Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1882-01-18

be disgrace to have him speak iron
the dock"
Guitsau called out: "Well, l hav
been good boy lately, 30 you'd bette
let me out. y
Mr.. Scoville then called attention u
letter written by Guiteau to the Dis
trict Attorney, and from which por
ton had been clipped, AZ he claimed, b.
the prosecution, and In alspirit ofunfair
uaBs.
Mr.. Davidge (smiling)-"Oh, just al
sumo that one of the coDspirators cut
out"
Colonel Corkhill-"I suppose what
you are driving At is that you want thu
jury to think that cut a slip out of ftha
letter"
Mr.. Scoville-"I believe that it wal
done by you or by your direction for th'
reason that you believed it for the inter
est OF the prosecution"
$50 do |" shouted Guiteau
Col Corkhll-"You and the prisoner
agree occasionally"
Mr.. scoville having pretty roundly
abused the District Attorney, paused
apparently for new head for his dis.
course or his criticisms, when Colonel
CorkNll sugxes ed; ''If you want tc
talk about Judge Porter, don't hesitate
to say anything that suggests itself. y
Mr.. Scoville, having pretty roundly
abused the District Attorney, paused
appa rently for new head for the dis
course or his criticisms, when Col.
Corkhill suggested, "lf you want to
talk about Judge Porter, don't hesitate
to say anything that suggests itself.
Judge Porter will read it from the
record, and doubtless will make some
pleasant comments in reply"
MIR. Scovils then proceeded to give
the jury his views upon Judge Porter,
and to instruct them az to how much
weight they should attach to his utter
auces and as to the best means OF COun-
teracting the inf iuence of his oratory.
He had, he SAID, closely watched Judge
Porter at the beginning Of this case,
and had learned that his (Porter's)
most effective part was in exhibitions
of himself He had . good mind, In
that he had an admirable command OF
language aud most impressive man
ner, hat his el, luence was not OF the
heart and he wanted tho jury to take
into consideration the fact that he had
come here for II large tee aud was pros
tltuting his fine attainments in the Of
fort to hang an insane man.
Immediately after the recess and be-
fore Mr.. Scovlle resumed his speech
Guiteau, with an air of apparent sin
. ~ hn In
had just signed his name to check for
S25, 600 on the First National Bank OF
New York that he had received another
for s., 900 and another for $50, and he
believed they were all genuine.
After waiting fifteen minutes for the
arrival Of counsel for the prosecution
Mr.. Scoville was told by the court to
proceed, and respond with a review OF
the prisoner life from about the year
1859 when he left Ann Arbor and join.
cd the Oneida community, down to the
present year, dwelling particularly upon
the religious tendencies which began tc
develop strongly when the prisoner
reached the age Of nineteen years.
"When he left the community said
Mr.. Scoville, "he sought out Beecher' 3
Church, the Young Mems Christian As.
sociation and the society OF Christian
people. His tendencies at this time
were not immoral, nor had he shown
any indication Of that awful with sar-
casm) crime Of not paying his board
bills, for which the prosecution are try
ing to hang him"
Col. Curkhill-Oh, no, if he is hung al
all it will be for murder, not for owing
board bills.
Guiteau called out, 81 guess there
amt much chance Of my being hung
anyway
Mr.. Scoville insisted upon a parallel
bet ween Guiteau and his father l.. W.
Guiteau;) the latter, he contended, was
one of tho ose persons who, though not
insane, may well be said to be upon the
border line of insanity, and nothing but
his business, which required regular
duties to be performed, and supplied oc
cupation for his mind, kept him from
crossing the line. He argued the same
with Guiteau, and attributed to his fail
ure in business and consequent lack of
steady employment the rapid develop
ment of insanity in his case.
Mr.. Scoville continued up to the hour
of ad ournment his review OF the life OF
the prisoner, explaining his acts in the
light of Connsel's { Mr.. Scoville's) theory
upon the case.
Guiteau occasionally commented, but
never seriously disturbed the course OF
the argument.