Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-01-14

Graphic Portrayal of the HfdeOus Char
acter of the uOnster-The Terrific Ar
raignment Set the Prisoner Wild-Fre-
| quent and Insulting Interruptions of
the AdvOcate-Mrs. Scoville Also Makes
an Exhibition of Herself-Reed to Sum
Up for the Prisoner To-Day.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.-Upon the opening
| of court this morning, Guiteau said. SIN JUS
tice to myself and Davidge, I desire to say I
| received letter yesterday severely denouncing
Davidge and my remarks against himwere based
| upon that l have found out, however, that
| was mistaken and that Davidge is high toned
Christian gentleman and sound lawyer, I
desire, therefore, to withdraw anything said
against him, still entertain the same opinion
of Corkhill, however. Pm satisfied I was
| wrong about Davidge, but right on Cork
hill.",
Davidge resumed his argument and re-
viewed the evidence. He showed by the evil
| dence of ]. W. Guiteau and other witnesses
for the defense, the fallacy of Scoville's pet
| theory that the prisoner was an imbecile.
Soon after the opening of court Speaker
Kiefer and ex-Attorney General Taft, entered
| and took seats upon the bench; after his open
ing speech Guiteau remained quiet listener
used some pretty strong ,lan,
| guage in abiding to Guiteau, such as
''this unspeakable liar" the prisoner retorted
ooh, you are making all that fine talk for
money!" following it up with frequent COM
ments, Chat happens to be false" "That
| isn't So" and similar expressions.
Davidge passed to the examination of the
rlric 10 10
stand, what he han said and what capacity of
| intellect he had shown, proving, he said, con-
| c!usively, that what had gone before had all
been sham and hollow fraud Scoville had
detailed upon his morality and had assented
that the lack of intellect was failing. On
| the contrary, he had shown upon the stand a
wonderful memory, logic, reason and intel
lectual ability, likewise as the defense has
claimed for him, virtue and morality. The
prosecution had availed themselves of the
right to show the contrary, and what had
been the result. He had been shown to be
such
MONSTER OF CORRUPTION,
dirt, depravity and wickedness that the coun
try looked on with a shudder. "That might
have been the case" shouted Guiteau, ''in
July, but it isn't the case now, If you could
see some of the letters have been receiving
d
think me one of the best and greatest men in
the country"
Continuing, Davidge skillfully and with
wonderful effect reviewed that portion of the
testimony bearing upon the prisoners moral
character, as evinced in his past life, "All
this time," said counsel, ''no one accused him
of insanity In the estimation of his friends and
his family, he was sane enough for all tran
sactiOns oflife, but when his hand is
RED WITH BLOOD,
and the outraged law claims him as a sacrifice
on the the altar of justice, we first hear of in
sanity"
Abiding TO Guiteau's schemes in relation
to the Inter Ocean, Chicago, Davidge said:
ave have to deal here simply with the plans
of an audacious mind, but there is nothing in
| such scheme to indicate insanity. It is a
fact, understand, that the stock of that pa
per, once worth $S5 ,00O is now worth 81 ,O0O,-
900, and it was by pu tting in successful oper-
alton plans similar to those suggested by the
prisoner" Summing up this incident Day.
idge said: cit was no Indication of insanity.
1t was simply in keeping with his idea that the
great moving brain, and the one central figure
81 thank you, Davidge," sarcastically called
out the prisoner. "Tm glad you are beginning
to think SO. great many other pc ple think
Pm the
GREATEST MAN OF THE DAY,
but don't care snap what they think.
havn't got bit of egotism."
Davidge alluded briefly to the testimony of
Mrs. Dunmire, the divorced wife of the pris-
Oner. The prosecution were debarred from
entering upon those condolences which exist
between husband and wife. The defense
| would have done so, but they did not. Mrs.
Dunmre did not hesitate to testify emphati-
cally that he was a sane man.
''She don't know anything about me,' call
ed Guiteau. "Ihayen't seen her for eight
years."
Mrs. Scoville, who had been busy writing
all the morning, shook her head angrily and
calculated: "He's a liar anyhow" Her
brother whispered warning, but sherepeated
the comment still more emphatically
Spitzka, Davidge said: Notwithstanding
some of his remarkable statements, spitzka
never denied the prisoner legal responsibility.
Accepting all his evidence, even Spitzka
brought the prisoner within the reach of the
law and punishment"
At this point recess was taken.
THE EXPERTS.
After recess Davidge resumed his argument
with a review and discussion of the expert
testimony. ''Never before had so many men
of eminence appeared upon trial of this char
acter The treasury had been opened to secure
the attendance of witnesses. More than
twenty experts had been summoned by the
defense, many of them men who were known
in every household. They came here, they
watched the prisoner, they listened to his evil
dence, and what was the result? With two
exceptions they vanished from before the light
of evidence like clouds before the wind, and
not one OF them could come upon the stand
and swear this man was legally insane. They
met and compared notes, and could not testify
but to his sanity, with the exception
of the moral insanity; and l regret to
say it, neither of them would or
could admit that they believed in God.
They vanished from before you and were per-
mitted by the defense to withdraw without
testifying. Now that has been the result of
all this evidence. This alleged fool has grown
before you to mass of more than ordinary
intellect. We have uncovered his moral ma
ture. We have shown him to be in religion a
hypocrite, at law petty-fogger, In all things
swindler-a deniZen of jails and depraved
and wicked wretch
In answer to the prisoners claim of divine
inspiration, Davidge read with impressive eff
feet from the first chapter of the Epistle of
| James, 18th to 18th verses, inclusive as fol-
| lows: "Let no man say when he is tempted,
l am tempted of God, for God cannot be
| tempted with evil Neither tempteth he any
| man, but every man is tempted when he is
drawn away of his own lust and enticed
| thereon. When lust hath conceived it bring
eth forth sin, and sin when it is finished,
bringeth forth DEATH