The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-01-31
LATEST T,ELEGRAMs
THE GUIrEAU BUSINESS.
Talk About the New rrtal.

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Washington, 30.-In the criminal
court, District Attorney Corkhill applied
to the court to fix the day for hearing ar
euments on the motion for new trial in
the case of the United States against G..
j. GuiteAu, stating that ne was willing
that tomorrow should be assigned. SEQ
vile called the attention Of the court TO
the fact that one of the affidAyits in sup
port of the motion had annexed to it q
copy Of the Evening Critic. The allega-
ton was that during the progress Of the
trial the paper had been read by or to the
jury. It bore on the margin what par
ported 10 be the signatures of four jurors
The jurors deny that they saw any news
papers, or put their names upon any
newspaper during the time they were
impanelled. This raised an issue OF fact
which was very important to be deter
mined. 1t was not matter that the
court could determine or ex PGTte sfida-
davits. The jury admitted that during
the time they were impane!led they gave
tueir autograph to various persons, and
he thought it might be important
he should have an opportunity to cross
examine men in that connection to de-
termins whether the signatures upon the
newspapers were genuine. The ful
names OF two of thejurors were on the
paper.
District 'attorney-And one of them
spelled wrong.
Scoville-All these things show the
proprietY of something more than e1-
pd7te sff1davits in this matter. / ask
that the jurors be produced in court or
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positions, and that I be allowed to pro-
duce such further testimony as think
proper as to the genuineness Of the hand
writing. As to the arguments for new
trial, he thought he could be ready by
the latter part of the week. He intends
to make his stand on this newspaper
question and in respect to newly discov-
cred evidence.
The court therefore fixed Friday for
the arguments.
The district attorney said be did lot
intend that the jury should be put on
trial. This newspaper was Suspicious on
its face. The gentleman who had fled
the affidavit and who had purloined the
paper, had already been bound over for
forgery in the district. He (the district
attorney would show the court that this
was q clever attempt at forgery. He
would net sgree that the jury, who had
done their duty so faithfully, should be
put upon trial, and the oath of such q
man a. that placed against theirs.
SeoVills said when forgery was alleged
it was . sarieus matter.
The court suggested that the jury be
present on Friday, and the matter went
over.
Chicago, g0-Ths Inter Ocean CORE
spondent interviewed all the Guitsau ja-
rors aAd obtained unAisputsd proof that
they never lad 9 paper while on the
Jury. That none OF them wrote their
names, and that only once had a piece
| of Newspaper been found hin their rooms,
and then vas delivered to the balm.
That they were more carefully guarded
and observed than prisoners; that one
whose name was fouCd in the paper
spoken Of in the Guitsau affidavit was
nisspslled; that the name of another
WAS written in German, a thing he never
did unless By special request; that an
| ether name appeared, who had been IN
able to handle pen on account ofnerVoui
afdiction; that there was no ink in the
rooms, whereas the writing on the papers
was in ink, and that ]. W. Guiteau called
on all the Jurors and got their names liz
autograph albums, and asked leading
questions whereoR to found his affidavit
John w. Guiteau says the names on
the margin Of the newspaper so much
resemble those of the jurors in his album
as to make anybody think they are gen.
uine. He believes they are.
Washington, 30.-Scoville has issued 6
card to the American people in which be
says: In my present circumstances, l dc
not feel called upon, as matter Of public
4 interest alone, to give an additional two
months to the motion for Be@ trial for
] Guiteau, before the court in banc. If ms
| fellow citizens, few or many, think tn
interests of justice, cause of humanity,
or the honor Of the country require thi:
contest to be prolonged, and that nc
effort shall be spared to secure verGi (
and judgment after passion shall havf
subsidized in the pubic mind, let them
manifest it By providing means Anc
competent counsel will bs secured q
once. l ask nothing for myself up tt
this time; but cannot give my own ser
vices hereafter without compensation
At least $1,000 is needed. Should {
sufficient amount not be received, the
money will be refunded on request. Ad
dress until February 4th, George SEQ
vile, Washington, DC.