thI
= President, and incarcerate him for lif
h as such.
FRIDAY.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25.-There was tn
rk usual crowd in the courtroom this morn
H. ing, and the court before beginning tn
trial, warned those present against an,
L, expressions of approval or disapproval
p Guiteau was then given a few minute
N; N; to address the court and he read pape
&C. peculiarly constructed, setting fort
at some of his ideas. He read in a dramati
and somewhat eloquent manner. Tn
statement is a very rambling document
= i'll which he says he intends to have al
the facts go to the jury, and the TeasOI
that he continually Interrupted cOunse
and witnesses was because he is deter
he mined that every fact in his career Ol
u- the question as to who fired that shOt
the deity or Guiteau, should be pre-
sented. "Hence, everything cOnnecte
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