The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-01-26

TO conflict with the chosen ruler Of this great |
nation, and lcd this poor insane man 70 CONF !
pass--what they would have hailed with satls-
faction, ~ would, probably, hundreds Of other |
politicians, II It could have occurred other than
through assassination removal VI Garfield,
who stood In tho way OF their unriEhteous aud |
dsgraceful struggle for Office. Neithor shall |
Grant escnpo that condemnation 10 which he u
70 ustly.nabjocted. when, coming from Mexico,
and coming with undue haste to throw his own
nAmo into this petty quarrel about . small
office IN tho Republican party, he sought 70
f0ment differences that had sprung up. |
Am not going TO 500 tho misdeeds Of these
mon, high In power, visited upon tho head Of
this poor insane man i can help y Thi:
clAmor for hls blood IL not for the purpose Of
Avenging Garfield Or Of satisfying justice. Their
theory Is that. II i can be shown that this
was tho act VI sane man, thOn these pOliti-
clans in high places will say, .Of course ws
are not responsible for tho act Of sane man.
10 be surf, wc had sorAe differences, but then
i could never have led sane man to such IN
act / but on the contrary, gentlemen OF the
jury, what ta the effect Of your verdict II you
acqnit him ~ al insane Man2 Why, people
will say, Some one u At fault they will say,
.Wo will tix tho blame upon tho heads aud
our poor dead President until Il drove this poor
INSANE man. from reading daily In the papers
what Grant sAyA, what Conklng Aays,
and from constantly thinking upon it,
10 his insane act Of killing the President and
there aro men In high plNcos, the really culpa-
Tho stigma upon their names and the dctcsta-
ton Of their conntrymen fastened upon their
memories.
scovilles denunciation OF Conkling and
others created profound senaation In the
The prisoner, who had been looking over the
New York papers, called out. - aee the New
York Gouit OF Appeals has lust decided III IA
vor Of our theory on the insanity question.
thank you, Mcssrs. Jndgcs."
Scoviilc discussed tho conduct and actions Of
Gnitsau 1t tho time and immediately after the
shooting, and contsndod that they were entire
Y In keeping with tho theory OF insanity-thAt
his coolncss, his quietly going 10 bed and peace
fully sleeping the night after the murder wcre
characteristic incidents OF crime such ~ would
be expected from IN insane man and insane
Scoville continued with his review OF the evi-
dence, and called attention to various incidents
in duitcau's htc, arguing his insanity ~ evi-
dcnccd BY tho undon6tcd lack OF something IN
his mental composition possssssd BY other mon
YoaT1.Eiourn DAT.
0uatcau opened proceedings By thanking tho
New York Court OF Appeals for IL timely de-
casion on tho law Of insanity. "Hitherto,"
said the assassin, "tho law has been that the
| burden OF proof was on the defendant, but the
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70 prove that tho man not only committed the
| act, hut also that he was sane ct the time
| he committed L." After tho prisoner had
| delivered himself Of this little speech,
| Scoyilo resumed his argument, reading from
| tho evidence of several witncsscs who were ut
| tho depot and raw tho shooting and subsequent
arrest Of 0nitcau, his object bcing ~ show
| that the prisoner Was perfectly calm and cool,
ana In \ condition ar neryon and intellect at
variance With tho hypothesas o. SANITY under
such circumstances
Al Scovillc procecaed, Corkhil made fire.
ouent and - the speaker evidently thought,
sighting comments, until, finally becoming in
ss to as ,rn. Ds ss ans cSsae asa
and lns,ancetl his presentation - evidence in
tins cAsc 81 letter written by the prisoner, and
] which he (Corkhill) had intercepted and mu-
l tilated BY cutting on tho signature and such
portion a no thought might benefit the pris-
onef, thing. sAid Scovliic. which was
never oeiore permn.su IA sou.s . 2. lusuce'
| not even upon the ttssi ot caSii suit
CorkhMt tsnccrangVl-"Ihats your opinion
merely. Mr.. Scoville. Il amounts % nothing -
TACT"
Scoyillc--aWcll let Il bo my opinion
presume I an entitled to ons, and % i tho
Jury"
Gnitcau with cncrGyl-"N waa friendly
the mean. dirty whO.p."
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