National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-02-04
In COURT AGAIN.
THE EFFORTS TO GET A NEW TRIAL.
Mr.. scovilles MotlOn-Tho Charges Against tho
Jurymen-The Judge Takes the Papers
Another Cheeky Address by the
AssasSin-After Money.

cupied bya crowd OF men and boys who stood
closely packed together or leaned against the rail
Tho prisoner was Immediately brought in and
placed in the dock. t. II. Snyder, the maker of
the affidavit upon which Mr.. scoville relies mainly
to sustain his motion, sat Immediately in the rear
OF Mr. scovile. Colonel Reed occupied seat at the
counsel table upon the left and j. w. Gulteau upon
III right of Mr.. Scoville while the prisoner sat ut
the right of his brother. Tho intervening days
since the verdict OF guilty as indicted" was
brought in have undoubtedly been days Of anxiety
10 the prisoner and have left their imprints upon
his sallow countenance. The cheek bones nre
more prominent, the lines about the mouth nrc
deeper, and the features have hard and pinched
appearance, such NJ usually betokens late hours
and ovorwork or indulgence
Before taking his seat Guiteau looked over TO his
counsel and said in quiet
AND RATHER PLEADING TONE;
"Can sit ut that table, IL Your Honor please"
Judge Cox-lf there is no objection from coun-
sci.
Gultoau-Have YOU any objection, ColonelH
Corkhill-No. sir.
The tpisoner then took u scat at the table by tho
side of Mr.. scovilc, and taking out of his coat
pocket roll of manuscript addressed the Court
I'm the apparent belief and with the aim of.prnci
pal counsel In the case: "Ifthe Court please, be-
fore the motion is made desire to correct q few
errors that have crept in" At this point he was
stopped by the Court
Colonel Corkhill objected to any remarks from
the prisoner at this stage. Mr.. Scoyille also OBJ
iected and thought anything of the kind had
better be postponed until the business before tho
court was disposed Of
Mr.. scoville continued: "If Your Honor please,
have contemplated that some additional time
should be given for this motion. also have as
surance from a prominent member ofthis bar that
he will assist me next week"
Colonel Corkhill asked who was the gentleman.
Mr.. ScOyille declined to give the name at pres
ent, except in confidence to the Court MIR. SEQ
Vile then desired to ,n"Le new motion relative
y tn additional grounds that he had discovered
FOR ASKING A NEW TRIAL.
These grounds, he stated, were unauthorized con-
Versations with the jury by outside parties and,
second, subsequent admissions of an expert that
he thought Guiteau insane but did not dare to say
30 for fear that 1t would injure him In business
and In the public estimation Mr. Scoyile read
an affidavit sworn and subscribed to by himself,
setting forth in detail the grounds stated and
added: 81 have not yet prepared the formal mo-
ton based upon this affidavit, but presume 1t will
be sufficient If do 80 at any time during the day."
Col. Corkhill-May 1t please Your Honor, the
time for filing such motions and afidavits has cx-
pired?
Judge Cox-Well we will postpone the consid-
Grafton of this matter until!the motion now before
the.court is disposed of.
Mr.. Scoville then proceeded to read the afi-
'davits and other papers filed by him with his
motion for new trial. During the reading of the
affidavit by Mr. Scoville
GUTTEAU LISTENED ATTENTIvELY
once only commenting with "That's doubtless
true" After reading the Snyder affidavit Mr..
lScovile defended both the aniant and himself
from the criticism which he learned had been
lmade by the prosecution.
J Colonel Corkhill in reply, said: Neither Mr..
NSnydor nor Mr.. Scoville are now on trial. When
hey are on trial in this court will attend to them.
