Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-01-26
CONCLUDING.
The Last Acts I'm the, Guiteau Trial
Being Performed ut Washington !:
much to the keltef ~ Everybody.
FORTY SEVENTH DAY

FORTY SEVENTH DAY.
WARRINGTON, Jan. 18.-Thc first ex-
clamation of the prisoner this morning
as he took his place in the dock was to
Judge Cox. II persume your honor
will allow me to address the jury when
Scoville gets through" Judge Cox
said: "We will consider that at that
time.
Scoville commenced his argument
this morning by opening fire on DIR.
Gray the expert, who was summoned
by the government He said that DR..
Gray was hired to give evidence to help
hang the prisoner; that he was one of
the conspiIators of which the district
attorney was chief.
Scoville gave Grant, Conkling and
Arthur rub by saying: There are
politicians who seek to hide their own
shame behind the disgrace of this
prisoner, and make him the scapegoat
for their crime, and don't propose to
keep quiet and say that such men as
Grant, Conkling and Arthur are not
morally and Intellectually responsible
for this crime. Mr.. Conkling shall not
shirk the responsibility of stating the
thing that led to this act, neither shall
Grant escape that condemnation to
which he was 80 justly subjected when
coming from Mexico with undue haste
to throw his own name into q petty
quarrel about small Office in the re-
publican party, and sought to ferment
the difference that sprung up. l am
not going to see the misdeeds of men
high in power visited on the head of
this poor insane man if I can help it.
This clamor for his blood is not for the
purpose of avenging Garfield. or of sat
isfying justice, but their theory is this:
If it can be shown thst this was the act
of a sane man, then these politicians
in high places will say of course we are
not responsible for the act of a sane
man.
A recess was here taken.
After recess Scoville discussed the
conduct and actions of Guiteau at the
time aad imm ediately after the shoot
ing, ard contended that they were en-
tirely in keeping with the theory Of
insanity; that the GOODNESS and quiet
ness of his going to bed and sleeping
the night after the murder were char
acteristic incidents such rs would be
expected from an insane man.
Guiteau called QUIT Rave never
had any conception of his removal as
a murderer. My mind is perfectly
blank on that question"
Scoville read from evidence of Gen.
Reynolds What Guiteau had said to
him in Jail; that when his reasons
were made known to the people they
would acquit him without trial, and
that he should go to Europe for year
or two"
Guiteau-"All I have to say about
that is, that never said it."
Scoville continued "And this, gen.
tlemen, is the evidence offered you by
the prosecution. / want you to take
into consideration the monstrous alb
surdity Of such coming from sane
man, as they would have you believe,
that he could kill the president of the
United States and then, by simply CIV
ing his reasons, could 60 free,
without trial" Scovilie alluded
to Guiteau's remark when told by Gen.
Reynolds that Arthur and Conkling
and other stalwarts detested him and
abhorred his crime. Guiteau inter-
rupted, saying, 81 didn't say any such
thing when ne spoke of Conkling and
Arthur on the 4th of July. Those
men are my friends to-day, and don't
you forget it."
FORTY EIGHT DAY.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 19.--The court
opened at the usual hour. AS soon as
Guiteau reached his seat, he delivered
the following speech with a pompous
effort at oratorical effect: "The de-
cision of the New York court of APP
peals comes with 80 much force at the
present moment / desire to call at
tention to it. 1t comes with great
grace from the empire state, from that
grand old state of the republic. the state
that sends forth brain, money and
commerce Of the nation. II is great
step forward of the law Of insanity;
hitherto the law has been that the
burden of proof was or the defen-
dant, but the court of appeals with
grand magnaminity says, that the
burden of proof is on the ~prosecu-
ton to prove that the man
not only committed the act, but also
that he was sane at the time he COM
mitted it. In the name of justice, and
in the name of the American people,
and in the name of the American
judiciary, desire to thank those gen.
tlemen of the court of appeals of the
state of New York"
Scovile again complained that the
prosecution had failed to call Detective
McElfred to the stand, whose evidence
would have been of service to the priso-
ner.
The speaker continued to make sting
ing comments, until finally becoming
irritated, he turned on the district at
torney and denounced in scathing
terms his unfair conduct, and instanced
his prosecution as evidence in this case
of the letter written by the prisoner,
which he (Corkhill) had in
terrupted and mutilated by
cutting off the signature, and
such part as he thought might
benefit the prisoner. ga thing" said
Csao.,.1la h,oh UoS paUor rprnlftnt