The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-01-19
SCOTILLE WAKENS UP
AND FlREs INTO srALwART CAMP.
He Hold. ConllIns and Grant Rs.pOA.lAls for the
AlsGs.lnAtIOn- GuItsAu Iall,ens the Pro.
sssdlnvS with His Usual Comments.
sun Another Day Of seOtllls.

uent step, saluteu his trienuS ana aS Boot
as he had taken his seat turned 10 Judgt
Cox and said: II presume your honor will
allow me to address the jury when Scovillt
gets throughp
Judge Cox-~we will consider that when
Iscovttte gets through"
Scoville, in reply to the inquiry, stated
he hardly expected to conclude his speech
to-day.
Scoyille resumed his address, taking up
and discussing the statistics Of insane Grim.
inals introduced in the evidence by the
prosecution. He had noticed that the ta-
bles produced hereby by DR.. Gray omitted
the same essential features as bis reports.
| CorkhiII-"Dr. Gray didn't prepare any
tables especially for this trial"
Scoyille-"Dr. Gray wai hired to como
here 70 help to hang this man. He was
one OF the co-conspirators in the conspiracy
Of which the District Attorney was chiei,
but fortunately he has left his foot prints
here, and before get through can contra
diet him out OF his own mouth"
Mr.. Scoville pointed out in the conduct
Of Guiteau parallels to the illustrations
given by Dr.. Gray, and then went on to deny
that the prisoner had been playing part.
Discussing the horrors OF crime as often
shown in the acts Of insane criminals,
Scoville said there is nothing in this act to
compare with some OF those acts Of insane
criminals; and gentlemen Of the jury, in
my opinion, II there were not reasons, and
powerful ones, back Of this prosecution the
prisoner never would have been brought to
trial. But Itell you, gentlemen Of the jury,
back ofthisproseeution isaR inaueneewhieh
1have felt, andwhich you may feel, gentle
men, before this trial Is concluded. There
are politicians who seek TO hide their own
shame behind the disgrace OF this poor
prisoner, and make him a scapegoat for
their crime. didn't intend, gentlemen
OF the jury, to take up this feature Of the
case, but when find the power and influ-
ence OF this Government used against me
in denying the small pittance that have
asked for fair and impartial trial, and the
small iacilitiesneededf for itsproper defense,
don't propose to keep quiet. say that such
men as Grant, and Conkliag and Arthur are
morally and intellectually responsible for
this crime Mr.. Conkling shall not escape;
he shall not shirk the responsibility OF the
state OF things that led to the act, and he
shall not escape the condemnation Of the
American people, il can help It, for his
share in this disgraceful scramble for Office
that led to conflict with the chosen ruler
Of this great nation, and led this poor in.
sane man to compass what they would
have hailed with satisfaction, as would
probably hundreds Of other partisans, il it
could occur other than thu lgh assassina-
tion-the removal OF Garfield, who stood
in the way Of their unrighteous and dis
graceful struggle for offices. Neither shall
Grant escape that condemnation to which
he is SO Justly subjected, when coming
from Mexico, and coming with undue
haste, 10 throw his own name into this
petty quarrel about a small Office in the
Republican party and sought to foment the
differences that had sprung up. am not
going to see the misdeeds OF these men
high in power visited upon the head Of this
poor insane man il can help it. This
clamor for his blood is not for the
purpose OF avenging Garfield or OF salts
flying iustic c, but their theory is this: {:
II it can be shown that this was tho net OF
sane man then those politicians in high
places will say, OF course, wo are not re-
sponsbIe for the act OF sane man. To be
sure We had some differences, but then it
could never have led q sane man to such
an act, But on the contrary, gentlemen OF
the Jury, what's the effect OF your
verdict il you find him an in
sane man. Why the people will say
some one is ut fault. They say we will fix
the blame upon the heads and hearts OF
those men who waged war upon our poor,
poor, poor, dead President, until it drove
this poor insane man from reading daily
in the papers what Grant says, what Conk-
ling says, and from constantly thinking
OF 1t to his insane acS OF killing the Presi-
dent And there are men in high places,
the really Culpable ones, who will 60 down
to posterity with stigma upon their names
and the detestation Of their Countrymen
fastened upon their memories. Recess.
Mr.. Scoville's denunciation Of Conkling
and others created profund sensation in
the court room. AS soon as recess was an
nounced Scoyille was surrounded by ladies'
and gentlemen and congratulated upon his
fearless exposition.
During recess SCoyille received the fol-
lowing telegram:
New YoRE, January IS.
Mr.. ScorilIe, Attorney for Guiteau:
The New York Court of Appeals have
Just decided that the prosecution for the
defense, where some evidence OF insanity
is produced, must make out a case Of in
sanity beyond reasonable doubt.
The counsel for the defense will call at
tGntion to this latest decision and ask Judge
Cox to charge the Jury to that effect.
Just as Scoville was about to resume the
argument, Guiteap broke ont with consid-
cradle vehemence and shouted: "Some.
thing has been said here about politics and
I want to say something about politics, too.
There are two or three crank newspapers
in this country, to.wit: Reeds New York
Tribune, MediiPs Chicago Tribune, Hal
stead's Cincinnati Commercial and George
William Curtis, the man milliner OF New
York, The weather has been getting cool
lately and those fellows had better lie off
under the trees and cool off little. The
onlycr in the country are those fellows.
They had better join the Grant, Guiteau,
Arthur combination and get into good
company and become good Republicans" !"
a few minutes later the prisoner, who had
been looking over the New York papers,
GttllGN ouIs ooc tll6 4NtW 1uTk 6OuTL OI
Appeals have just decided in favor OF our
theory on the insanity question. thank
you, Messrs. Judges.
Scoville discussed the conduct and actions
OF Guite1u ut the time and Immediately
after the shooting, and contended they
were entirely in keeping with the theory Of
insanity; that his coolness, his quietly 60
ing, to bed and peacefully sleeping the
night alter the murder, were Characteristic
incidents Of crime such as would be ex.
pected from an insane man and only an
Insane man.
Guiteau called out-I have never had
any conception Of his removal as murder.
My mind Is perfectly blank on that ques.
! ton.
Scoville read from the evidence Of Gen.
| Reynolds what Gutteau had said to him
(Reynolds) in jail, That when his reasons
, were known to the people they would
acquit him without a trial, and that he
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