Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-11-15

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additional counsel.
| The Court-"No counsel can come into the
case without your consent"
| Scoville( e(esignedly-"Very WE'LL"
Guiteau (again up)-"I say the same." Ito
the deputy marshalls who were pulling him
back)-"Can you not mind your own bust
ness? I am in presence OF the court
The District Attorney-"Then l understand
| it to be the decision of your honor that the
trial shall now proceed?"
The Court-"Yes. let the trial proceed,
| and when the testimony for the prosecution is
in shall endeavor to give counsel for the de-
fense time to prepare their proofs"
About IL o'clock the work of obtaining a
jury was begun, the three who first presented
| themselves being disqualified on the ground
that they had formed fixed opinions on the
case. and another on the ground that he had
conscientious scruples on the subject of capital
punishment. In examining jurors scoville
went over large range of questions as to re-
ligious and political belief.
Five jurors were obtained and sworn in,
their names and occupations being as follows:
Jno. P. Harten, restaurant keeper; F. w.
Brandenberg, cigarmaker; q. G. Stuart, flour
and feed dealer Henry ]. Bright, retired from
business; Chas. H. Landley, grocer.
The panel was exhausted after these five ju-
rors had been obtained, and at the suggestion
VI luC ubIIlCt dtVOIuCy I'LL OIuCT WAS tSStCu IOT
drawing seventy-five additional names from
the box.
WILD MAN.
The prisoner at this point rose and informed
the court that he would like to make a speech
tomorrow forenoon, but hewas ordered by the
court to take his seat He then passed the
manuscript of his speech to a newspaper re-
porter, but before the latter could leave the
a01rrf SaOui11a calIad him hooH opA anmpo11od
him to return it. This raised the anger of the
prisoner, who excitedly declared he was not
under the control of his COUNSEL that he was
lawyer and knew the law himself; that when
he wanted help he would ask for it, and that
he desired his speech to be published for the
purpose OF influencing public opinion. He
was again silenced by the court, and it having
been agreed that the sittings of the court
should be from 10 q. m. to 8 p. daily, allow
ing half an hour for recess, the court ad-
journed.
IMPRESSIONS OF THE FIRST DAY.
Guiteau's performances in court to-day
seemed to have convinced few persons that
he is really crazy, but the general opinion is
that he overdid his acting; that the same
shrewdness with which he planned the assas-
sination and his escape from the mob
prompt him to his line of conduct this morn
Ing, with the view of backing up his plans of
insanity by his actions. He was undoubt-
some policemen seized him. He threw
them off resistently, and told them to mind
their own business. He proposed to conduct
his own case. The course of Robinson, asso-
ciate counsel, in asking for a postponement
and for additional counsel, without consulting
Scoville, Scovillesays is unheard of, and that he
will retire fromthe case if Robinson is permit
ted to take such highhanded course. Scoville
was very indignant in court, and was only
pacified by the assurance of the Judge that moth
ing should be done without consulting him.
The beginning of the trial was full of incl
dents and excitement.
THAT SPEECH.
In the speech which Guiteau had prepared
for delivery in court today he says he is
charged with numbering one James A. Gar
field. Nothing can be more absurd, because
Gen. Garfield died of malpractice. Gen. Gar
field was good man, but weak politician.
Being president, he was in position to do
vast harm to Republicans. He was doing 1t
by an unwise use of patronage, and the Lord
and himself took the responsibility of remov-
ing him; that his duty to the Lord and to the
American people overcame his personal feel
ings towards Gen. Garfield, and he sought
to remove him. Not being marksman, Gen.
Garfield was not fatally shot, but incompetent
physicians finished the work, and they, not
himself, are responsible for his death. He
then speaks of the breach in the Republican
party, and his resolve to remove the presi-
dent, and claims that the Deity ordered him
to fire that shot. He refers to his work on
theology, insanity in his family, his married
life, and his life in prison, and appeals to
those whom he says he has put in position,
and to the general public to send him money
for hia dafansa