New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-15

Columbia
Judge Cox stated that he Rad been informed that the
prisoner was preparing address 10 the jury He
would be 10th In capital TO deny any prisoner an
opportunity present proper argument In hls own
behalf. But he persuaded that any address from
this prisoner would parake OF the OF his for
mer testimony and Interruptions that 1t would be
rehash OF his testimony No person had right to Go
that would be grossly improper to permit such tes'
timony TO go before the jury. He the Court would not
make the experiment. The counsel for the defence
might examine the prlsoner's manuscript and II they
thought proper read it to the jury.
The prisoner (wildly-I represent myself and take
exception to that ruling Let the record show that APP
pear my counsel. and I propose to al
dress the jury. 7 say 1t Is outrage on
American jurisprudence, and, after have been heard
aud my speech published your Honor viii see that IL Is
have An encOmium upon your Honor In my address To
the Jury Hope that It will he necessary TO with
draw II II 1t is necessary your Honor will go down TO
future ages with black stain upon your name,
and tell you to your face. am here
my counsel, and want the Court TO SO under
stand IT. The American people understand IL. Iwonld
not trust the best in America 10 close this case.
have got through now.
Mr. Reed then To address the jury behalf OF the
prisoner He began by paying compliment TO the Jury
for the seriousness. sOemnity aud care winch had
characterized IL during this long tal-a trial nnpaal-
lecd in the history of criminal Jurisprudence He shond
to draw gi!dcd picture Of any scene. but he would
smply talk with them between nciglbors Mr.
Davidge counsel FOR the prosecution. had occupied TWO
days In addressing the jury and that effort and consmp
tou OF his part showed the grave apprehension
felt by the prosecution lest something might have ap
pea rel In the which would make the jury that
this poor man was luuatic and irresponsible He (Mr
Reed would he followed by Mr.. Porter whose great
powers he admired. and he ventured to say that
he would all of those powers knowing and
believing that 1t woud be for him To do so In
satisfy the jury that this ought Ia 20 70 the
gallows The OF this awful offence this offence un-
paraleed atrocty could have been told 10 the jury
in ten minutes No one connected with the defence no
friend Of the prisoner mnd lie had or three friends
left on the face OF the carth)-
The prisoner and the American people COM
ing aoldiy every day. DO not forget 1T.
Nj Reed (contnuln gl-would dispute. or had disput-
cd the fact that fatal The story could
therefore, told to the jury in ten minutes And
yet Mr. DavtdCe had occupied two days trying TO con
vince jury that when the prisoner fired the fatal
s ot reason was enthroned her accustomed
seat Whon Oh that dread morning of
the ID OF July being IN human form. having ears to
hear aud eyes TO Sec lounged about the depot waiting
for his victim got behind him and fred two bullets into
the Presidents hack the country startled may the
civilized worldJ aud the first expression horrible
the thought Thr cannot be sane; IL must
be he act Of a luuatic" Every man. and child
who cod read asked Why should this poor creature
have shot the PresidentW If he that
morning, punishment that could be conceived by
the ingenuity OF could be sufficiently severe Gentle
men prosecution need not have occupied time In
describing the arocity Of the offence He confessed It,
he admitted It, aud he also confessed that 1t was done
with deliberation.
The dead President his (Mr Reeds
friend He knew him well ana loved him
we'll No euogy Of him could bc too glowing,
panegyriC too great He would say amen to II all;
for ha knew he loved him Mr. Porter had read
to the jury very mpressively the letter written by Mr.
Garfield to Judge Payne. Of Cleveland cOmplimenting
him on charge In trial Of whore insanity had
up but he (Mr Reed believed that II the spirit
az the dead President could appear before the jury
day. he would tell them In language more glowing and
more eloquent ecause It would bo from sboye). set
him free He cannot have been sane" And the widow
in her weeds mourning daily and nightly for the loss
her husband he would venture 10 say) aud wing for
alienation Of her sorrows. offered prayer that God
would guide this jury that. If 1t were
true and If It could be honestly done. the
jury say the creature who shot her husband
unatic She knew the virtues Of her husband; she
knew them better body else and thought he
oversteppng the bounds OF proprety and truth
,qhel. said that that her prayer On the other
hand II the jury, after retiring to their roOm sOlcmnly
and seriously reached the conclusion that this
sane at the offence, and if they had
able doubt OF sanity they could hesitate
IN say ing that nc guilty If they thought that he
wac insane, If they had reasonable doubt Of his
SANITY. would bo beet for the Of free government
throus hout the world that the jury should say by
their verdict They certainly could have desire
have the flashed tho that, this land
Of free men, any citizen Of the Republic could hate
the Chief Magistrate OF the country IN to Kill him.
APPEALING TO THE FEELING or PATRIOTISM.
In European countries KINGS aud emperors
sonnet lines murdered because they hated by the
people Did the Jury desire have it said In Europe
in THIS OF boosted freedom tho President had been
shot and killed and jury had said that the
was and mad found him suliyi They should rather
have the telegraph say after their verdict was rendered
that the not guilty because of insanity. lie
reminded the jury of the act OF Charlotte Corday in
poniardng in his bath Mlra then the chef man Of the
French nation; and how she was gnouned IN four or
seven days aerward The picture of that poor French
gin c"uid oc scch III the Corc"rtu At HHueti iGo"hs
through the bars OF her prison, appealing to pu5ery, III
sane Her eSecuon had isg aed the name OF the French
alton. He aro referred to cases Lawrence who
bad fired President Jackson Hadheld VITO had fired
lred at queen Vicoria-in all Of which cases the ps
had been foun not guilty by reason Of insanity,
aud had been sent to Insane asj ums He drew paral
lei between the case of oxford and the present case
e lie Gsd Se c6Sr a. his S afe 1n d b@a
out the similarity existing between this case
and the case Of william Lawrence VINO |
attempted 10 shoot President Jackson. lie
read number Of the interruptions by the prisoner
the latter and compared them to the frequent inter
ruplions and 10 some eIteuu bosterous manner OF
Gutteau. Lawrence had been acquitted lie Reed |
read Lawrence TO show mat the present
the only IN which The prisoner had disturbed
the peace and quiet oil the court
Branching of to the discussion OF the instructions Of
3lT Reed called the attention Of the jury The
wording the instruction defining he test Of respOusi
blity for be whether he knew the difference
between right and wrong IN respect OF that act"
Mr. DHVldge lie asserted, had repeated that the test
WAS whether he knew the difference between rgHt and
wrong, aud had failed to quote tue remainder OF the
instruction.
Mr. Dayidge denied that be had done so, but Mr.. Reed
declared that ne could not he mistaken on that point
Mr. Reed, continuing, You twelve men sitting there
TO ay aud the evidence superior to ali
earth. NoeInperOr pOteutate com
bInat1On OF pOtcnates, court president has any
right Whatever 10 invade you upon that q1estOn You
superior to all the powers of the earth on the oy-