The Penn's Grove record., 1882-02-04

nation viii go down in blood"
The STIR says: SIN a conversation
with some of the jurors in the Guiteau
cas it was learned that what has been
said all along as to the prisoner running
his own case was true. They said that
his examination confirmed the jurors
in the opinion that he was perfectly
sane. What little doubt there was as
to the responsibility Of G~uiteau-and
there was for q short time during the
trial just a mere shadow of doubt
was cleared away by the argument of
Mr.. Davidge. This argument, 1t is
said, settled the case, and had it been
submitted to them at the time the
verdict would have been the same. 1t
was suggested that the answe made
by Mr.. Hamlin to the suggestion of
Mr.. Scoville for the jurors to be al
lowed to go to their homes during the
holidays-that they did not wish to be
separated-indicated that their minds
were made up at that time. The an.
swer was they were apprehensive that
if they did separate some question
might be raised about it.. To the
question whether the jurors had seen
any newspapers during their confine-
ment the answer was that even had
they had an opportunity they would
not have taken advantage of it, for
they were determined from the first
that they would do their whole duty
az jurors, and that as far as their con-
duct was concerned there should be no
ground for a charge of irregularity.
In fact, we followed the instruct
ions given to the letter. said one. we
have all studiously obeyed the require
ments of the oath, and have decided
the case solely IN the evidence and the
law as given u.s. Another juror re-
marked For seventy-two days we
have been kept together, and except
that We have been allowed to see
members of our families in the pres
ence of the bailiH we have heard moth
ing from the outside world, and have
done our duty, u verdict being made
after full consideration and with the
approval of our consciences.' Foreman
Hamlin said last night that he thought
there had been little or no doubt in the
minds Of the jury since the testimony
of DIR. Youug-in whose opinion the
jury placed much reliance-wasg given.
I'VE left the Court room,' he said, after
the Judges charge, for the jury room,
and the indictment was first read in
full, so that all the members Of the
jury could remember in full what We
had been trying. We then took an
informal ballot, with the result of
eleven for conviction as 'guilty as in
dicted )" but N 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 I and my con-
federates bad to state: That Guiteau
was " guilty as indicted" MI. Hane-
line said: Il want to express my
admiration for Mr.. Scoville. He had
a thankless task, which, under a con-
ception Of duty, he performed in the
most noble manner. My heart went
out in sympathy toward him. At
times l thought he would break down
under his great burden. My whole
heart goes out in sympathy toward
him. I regard Mr.. Reed also as a
strong man. His speech was the
speech of the trial. Mr.. Bright said
Il never thought for a moment that
he was insane, and yet / am told that
| am the man some people predicted
would chang" the jury Jurymen
Brawner and Brsndenburg each ex-
pressed themselves as having been
thoroughly convinced, when the tes-
timony was closed, that the prisoner
was sane. Mr.. Prather said II had
doubts as to how the rest were going.
We agreed from the first not to ex-
press or ask opinions, but / had
thought to myself, sometimes, this or
that mar will ''hang" the jury. l
never was more surprised IN my life
than when the vote came in as it did
at iRst-ll to /. | had thought that
we might be out two or three days,
although ! was myself convinced by
the prepondersnce of evidence
Messrs. Langley, Gales, Sheehan and
Wormley gave a similar report"
Guiteau's Address to the American People.
Guiteau prepared for publication
and sent to pTess TO day the following