The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-10-20
Guiteau Arraigued-The Assassin In Cour


WASHINGTON, d. c., Oct. 14.-TheFt
was a very large attendance this morn
ing in the criminal court room, attract
ed partly by the impression that the
arraignment of Guiteau would take
place and partly by the announcement
that the argument in the Star Route
cases would be opened by Robert G..
IngeIsoll. The latter said he was I'm.
willing to open unless the whole mat
ter could be settled in day or two, and
Cook, for the government, said he was
not ready ewing to the absence of counsel.
Finally the cases were allowed to remain
open for two weeks, the time for open
ing the argument to be fixed after that
time. After the withdrawal of counsel
ID the Star Route case, it became known
in the court room that the aTraignment OF
Guiteau was actually going to take
place, so most OF the spectators remained
and a very intense Telling of curiosity
and interest was manifested. There was
no unusual display of police force in or
about the court room, although there
were q large number Of detectives pres
emit not in uniform. at a quarter past
eleven, Scoville, counsel for Guiteau, en-
tered and took his seat at the lawyers
table, and Immediately afterwards the
door of the witness room opened and
gave entrance 70 Marshal Henry and
two deputy marshall, having between
them and hustling along the bowed and
covering figure of man, for whom
they made q way TO a seat reserved for
HIM beside his counsel. Then one of
the guards unlocked the handouts, Civ
ing the prisoner the use of his hands.
Guiteau looked broken In health, and
uncared for In person. His dark clothes
were rusty and shabby, and his whole
person presented miserablY neglected
appearance.
After the excitement attending Gui-
teau's entrance had subsidized, District
Attorney Corkhill arose, and addressing
the judge, said:
The grand jury OF the district of
Columbia has indicted ChAs. J. Gut
teau for the murder of James A. Gar
field. The prisoner Is in court, and
ask that he be arraigned and required
to plead to the Indictment
The prisoner was ordered to stard up,
and in q languid manner obeyed the
court Is your name Charles j. Guiteau I?
The prisoner assented by nod. The
clerk then proceeded to read the indict-
ment The prisoner was standing up
with his head most of the time Inclined
to the right shoulder; his eyes half
closed, or wholly so; his hands were
crossed as If they were still handcufed,
and his general air was that of sickly
indifference. The reading occupied
nearly a halEhour, and during all that
time Guiteaa hardly once changed his
attitude and bearing and rarely opened
siightest degree of interest In the scene,
in which he was the chief actor, and
but for the occasional slight movement
might be supposed TO be asleep In q
standing attitude.
Upon the conclusion of the reading of
the indictment, the question YVES pat 10
the prisoner:
"What say you TO this Indictment
guilty or not guiltyP
The prisoner. in place Of response,
fnmbled in his waistcoat and drew out
q soiled and crumpled scrap of paper.
District Attorney-Enter your plea Of
guilty or mot guilty.
PrisOner-E enter my plea Of not
guilty, Il your honor please, and i de-
sire 70 make statement.
The CouFt-At some other time; Il
would not be appropriate just now. Sit
down.
The prisoner thereupon took his seat.
District Attorney-In this case / ask
that the trial be set for next Monday
morning. {Peremptoriallyl The Gov
er1menf il ready for trial row
ScoyIIle-1 appear here for the defen-
dant at his request, and have some
aGldavits % present 70 the court, the
first being that of the defendant himself
The a1Idayit, which was read, states |
that there are various witnesses whose |
evidence Is material for the prisoners |
defense, and without which he cannot |
safely go 10 trial; that the names and |
residences Of such Witnesses, and the /
facts that can be proved by them sever |
ellv are known TO eflanst eounsel, HT. !