National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-01-07
A SISTERS APPEAL
FOR HER BROTHER, THE assassin.
She Thinks That the Wretch Has Many Friends
Both Sides Ready in the Casc-The CUES.
tion OF Jurisdiction-A hid for
the Culprits Dead Body.

There were no new developments In connection
with the Gulteau case yesterday. Judge Cox was
engaged In the preparation OF his rulings upon the
law points presented by counsel and will render
his decision at the opening Of the court this morn
ing. Mr.. Dovidgc viii then be ready 10 proceed
at once with the opening argument for the prose.
cutiou, but IL is thought an adjournment will be
taken until Monday The prayers of the defense
have been the subject of general discussion
with the legal fraternity, particularly the
twelfth, which states off the jury shall
believe from the evidence that the prisoner was of
sound mind or not SO insane as TO he irresponsible
for the act Mt the time Of the shooting Of the Prcsi
Cent OH the % day OF July, 1881, and that he then
unlawfully and wilnlly, but without malice in
ct, in the District of Columbia, shot at and
thereby injured the President, Of which shoot
ing aud injury the person so injured subsc
qucnuy died in the State of New Jersey,
aud within the United States, then the
prisoner is guilty Of the crime Of monslaughtcr,
and the jury should so fluid" This is looked
upon rs the dcrniCr resort of the dcienSc-the
claim that as the huOtng occurred tn the District
of Columbia, the death in New Jersey, the crime
Is one of nhnslauShtcr, as defined in section 53l
OF the United States statutes. at Large. This Sec
ton reads MS follows: Every person who,
within vi M. any Of lhe places or o5oo upon ar, any
aud wilmlly, but without malice strikes, stabs,
wounds or shoots at, or otherwise Injuries another
Of which striking, stnbbng. wOunding, shooting,
or other injury such other persen dies. either on
land or sea, Within or without the United States,
is guilty OF the crime of unnslaughter" As the
absence Ol malice must DC shown to remove Gui-
tcHus crime from the murder class, 1t Is not be-
nevcd Judge Cox can rule favorably upon this
prayer
MRS. soovILLE's FLEA.
To the Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, u. C., Jan. 6.-Notcing an account
of nm interview with the JUL Warden in this
m3,rnings REryBLIcAN which states that the
deem that such statement calls for 9
correction. Judging IRON the tenor OF
the three or four h ndred letters which | have
opened since court adjourned Wednesday after
noon, to say nothing of newspapers sent with
great many people not only care what be:
comes of him, but they have n decided
desire that lie shall have fair play, Among these
letters more than II quarter nre especially sympo-
thetc, giving points Tor the defense, upon
the expcrt $50 called testimony, the unfair con-
duct of the prosecution, &c. Many of these cou-
tain offers Of financial aid, and should have been
attended to nnd answered before this. But since
Christmas the counsel for the defense have been
so pressed, getting ready for surrebuual, that Tic
one has had time To attend TO the prisoners mail
For that reason
l HAVE TAKEN IT
in hand. The time now elapsed makes It ncccs-
snry for Inc TO reply In this public manner to these
kind offers. Anything sent to me, li2G Sixth street
northwest, Washington, y. C., Will lie safely and
pressing needs Of tile defense. Not dvsrimg to
mislcnd amy person as to the character of the cor
respOndcncG of the prisoner, Will here state that
among the letters opened by me ut his request, OF
at least with his consent there dozen which
have labeled mean, dozen more containing
threats against his lfc and one nlluding to myself
and husband In terms anything but compliment
ury, threatening US also. This class of let.
tiers he never SEES, and the ignontnt, brutal
save UpHR their me and p"sge These threats have
ceased To trouble even me- as | notice, although
the day and hour are specified i'll some cases, the
times go by and no one puts in an appearance. We
keep all the correspondence of the prisoner and
have som curiotiiies IN our possession, literary
and otherwise. large number Of the letters are
guagc, and In many instances expressing admiri-
ton, in that he always speaks the truth he re-
members 1t, no matter who gets hurt himself moi
excepted. or course even these are worded AS d
kind hearted person would write TO
ONE OF uSsoUED MIND.
But they show Il profound sympathy with him IN
what they are pleased TO call his misfortune. Some
speak of their sorrow ut the suffering of President
Garfield but add they are convinced he was
honest in his delusion that God demanded the
sucrice,' and hope he will have filir play Wha
they will think Of the cutting short the defense
and the declaration of Mr. Davidge for the prose.
cution that this case must be closed" although
there were nine Ofour best witnesses in waiting tC
80 on the stand land all Mr. Reed asked in hi,
eloquent plea for this peumiess, dementcd
creature" was "Lnt one day. more'D, re.
mains to be seen. / notice the newspaper
do not mention that the ruling of the Court TOOL
Mr. Clark Mills of the stand but state that he wai
withdrawn by the defense. The same with DR.
James Beard, OF New York, the same with DR.
Mcfarland, Of Illinois, who was not allowed tc
take the stand even. Nothing was said eithei
about The testimony, given Tor the defense by Mr.
Brooks, the chief of the Treasury detective force
who saw Guitoau on the night of the I'd of July
WIDEN he claimed just what lie claims now. Ever
the all-powerlul newspaper correspondent or re-
porter, who leaves out whatever Will make publ,
opinion for the weak and defenseless, and puts In
whatever Will make public opinion for the strong
and mighty, cannot forever
BLIND THE PEOPLE.
time viii come when the people will get the
Truth in this as well rs in other matters, and they
will demand n reckoning. God grant II may moi
sake OF the body polite When will the people
understand that not one member, however weak
and lriendless, can suffer unjusty but the whole
body must be involved? Every man must become
his brothers keeper" or we shall all e
down together in The ruin. This country
no country-can afford to see, any in
justice done any where. l should not have
taken upon myself the responsibility of rushini
into print at this jnmcture, did 1t not seem to mC
1t appear that the defense in the Guitnau case Il
becoming discouraged. Just how 1t is expected
TINS view ~ the newspapers Is to affect the dcois
Be'that as 1t may the one who probably care
| more
THAN ANY PERSON LIVING
for the prisoner and his defense, begs leave I,
state that so far as she Is concerned there is dis
couragement. | shall stand by him against tn
whole world, against my whole family even, as
have stood since that fitted I'd of JULY until lii,
end, whatever that may be, shall come, because
know that his cause is righteous, because to hin
II was the command of God, and lie obeyed
against his OiCR lCW and inclindtOns. This fRitl
shall be accounted unto him for righteousness
Woe, unto you, scribcs, PhariseCs, hypocrltesl /
In that day ye shall say unto Him, Lord, Lord
But lie shullsay unto you: j never knew YOU
If THE lord Wills
| can say good bye to him on the scaffod even
calmly as IL were gOod-nigh well assured an
l of his eternal salvation.
FRANCES GuITEAU SCoVILLE.
PRAYERS OF THE DEFENSE
Mr.. Scoyile's prayers were filed this morning
with the clerk of the court, and according agree
ment copy WAS served upon the attorneys for TIN
prosecution. MesSrs. Corkhill ana DavidSc wer
uloSetod during greater part of the day devisinI
means 10 meet the new crisis that has arisen in th
case. They were not inclined to talk, and in lac
were practically inaccessible To reporters.
GuItcau's Body wanted.
NJ Cnnvtlla ha rappiV,1 81 h,un n1p ,rpnogi