Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1882-01-25
TRYING THE ASSASSIN.


parture of Guiteau. Instead of falling
off this crowd is daily increasing.
Forty or fifty women could be counted
in the out door this morning. The
sight of them on the curb as the van
drove up tickled Guiteau immensely,
and he cast upon them an approving
smile as the officers hustled him along
into court. Quite different are his
looks when knots of men press too
closely, for then fear of the treatment
meted out by him to Garfield comes
uppermost. 1t is freely said and re-
ported here now that should the jury
disagree Guiteau will never 90 from
the court room to the Jail alive. His
counsel will take extra precautions to
prevent violence.
GUITEAU MAKES A SPEECH.
Mr.. Scoville resumed his argument
at little after 10 O'Clock, and it was
at once interrupted by Guiteau, who
had been looking over towards the
jury for some minutes in an anxious or
expectant manner, Hadn't l better de-
liver in now p he called out
'Oh, yes replied Mr.. Scoville, Il
had forgotten Then turning to Judge
Cox, He desires, Your Honor, to pre-
fer request that he be allowed to ad
dress the jury 1 have looked over a
paper which he desires to read, and /
see nothing in it of an Objectionable
character
Judge Cox nodded assent, and Gui-
teau said: Il have written down
what | wish to say. l will read it.
1t is in regard to my speech.
He then read with considerable en-
phasis: Il intend no disrespect to this
honorable Court. / intend no con-
troversy with this honorable Court
In general, | am satisfied with the law
as proposed by Your Honor, but l
have suggested a still broader view
which l ask Your Honor to follow, to
wit: That if the jury believe that l
believed it was right to remove the
President because l had special divine
authority to do so, and was forced to
do it by the Deity, they will acquit on
the ground of transitory mania. Slckles,
McFarlane and Hiscock were acquit.
ted on background of transitory mania
In my speech, published in all the lead
ing American papers yesterday. and
which, / presume, Your Honor has
read, I gave my reasons for asking
Your Honor so to charge. Reed made
brilliant and lawyer-like plea for the
defense, and Scoville is making q
strong argument for his theory but
neither Reed nor Scoville represent
me in this defense. I am here as my
own counsel, and, as stated at the
opening of the case, no one can repre-
sent me to that jury. / know my feel
ings and my inspiration in removing
the President and have set it forth
to my satisfaction in my speec& pub
lished yesterday, and / ask Your Hon
or, in the name oil justice, in the naHe
of the American people, to allow me
to address jury of my countrymen
when my life may be at stake. If a
man on that jury has doubt as to his
duty in acquitting me, my speech will
probably settle him in my favor; and,
therefore, in the interest ofjustice it is
of the greatest importance they hear
me in my defense. Your Honor can
decide the matter, if you have any
doubt as to your duty
Mr.. Scoville resumed with general
complaint of the alleged unfairness on
the part of the prosecution, particular
ly of the Prosecuting Attorney. He
had from the beginning prescribed who
should visit the Jail and who should
not. He had introduced persons into
the prisoners cell under a false guise
20 worm out his secrets, and when the
prisoner said anything which might in
ure to his benefit, the Prosecuting At
torney has been very careful not to let
it become known. He complained oi
Corkhil's unfairness in destroying the
notes of stenographer Bailey so that
the defense could not have the benefit
of them. The conduct of the prosecu.
ton in the court room, he alleged. was
not only unfair to the defense, but was
often discourteous, and more fitting in
d police court than in this.
sCovILLE RAISES A SMILE.
Scoville unwittingly raised smile
by declaring as one count of his indict-
ment that the Government had acted
unfairly in putting upon the stand SO
many witnesses to prove the act OF
killing-'Going over and over the hor-
rors of the scene, said counsel, and /
declare that it was shame and dis
grace, the exhibitions made here by
the prosecution for the purpose of in
fuencing you feelings and emotions
rather than your judgment
Corkhill (sarcastically)-We should
have been more polite and sympathiz-
ing toward the prisoner.
Scoville then criticized severely the
course of the prosecution in refusing
to permit the prisoner to address the
jury for brief hour or two, simply be-
cause they feared he might disclose,
By his manner of speech. his true men,
tai condition. In alluding to the dis
cussions on the proposition to allow
the prisoner to speak. Scoville quoted
Cn6 DlStTlCt AttoiuOy 40 having oniu
that if the prisoner should be allowed
to speak it ought to be from the dock.
Col. Corkhill-I said nothing of the
kind. / protested against his return
to the counsel table, and l said it
would be disgrace to have him speak
| from the dock.
Guiteau called out, We'll, I have
been good boy lately. So you'd bet
ter let me OUT
Scoville then called attention to the
letter written by Gulteau to the Dis.
trict Attorney, and from which por.
tion had been clipped, as he claimed,
by the prosecution and in a spirit Of
unfairness.
A LITTLE SPAT.
Davidge (smiling)-Oh. lust assume