Daily Republican., 1881-12-24
\ GUlTEAU TRIAL.
rR DAY OF the 6RkAl
,crArrnE CAPITAL.
v,,ertains the COurt,cOm'
.s,t. nj. Counsel and
.,t,rms various other
Ulownish AcsiOns'

u,xcroS. Dec. 23.-The court
a,s comfortably filled, but not
" " this morning. The superior
,;nps . of Christmas shopping evil
,nnd,r,d to lessen the attend E
tbe fair sex, who, for the first
nsre in decided minority. lm-
.,sly upou the opening OF Court
'n desired 10 be heard, aud with.
~ w .boy ,feXcitement, said: ut
~ have Teen abusing Mr.. SEQ
yow the fact OF the matter is |
N make a speech about that.
M. ia doing very well in the case,
,arur his theory; but he is not
r,llawyer. lie - tine exanin-
,mI,, lie can tell you all about
.s.rracts Of titles. He is a good
and A tirst class examiner of Ii
IN, | cannot have Mr.. Scovilie
r[upromising my case. There is
rypr in this courtroom butknows
h. has asked questions for the de-
which have been n positive lnlu.
the defence. | cannot sit here,
nv life is at stake, aud have him
pmisiug my case in this way. My
Charles II, Reed, who was for
h years District Attorney AT Chi.
and first c.ass lawyer, has con-
i 10 assume the charge of the case
Introduce him to your Honor, the
snd the American people. He Is
NJ fellow. Scoville il \ good fel-
hoo. and want him to continue IN
fi,e and help III every way
Seville immediately arose to a
pnal explanation, stating tho
ru,tics under which he had labored
his disappoinl ment at not recelv-
sAra.sistance he had ,xpected from
hn eminent cpuuscI. lie asked
! the cou would pass uron the
Sde,y ol Mv. Charles ii. Reed as
ipp the &C I've duties OF associate |
l,pl N TINS raSc.
|tigs Porter though, 1t would be
|rtly out ct place tor the court TO be
II 10 rule upon such = proposition,
: Speaking iJr the prosecution pro-
hi no objection 10 Mr. Reed, ANA no
ic,m OF his course in becoming
kse. tor the defence.
Elge Cox think that is sufficient.
i've privately stated that ! saw no
lc,iou to such a course on Mr.. Reeds
bOncl Corkhii,-lt's absurd to talk
h,it. Mr.. Reed has been assisting
he way through, and has not been
0t sight OF the courtroom.
i. Reed (quic;ly) That isnot true,
.COlkhllI.
Corkhill can't tell the
% anyhow. Mr.. Reed has quietly
s.ad lust as scores of lawyers have
in the interest of truth and
ice. That's what we are here for.
iter some discussion between coun-
tlatve to striking out certain por-
of DR.. Diinons testimony, Col.
hill was about to call a witness,
d Guiteau broke out excitedly,
ere's vast amount OF rubbish get
iuto this case that has nothing to
htA it. want 10 know what all If
HAS got to do with the condition Of
kmiuA on the second of July. You
tell what is going on now in that
hans mud or Judge Cox. How
y0u tell what was on mine on the
tf July All This nonsense about
ther Im insane row or was i've
b ago has nothing to do III this case.
(kins the table and becoming more
more excl ed, he continued: "lf |
II get JUS ice here ! expect an act Of
tyr my protection. He has taken
ly the wife of one OF the jurors-tOr
ch | am very sorry--an' Unnecessary
will take one Of those urors right
OF the box to save my life in the in-
5, o! truth and justice"
i, Scoyille Explained in regard 70
Letter Of Dr.. SpiIzka, which was
ped and commented ulon yesterday
iH.teau. He stated hat the letter
addressed to him( (Scoville)and not
BE- prisoner. He knew it would be
upon by the prosecution
DR., SpitzKa lad written to n man
ad said under oath was insane, and
CNr. Scoville) desired that the
I and the jury should understand
how it occurred.
tlIiam a. EdwaId, OF Brooklyn,
called. He testified that he was
rE in Mr.. Shaw's law oAice and
heard the conve salion between his
oyer and the prisoner, when TIE
r, as alleged ny Shaw, said he
ID some day kill, "solno big man as
Ii had done"
'tness was crosse .auinel by Coll
|, with frequent interruptions aud
ring comments by the prosecuting
'ney.
would suggest 10 your honor
Col Reed finally, that when we
texamine Il witness, the counsel
he other side shall keep quiet,
50 Objectionable questions are
d."
dge Cox finally concluded and Col.
resumed the exam ination.
:. Shaw testified that no one was
INT when the "BooIh" conversation
place. Witness was asked, "if
shaw testified that no one was
mt, and you testify under oath
you we're pre-: ent, which OF you
the truth"
swer--Why have told the truth.
shaw is apt to get excited upon tNe
itness acknowledged that the talk
llteau about Booth make no i'm
zion upon him (witness)at the
because hs(prisoner said SO
= queer things. He thought at
time that the prisoner was the
nan in the world who would do an
hat would involve any personal
'er to himself( prisoner).
ltness gave an account ofa fraudu-
real estate transaction which the
'ner attempted to involve him wit
in.
llteau sneeringly commented on
1diculons assumption Of the wit
and Mr.. Scoville attempted to
him. Guiteau replied: 81 know
I'm doing. l IL take my chance
attlng a laugh on him.
lionel Reed questioned the witness
me length, and Guiteau, lnterrnp.
saying: "Why this whole thing is
My counsel are taking this mat
% seriously. Call it by the right
Pa Leland let it CO."
pally he became very impatient at
length OF the cross examination,
called out petulantly: "Why, the |