Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-01-19
CUT EAU.
Decision Reserved as to the
Prisoners Address.
sG0VILLE CONTINUES HIS TALK
The stalwarts Charged with Re
sponsibility.

iaPEclAL By TELEGRAPH 10 THH REcoRD-Us1ogl
WASHINGTON, January 18Th. = Guiteau
came into Court this morning with quick,
confident step. salused his friends, and as
soon as he had taken his seat turned to Judge
Cox and said: presume your Honor viii
allow NE TO address the jury when Scovills
gets through"
Judge Cox-We will consider that when
Scoville gets through.
Scoville, in reply to an inquiry, stated that
he hardly expected to conclude his speech to.
day.
sCoyILLE RESUMES
Scoville resumed his address, taking up and
discussing the statistics Of insane criminals
introduced in evidence by the prosecution.
he said he noticed that the tables produced
here by DR.. Gray omitted some of the essen
tial features of his report
Cerkhill-Dr. Gray did not prepare any
tables especially for this trial.
Scoville-Dr. Gray was hired to come here
to help hang this man. He was one of the
censpirators in the conspiracy of which the
District Attorney was the chief. Unfortu-
nately he has left his footprints here, and
before | get through can contradict him out
of his own mouth.
HINTS OF "sEcRET AND ADVERSE INFLU-
ENeES."
Scovills pointed out in the conduct of Gui-
tesu parallels to the illustrations given by
Dr trraU and thap ON 70 bot
prisoner had been playing part. Discussing
the horrors OF the crime often shown in
the acts Of insane criminals Scoville said
There was nothing in this act to compare
with some of the acts of insane criminals,
and, gentlemen of the jury, in my opinion, if
there We're not reasons, and powerful ones,
back of this prosecution, this prisoner never
would have been brought to trial !; but / tell
you, gentlemen of the jury, back of this
prosecution is an influence which have felt,
aud which you may feel, gentlemen, before
this trial is concluded. There are politicians
who seek to hide their own shame behind the
disgrace of this poor prisoner and make him
a scapegoat for their crime. l do not intend,
gentlemen of the jury. TO take up this feature
of the case but when find the power and
Influence of this Government used against me
in denying the small pittance that I have
asked for fair and impartial trial, and for
the facilities needed for proper defense, do
not propose to keep quiet.
sTALwARTs CHARGED WITH RESPONSIBILITY.
l say that such men as Grant and Conking
and Arthur are morally and intellectually
responsible for this crime. Mr.. Conkiing
shall not escape. He shall not sink the re-
sponsibility for the state of things that led
to this act, and he shall not escape the con.
demnation of the American people, if I can
II & L. J
ble for office that led to conflict with the
chosen ruler of q great nation, and led this
poor insane man to compass what they would
all have hailed with much satisfaction, as
would probably hundreds of other politicians
(if il could occur other than through assassi-
pation)-the removal of Garfield, lWho stood in
the way Of their unrighteous and disgracefsl
struggle for Office. Neither shall Grant e.
cape that condemnation, which he was so
justly subjected to when coming from Mexico,
and coming with undue haste, to throw his
own name into this petty quarrel, about
small office in the Republican party, and
seeking to ferment differences that had sprung
up. am not going to see the misdeeds Of
these men, high In power, visited upon the
head of this poor insane man if can help it.
CAUSE OF THE cLAMoR FOB GJITEAU's PUN
IsHMENT.
his StaIilOI iuE Ills DlOOu is uOb E0e pur-
pose of avenging Garfield, or of satisfying
justice, but their theory is this: II it can be
shown that this was the act of sane man,
then those politicians in high places viii say,
of course, "We are not responsible for the
actions of sane man to be sure we had
some differences, but then this could never
have led a sane man to do such an act" But
on the contrary, gentlemen of the jury, what
is the effect of your verdict if you acquit him
as insane Why, the people will say some
one is at fault they will say we will fix the
blame upon the heads and hearts of those men
who wsged war on our poor dead President,
until it drove thispoor in 'ane man, from iea :
ing in the daily papers what Grant said,
what Conkling said, and from constantly
thinking upon it, to his insane act of killing
the President. There are men in high places.
the really culpable ones, who will go down to
posterity with a stigma upon their names and
the detestation Of their countrymen fastened
upon their memories.
Mr.. Scoville's denunciation of Conklipg
and others created profound sensation in the
Courtroom.
As soon as recess was announced, Scoville
was surrounded by ladies and gentlemen, and
congratulated upon his fearless exposition.
During recess, Scoville received the follow
ing telegram
NEW YORK. January 18th
To Mr. Scoville, attorney for Guiteau The New
York Court Of Appeals have just decided that a
prosecution where some evidence of insanity is pro-
duced for the defense, must make out case of
sanity beyond reasonable doubt.
Counsel for the defense will call attention
to this latest decision, and ask Judge Cox to
charge to that effect.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
just as Scoville was about to resume his
C,,itoat, broEo ot,t with s;1ar.
able vehemence, and shouted: Something
has been said here about politics, and I want
to talk little about politics, too. There are
two OF three crank newspapers in this country,
to wit Reid's New York Tribune, Hal
stead's Cincinnati Commercial, and George
w. Curtis, the man milliner of New York.
The weather has been getting cool lately, and
these fellows had better lie off under the trees
and cool off little. The only eranks in the
country are these newspapers. They had
better join the Grant tGuiteau-Arthur COM
come good Republicans"
A few minutes later the prisoner, who had
been looking over the New York papers.
called cut: 81 see the New York Court of
Appeals have Just decided in favor of our
theory on the insanity question. thank
you, Messrs Judges"
Scovilie discussed the conduct aud actions
of Guiteau at the time and Immediately after
the shooting, and contended that they were
entirely in keeping with the theory of in
sanity. That his coolness, his quietly going
to bed and peacefully sleeping the night after
the murder, were characteristic incidents of
the crime, such as would be expected from an
insane man.
Guiteau called out. 81 have never had any
conception of his removal as murder. My
mind is perfectly blank on that question"
Scoville read from the evidence of General
Reynolds what Guiteau had said to him
(Reynolds) in the jail-that when his reasons
were known to the people they would acq4it
him without trial, and that he should go to
Europe for year or two.
GuiteaHrAll I have got to say about that
is that l never said it.
Scoville continued And this. gentlemen,
is the evidence offered you by the prosecution.
[ want you to take into consideration the
monstrous absurdity of such a propcsi.
ton, coming from sane man, as they would
have you believe, that he could kill the Pres-
ident of the United States, and then, by sim
ply giving his reason, could go free without
trial. Scoville alluded to Guiteau's remark