The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1881-10-20
GUITEAU THE ASSASSIN.
fle is Brought into the Criminal Court
and Arraigned for the Murder Of
President Garfield.
He Enters Plea of Not Guilty and SEQ
vile, His Counsel, Makes q
Lengthy Statement,

:
Lengthy Statement,
: Announcing His Purpose to Prove Gui.
teau Insane by the Testimony of Drs.
Sims and Hammond and Others.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14.-When the crimina,
court was ready to receive Guileau this morning
the door of the witness room opened and gave
shals. having between them and hustlre along
the bowed and covering figure of a man for whom
they made ma way to the tho seat preserved for him be-
locked tho handouts, giving the prisoner tho
use of his hands. Guiteau looked broken down
IN health and spirits, and uncared for in person.
dis dark clothes were rusty and his whole person
presented miserably neglected appearance. After
tne excitement 1t attending the entrance had sub
District of Columbia has indicted Charles J.
G!' Guteau for the murder of James A. Garfield.
The prisoner is in court. I ask that he be ar
raigned and required to plead to the Indictment
The prisoner
ORDERED TO STAND UP,
| ana IN !anguld way Obeyed. The clork
said: "Your name is Charles j. Guiteau." The
prisoner assented by nod, and the clerk then pro-
ing up with his head most of the time inclined
to the right shoulder his half closed or wholly
closed and bis hauds as if still they were hand
| cutfed The reading occupied nearly halt an hour.
and during all that time Guiteau not once changed
his attitude or bearing and rarely opened his eyes
ne dld not manifest tho slightest degree of interest
| IN the scene III which he was the chief actor, and
| out for An occasional slight movement might be
asleep III standing attitude
Upon the conclusion OF the reading of the indict-
meNt. the CLERK, addressing the prisoner, said ::
,taf W1at say % you to this indictment. guilty not
fumbled in his waistcoat pocket and drew out a
soled and crumbled scrap Of paper.
District Attorney-Enter your plea of guilty or
The Prisoner|1 enter plea of not guilty. II
SG%%r % h9nor Gn0p please, desire to make statement
| appropriate just now. Sit down.
| The prisoner therenpon took his seat
District Attorney-1n this case ask that the trial
be set for next Monday morning, if the defense is
| not ready for trial now.
scoville-I appear for the defendant at his re-
quest, and l have some af1idavits to present the
nrst being that OF the defendant himself.
THE AFFIDAVIT,
which was read, states that there are various wit
nesses whose evidence is material for the prisoners
Defense and without which he cannot safely 20 to
! trial: that the facts that can be proven by them
severaly are all known TO The atlantis counsel, Mr..
George Scoville and are only known in part by the
afiant: that he has no money or property and is
unable to pay the fees or mileage of witnesses or
costs in summoning them. He therefore prays that
| the court shall allow such witnesses his behalf as
may be shown by affidavit Of the counsel to be nec-
essary, the fees and coststo he paid in such manner
d as me g. e G yelnment fees are paid scovilie then
read an afndavlt made by himself which states that
besides the points of law that may be made, the de-
tense Will consist of two points: First, the nsani
ty of the defendant: and second that the
! wound was not necessarily mortal and was not the
| cause of President Garfieds death. The atfiant
had endeavored to obtain names aud residences of
Witnesses tor the defense to prove material facts
the question OF insanity. but had been unable TO do
| so because the defendant did not seem to UNDER
stana ana refused to acknowledge the effect OF the
cases. The atfiant believes this difficulty to arise
| from the very fact which such evidence would
prove, to-wit: the defendants insanity and vet he
| il. reaS
chiefly the affidavit of the defendant became neces-
sary IN the case. he further since he was
ployed in the case. ten days ago, he had done
what he could to prepare fer the trial, and espe-
clally as he made such inquiries he was able, to
hna witnesses ,t @ for the defense He further says
are John NJ. Guiteau, New York; G. A. Barker,
VIM: J: Maynard, Frances S; Browneliy, orson "
| Goyt and Francis NJ. Scoville. Chicago. The atfi-
ant eApects to prove by these witnesses the defeu
dant's tendency to hereditary insanity, not only by
his own conduct but by establishing FIRST that one
sane and died in an insane asylum! in New York
many years ago; SECOND, that one Augustus Parker,
was insane and died four years ago in an asylum in
Cook county III that ano'her cousin Of the de-
M fsndant M one MayISrd dausher Of another sister
asylum in "3x Michran: sGn:a and tarths9 en-
that Luther O. Guiteau, father of the defendant,
