The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-11-29
The Assassin's Trial.

greater than upon any former day. 1t was
with the greatest difficulty those whose pres
ence were needed in the court room could
gain admission. To avoid another inevitable
scramble it has been found necessary to issue
tickets of admission and only ticket holders
are permitted to enter. At 9:40 the door
opened and in a few minute every seat was
occupied, the larger proportion of spectators
being ladies. Guitteau arrived at nine o'clock
and without particular demonstration Oh the
part of the crowd was taken az once to the
prisoners room where he ate a hearty break
last aud expressed himself well satisfied with
he progress of the case. Scoville when ques-
toned iii relation to Guitteau's alleged new
counsel, Judge kasruder OF Maryland, stated
he was not aware OF any tender
of service from Judge Nagrud +
He had received several oilers from
lawyers, strangers to him, and he feared he
might make a great mistake by taking at this
late stage of tn, trial counsel 10 to
him. lie does not expect Other assistance
than Robinson. The court opened without
incident and Geo. G.. Maynard, electrician
was put upon tie stand. He tesli-
fled to l~oaning Guit!esu $40 at one time
and SIS at another time. Guitteau protested
against this line of evidence. He did not
think it was any ones busines whether he
owed So or some one owed him. Maynard
is a good fellew and | owe him $25; that's all
there is in it. District Attorney Corkhill de-
sired 10 prove by the witness that Guiteau
borrowed SIS Will which he bought a reVol-
YER. In cross examination the witness
thought Guiteau leaked seedy and hungry.
Ths prisoner showed much feeling and fire.
q~ueptly interrupted the witness, asserting he
lived iii tirst-clss. style and wore a $40 suit
of clothes. He knew plenty of public men
and bad all the money he wanted. His
mental condition not his physical condition
was at fault; he had a big load on his mind
about that time. The witness did not notice
anything about the prisoners manner ex-
cept a sort of skuIking gait. Jos. N. Bur-
ant clerk to Maynard testified to the loan Of
SIS and thought Guiteau's walk and the way
he held his head a little peculiar. John
O'Meary testified to selling a p stol to
Guiteau. He could not identify it as their
we're thousands just like it. The charges
were then dra . IL from the revolver at the
suggestion OF couns | and much to the re-
lief of the audience. Pending the examina.
ton Of the pistol, Guiteau desir-
ed to announce to Ihe Court he in
vi:ed John b. Townsend, OF New York, and
Leonard SWEET and A, S. Trude, Of Chicago,
10 assist him. There is plenty OF brains on
the other side, and ha desired as much in the
interest of ~jnsGice. "Tlere is another mat
ter he continued, "to which desire 70 call
The attention OF the purg. There are = nun
Der Of disreputsble characters in the Court
and some threats Of violence have been
made during the week past. ] have no fears
Of my personal safety. The Chief Of Police
has kindly furnished q body-guard, and |
wish to notify all evil-disposed persons if
they attempt to harm mt nay body-guard will
shoot them down. That's all there is about
it." Then turning to the reporters he added:
'Reportcrs, put that down.
Col. Rockwell was the next witness. He
began to detail the occurrence at ssthe depot,
when Scoville interrupted, acknowledging the
killing. Guiteau quickly shouted "No, your
Honor, we acknowledge the shooting, but not
the killing" Col. Rockwell briefly stated the
facts within his knowledge, and without
cross-e1amination was followed by General
d. Swain. The witness was at Elberon when
the shooting occurred. Swain briefly de.
scrihed his association with the President
during his illness. An impressive scene &C.
Cured durin. rs testimony.
What were the Presidents last words?"
Cerkhill.
His lat words" repllet the witness, with
were son Swaim!'
DR.. ID. W. Bliss was then called. After t.
cess a long anu tedious cross-e1 animation of
DR.. Bliss took place. Upon its conclusion,
the District Attorney inquired if the defense
proposed to pursue trfe same course of exami-
nation with the rest Of the medical witnesses,
and upon Robinson replying ''about the
answered that the prosecution had ex-
pected TO close o-day, but under the circun-
lie didn't deem it advisable to intro
duce another witness.
Guiteau here attempted to say something,
when the DistrcI Attorney, bowling with
mock gravity, continued, 81! Mr.. Guiteau
will peImitme, your Honor, 1 will move we
ADJOURN
Gulteau appeared to relish this pleasantly,
and moulding replied, 'Oh, certainly, you
shall have = full CHANCE The Court the
adjourned.