The Tombstone epitaph., 1882-01-16
 LATEST TELECRAMS.
THE GUITEAU TRIAL.
The Prisoner Denied the Privilege of
 Addressing the Jury,


 WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.-On the converting of the court this morning, Scoville addressed Judge Cox, stat ing that he desired to know whether the prisoner would be allowed to speak in his defense. If the court proposed to accord him that privil ege, both he (Scoville) and Reed would prefer he should speak first.
 Guiteau-l want to be heard on that question, your honor. 1 want to close the argument for the defense. 1 would not trust my case in the hands of the best lawyer in America.
 Judge Cox-I should be loath Tn a capital case to deny any man proper opportunity to be heard, even if he is represented by counsel; but in this case it IS safe to presume that the prisoner will abuse the privilege, as he has done all through the trial, and that what he would say would be highly improper to .go before the jury. I shall, therefore, deny him the privilege, as I said yesterday. However, if his counsel desire to read from the manuscript anything which they deem proper to be laid before the jury, they can do so.
 Guiteau protested that he appeared as his own counsel and claimed the right, as an American citizen, to be heard in his own defense. Finding that Judge Cox could not be moved he shouted, "Let the record show that l appear here as my own counsel, and that l take exceptions to your ruling, Judge Cox. l shall appeal to the American people, and they will overrule you. You will go down to future ages with black stain upon your name."
 Judge Cox made no reply to this trade, but simply nodded to Reed to begin his argument.
 During the time that Col Reed was addressing the court and jury, Guiteau continued his annoying con tradietions and interruptions; how ever, counsel continued his argument without paying much attention to the prisoner.
 Alluding to the strictures of coun. sel yesterday upon the course of cer- tain members of his family in stick ing to the prisoner, when they should have cast him off as wretch, Reed said, !It is in evidence that six years ago Mrs. Scoviils believed her brother mental imbecile and an in. sane man, and should she desert him now that he is on trial for his life, she would be unworthy of the name of sister,"
 Referring to the difficulty exper- fenced by the defense. in securing witnesses, Col. Reed said: "You can never know, gentlemen, how hard it has been to get people to come here and tell what they know. They would rather listen to the cry, Cru. cify him. than come here and tell what they know to save this person from the gallows and the government from the disgrace of executing an insane man."
 Guiteau shouted, "The govern ment don't want me convicted; Gen. cral Arthur don't want me convicted, and Pm not going to be-"
 Reed conti nued, "Probably the evidence of Brooks, chief of the treasury detectives, who visited the prisoner in the night, and whose evil dence the prosecution tried SO hard to suppress, as they did that of Bailey. The evidence of Detective McElfresh and Mir. Shore, all the evidence that would in any way aid the prisoner, Reed claimed, came like godsend.
 Counsel went on at some length with his argument to demonstrate the insanity of the prisoner. His father was, he maintained, insane on relig- ioas subjects, and forced him into that vestibule of hell, the Oneida community. Before that he had led a pure life, and his father had convinced him he would go to hell unless he became a member of the Oneida community. He went there to save his soul.
 Guiteau abruptly said, "When I got there 1 got into he'll, and did not get out for six years"
 During the course of the argu- ment the prisoner broke in, "I am going to have my speech published in all the papers of America; then am going to ask your honor to read it, and then l will discuss the ques- ton as to whether I shall deliver it to the jury; then think your honor ...n 1ol: