Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1882-01-20

tTly R6t OveT LuO BAouhu.
The speaker disclaimed AZ bis mai
motive the desire 10 shield this ma
for the honor Of the Guiteau family
IL, however, he could by his effort
stay this mob influence, which woul
rush 10 the scatiOld this insane man
this mob spirit which Mr.. Davi1ge ha
alluded 10; if he could stay this infin
cnce until reason and judgment r.
turned to the consideration OF this case
then would he accomplish what was
still more accOunt-save the American
nation and the American iudiciar.
from the disgrace OF hurrying to tn
gibbet an insane man.
Mr.. Scoville then proceeded, appar
entity going over the same ground 1T
had once before traversed, to show tina
the prisoners morals had been correc
and his life p-oprr up to the pom
when, rs he (Scoville) claimed, th'
evidence pointed to uDsOundness o
mind. He denounced the Oneida Com
munity and their vile practices. Th'
defence could not summon any OF thes'
people rs witnesses 'But," said Mr.
Scoville, with the telegraph and al
the power OF the government at theiI
back, If there had bcon single i'm
moral or vicious act on the part OF thu
prisoner during the six years he wa:
in the Oneida Community, this prose
cution would have produced the wit
nrsses TO show il"
Counsel for the prosecution continue
ally badgered the speaker, who as ire
quently digressed from his argument tt
respond. As a consequence, the thread
was so often broken it was Il matter OF
some difficulty at times to detect any
logical seq lence in the argument. Al
luding to the evidence OF Dr. North
the speaker charged "This was anoth
er instance Of the nnfairness of the
District Attorney. Without the slight
est evidence or reason for so doing ht
had asked the witness, were you ever
udicted for crime and the witness
had responded quickly and frankly
NO, sir; and never expect to be. y
Colonel Corkhill-"I harpened tc
know the man well,
Mr. Scovillt-"All the more reason
why you should hot thus gratuitOusls
Insult him.
Colonel Ccrkhill-"Well, | tried him
in this court once. Remembered his
face as he took the stand and found
afterward that he was here on an ap.
peal from the Police Court As til,
audience laughed at this point scored
by the District Attorney, Mrs. Scovillt
became very angry, and complained,
in audible tones, Of the District Attor'
ney's "meanness," as she termed it.
The hour of recess having arrived Mr.
Scoville conferred for moment with
} udge Cox as to how long recess
should be ordered. The audience began
to arise, and Guiteau impatiently
called out "Your honor weare waiting
on you. Aint you going 10 announce
the recess 2" At this the crier raised
a laugh by calling out: "Well, come
along. well have IL recess
After recess Mr. Scoville continued
his review of the evidence, and claimed
that the prisoner had been free, frank
and outspoken in all things; that he
had convLrsed at the Jail with every
one the prosecution had sent there, and
always without reserve. Had he been
sane and playing part he would not
have done 80. Mr.. SCovlle then dis
cussed the assumption that Guiteau
might have been actuated by Il desire
for revenge, and argued the improba.
bllity of such an assumption from the
fact that if any ground for ill-will
existed on Guiteau's part 1t was against
Secretary Blaine, and, according to the
ineXorable laws Of the mind, 1t would
have been executed against him.
"There cannot possibly be shown"
said Mr.. Scoville, "auy ill-will Oh his
part toward President Garfield
Col. Corkhill You seem 10 forget
that he killed him.
Without noticing this comment Mr..
Scoville next took up, the hypothesis
that the crime was committed from an
overpo woring desire for notoriety, and
claimed that history failed topoInt out
q case where such crime was commit.
ted purely and simply from such q
motive, and that it was incompatible
with reason and impossible for the
human mind to conceive OF such a
motive az sufficient to induce any sant
man to commit such a crime.
That he killed the President as dis
appointed Office seeker il more than i'm
proba ole, said Mr.. Scoville, for had he
brOoded over some wrong OF this Kind
something of his disappointment would
have cropped out; he would have sal III
something in his intercourse with
other people indicating his disappoint.
ment or bad temper on the subject
nothing would have been more natural
in the interval before he had made VI
his mind to kill the President.
Guiteau- Oh that's all bosh about my
being disappointed ottice.seeker. At
ter the lst of June my whole mind was
on the political situation, and l wou!l
not have taken even Cabinet posi-.
ton if it had been offered to me.
Looking up from his paper, a few
minutes later, Guiteau called out, witt
a satisfied air, "pOrter is sick.
guess that the Lord is attending to him
now
Mr.. Scoville alluded to the "taunt
of the prosecution that the experts fol
the defence had gone back on them
anu salu III explanation 1n"u Whoi
he reached Washington he did moi
not know the name of single expert
He knew that Guiteau was crazy, bu
how to show it to the country, and Il
convince u Jury of his countrymen
was burden that pressed upon him
Then came q letter from Doctor Woos
ter, the little man from the great State
of Massachusetts, the State that holds
the Athens of America. He wrote tha
If half " hat was said of Guiteau wa
true, he was crazy; that he (Wooster)
had great experience in treating insan
ity, and had book which was accept
ted authority A. a textbook the frs
work he said, by an American autho
upon insanity. He said further, tina
he wanted to do all he could TO save tn
nation from the disgrace of hanging al
insane man, even if his victim happen
ed to be the President OF the United
States. 81 felt said Mr.. Scoville, /"
great weight lifted from my heart.
thought here is a great and good man
who cannot be bought. Well, gentle
men this very little man from the Stat
of Massachusetts, came
Gujteau-He wanted q free ride