The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-12-24
NATIONAL NEWS.
The Usual Farcisl Scenes at the As
sassin's Own Matinee,
Various Official Facts and Rumors
Current in Washington Gossip.


III ullfAn WlLn0llE HnV SNOW nj EXEII9-
mani s,ia ar "a so;d that T bava heen
abps;no scovi,,a Nov tba foot 30 Tho
matter ia 7 want 70 make . snaecb
aho,t hat scov;,,o :. do,ro verv 10
well in this Ease slider his theorv
but ba "a NOT n crim;n,, i. wvar He il
n Enc exom;nor 90 ,;,Io. He can tell
Won all ahopt vopr abstracts of titles.
bpt 7 cannot have scoville here compro-
mis;no mv casa Tbere,s no awyer I'm
this court room hut knows he has
asked onestions for the defence which
have been a positive injury to the de-
fence. I cannot sit here when nv life
is at stake and have him compromise
nv case In this wav. NV friend Chas.
I'll. Reed. who was for 70 wears district
attorney MT Chicago and a 6rst-class At
tornev has very kindly consented To AS
snme cbaroe Of this case and I intro
duce him to vour honor. the iury and
tbe American people. He is a good
fellow. scoville is a good fellow too.
and 1 want him to continue in this case
and helm in every way.u
scoyille Immediately arose to a per-
sonal exclamation stating the dimcul-
ties under which he had labored and
his Disappointment at not receiving as
sistance he had expected from certain
eminent counsel He asked ~ the
court would pass upon the propriety of
Reed assuming the active duties of as
sociate counsel IN this case.
Judge Porter thought it would be en-
tirely ont of Mace for the court To be
asked TO rule upon sucb a proposit,on
and speakino for the p~rosecution
no objection to Reed and no
of his course in becoming
counsel for the defense.
Judge Cox. 81 think hat snficient
1 have privately stated [ saw no obiec-
ton to sucb a course on Reeds par
t~icipatinp
Col. Corkhill. ..It,s absurd to talk
about IL. Reed has been assisting all
the way trough and not been out of
sight of the conrt room
Reed: fOuicklyl That's not true
Mr.. Corkbillu
Guiteau: "Oh, Corkhill can't tell the
truth any way. Reed has quietly az.
sisted Justice as scores of LAWYERS have
done In the interest of truth and ms
tice. That's what we are bere for.n
After some discussion between coun-
sci relative to striking ont certain nor
tions of l)r. Diamonds testimonv Cort.
hill was about to call a witness when
Guiteau broke ont exc;tedIv ..Tbare 10
a vast amount of h %g.,t;no int,
this case that has nothing to do with n
1 want to know what this has cot tn do
with the condition of nv mind nm the
End of July. You can, 81 tell what 10 40
ing ON now in that forman,s mind or
Judge Co. How can yor toll wha,
was on mine on the 2nd NJ .Julv An
this nonsense about vhetbar Din insono
now or WAS Ave vears ooo hos nothinn
wbatavar n do with ,hio COCO
STRIKING the table and booon;no
mora and moro e,c,ted he con,,nrod
..If T can't oe, ;,.,,ca hor. -, az
act of God for NV nro,oc,;on. ua no.
taken aw.v tho vito 81 ono =, ,ha T.,
rors for which T am verv sorrv ,nd 70
necessary He will t,ka ono 81 tho.o In
rors r,oht on, Of tho NV 10 sana lie
in tba intarest of truth and ;ro,i,a >,
Scoville exnIained in reoard 70 tho
letter of DR.. spitka onened and com
mented unon Yesterday Inv Gnitean n.
stated that the letter was addressed IN
him fscoyille, and not to The nr,sonar
He knew II would be commented mon
Inv the prosecution that sn;tyLa hod
written to the man he had said pnder
oath was insane. and he fscovillel de-
sired the court and i,,rv shopld ,ndor
stand lust how it occurred.
VIM. A. Edward. clerk in the office
of Shaw. said he overheard conversa.
ton in which Guiteau told Shaw he
would kill some big man some dav AS
Booth this contradict, shaw,s testi.
mony that no body was present at the
interview, but witness maintained hi,
facts were correctly Prisoner at.
tempted to involve witness in fraudu.
lent real estate transactions.
Guiteau .sneered and Scoyille tried te
quiet him.
Guiteau retorted: 81 know what I'm
doing. I'll take my chance of of get