Daily Republican., 1881-10-15
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| WASHINGTON. Oct. 14.-After til
withdrawal of counsel in the Sta
Route case it became known i'll tn
court room that the arraignment O
Guiteau was actually going to TAX
place, SO most of the spectators remain
ed and very intense feeling Of curios
lty was manifested. There was no un
usual display of police force in or abou
the court room, although number o
detectives not in uniform were pres
ent.
For over halt an hour business was
suspended waiting the introduction o
the prisoner. Judge Cox and Distric
Attorney Corkhill were occasion III J
engaged together in conversation, anC
everything betokened preparation fol
the scene which was about to take
place.
At about l1.15 Mr.. ScOville counse
for the prisoner entered and took seat
Immediately afterwards the door of the
Witnesses room opened and gave en-
trance to Marshal Henry and two dep
uty marshals having betw cen them and
husting along the bowed and covering
figure OF man for whom they made
way TO seat reserved for him beside
his counsel.
Then one of the guards unlocked the
hand cuffs, giving the prisoner the ust
of his hands, which he continued how.
ever to hold crossed, as If it was theil
usual position.
Guiteau looked broken in health and
uncared for in person. His hair is
closely cropped, but his cheek and chi1
w1skers are worn thick, but not long.
His dark clothes were rusty and shah
by, and bis whole person presented a
miserably englected appearance.
| After the excitement attending his
entrance had subsided District Attor-
ney COrkhi'l rose and addressing the
Judge, said Tho grand jury of the
District of Columbia has indicted
Charles j. Guiteau for the murder OF
James A. Garfield. The prisoner is in
court l ask that he be arraigned and
% required to plead to the indict.
ment."
The prisoner WAS ordered to stand
and in languid manner obeyed
The Cierk-Is your name Charles j.
Guiteau.
The prisoner assented by nod.
The clerk then proceeded to read the
Indictment, the prisoner standing up,
| with his head most of the time inclin.
ed to the right shoulder; his eyes hall
closed, or wholly so his hands crossed
over his stomach, as if they still wore
the handouts, and his general-look one
Of sickly indifference.
The reading occupied nearly hall
an hour, and during all that time
Guiteau hardly once changed his at.
t'tnde or bearing, and rarely opened
his eyes.
He did not manifest the iRhtest de
gree of interest in the SC. n, in which
he was the chief actor, and but for al
occasional slight movement might bt
supposed to be asleep in a standing atti
tudp.
Upon the conclusion Of the reading o.
the indictment the clerk, addressing
the prisoner, said : "WhaL say you tc
this Indictment, guilty Or not guilty 2
The prisoner in place of respone fun
| bled in his waist coat pocket and drew
out soiled and crunpled scrap o.
paper.
The District Attorney imperatively--
Enter your plea Of guilty or moi
guilty.
The pris oner-! enter plea of no,
guilty. If Your Honor please l desir'
to make a statement.
The Court--At some other time. |,
would not be appropriate just now
Sit down.
The prisoner thereupon took bi.
seat.
The District Attorney-In this cast
| ask that the trial be set for mex. Mon
day morning persmptorily. The Gov
ernmept Is ready for trial now.
Mr.. Scoville-I appear here for the
defendant at his request, and | have
some attidavits to present to the Court,
the first being that of the defendant
himself
The affidavit. which was read, states
that there are various witnesses whose
evidence is material for the prisoner 3
defence and without which he cannot
safely 90 to trial; that the names of
such witnesses and the facts that can
be proved by them severally are all
known to the atlantis counsel, Mr.
George Scoville, and are only known in
part by the affiant; that he he's no mon
ey nor property and is unable to pay
the fees or mileage Of witnesses or the
cos's of sunmoning. He therefore
prays that the Court shall allow such
witnesses on his behalf as may be
shown by the affidavit of counsel to be
necessary, the fees and costs to be paid
in such manner as those of government
witnesses are paid.
After the reading of Guiteau's aftida.
Wit Mr.. ScovilIe read the affidavit made
by himself 1t states that besides the
points Of law that may be made the de-
fence will consist Of two points, first,
the insanity of the defendant, ,and second
that the wound was not necessarily
mortal and vas not the cause of Presi.
dent Gartield's death.
The aiiiant has endeavOred to obtain
the names and residence OF witnesses
tor the defence to prove material fats
on the question of insanity, but has
been unable to do so because the defen-
dantdid not seem t) understand and
refused to acknowledge the effect of
the common and established rules OF
evidence in such cases.
The atfiant believed this difficulty to
arise from the very fact which such
evidence would prove, viz: tho defen-
dant's insanity, and he knows Of no
means to overcome it. For that reason
chiefly the affidavit Of the atliant be-
came nee. sSary in the case.
He further says that since he was EN-
plOyed in the case, ten days ago. hi has
done what he could to prepare for tlial
and especially las he n ade such inquiry
~ he was able to make to find witneSses
for the defense.
lie further says that the names and