The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-01-19
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GUrTEAU.
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| Hs pao taheh his sSaI, turned TO j u0R
Cox and said: presume your honor viii
allew me TO address the jury VIII ell
IScoville gets through.
Judge Cox: We will consider thu
when Seoville gets through.
rScovlile, In reply to an inquiry, stated
that ne hardly expected to conclude hi:
speech to-day. Scoville resumed his
address, taking up and discussing the
statistics Of insane criminals introduced
IN evidence by the prosecution. He had
noticed that the table produced here by
Dr. Gray omitted some essential features
in bis report.
Corkhll: DR.. Gray did not prepare any
tables especially for this trial.
ScoVille: DR.. Gray was hired to come
here to help to hang this man. He was
one Of the conspirators in a conspiracy
Of which the district attorney was chief.
Unfortunately. be hiss left his footprints
tradict him out of his own mouth.
Guiteau parallels to illustrations given by
DR.. Gray, and then went on to deny that
the prisoner had been playing a part.
Discussing the horrors of crime as often
| shown in acts of insane criminals, Sco-
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compare with some Of these acts OF in
jury, in my opinion, If there were not
| prosecution, this prisoner never would
have bean brought TO trial. But I tell
you, gentlemen Of the jury, back of this
| felt and you may feel, gentlemen, before
i L. Ar,o 4 -, "a -,
| ticians who seek to hide their own shame
behind the disgrace Of this prisoner,
and make him the Scspegoat.
ling and Arthur are morally responsible
| escape. He shall not shirk the response
bility for the state of things that led to
| this act, and he shall not escape the con-
demnation Of the American people, if I
can help him, for this disgraceful scram-
bic for Office that led to the conflict with
| Garfield, and which influenced this poor
insane man to compass what they would
| all have hailed Here is an unintelligible
break.-EDs.l the ends Of other politi
| cinns, il it could occur through the Sssas-
sination or removal of Garfield, who
| stood in the way Of their anrighteouS and
disgraceful struggle fer Office. Neither
shall spare the ceusure Grant is
subjected to for coming from Mexico and
coming with undue ssts to throw his
own name into this petty quarrel about a
small Office In the repu6 lican party and
sought to ferment differences that had
sprung up. am not going 10 see the
misdeedE Of these men, high in power,
| visited upon the head Of this poor insane
man il can help it. This clsmor for
his blood is lot for the purpose Of aveng-
ing Garfield Or satisfying justice. but
their theory is this: If it can be shown
that this was the act Of sane man then
these politicians in high places will say,
Of course, we are not responsible for the
| act of sane man. To be sure we had
some differences, but then it could never
bave led 8 sane man to such an act; but,
on the contrary, gentlemen Of the jury,
what is the effect of your verdict If you
scquit him IS insane? Why people will
say someone is at fault They say we
will fl the blame upon q sane man. In
their hearts those men who waged war
upon our dead President until it drove
the poor insane man from the daily pa
pers. with what Grant says, and what
Conkling says, and from constantly
thinking upon it to his insane act Of kill
ing the President, and there are men in
high places who are really the culpable
ones. who will 60 down to po.terity with
the stigma upon their names aud the de-
teststion Of their countrymen fastened
upon their memories.
RsceEs.
Washington, 1S.-Ar. scoville's de-
nunciation of Conkling and others
created profound sensation in the court
room. As soon a. recess was announced
Scoville WAS surrounded by ladies and
gentlemen and congratulated upon his
fearless exposition.
During recess Seoville received the fol-
lowing telegram.
NEW YORK, January Is.
10 Mr. ScoUiLLe, Attorney for GIiteaH.
Tn New York court Of appeals has
just decided that tho prosecution, where
some evidence OF insanity is proved for
the defense, must make out case Of
sanity beyond reasonable doubt. Coun-
sci for the defense will call attention to
this latest decision and ask Judge Cox 10
charge to that effect.
Just as Scoville was about TO resume
his argument, Guiteau broke out with
considerable vehemence a3d shouted:
Something has been said here about
politics and ! want to talk q little poll
tics too. There are two or three crank |
newspapers in this country, to vii: Reds |
New York Tribune, Halstead's Cincin- |
natl Commercial, Geo. w. Curtis, the |
man milliner of New York, and the |
weather man. The weather has been get
ting cool lately aRd these fellows had
better lie off under trees and cool off |
little The only cranks in the country |
are these newspapers and they had better |
Join the great Guiteau-Arthur com bina-
ton and get into good company and be-
come good republicans"
A few minutes later the prisoner, who !
had been looking over the New York
papers, cried out: 81 see the New York |
court ofsppesls have just decided in favor |
of our theory Of the insanity question. l |
thank you, Messrs. Judges"
He discussed the conduct and actions of
Guitesu at the time and Immediately |
after the shooting, and contended they |
were entirely in keeping with the theory |
of insanity; that MS GOODNESS, hls quietly |
going to bed and peacefully sleeplcg the
night after thu murder were character |
istic of incidents of crime such as would |
be expected from insane men.
Guiteau called out-I have never hsd |
any conception of his removal ss a Rur-
der. Ny mind Is perfectly blank on that
Scoviue read from the evidence of