The Worthington advance., 1882-01-26

one year. 81 for six months. and 50
cents for three months, to ADVANCE,
Worthington, Mobiles Co., Minnesots.
-
70 have been such aince he was nineteen years
old and he proceeded to demonstrate in cor
rectnees. He OF course insisted that ths
monomania was the result Of hereditary pre-
dispoaitioD, and incidentally attempted t. provo
tost the hereditary taint existed in the Gniteau
WEDNESDAY, JAN Is.
scoville occupied The whole day and did not
finish his argument for Guiteau. GuiteaE
availed himself Of moments hesitation or
Scovilles part to say: II presume your honor
intends to permit me to follow scoville," to-
which Judge Cox replied: I" I'm considering
% the matter" Then scoville took up his
In rather desultory way scoville reviewed
the testimony which he gave in pursuance OF
his determination to aid the accomplishments
the fen designs OF his CO. o-consplra.or, Cork
hill, to-wit, the conviction Of Guiteau>
de claimed thst experts do not know accu~
rately the condition Of tie brain OF anv given
! lnd!VlduaL They are sOmeumes mistaken In
tnelr diagnosis OF q case. Ihorsh they were
| AZ palu by the government to eWear away the
NE OF The prisoner, snd although they all agreed
together IN a1vance upon their testimony, there
arc inconsistencies, misstate ments and positive
| contradictions throughout their testimony.
ne then proceeded with the most shameless
vl''hcst:on OF Grant, President Arthur and Mr..
conkiing, that was carried to snch an extent as
to be ludlcrous He went On for an hour with
the most insane rawlings, sctiug moro
| hko = crazy man than ever Gui-
'esu lss in court charging tbsm and
other stalwsrts with completely IN the assassin
alton He said: cay that euch men as Grant
and Conkling and Arthur are morally AID intel
| ling shall Lot escape, shall not shirk the re-
| spoaslbility Of tho state of things that led to
tais act, and he shall not escape tlle condemns-
ton Of the American people, If can help it, for
his ehare In the disgraceful scramble for Office
that led to conflict with the chosen laan OF
great nation. and led poor insane mai, OK
encompass what they would hail with satisfatc-
iio,, Is would probably hundreds of other pol
it'c'ans il it could have occurred other than
through assassinahon-the removal of Garfield
di.graccful struggle for Office. Why, the peo-
pie will say some one is at fault They will
say We will fix the blame upon the heat's Of
those men who made war upon our poor
dead president until it drove this poor insane
man-from the daily papers what Grant says"
thinking upon ito his insane act of killing
the president And there are men in higls
places, the really culpable ones. who will 60
down to poeterity with stigma upon their
names and the detestation of their countrymen
fastened upon their memories
Scoville alluded to Guiteau's remark when
told by Gen. Reynolds that Arthur and Cork
ling and other stalwarts abhored his crime, and
Gu'te.u interrupted, saying:
did not sey any such thing when he spoke
are my friends TO- day; and aon't you forget it.
Scoville continued with his review of the evil
dence and called attention to various incidents
in Guiteau's life. arguing his insanity as evi-
denced BY an und0ubted lack Of something in
his mental composition possessed iy ott!er
men.
THURSDAY, Jan. ~.
Mr. Scoville talked the whole Of another day.
He appeared n be ready to proceed when he
arose, but he waited a moment to enable Gu-
Il au TO read 4 carefully prepared impIoalpta IL
regard to tho decision Of the court of arpaslS
of New York, that in cases similar to his :h@=
jury must find the assassin sane beyond reA-
eonable doubt He thanked the judges for
their decision in tho name, as usual, Of justice,
the American people and American
jurieprudence, very enusive!y, and
Then subsided The whole drift
OF Seoville's argument was to prove that
Guiteac, At the time Of tho commission OF the
act was calm and that throughout his lie from
the time he was nineteen years old until to day
those persons who had Eo o2poi tunity # Oh
serving him beiesol Lim 70 bc insane He
aimed to show that Guiteau acted in the mat
| tef OF tEe shooting just an insane Elan
would acs, and that the evidence Of thcee per-
sons, men and women who cav him lu,ins
that period Of his career which 10
| had marked Oh from the rest as 70
bis oddities and eccentricitiss,
proved him to be insane. His argument was
OF that Ingenious kind which is apt 10 leave at
least doubt in the mind Of the ordinary aud
itor Ee .ehesrsel the testimony Learing Or
the appearance Of the assassin just after the
shooting, which he aimed to show was calm, the
natural appearance OF a lunatc under such cir
cumstances, and that going to ehou that through
| life he was regarded by people who met him AZ
crazy. From these premises he dedNcec tbs
| conclusion that he was Grey. He waze9 elc>
! qnent only once:
am here" said he in an eloquent strain.
