Morning journal and courier., 1882-01-17
News by Telegraph
 FROM ALL QUARTERS. SCoviI|e's Argument. AN APPEAL TO THE JURY-
 MEMS INTELLECTS. A Warning Against 0ratory HE SEES A CONSPIRACY IN THE
 PROSECUTION. Cuiteau Gets In His Remarks. ScOville to Talk For
 Several Days.
Cuiteau Gets In His Remarks.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL,

Af1 E NAl1ONAA CAHIIAL Ls ScoviIIe in Guiteau's Defense-AM AD-
 peal to the InteIieets of the Jury-The
 Assassin's Interruptions.
 WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.-Mr. Scoville made 50 good an impression by his opening address to the jury that much interest was felt in his closing speech. He uses no rhetorical tricks, but is a close reasoner, very persuasive in statement and an easy and agreeable talker. His sincerity also counts with the public, and presumably with the jury. MT. Scoville be- gan his argument by publicly returning thanks to the many eminent counsel through out the country who had by mail assisted him with such good counsel relative to such proper presentation of the defense as to enable him to accomplish what he had done and might yet do in spite of his great inex- perience in criminal practice. The jury, he said, should divest themselves of emotion and sentiment and consider the case from a purely intellectual standpoint. The case was one in which the plaintiff was called to sit in judgment upon the defendant, and in which the jury were interested equally with all other citizens in prosecuting the accused. The jury were part of the government, part of the people, part of the nation, for the killing of whose chief magistrate the prisoner was on trial And on that account they were bound to be extraordinarily care- full and to divest themselves of their personal feelings before forming judgment They should forget that President Garfield was one of themselves, and perhaps person. ally acquainted with some of them. He said he had framed in his mind conspi- racy to hang the prisoner and the conspira- tors were District Attorney Corkhill, Judge Porter, MT. Davidge and Drs. Hamilton, MacDonald, Kempster, Gray and Worcester American journalism disgracefully anticipa- ted the verdict. Judge Davis charge in the Coleman case was an attempt to influence the decision of the court in this case. Mir. Da- vidge upon interrupting was told by Guiteau to keep quiet "You talked two days" re- marked the assassin, land said nothing. bound to acquit him, even if they found that Guteau knew the differ ence between right and wrong on July 9 if they also believed that he felt obliged to do the act for the good of the coun- try and to avoid civil war. The prosecution had failed to show anything tending to prove that Guiteau was bad man and unlikely sincerely to be affected by any religious feel ing or delusion. The burden of Mir. ScovilIe's argument was that the prosecution had la- bored to bring against Guiteau an avalanche of little things, in order to build up their charges. They had failed to bring against him a single thing done before July 2d for which he should hang his head except adul- tery. "Yes," said Guiteau, "Pll venture to say that there is not now in this court room one innocent person on that score" Mr. thar, tad tba cfo of Inc taken in adultery, quoting, 'Let him among you who is without sin cast the first stone," and when he looked up "the woman's accus- CTS were gone." 'I presume it would be the same way here," said Guiteau. A recess was then taken.
 After recess Mir. Scoville resumed his ar
 gument. During pause in the proceedings,
 just after reference had been made to his
 many debts, Guiteau shouted: q have lots
 of money now. Let my creditors send in
 their notes and will pay up square like 8
 man." ''They think" said Sco-;ne, after
 enumerating several small items of wicked
 ness brought forward by the government
 ssthey think that with this vast amount of
 odium heaped upon him, with his character
 blackened, with his history raked up and
 thrown against him, they will manufacture in your minds such Q weight of influence against him, such an intense hatred of the man, that you will not stop to consider little circumstances as to whether he was of sane mind when he shot the President, but you will say on your oaths let that man go to the sallows; he is of no use to the commu- nity he is a liar, cheat and swindler; let us hang him on general principles.
 MT. Scoville was about to dissect the evi- dence of the witness who testified to the prisoners intention of initiating Wilkes Booth (Shaw), when Guiteau cried ''Better leave him with pshaw." No one laughed and he added, 1T mean pshaw" (spelling) Still there was no response and as last re- sort he cried: 'They don't appear to see the pun, do they?" (Laughter.) Later on he ] and was content to let future ages attend to 1 his reputation.
 Counsel after reviewing the testimony of this witness charged that both he and his clerk, who corroborated him, had perjured themselves. 'I know they have," ohimed in 1 the prisoner 1T could honor men like Mason l and Jones'" continued Scovills, "because { they were willing to stake their personal lib \ erty on their act. But Shaw seeks to hang l this man without assuming the risk of even ] prosecution which he knew could not be ! against living witness except Guiteau. J l ''This whole Shaw business is lie from be. l ginning to end, :" said Guiteau. 'I wish your honor would read my speech this evening SC
 can talk with you about it tomorrow Court then adjourned. Attorney General Brewster sat on the bench with Judge Cox during the latter part of the session.
 1 John w. Guiteau has published 8 letter on his brothers case He says he hopes the 1 jury will disagree or acquit. Judge Coxss in ] structions were more favorable than he had feared they might be, and public sentiment
 is now changing in favor of belief in hii brothers insanity. He says Guiteau has been misrepresented by the press, and it will
 be wonder if he is not hung before Apri l 1st. He says that in Washington the people l understand the case better than outside, ant
 the people there believe largely in Guiteau' l insanity.