ANpresent the subject under Consideration is
~hSher new trial shall be granted to the con-
VieteS murderer of James A. Garfield. 1 have
stalea hat the signatures upon the paper which
forms thu basis of the Snyder affidavit
are base forgeries, and l expect to
prove them SO to The satisfaction OF the Court and
the country. have never accused Mr.. Scoville of
the forgery and never supposed him to be guilty of
It," Colonel Corkhill then read the affidavit of
each member of the jury, In which they most posi-
lively denied ever having seen or read copy Of
the Critic or any other paper during the
time that they served MS jurors upon the
trial Of Guiteau. Following these was read the
affidavit of Norman Wizard to the effect that he had
known Snyder for fifteen years, and to his knowl-
edge said Snyder Is thief and a forger and black
mailer and that he (Wiard) would not believe him
unde; oath. Colonel Corkhi also read the affidavit
of John L. Sargent, formerly detective in WASH
ington, and Detective McElfresh, who arrested
Snyder several years since on the charge of grand
larceny. Also the affidavit of George c. Curtiss
the bRiliff in charge of the room from which Sny.
der alleges to have taken the copy of the Critic
with the jurors names upon it. Af1ant did not
purchase Critic during the trial, or have one In
his room; that the only person that attracted the
suspicion of the baillf or jury +. T. Snyder,
Mr.. Scoyille, and ]. II. Hayden. These parties
passed the rooms on several occasions without
having any ostensible business and
WE'RE oBJEcrs OF SUSPICION
In bnfh hailih ANinnt fur thnr aru
that at the hour when Snyder swore that he found
the Critic in the bailifrs room he (Curss) was
there and the jury were also in their rooms. and
that It was impossible for Snyder to have taken a
Critic from his room unless he had first placed II
there. The affidavit Of A. r. searle, another
bailif in charge of the jury, was then
read. It was OF the same tenor as the preceding
one. Also the affidavit Of Henry Brogden, the
party alluded to by Scoyille In his affidavit, setting
forth newly discovered evidence as ground for
new trial. Brogden's affidavit sets forth that he
saw a man in Lafayette Park as alleged, and re-
marked Of him that he looked like a disappointed
ofice.seeker or C. lunatic but he does not know
whether twas Guiteau or not. Colonel Corkhill
in conclusion submitted that the aflidavs he had
read amply sustained his allegation of forgery and
fraud, and therefore he would refrain from adding
any argument.
Mr.. scoville in reply severely denounced the at
tempt to blacken the character of Mr.. Snyder. II
to him (soOvillel impregnatcd
WITH SMALLPOX VIRUS,
and the virus injected into these afldays (all in.
stigated by the personal spite of one man, Norman
IWiard) would go out through all the land, and
years might DO required to undo the injury that is
thus proposed 10 be done to an honorable man, the
peer OF any IN the courtroom
Colonel Corkhil raised laugh by asking in a
tone o Of Inquiry "YOd are not speaking
& MIR. scoyllle replied with marked emphasis
W"Yes, sir am an honorable man." He then
Everything OF the character he had described.
Judge Cox replied that the objection was clearly
well taken, and that much of the aildaYis objected
Ito could not be considered as evidence Judge Cox
then stated that he could not vary from the
well defined rules OF practice as TO the admission
Of afhdavils on the time for hearing motions. but
as new questions were submitted In the pending
motion he would take time to mature his decision,
and would not announce 1t until this morning.
a Hewould, however, be pleased TO hear any legal
authorities that counsel might desire to cite
Mr. Scovllle then proceeded TO argue his motion,
citing authorities and prccedents.
Mr. ScoYille spoke one hour in support OF his
motion, and cited many authorities. The jury,
who occupied the same seats respectively as dur
ing the trial Of the case gave the closest attention
room gradually Increased until there was not even
standing ROOM and the dOors were barred
= TO further admission by the deDsely.
Tho prisoner nstonished every one by his good be
evior. ThemajOrity OF the audience was com
ptsed ofstrangers, aud many applications for au-
togQphs were handed up to Guteau. When ac-
coipanied with the required fec the request met
IN Instant and favorable response. Reaching over
me reporters table Guiteau whispered apoloseJc-
hiIy' II seems mean TO DO
cHARGIGo FOR NY AUTOGRAPHS.
but took In $3.50 yesterday, and | have already
gpt several dollars day II had done this all
through The trial might have realized 81 900 with
Nay pp yc 20 employ competent counsel lrs the only