Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-01-15
GUITEAU.
Reed is Heard by the Jury in his
Defense.
Guiteau Interpolates his Remarks
The Assassin will Not be Allowed
to make a Speech.

~ q CLOCK the prisoner was DfOuSut
in, and as soon as he had taken his
seat he opened the days proceedings
with the following speech: Il re-
ceived thirty checks yesterday, rep
resenting $4,000. Some of them,
suppose, are worthless, and many
of them are, no doubt, good. l
don't want any one to send me a
worthless check. l do my own
banking business, and my checks
should be made out to my order If
any one desires to send me anything
they can do so, but 1 don't want any
worthless checks"
Mr.. Reed took his position imme-
diately in front of the jury, awaiting
the signal from the court to begin
the opening argument for the de-
fense.
All eyes were turned in that direc-
tion when Scoville arose and ad-
dressed the court, stating "that he de-
sired to know whether the prisoner
would be allowed to speak in his own
defense. If the court proposed to
accord him that privilege both he
| (Scoville) and his associate, Reed,
would prefer that he should speak
first.
Guiteau.-"I want to be b card on
that question, your honor. / want to
close the argument for the defense.
| would not trust my case IN the
hands of the best lawyer in America.
Judge Cox-'I should be 10th in
a capital case to deny any man a
proper opportunity to be heard,
even if he is represented by counsel,
but in this case it is assumed that the
prisoner will abuse the privilege as
he has done all through the trial,
and that what ne would say would be
highly improper to go before the
! jury shall therefore deny him the
/ privilege, as l said yesterday, how
ever, if his counsel desire to read
from his manuscript anything they
deem proper to be laid before the
jury, the can do so.
Guiteau protested that ne ap-
peared as his own counsel, and
claimed the right as an American
citizen to heard in his own defense,
Finding that Judge Cox could not
be moved, he shouted: s. Let the re-
cord sho " that L appear here as my
counsel, and that L take exception
to your ruling. Judge Cox, shall
appeal to the American people, and
they will oyeTule you, and 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 Mr..
Reed 20 begin his argument.
Mr. Reed then rose to a. dress the
jury on behalf of the prisoner. He
CONNIE need by paying compliment
to the jury for the seriousness
solemnIty and care which had char
acterized it during this long TRADE,
unparalleled in the history of criminal
jurisprudence. He should not, how
ever, make any statement of the
evidence, or draw gilded picture oi
any scene, but would simply tall
with them as between neighbors
Mr.. Davidge, counsel for the prose
cution, had occupied two days il
addressing the jury. and that effort
and the consumption of time on his
part showed grave apprehension
: felt by the prosecution lest some
thing might have appeared in the
case which would make the jury sa,
that the poor inan was lunatic an(
I irresponsible.
e The prisoner has certainly sus
= tanned his record for impartiality il
= abusing and contradicting every on
who has had anything to say upol
= the case, from Judge Cox on th
i bench 20 the humbiest witness on th
, stand, Before Colonel Reed had beel
: speaking half an hour the prisone
e began to comment and contradict
Contrasting the mercy of the Savio
towards those afflicted with devils
insane, with the demands of the pre-
secution in this case, Col. Reed sale
they say hang him
Guiteau shouted-"Andt the Amer
Il can people say, let him go. Th
American people are on my side, BIZ
, Reed. Now go on with you speech.
Soon after the speaker had occasio
; to allude to the evidence of ]. "
!, Guiteau, when the prisoner agai
e interrupted and called out, disparae
ingly: "Well, he aint my reference
: I've got better men than he is fo
= my reference"
Colonel Reed commented upon th
e incident related by several witnesse
le when Guiteau struck his father 6
le the supper table, and Guiteau Gale
lie out vehemently: "That wasn't tru,
q L never struck him-never intende
ne to strike him. I don't fight any on
st I'm a peaceable man. II I don
IN like any one tell them so-and te
n, them TO get out Of my way, and ths
It. settles them.
IN This act, continued the speake
be 'twas the first indication of his il
sanity. He denies it. Probably /
don't remember it.
Guiteau {sneeringly)-"That
n osying to my poor weak mind an
he dissorIered intellect.
ha Col. Reed continued: Mr.. David,
IS condescended to read, yesterday,
Oh portion of the evidence in relation
fv an incident, to show, as he elaine
,er the depravity of the prisoner, al
q Judge Porter kindly suggested tohi
that Guiteau struck his father in t