The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-01-04
JUDGE cox.
Has Decided to Admit New
Evidence.
And the Case VIII Thus Be
Re-opened.
General News of Particular
interest. .---Fires.
KEEPS QUIET.


WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.-Guiteau kept
quiet to-day and made minute of it in a
speech.
Scoville read an affidavit setting forth that
he is the prisoners sole coun ell; that the
prisoner has been in such state of mind
that he has been unable to assist or sug-
gest any witnesses, and that counsel, since
closing of the case, has learned of certain
material witnesses; he gave the names and
what he would prove.
Corkhin said nothing need be said on
motion to introduce this evidence.
Col. Reed addressed the court IN favor
of the motion; he felt sure the American
people would not begrudge this justice, =
he glowingly complimented Scoville
Davidge denied there was precedent
for re-opening the case and it would be
scandalous.
Scoville replied at great length and de-
tailed the hardships and difficulties under
which the defense had labored in the prep
aration of their case. 1t was almost i'm
possible to get witnesses to come here.
be satisfied with one dollar and twenty
cents per diem, regular witness fees,
while the experts for the government came
here (it is supposed) leaving great tasks
behind them and remained for six weeks
and every one of them plainly showed by
their evidence they expected full pay for
their services, and all knew what that
meant. "And these experts" said Scoville,
'eare still watching here to see the result
of their evidence in hanging this prisoner,
but fortunately for the cause of justice,
your Honor and this juty stand between
him and the gsllows."
Col. CorkhiI could not allow the
remarks of counsel to go unanswer-
ed. He said yesterday and
would repeat to day. He would not OBJ
ject to the introduction of any new facts
material to the defense. The only objec
ton to be made by the prosecution had
been already mentioned by Davidge.
There had never been trial in this Dis
trict where SO much liberty had been showr
by the government.
Tu1t6du 4uS1SGcQ OH pClAsS AA>
bailiff tried to silence him, but was me-
with an angry Let me alone, or 1 viii
slap you in the mouth" Guiteau ther
called out, s'Your honor, all I want is t(
show that told these men on the way tt
jail that it was political situation ant
pressure of inspiration that caused me Il
remove the President"
Judge Cox said the counsel for the de
Tense came here q stranger to TIL:
courts of the district, and even tt
the prisoner himself, and found himself
environed with difficulties from the out
set, the most serious difficulty was tha
odium attaching to the assassination that
made witnesses unwilling to even allow
their names to be known to the defense
Approaching all these difficulties which
embarrassed the defense he (Judge Cox
had felt disposed to offset this with equa
latitude and more than ordinary facilities
Evidence of insanity could not be offeret
in sur-rebuttal in his opinion proof o
insanity should be limited to the evidenc
in chief of defense and rebutting evidenc
OF the prosecution ne therefore mus
exclude she evidence of DR. Mcfarland
who Scoville said would testify to th
prisoners insanity. The testimony how
ever, of these witnesses by which til
defense expected to prove that the prisone
asserted upon the second day of July an
the day after that he acted through inspirs
ton and as an act of God, would be admi
ted