mot go much 70 save this mans life, not Sc
much 20 do my duty TO tbs wife of my bosoro,
| not 20 much to maintain :he Lonorcd name CT
| the Giiteau family, III which there is rot AID
never has been criminal, not 30 much for
| these purposes as to prevent an injustice icing
| dono here that will stain forever the r4me cf
! America, a lasting disgrace to our juriepr'>.
| dence."
He appealed to the jury in impassioned tones
! TO stand as barrier between tie mob spirit
! which Davidge has lauded 60 highly and the
I poor being against whom its vengeance WAS G
: lcsted
IL 40 u4ucI6EOU tNAt ulO uclcuso WILL ~
conclusion CT Scoville's speech, renew the NC
ton to sllow the prisoner to bs heard The CT
| feet OF this, if permitted by court, will be to
| consume another day. Allowing two days for
! Judge Porter, and it is more than probsble that
he will require three, the case will hsriiy get To
FRIDAY, JAN. 20.
MI. Scovlle concluded his five days. argu-
ment for Guiteau. His remarks to-day wero
| -l,o1n ko1r,, 20 h~rrp 1>,~
| doubt in the minds of the jury.
Scoville contended that Dr.. Gray's ssbles Of
| homicidcs by insane persons we're prepared fo=
this case, and do not correspond with tables
| for some years in Gray's official reports. le
reading An account Of one case Of homicide,
Scoville said:
Had the district attorney been there Le would
have said, probably, put him on trial for mrr-
der and hang him. This is case OF dovilisss
dcpravity.
As Guiteau was being taken out OF the court
room G: recess, he etopped to speak to scovil1e,
Guitcau turned angri,y to Tall and said. "Be-
have yourself "Corle, come" said Tall en-
phsticalIy, trying to push the prisoner: LIST
me alone" shouted Gsi;teau. "Mind your own
business" Tall having applied some pressure
! to Guitesu, the latter with his msnsclcd ka1ds
struck the officer in the breast. when he was at
| once seized by officers and turned out CT the
; court rcom
| Sccvile discussed at some length the demor-
alizing influence Of the scsffola, and expresses!
tic opinion that crimes would be diminished
by aboIishing capital punishment lie then
proceeded to anticipate argument o: Judge
Porter. and to point out to the jury the fai
lacy of argun cite which he predicted Judge
Porter Wonid advance to support tho theory OF
the prosecution, aud to secure the hanging Of
| HUitesu.
In conclusion he said:
1t has been often said that our trials are q
farce, and even in my practice have frequent
ly heard it said that the jury eystem ouSh: to
be abolished, bocsuse they are iuliueIced by
the elc1ucnce OF advocates; because they arc
no: ac.ua.ed by justice, thy the last address;
but, gentlemen, thank GOD that there was a
lime. when 10Y Eoglish ancestors stood up
against wrong and had justice wrestcd from it
and secured the right of :rial by jury, and have
never yet seen the time when l would wish to
zee that right aboi,hed. feel more safe in
this modo of administration CT jus ice than in
any, So long as jor;cs arc honest It does not
require that you should hsvs resd Knott Or
Blackstone. It requires that you s'on!d have
honest hearts and clear beads, and above all
that you should bo fearless to find TO: right.
regardless OF what may come, regardless of
whether your fellow men may approve or not
m: T halt and holso mot