Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1882-01-20

have been against him, there cannot possibly
be shown, said Scoville, any illwill on his
part towards Presidents Garfield.
Col. Corkhll, you seem to forget that he
killed him.
Without noticing this COMMENT Scoyihe next
took up the hypothesis that the crime was
committed from an overpowering desire for
notoriety, and claimed that history failed to
point out a case where such crime was
committed, purely and simply from such a
motive and that it was incompatible
with reason and impossible for the
human brain to conceive such motive as
sufficient to. induce any sane man to commit
such crime, that - .,-- - .
e.". he KILLED TIE PRESIDENT '''
as disappointed offi:e seeker is more than
improbable, said Scoville, for had he brooded
over some wrong Of this kind something of
his disappointment would have cropped out.
He would have said something in his inter
course with other people indicating his dis
appointment or bad temper on the subject;
nothing would have been more natural before
he made up his mind to kill the president.
Guiteau-'That's all bosh about my being
disappointed Office seeker. After the first
of June my whole mind was on the political
situatio /, and wouldn't have taken cabi-
net position If it had been offered me- Look
ing up from his paper a few minutes later,
Guiteau called out with satisfaction, "Mr.
Porter is sick; I guess the Lord is attending
to him."
Scoville alluded to the taunts of the pros
ecution that the experts for the defense had
gone back on them. He said, in explanation,
that when he reached Washington he did not
know Of a single expert: he knew Guitean
was crazy, but how to show it to the country
and convince the jury and his countrymen,
was burden that pressed upon him; then
came X
THE LETTER FROM DIR. WORCESTER,
that little man from the Granite state of
Massachusetts. He wrote that if half what
was said of Guiteau was true he was crazy;
that he (Worcester) had great experience in
locating ,insansity, and had written a. book
which was accepted authority. He said fur
ther that he wanted to do all he could to save
the nation fro the disgrace of hanging an
insane man, even if his victim happened to
be the president of the United States. 81
felt.' said Scoville, ga great weight lifted
from my heart. thought, here is a great
and good man who can't be bought Yet
this very little man from the great state. of
Massachusetts came to see Guiteau. Ee
wanted free ride to Washington. He got
here and
CORKHIIL BOUGHT HIM UP.
so he went back on that letter. Scoville con-
tinued: ''Well, he came here and he saw
some one, he saw Corkhill who bought him
over. At any rate, this great author on
American insanity, this first American author,
whatever it may be, could not on tho stand
when asked, give me the title of his own
books" Scoville severely criticised the
course of DR.. Worcester, and classed him
with government conspirators.
Adjourned till tomorrow.
It is understood that the defense will at the
conclusion of Scovill's speech renew the mo-
ton to allow the prisoner to be heard. If
permitted by the court another day will be
occupied, allowing two days for Judge Por-
ter, and it's more than probable he will re-
quire three. The case will hardly get to the
jury before Wednesday next.