Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-01-27
CLOSING SCENES.

CLOSING SCENES.
After Many TiresOme Weeks TO C0un-
sci, Judge. Jury and Public, We Rec
ord the Closing Scenes of the Cult
eau Trial.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1S.-Guiteau came
into court this morning with quick,
confident step, saluted his friends, and
as soon as he had taken his seat, turned
to Cox and said: Il presume YOUR
honor will allow me TO address the jury
when Scoville gets through"
Judge Cox-We will consider that
when Scoville gets through.
Scoville, i'll reply to inquiry, stated
that ne hardly expected to conclude his
speech to-day. Scoville resumed his
address by taking up and discussing the
statistics of insane criminals, produced
in evidence by the prosecution. He had
noticed by the tables here that GRAY
had omitted some essential features in
| his report.
Corkhill-Dr. Gray didn't prepare
any tables especially for this trial.
Scoville-Dr. Gray was hired to come
here to help hang this man. He was
one of the conspirators in the conspira-
cy III which the district attorney was
| the chief; but unfortunately he has left
| his footprints here, ana before we get
through | can contradict him out of his
own mouth.
Scoyille pointed out in the conduct
of Guiteau parallel to the illustrations
given by Gray, and then went on to
deny that the prisoner had been play
ing part. Discussing the horrors of
crime as often shown i'll the acts of in
sane criminals, Scoville said: There
is nothing in this act to compare with
some of the acts of insane criminals;
and, gentlemen of the jury, in my
opinion, if there were not reasons and
powerful ones back of this prosecution,
this prisoner never would have been
Drought to trial. But tell you, gen
tlemep of the jury, that back of this
prosecution is an influence which |
have felt and which you may feel be-
fore this trial is concluded. There
are
POLITICIANS WHO SEEK TO HIDE THEIR
OWN SHAME
behind the disgrace of this prisoner,
and make him the scapegoat for their
crime. | did not intend the Jury to
take up this feature of case, but when
those IN power are against ME, in deny
ing the small pittance have asked, u
fair and impartial trial, and fairness is
needed for a proper defense, | don't
propose to keep quiet and say that
SUCH MEN AS GRANT AND CoNKIING AND
ARTHUR
are morally and intellectually response
BILE for this crime. Mr.. Conkling shall
not shirk the responsibility of stating
the things that led 10 this act, and shall
not escape the condemnation of the
American people for his share in this
disgraceful scramble for office that led
to the conflict with the chosen ruler of
the nation, and led this poor insane
man TO compass what they could have
hailed with satisfaction, as would hun
dreds of others, the removal of the
president, who stood in the way of their
unrighteous and disgraceful struggle
for office. Neither shall Grant escape
| that condemnation to which he was so
Justly subjected when coming from
Mexico, and coming with undue haste
TO throw his own name into petty
| quarred about a small office in the re-
publican party, and sought to ioment
difference that had sprung up. | am
not going to see the misdeeds of these
men high in power visited on the head
of
THIS POOR INSANE MAN,
if / can help it. This clamor for his
blood is not for the purpose of avenging
Garfield or of satisfying Justice, but
| their theory is this elf 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 re-
sponsible for the act Of sane man.
10 be sure, we had some differences,
but then it could never have led sane
man 20 such an act, but on the cou-
trary, gentlemen of the jury, what
| is the effect of your verdict, if
you acquit him as insane? Why the
| people Will say some one is at fault;
they say we will fix the blame on the
heads and hearts of those men who
made war on our poor dead President
until 1t drove this poor insane man
from reading in the daily papers what
Grant says, and what Conkiin says, and
from constantly thinking upon it, to his
insane act Of killing the President, and
there are men in high places,
THE REALLY CAPABLE ONES,
who will go down to posterity with a
stigma on their names and fastened
| upon their memories.
FORTY Y-EIGHT DAY.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.-Immediately
upon opening of the court, Guiteau got
in his say as usual, complimenting the
recent decision of the New York Court
of Appeals with reference to putting
the burden of proof where insanity is
plead on the prosecution instead of on
the defendant as it has heretofore
been.
Scoville at once resumed his argu-
ntent making stingiDg comments upon
the counsel for the prosecution, es-
peclally upon Corkhill. He continued his
review of the evidence, and claimed
that the prisoner had been free, frank,
and outspoken in all things; that he
had conversed at the Jail with every
one the prosecution sent there, and al
ways without reserve. Had he been
sane or playing the part, he would not
have done so.
Commenting upon, las he claimed the
absence Of motive on Guiteau's part)
Scoville said: "You cannot find an in
stance In history. You cannot sup
pose case where a man, forty years
of age, who has never before commit
ted crime, and whr has never for an
hour associated with criminals or bad
people, but who on the contrary has
always sought society, not only of
better class people, but of a christian
people. You cannot conceive Of such
a man committing such a crime
without motive. Nothing but
the theory of insanity can possibly ac-
count for such acts as Guiteau. SEQ
vile then discussed tie assumption
that Guiteau had been actuated by
desire for revenge, and argued the i'm
probability of such assumption from
the fact if any ground of i'll viii existed
on Guiteau's part, il was against Secre-
tary Blaine; according TO the inexora-
BILE laws of the mind, it would have
been excited against him. There cam
not possibly he shown" said SeoviIle
'tany i'll viii on Lis part toward Presi-
dent Garfield"
Col. CorkhiIl-Iou seem to forget he
killed him.
Scoviile alluded to the taunt OF the
prosecution, that the experts for the