The examiner., 1881-11-26

furnished me 3 body-guard. and I |l wish t9 s5
 guard vii shoot them down, that's
 all there Is about it.'' Then holding to
 the reporterss tables he added: Reporters, put
 next witness. and proceeded to detail what he
 observed at the time of the shooting. MT. Sco-
 vile interrupted to inquire whether It was
 worth while to go into the details, adding, - We
 in with: ''We do deny the killing, your honor.
 We admit the shooting" General D. G. Swain,
 the next witness, testified that he was the last
 person to whom MT. Garfield spoke-his last
 words being Oh, swaim!' Dr. D. W. Bliss
 was the next witness. He pointed out on DOT
 ton of human skeleton the course which
 the ball had taken, and the manner
 in which death had been produced.
 The wound made by the ball was the immedl-
 ate cause of death. On cross ss-examlatlon MT.
 Robinson required that Dr. Bliss should de-
 scribe the varying symptoms of the Presidents
 cage from the time when the doctor saw Gen.
 eral Garfield at the depot on July until his
 death at Elberon describing the symptoms of
 each day separately. This made reference 10
 the medical diary of the physicians necessary
 and Dr. Bliss began to read from the records
 Dr. Reyburn, who wrote them, was sworn and
 placed in the witness box to act as an inter
 ing on for some time and it was apparent that
 1t would require one or two daily sessions of
 the court to complete the reading. Counsel for
 the prosecution, therefore, protested and offered
 to place the record in the hands of the defense
 from which they could frame such questions
 they might desire, which offer was accepted.
 section of the vertebral column of the late
 President, showing the track of the bullet through it, was handed to Dr. Bliss and identi- fled by him. Afterward this piece was picked up by MT. Scoville, and while he held it Guiteau leaned over it and for several minutes examined 1t. There was no expression except one of curiosity in his countenance as he gazed upon the relic of the man he had murdered.
 Proceedings were opened in court on the seventh day and second week of the trial by MT. Robinson, Guiteau's junior counsel, who requested the judge to discharge him from further participation in the case, saying he had sel, MT. Scoville. He was here interrupted by Guiteau, who broke in with "Your honor, want Robinson to stay ln." Continuing, MT. Robinson requested the court to grant his dis charge from the case, and positively stated that he could not with proper self-respeet re- main in association with MT. Scoville. Guiteau here interrupted with: "That's an able speech and I agree with the most partof it. If he had only made 1t last Monday, there never would have been any disturbance between us.'' MT. -coville here tried to quiet Guiteau when he retorted upon him: "Keep quiet yourself I'm talking now, I sympathize with him in this matter.' MT. Scoville made a brief statement deploring the disagreement, after which Judge Cox relieved Mir. Robinson from further connec- tion with the defense. Mr. Scoville began to ad- dress the court saying: i've do not expect to be to conduct the case entirely without assistance" Here Guiteau exclaimed: ssI understood Judge Magruder was anxious to assist in this trial; also Mir. John D. Town send; should like to have them appear here IS we'll as Messrs Swett and Trude, of Chicago Then adding, after short pause: "One word 1n the question of malpractice; my idea is simply this, that by the physicians own state nent on the 18th of July the President was | mt fatally shot. We don't want to press the |
 subject; only desire to have it go on the record, 10 that the court ill banc may take notice ofit.', After 8 brief pause Guiteau added. "That's all | here is to the malpractice business, short and | o the point. want it understood appear as ny own counsel here. am the agent of the Deity and I expect Him to take care of me. I | hink He has managed it pretty we'll so far.'' Woodward and Lamb, who testified to the
 character of the wound, that it was a mortal me. They also identified the ball which was aken from the body of President Garfield The prosecution then rested their case, and 1uiteau was allowed permission to be heard in he opening of his defense. Guiteau, retaining is seat began: '' Your honor, was not aware hat l was expected to speak this morning. Ir. Scoville here leaned over and whispered to
 i'm, when Guiteau retorted sharply and with mpatience: ''I won't stand up. I'm not fraid to, however; but I have only moment ! are to say more than was published last Mon ay in my address to the public. I presume he jury all saw it. I have no set speech to lake. I appear as my own counsel, and my lea is to make corrections as we go along, 1st as have done the past three or four avs. l don't mean any discourtesy to any ne; only want to get at the facts. If any o 'n eEe sp ."o ST2assa a do fsEe aaH K hen they are hot; not let them get cold and lffer from misrepresentation. Of course lall go on the stand at the proper time and be Iamined and cross-examined. My idea, how. Ter, is to meet misstatement when it is hot
 stead of waiting to let the matter get digested Id misunderstood. I think the true way is to
 terject my statements as the case proceeds. I we no set speech to make, but am much , oliged to your honor and to my counsel for the
 urtesy of this invitation MT. Scoville then ldressed the jury at considerable length for | z e defense, but without finishing he requested at the court would permit him to close or
 e following day, and his request was granted On the eighth day of the trial MT. Scoville ntinued but did not finish his opening ad- ess for the defense. Mir. ScovilIe confined speech mainly to showing that Guiteau was . ,ane, and that insanity was hereditary in the nily. He gave an account of the Guiteau nily and stated that several of it's members | died in insane asylums. The father
 the assassin, he said. was weak-minded. (