The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-02-04
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
GUITEAU AGAIN.
The Whole Crowd Once More
In Court.
The Assassin Grows Excited.

and asked In quiet and rather pleasing
tone, Scan I sit attbGt table, if your
honor please"
Judge Cox-I! there is no objection
from counsel.
Guiteau = Have you any objection,
Colonel?
CorkhiIl-No, sir.
The prisoner then took aest st the
table by the side Of Scoville, and taking
out Of his coat pocket roll of manu-
script and addressing the court with the
air Of the principal counsel in the case,
began, ''If the court please, before this
motion is made, desire to correct few
errors that have crept in"
At this point he WAS stopped by the
court.
Corkhill objected to any remarks from
the prisoner.
Scoville also objected, and thought
anything of the kind better be postponed
until the business before the court was
disposed of. Scoville continued: If
your honor please, / have contemplated
that some additional time should be given
for the motion. l also have an assurance
from prominent membsr of this bar
that he will assist ms next week.
Corkhill asked: Who is the gentle
man?
Scoville declined to give the name at
present, except in confidence to the court.
Scovjlle then desired to make a new mo-
ton relative to additional grounds he had
discovered for asking q new trial. These
grounds, he stated, were Unauthorized
conversations with the jury by outside
parties, and second, subsequent admis-
sions Of an expert that he thought
Guitesu insane, but did not dare to say
so for fear it might iDjure him IN busi-
ness, and in public estimation. ScoVille
read an affidavit, sworn and subscribed
to By himself, setting forth il detail the
grounds stated, and added: l have not
yet prepared my motion based upon this
affidavit, but presume it will be sufficient
if 1 do so at any time during the day.
Corkhill-May it please your honor,
the time for filing such motions and affi-
davis has expired.
Judge COx-Well, we will postpone
consideration o. this matter until the
motion now before the court is disposed
of.
Scovile proceeded 70 read the affids-
Wits, and other pspers fled by him, with
his motion for new trial.
Scoville defended Snyder (who was
presently and himself from the criticisms
of the prosecution.
Corkhill replied that ne would
prove the signatures which formed the
basis Of Snyder's affidavit, are base fo,-
geries. He never supposed Scovilie
guilty of forgery. He read the aft 1svits
OF jurynen positively denying having
seen the Critic or any other pspsr during
the trial; also the affidavit Of Norman
Wizard, tina. he knew Snyder for fifteen
years as . thiss, forger and blacknailer,
whom he would not believe under oath;
also other afidAVits showing the vile cha
racter Of Snyder, and the affidavit Of
Bailiff Curtis, who had charge of the rvom
where the Critic was found, that he pur-
chased no paper, and that the only per-
sons spoken to by the jury or bAilif
duris2 the trial were T. II. Snyder, Mr..
Seville and ]. Il. Hayden, who several
times paA ed the rooms without any
ostensible purpose. At the time Snyder
had found the Critic in the bailiff's room
he (Curtis) was there and Snyder could
not have taken Critic from the room
unless be first placed it there. BAiliff
Sesrles swoTe TO the sam. tenor. Henry
Brsgdon, whom Scoville named Al .
new witness, testified that he knew no
thing about the case. Iorkhill refused
to comment on the affdavits.
Scoville denounced these attempts to
blscken an innocent, honorable man
(Snyder) a. on par with the efforts to
give him (Scovills) small pox by means
Of LISTERS. Scoville proceeded with bis
arguments.
GuiteAu realized several dollars by
ceiling autographs in court.
After ScoYille concluded, DavidKe
proceeded to discuss the propristy Of
Snyder being in the jury room. The act
itself was damning.
Guiteau cried out, in defense OF Snyder,
hat he held this was very streng pre-
evidence against q grog jury,
which drinks and chews and plays cards.
Scoville replied to DaVidRe, and
argued that Snyder deserved praise
rather than csnsure for his conduct. He
wss not housing around, as counsel init
mated. He occupied q room at hotel,
md in going to and from ais Office was
obliged 10 pass the apartments, which
we're the rooms Of the jury. and seeing 8
through the open door be had,
IA every honest American citizen should
10, taken it. He (Seoville) expected
decision from the bench upon that point.
Col. Corkhill-We!l, you'll hard work
% getit.
ScovilIe, with much varmth-Perhaps
hist may be the case. It is no new thing
% experience difficulties. Il all comes
rom that pressure that will have nothing
put hang him.
Guiteau, excitedly, and with wild
shouted out: You may sue
ICED now, in your villAinous purposes,
Mr.. Corkhill, bat we'll win on the long
pull, and don't you forget it. The Lord
Always wins on the long pull.
SGoville, continuing, discussed the afh
laVis OF thejurymen, every one Of which
.e said was based upon the affidavit of
heir foreman and these educated and
citizens of Washington,
ike so many school boys or parrots, had
,ut their names to whatever was prepared
or them.
Guiteau again called out loudly: God
Almighty will ruin every man that IL op-
posed to ia, only give the Lord time.
Scoville strongly urged the propriety
# propounding some questions. He was
lot satisfied with their affidsvits, and
bought further light would be thrown
lpou the disputed matter Of the news
PAPER, SO this was done.
At the conclusion of his remarks,
Judge Cox took all the papers in the
Ease under advisement until tomorrow.
The jury were requested to be in attend
nee tomorrow, which was looked upon