Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-12-31
GUITEAU.
The Assassin Gets In Another
Speech.
Scoville Asks that the Jury May
Separate.
He Makes q Very Effective Speech.

WAsHINGToN, December 30.-The
courtroom Was literally packed this
morning. As soon as Guiteau reached
his seat in the dock he shouted ont:
Some Of the leading papers in Ameri-
ca consider me the greatest fellow
they have met in some time. At
eight o'clock last night [ received
telegram which I will read fer the
edihcatlon of this audience and the
American people. He then read,
Mr.. Chas. J. Guiteau, Washington,
D. c., all Boston synpathizes with
you. You ought to oe President.
Signed, host OF admirers.
Pausing moment, he then
branched off into a rambling
harangue and ending by saying,
4 shall submit my name to
the next Republican convention.
shall expect TO be before it. There
are only two men in tue country W no
want me hung. One is Judge Por-
ter, who expects to get $4,000 from
the government ii ] am convicted,
and the other is Corkhill, who e1>
poets to get bounced and who knows
/ am the cause OF it.
DR.. Kempster then took the stand,
and Scorilte resumed the cross-eX-
animation.
Witness did not believe III tenn
Dolary insanity in the sense that
/ person could be insane and wholly
recover in an hour. He beleved
| Sickies was sane, bat Gales, who shot
Hiscock, at Albany, was undoubtedly
insane
Corkhill announced that he had
but one more witness to introduce
on the part Of the government, and
inquired OF ScOville how much time
he would want to consume III the
/ sur-rebuttal.
Scoville replied that he had several
/ witnesses whose names were present
ed since the close OF the case, and
would ask the court to permit them
/ to be sworn on the ground of newly
/ discovered evidence, material to the
/ case.
Oorkhill wanted to know what he
expected to prove.
ScoyiIle replied: "We have evi>
dence to the effect relative to the
state of the prisoners mind just be-
fore the shooting. He also stated
that he would probably require all of
next week upon sur-rebuttal.
Davidge objected to re-openipg of
the case, and ScoviIle insisted that he
did not desire to delay the trial, but
! the prosecution had consumed weeks
with expert witnesses, and he did not
/ propose to be cut short III the mats
/ ter of time.
Scoyill suggested that the jury be
allowed 70 separate and go home
upon parole, and not to speak of the
trial during their absence from court,
giving as a reason a s0licitude for
the health OF the jurymen, who would
be likely to become affected by close
confinement. Considerable discus.
sion arose, which was cut short by
the foaeman saying that the jury did
not care to separate, but desired a
reasonable opportunity for for fresh
) air and exercise.
The discussion between the oppo-
sing counsel continued for some
time with considerable acrinlony
when finally Scoville, in reply tC
Corkhill, surprised every one by
making one Of the best and most
impressive speeches that has beer
heard in the courtroom since the
opening of the trial In earnest ani
impressive language, he vindicatei
the conduct of the defense, an6
severely rebuked the course of the
District. Attorney in his unseemly
efforts to muzzle and drive the de
fense from the court, Some man
Hesitation OF applause followed tbs
conclusion of his speech, but it was
quickly checked be the court.