, 1881-12-24

DECEMBER
questions for tho dcfonse which liayn toeM n
positive injury to tho defense. rnunot sit
here when my llfe la Mt stukc and hnv1 llllll
compromise my cnse In this wny. My frte'ul.
Charles II. Keetl. who wns fur Twelve
| years Dlstrict-Attnrllcy Mt Cllcugo, md Il
ifrst-cnss lawyur, las ypry kindly cnnspntctl
to nssls,u cilarEa Ut this case. and ! intro
tsstco him Ia your Honor lio IL n gooti fel-
low. Scovltle is Konu fellow. too, and I
want him to continue IN the case md help in
every way"
sCovILLE EXPLAINS.
Scovi1fu Immediately nrost, tn n personal
cxplnnatinll, stating Tho difficulties Under
which l,o A.t laborett atli bis disappointment
mt nut receiving thu assistance he lntl TX
prctett from certalii eminent counsel. liz
askesl TINT Tho Court woutt pass unon The
propricty of Afr. Reel uas,.'ntng tho ncttyo
dulles Ut asaocato c",l!lsel II, this Ease.
Judge f'0rtcr thought 1t w0.lltt ha entirely
out NJ p1nce for the Court to br asked tn rute
upon s,lc1, psopnslston, md. speaking for
tho prosecution promised no 0hEuetfou to Ar.
1scctl atMl 10 criticism Of his course III be-
coming counsel for tic ,fefense.
Judge C0x-I think t!iat sufficient. laavo
privately Stated that saw no objection to
such course OIL Mr. Kced's purt.
Cul. Corkhlll-1t's absurd 10 talk abuut #.
ltcch has bccn assisting all tho wny through,
and las mt bt.cn out Of sight Of the ROOM.
Reed {l.lckly)-That Is nut true, Mr..
Curkhill.
Gui.cau-Ol,, Corkl,ll1 can't tell the truth,
anyway. l.eed Inns quietly assisted Just .,s
1I&f
of trut, and JUSTICE. That's what We aro
her0 for.
ANOTHER SPEECH FROM RU1TEAu.
After sO1hU discussion between counsel
relative to striking out certain portions of
Dr. I)amon's testimony, Corkhili WIS about
tn call Il Witness, when Guitcau broke nit
cxcltedly: "rhere's u yast linount OF rub
bish getting Into this casu that has nothing
to do with 1t. | whit to know wlat
oil this las got to do with tho
condition OF my mind oil thu atl Of Jnly.
You cunt tell wlIat is going on now
III that forcuali's l'lEnd, judge Cox's. How
can you tell What was In ,ulc On tic q. uf
July. All tllts 1iorsDlcB about whether Pm
Insane now or WIS five years nEo Inns nothing
whatever to tlo with tl,ts casu. [StrlJsinx ths
table nlMl becoming more aitl l,luru excltpl.l
\ NAh SAb 4habtI1 !aGAEs l 0SEcEl Nll NtL VI
God for my protection. liz llls tuken away
the wife of oiie Ut thu Jurors, for which NH
very s0rry, n1rl, IL necessary, lle will tAke one
my lifo III tho lnturest Of truth anil justice."
ILL., spirzKA's LETTER.
Scovllo explained in rcgard to tile letter Of
Dr. Sptzka, opcnut( and commented OIL yes
tcrslay by t;nttcau. iio statet! tho letter WIZ
addressed to f,fin tScOvilse) and not to tlle
prisoner lie KNEW 1t wonl.l be commented
upon by tho prosecution, that Dr. Spltzku Ind
written to Il man ilu hau said under oatll wns
Insane, and lie tScnyil'o) desired the court
and jury should understand Just how 1t oc-
CURED.
WILLIAM A. EDWARDS,
OF Brooklyn, testified that he was n clcrk II,
Sl,aw's law Office, tultl overheard culivers1-
t'on between Ills employer anu tile prisoner.
wien tho ]atter, rs alleged by Shaw, snitl l.e
would some slay kill somo biz man ~ Nouth
Ind done. ShNW Ind testified no olle wns
present when tho "Dooth " conversation took
place.
OH cross-exanlnatlon by Reed, tho witness
WIS asked: IL If Shaw testified That 10 QUO
was present, md you testify under oath tint
you wcrc present, which OF you told tho
truth"
Answcr-Wliy, | have told tie truth, Shaw
is.apt tn get excited Wien llppn tho stand,
Tie wit.less Eaye I'LL account Of fru,td,1.
lent rcnl-csata transaction which the prls-
oner attempted. to involve him ttllo wltncss)
III. -. ~. I E
0ulteau sneertnely commented IN tia
ridiculous assumptions of tho witness, mud
Scdyllo attempted to Quiet lin.
Gniteau replied: II know what Tin doing,
I'll take
MY CHA ycr nj. f,prr,yo THE 1.Aun,, nv t,1,f ;,
Mr. Reed questioned the witnrYs Mt so,no
length, and t;utfenu intnrruntatt. savlrv.
"Why, this whole thing is n liz. Ny co,,I,-
sel arp taking this matter loo spriousiy. f,,it
1t by tho rlgllt uar,e. Il flo. ard lat It r,,n
Finally, l,u became yery immtIcnt Mt tl,a
length of tha cross-cxn,uInntlnn mn, ro,lmj
ont uotulantly: " yYhy. t,!Y w,Iolo thfnr is
a farce, This fotlow. tan yenra ann wns n
clerk {n Shaw,s Office getting nbout 81 n
weak. Tho ifea that vn,,1J convmit hin, ~,
biz rea1-estnto OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, n mt,m,,. H.
skull ns this fp1Iow is-why. # ia s,untv nh,
surl. and ,ludua cox oueIt IN kfclr lin nff
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