many years The affidavit further says he expects
to prove the actual insanity Of the defendant HIM
se, on different occasions, by B: G. Scoyille and
| Geo L. Barrows of Chicago, John H. Noyes of
Niagara Falls John E. Rice of Waucedah, Mich,
aud Mr.. Bradley of Chicago. The affidavit fur
ther says he expects to prove by Mr.. Foss of
Dover, N. H., that he was present at the time and
! place Of shooting, the defendant aud heard
what he sad and that the defendant and words
insane. The ahant further says it is important and
necessary for the defense to have the testimony of
experts on the subject Of insanity in addition to tes
tlmony OF Witnesses of facts, and that he expects to
prove that the defendant was insane at the time of
the shooting. by the testimony of the following
of aym Ward fsand Ne% sna
| York: DR.. Bradner. late Of the Pennsylvania hos
Dr. sprague, in Chicago, Of Cook county (Ilj asy-
| tum for the insane. The affiant also expects to
prove by the following named medical experts:
WM A. HAMMOND
Of New York. ]. Maroon Sims Of New York. Moses
| Gunn OF Chicago and Edmund Andrews of Chica-
20, that the wound not necessarily fatal. and
| was not of itself the cause of the death of J A.
Garfield; that death ensued the result of medical
practice OF the principal physician in charge of the
! wounded man. The affiant has reason to believe.
and does believe that there material witnesses
for tho defense whose names and residences are at
! present unknown to him and the question of in-
sanity: that thus far the atiant has not been able
70 obtain information from the defendant himself
| otherwise with any particularly as to where he
| mas been or as to persons with whom he has
ciated for some years past so as to know whom to
call witnesses; but the atant believes that upou
| further inquiry and within thirty days he can ascer-
| tain the names and residences Of many such wit
|
| afiant believes that many witnesses will be
necessary on the part of the defense appear
:hc list of witnesses for the prosecution. to-wt,
forty flour. and the court respectfully asked
| make an order allowing any number of witnesses,
! and not exceeding sorty-four, to be subpnnaed on
to as
states that the defendant has no means for the pay
nent of any expenses. and that the affiant himself
for his expenses, disbursements. etc. The affidavit
having been read Scoville said: have cndeavored
under the distractions Of the defendant to secure
competent counsel to attend his defense. am
| myself.
! NOT FAMILIAR WITH CRIMINAL LAW
or criminal practice, and would not feel competent
| alone thus far merely from the force Of circum-
| stances. As soon as the application was made to
ne to act for the defendant and in accordance
| With his request, asked En- ory S. Storrs of Chi
sago. gentleman conversant with criminal Law, to
Undertake the defense: storrs said his engage
ments were such that it would be impossible for
which the Importance OF the case de-
manded: mnsiea made aoplicstion to Richard T:
answer. MerrcE, however, kindly consented sen % in
| case the question OF jurisdiction should be raised,
to argue that branch of the to the court, but
he said beyond that he engagements would not per-
NIT him to take an active part in the defense. !
next ucder contractions Of the defendant. applied
to Benz. F. Butler, but my impression is the let
ter addressed to him must have been miscarred, al
it was mailed by me last Monday and as yet have
received no answer saw what purported to be
| te!eRlapulC UspalCn from Butter TO some one IN
this city, dated Wednesday. at Boston. saying he
had not heard from me- I have not addressed
him further, hoping he has received or
will receive nv letter. OF course. if he cannot at
tend to it it will be my duty to try to obsain other
counsel mention these things as part Of the rea-
sons which I think should operate with the court
and influence it to grant further time in the case.
District Attorney Corkhill opposed the delay asked
for; Judge Cox said prompt trial was essential.
and fixed tho trial for November z. When the
| hearing was concluded, tho officers gathered about
Guiteau and secured and fastened his handouts,
and the prisoner was taken from tho court room.
Judge Cox intimated that If scovle could not Oh.
tain satisfactory counsel, he would assign him com.
| pete1t counsel from tho local bar.
Anna E. Dickinson is to begin her theat-
rical tour on Jan. 2 as Hamlet, following
that with Claude Melnotte and Macbeth
She says there will be no backing out this
time, as all the arrangements are complete
and satisfactory. Her first appearance will
probably be in Hartford. In the first two
characters named she will wear her rather
short hair about as usual, and her face will
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