The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-10-10
GUITEAU.
The Grand Jury Find True Bill-Text
of the Indictment.

The Grand Jury Find True Bill-Text
of the Indictment.
WASHINGTON, Oct. S.-The Indictment
against Guiteau was presented to the Grand
Jury at II O'Clock this morning.
At 12.45 the Grand Jury entered the Grim
inal Court room and presented the Indictment
against Guiteau, Endorsed "a true bill" and
signed by Caleb Churchman, foreman.
The indictment embraces eleven counts ana
is drawn with great minuteness. The fifth and
sixth counts are the ones upon which 1t is said
the prosecution will mainly rely.
The following is a synopsis OF the several
counts of the Indictment presented to the
Grand Jury by District Attorney Corkhill this
morning The first count, of which the others
are slightly varied repetitions, is as follows:
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, COUNTY OF WASHING
TON, ss.-JuNE TERM, 1881.
The Grand Jurors of the United States of
America, in and for the county and district
aforesaid, upon their oath present, that Charles
j. Guiteau, late of the county and district
aforesaid, on the second day of July, in the
wear of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-one, with force and arms at and in
the county and district aforesaid, in and upon
the body of one James A. Garfield, he, the
said James A. Garfield, in the peace OF God,
and of the United States of America, then
and there being, felonously, willfully and OF
his malice aforethought, did make an assault,
and that the said Charles j. Guiteau, with
certain pistol, of the value OF 20, then and
there charged with gunpowder and one Ieaden
bullet, which said pistol he, the said Charles
j. Gniteau, in his right hand then ana there,
had he Id, then and there feloniously and will
fully and of his malice aferethought, did dis
charge and shoot off, to, against and upon
the said James A. Garfield, and that the
said Charles j. Guiteau, with the leaden bull
let aforesaid out of the pistol aforesaid, then
and there, by force of the gunpowder afore-
said. by the said Charles j. Guiteau discharged
and shot of as aforesaid, then and there, felon-
iously, wilfully and of his malice aforethought
did strike, penetrate and wound him, the said
James A. Garfield, in and upon the right side
of the back of him, the said James A. Garfield,
giving to him, the said James A. GARFIELD,
then and there, with the leaden bullet afore-
said, so as aforesaid discharged and shot out OF
the pistol aforesaid by the said Charles j. Gut
teau, in and upon the right side of thesback OF
him, the said James A. Garfield, one mortal
wound of the depth of six inches ana OF the
breadth of one inch, which said mortal wound,
he, the said James A. Garfield, from the said
second day Of July in the year last aforesaid,
until the nineteenth day of September, in the
year of cur Lord one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-one, at and in the county and dis
trict aforesaid, did languish, and languishing
did live, on which said nineteenth day of Sep
TENDER, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-one, at and in the
county and district aforesaid, the said james
A. Garfield, of the mortal wound aforesaid,
died.
Each of the eleven counts of Indictment
closes with the following formal charge; And
50 the Grand Jurors aforesaid do say that the
said Charles j. Guiteau, him, the said James
A. Garfield, in the manner and by the means
aforesaid, feloniously, wilfully and of his mall
ice aforetbought did kill and murder, against
the form of the statute in such case made and
provided and against the peace and Govern
ment of the United States of America"
What Guiteau's Counsel Says.
George Scoville, Guiteau's counsel and broth
er-in-law, who recently returned from New
York, said to reporter to-day that he did not
make any arrangement in that city for counsel
to assist him in conducting Guiteau's defense.
1t is his intention he said to ask Richard I.
Merrick, a prominent lawyer of this city 20 act
with him as associate counsel, and if the latter
declines he will ask the court to assign either
Mr. Merrick or some other competent attorney
to assist him. Scovlle thinks Guiteau will be
arraigned Tuesday morning next, and says
that if he (Scoville) conducts the case alone ne
will put Gniteau on the stand in his own de-
fence as his first witness.