The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-01-27

rendering a verdict contrary 70 the evil
dcncc; that Judge Cox In his charge did
not base Il upon all the evidence, and
that the jury during the trial read the
| newspapers and had conversations with
outside persons. Mr.. Scoyille said that
should this motion be denied an appeal
will be taken to the court en- bdnc In April.
Referring TO the verdict, Mr.. Scovillc said
that after hearing Judge Cox's charge he
was not SURF rised that the jury rendered
verdict Of guilty, He rcfrained, however.
from passing any criticism upon Judge
CoX's charge further than to say that he
had not been accustomed 10 hear the Judge
address the Jury rs Judge Cox did In this
case, but simply 10 submit written instruc-
lions, and this, too, upon the law bearing
upon the case, and not upon the evidence
Judge Cox. Mr.. Scoyille thought, did not
review the entire evidence given in the
case, but only portions Of it.
A MENTAL REACTION IN GUITEAU POSSIBLE.
! Guiteau Is said by some TO have appeared
/ TO be the coolest person in the courtroom
/ at the time the verdict was announced but
/ Mr.. Scovillc believes that when the excite
ment attending the trial is oycr-eXcitc-
mcnt which. Mr.. ScOvile thinks. has sIIS-
{ tanned Guteau all the way through it-he
viii become a raving maniac. Mr.. SEQ
/ vile docs not talk tonight like a man who
I thinks his labor in this matter is at an end.
/ There are good grounds, he says, for a new
/ trial, and he proposes To show this from
/ the record Of the trial when the popular
feeling against Guiteau has died away. In
that record. he says. will be found the fact
that letter from Guitcau TO DiStrict-At-
tOrnev Corkhill. with the signature and Il
large part OF IFS contents torn of, was adj
United i'm evidence. Besides this, there -
the expert testimony, which, he, says, Is
condemned by thousands OF competent men
throughout the country, and other fact,
now matters of record; all Of which can
be used rs reasons for asking for new
trial.
The Jurymcn Talk.
The following interviews with some Of
the Jurors on the evening Of the verdict,
condensed from the Republican, will prove
OF interest:
Mr.. John p. IIamlin, the foreman OF the
Guiteau jury, which has taken so inn
portant step in the abolition OF "crank-
D
publican reporter. How did you pass the
timer said q" Well, the first two weeks we
rather moped around, but later we got ac-
quainted with each other. as | told you be-
/ fore, and we all chummed very much to-
gcther. After the two weeks we began to
play whist and seven-up. The two men
/ who were in each room began talking with
their ncighb0rs. and before the prOSccu-
,tion ended we were all well acquainted.
About Wormleyy Well, he's as white
man aS | ever saw in a dark en-
velope. We all like him; he's a mighty
nice man. Mrs. ScoyilfS testimony didn't
do Gutoau any good. / won't say any
more; but il didn't do any good with any
of us. The expert testimony interested
us at first, but ii soon got tedious, and we
got disguised when they put that horse
doctor on the stand. The Guiteau crowd
didn't seem to dare to put their called cX-
perts on the stand. GuIteau himself would
have done better with us if he had kept his
head shut. Would have been influenced
ii Guiteau had shut up after the first two
weeks! Well, don't thinkso. thought
from the first that the man was playing a
part. | Just looked 1t ii this way: He
Shot General Garfield, and the testimony
showed that he shot him because he was
wild applicant for office. We lett the
courtroom. after the Judges charge. for
the iury-rOOm, and the indictment was
first read in full. so that all the men,
bers Of the Jury could remember in
full what we had been trying. We
then took an informal ballot. with the re-
suit OF eleven for conviction rs guilty rs
indicted but one ballot was blank. The
next ballot was taken at once, when the
whole twelve ballots were for the result
that | had the honor of reporting TO the
Court and to the American people, that |
and my cOnfrtreS had TO state that Gui-
teau was guilty n indicted Well. I'm
tired out. Sitting in a chair for seventy
three days-you know | was the first jury
man selectcd-I don't feel as if | wanted
to sit down again for week. We had
good times, as far as good times could 20
when we had TAILOR in charge over Us
vet it was rough after all. The allowances
were fair, however; we all had 4 grOg ut
each meal and a cigar afterward." Mr..
IIamlin, on his release from the iury-boX,
received all the letters which had accumu-
lated for him for nearly eleven weeks.
among which hc found a number OF threat
cniug ones from cranks,
JIk1MAN hlNELiNf. iALhH'
Away over on Capitol Hill east, i'm that
part OF tie city locally known As "on the
Nayy-Yard." live three OF the iurymen-
Henry J. Bright, Thomas llineline, and
George W. Gates. Singularly enough they
were I'LL born in the vicinity OF where they
now live. Mr.. Hineline was found at home
surrounded by his family OF four or five
grown sons and daughters and his wife
and aged mother. The scene was like that
common few years ago ut the return OF
the husband and father from the wars. To
the question whether at any time any of the
Jury were inclined TO believe that Guitcau
was insane, MIR. Ilinelinc replied: "Of
course there were times when doubts OF his
SANITY were entertained one day the doubt
would exist; the next day il was gone. Vt
last it settled down 10 the deliberate con-
yiction shown by the verdict. In my 0pin-
ion Guiteau thought he was great man,
had done the Republican party great deal
of good. and was consequently entitled to
be rewarded by the beStowment OF Il big
office. He didn't get ii. Blaine turned
him the cold shoulder, and he determined
TO revenge himself. His speech had no
effect on the jury one way or the other. |
want TO express my admiration for Mr..
Scoville. He had q thanklcss task, which,
under conception Of duty, he performed
in the most noble manner. My heart went
out in sympathy toward him. | regard
/ Mr.. Reed also a. a strong man. His speech
was the speech OF the trial. lie also did
his duty nobly. We were out after the
| Judge had charged III about three-quarters
of an hour. We discussed the thing for
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