Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-01-27
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teau was crazy, but how to show II I.
the country, and to the jury, WAS
burden that pressed him. Then cam,
letter from DR.. Worcester. That Ii
tie man from the great state OF Massa
chusetts. The state that holds TN,
Athens of America. He wrote that i
half of what WAS said ahou
Guiteau was true he was crazy. Ths
he lWorcesterl had great experienc,
IN locating insanity, and had written $
book which was accepted authority 4.
text book. The first work he saiC
was by an American author on insan
lty. He said further that he would dc
all he could to save the nation from the
disgrace. of hanging an insane man
even If his victim happened to be the
president of the United States. | felt
said Scovllle, as if y great weight was
lifted from my heart, / thought here
is great and good man who cannot be
bought.
Guiteau-"He wanted a free ride to
Washington; he got here and Corkhill
bought him up SO he would go back on
that letter"
Scoville continued: 'Well, he came
here and he saw some one
Guiteau-"He saw Corkhill and he
bought him over"
Scoville-"At any rate, this great
author on American insanity, or this
hrst American author, whatever he
may be, could not, on the stand, when
asked, give me the title of his own
book"
Scoville severely criticised the course
of DIR. Worcester and classed him with
the government conspiratorS.
Adjourned till tomorrow.
1t is understood the defense will. at
the conclusion of Scoville's speech. re-
new the motion to allow the prisoner
to be heard in support Of the motion
The effect of this, if permitted by the
court, Will be to consume another day.
Allowing two days for Judge Porter,
and 1t Is more than probable he will re
quire three, the case will hardly get to
the jury before Wednesday next.
FORTY Y-NINTII DAY.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.-When the
prisoner came into court this morn
ing he had in his hand roll of manu-
script, which he said was the preface
of the speech which had already been
published
Scoville at once resumed his argu-
ment, and called attention to the testi-
mony of DIR. Hamilton, one of the gov
ernment couspirators, as he terms him,
who, he said, from the very start had
perverted his testimony. The entire
forenoon was occupied in TRADE
against the testimony of Drs. Hamil-
ton, kempster and other government
experts.
Guiteau being taken out Of the court
at recess, to-day, he stopped to speak
to Scoville, when Bailif1' Tall attempt
ed to move him along. Guiteau turn
ed angrily to Tall, and said: Behave
yourself" "Come, ccme," said Tall,
emphatically, trying to push the pris-
oner. LET me aloneW shout
ed Guiteau; "mind your own
business" Tall having applied some
pressure to Guiteau, the latter, with his
manacled hands, struck the officer in
the breast, when he was Mt once seized
by the officers and turned out of the
court room.
After recess Scoville said: Il might
detain you gents for weeks longer with
just such obsel vations as / have been
making on the evidence introduced by
the prosecution, but shall not detain
You longer on the facts. | will close
with a few general observations" SEQ
vile then went on to say that the laws
are framed for the punishment of sane
people and not insane. When man
has overstepped the boundary line Of
sanity and committed crime he should
not be punished as should sane
man. If you find reasonable
doubt that lawfully declares of his in
sanity, you shall give him the benefit
of it. The object of human punish
ment is not for revenge.
Scovllle discussed aU some length the
demoralizing influence of the scaflold
and expressed opinion that crimes
would be diminished by the abolition
of capital punishment. He then pro-
ceeded to the argument Of
Judge Porter, and point out TO the jury
the fallacy Of the argument which he
predicted. Judge Porter would ad-
vance and support the theory of the
prosecution and secure the hanging of
Guiteau." In conclusion he said
at has been often said that our trials
are a farce, and l have in my practice
frequently heard it said that the jury
system ought to be abolished, because
the juries make mistake, and because
they are influenced by the eloquence Of
advocates"
FIFTIETH DAY.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.-This being