The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-02-07
AS SUPPOSED.

heard III the Gulteau case, and the
affidavit of Snyder upon which coun
Sc. so much depended proves to be, a:
it was supposed to be from the first,
the mere falsehood of man without
character, whom the detectievs swear
is a forger and thief, and who had
been arrested, some tine back for
grand larceny. The members of the
jury file their indignant affidavits in
which they deny ever seeing or having
a copy of any newspaper in the room
with them during their retireme mt at
any time during the trial. The sig
natures on the margin of the news
paper are likewise base forgeries, and
the government is III possession of all
the proof necessary for the conviction
of the guilty parties in the case. The
bailiff in charge of the jury on the
day Snyder pretends to have found a
copy Of the Critic in the jury
room Ilakes his affidavit that
at the time Snyder says he
found the evidence of the jury's
misconduct, the jury were in their
room, and not absent, as Snyder says
they were, and that the only perso ms
who attracted his suspicion while
serving as bailiff were this same Sny-
der, Mr.. Scoville and one j. H. Hay
den. The newly discovered evidence
affiant brought forward by Mr.. SEQ
Willie proves to be a man named
BragdOn. who once met a man In La
Fayette park and remarked of him that
he looked like a disappointed Office
seeker or lunatic, but he does not
know whether it was Guiteau or
not.
And,i in the language Of the old bills
of exception, this was all the evidence
given in the cause-so far as the mo-
ton for new trial is concerned. The
two points relied on by Scoville to Sc
cure new trial for his client amount
to nothing, for the reason that
one of them is based on the evil
dcnce of professional crook who
would do anything for a little money,
and the other on that Of a man who
recites a trivial incident, and ends by
declaring that the identity Of the ma n
is not known to him. The prosecu-
ton still has something to do in
this matter after Guiteauis done with.
Snyder should be put behind the bars
Sr perjury, if nothing else. Such a
'coundrel as he has proved himself to
De ought not to allowed to run at |
arge. When his affidavit was first |
made known every man saw its falsity !
md felt that it was only the paid trick
# rascal urged on by an equally ras-
ally lawyer. For Mr.. Scoville himself, !
wen if the charges of the Chicago Her.
id against him are untrue, has fallen
over than ever through his trans
ctions incident to this motion for new
rial. He aroused the suspicion of
he bailiG in charge by his conduct,
which suspicious were doubtless most
crrect, and he deserves the csndem-
alton which his behaviour has
When the news came yesterday
,af In. motion had been overruled, I
al that Ga,teau had been sentenced
!, hang June thirtieth, nobody was I
ery much surprised that the already t,
ute supposable case had become t
,ality. Thus closes one of the most 1
,markable cases in the history of q
lie world. Guiteau goes TO it, and q
lat is the last Of him. Scoville's :
.bors have ceased, without credit to :
mself. Snyder remains to be ham +
ed hereafter.
While all this trouble about
e worthless carcass of Guiteau