The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-01-21
The Trial.


ARLINGTON, Jan. N.-Scoville re-
sulheslshis argument this morning. Gui-
tenu brought into Court with him roll
III manuscript said to be an elaborate
preface to his speech, which, has ALREADY
tH'en published. His counsel seem t.
think this morning that Judge Cox will
allow him, under certain conditions and
restrictions, to address the jury when
SCOville has concluded.
Scoville called attention to the testi-
n'ony Of DR.. Hamilton. one Of the gov
crnmcnt cOnspiratOrs, as he termed him.
from the very start DIR. Hamilton had
perverted his testimony and stu<liouslv
made use of the very strongest adjet.-
tivc~, showing the intensity of his feel
ing III though every effort on his part
was designed to secure beyond pefatl-
venture the conviction Of the prisoner.
In short, his feelings led him to tran
scend the truth, and those expressions,
as 1t appears to me, were for the express
purpose Of manufacturing feelings in
your minds against the prisoner.
ScOvilie produced n diagram showing
y section ut the prisoners head. '''Thnt's
not in evidence said COrkhill. 1T is"
replied Seville. IAN exact fac-simile Of
the diagram :yOu put in" Reaching
acrts>- the table to the District Attorney;
''IOu can take it and see that 1t 10 ~. )"
COrkhill- shaking l,is head conte,nptu-
o,,*ly, ''Imwse it on the jury If YOU
wish. 1NOn't put it on me-" ScOvillc,
earnestly, II will take rule and make
the measurements right here before the
jury" Corkhill-''Oh. don't; your
speech is had ens ugh, your testimony
will Ike wOrse."
S.Dvillc, half ap,logctically-Wcll
Col. COrkhill, am doing the lx~t l can
and am honestly cntleavOring to get
the truth before the jury. Scoville con-
tinued with frequent interruptions on
the rnart of the district attorney. Taking
upthe diagram Of (iuiteau's head offered
in evidence Ivy Dr. Hamilton, ScOville
said: ~ propose to show you that DR..
Hamilton lit1l when he told you that
this was . correct diagram Of Guiteau's
head. He attempted to convince YOU
that (:uittnu had an unusual sym'netri-
al head and prONss<. to show you his
evidence in this respect was absolutely
false.
Scuvi!lc continued to discuss the sub
jcx.t Of the diagram.
(:uitcau took advantage Of pause
:,,,.! called out, "Thc District Attorney
has run out of money. lie can't lay
tll<sa. fellows until he can get an extra
appropriation from Congress. Laugh
iiy.) Tl,ay had better have stayed in
New York. They will 70 home with
less money than they expected. serVes
then, right
Scuvil:c said lie must protest against
Corkhill's continually volunteering his
own testimony, ~ he did yes
tcrlay. when he wanted to east
slur upon the witness moss. ] have
seen the record this morning, said SEQ
Vile, and l have learned the reason for
the District Attorneys action against
that witness. 1t seems Moss i'as' tn sue
(Orkhilf in the magistrates court for Il
three dollar wash hill, which the District
Attorney owed M.es' wife. and the
usor., says i,c paid it and one dollar ana
twenty cent. costs. -,
t;uiteau, cx,ltantly-tf they should
undertake, 10 <:lc ('Orkhiti for
all Ia. owes it would take the time .! all
tin, ,~u,rt:. to attend to the business.
.>,.vill..-l very n,,ici, dislike to bring
out sue: things in y rn,;rt room. '!t1
WHEN :l,c district attorney persists IN
his mean little personalities Il" *""!l's's
me to rstaiia!e.
shortly a!tcrwa-.! I"rkhiil again IN.
tcr.:pt.;l. when Davi'l=e, who had
come in, protested with mock :y'avEH.
.Oh. don't interrupt him in llr;tve'! >
name! don't interrupt him ;ic n'Eht
stu, altogether. t:cncval lauyhttr--sn
wi,i..h S.,,viilr iOiltd.