The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-02-02
THE ASSASSIS'S APPEAL.


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THE lSSASSIN'S APPEAL.
Cuiteaus Counsel FiIe Two Motions for
a New Trlsl-An Amdavit That Five of
WAsMISGroS January 23.-Shortly
before o'clock this afternoon Scoyille
filed with the clerk Of the Supreme Court
Of the District Of Columbia, the papers
upon which he bases his motion or mo.
tions for new trial Not being famil.
lar with practice in this District, SEQ
vile concluded to file two motions to
insure himself against the possibility of
being deprived, through any legal tech
Dica!ity Of the right of review by the
Court in general term.
The papers filed in support of the
motion are the prisoners affidavit, the
affidavit Of Frederick ii. .;nyder as to
the finding Of newspaper under cir
| cumstances Indicating that il had been
read by the jury; the affidavit Of J. w.
Guiteau that he is acquainted with the
| signatures Of five of the jurors whose
names are written on the margin OF the
| newspaper said to have been read By the
| jury that he has seen them write their
names, and believes the writing upon
said newspaper to have been made by
the jurors ..amed. The last affidavit is
that Of Scovillc, setting forth newly.ds.
covered evidence upon which he bases
his motion for new trial.
Scoyile's application for new trial is
based upon the grounds Of uncertainty
Of the verdict, guilty as indicted" The
| indictment consists Of different, varying
and inconsistent counts, and the verdict
don't specify upon which count or counts
it is founded, also lack of jurisdiction,
errors in rulings, in the charge TO the
jury, in excluding some and rejecting
other evidence, misbehavior on the part
of the jury and new evidence discovered.
The main reliance is placed upon the
affidavit OF Snyder. The latter says he
is resident Of Jersey City, was guest
during his stay there passed through the
the rooms occupied by Juror open, and
on table within lay n newspaper, which
he secured. 1t was 4 copy Of the Eren-
ing Critic Of December 19, and upon its
margin were the names Of several
jurors written in ink. John w. Guiteau
in his affidavit declares that these names
are autographs of the Jurors named.
This newspaper was handed Scovillc
With statement of the circumstances.
THE BILL OF EXCEPTIONS.
Scoville's bill of exceptions to which he
refers in general terms in his motion for
n new trial will he an exceedingly
volumin.ns document, and will not he
, ready for some time. To use his own
exprcssion at embraces record Of
the entire trial" Judge Cox has not
yet set day upon which to hear argu-
ment upon the motion, but he will prob.
ably do so early next week.
The main reliance Of the defence in
this matter is the affidavit of Snyde-
and copy Of the Critic appended to it,
which it is claimed was seen and read bv
the jury pending the trial. A careful
comparison Of the writing upon the mar
gin of the newspaper, with the signatures
of the jurymen whose names appear
there, shows a striking resemblance and
establishes strong case of circumstan-
tial evidence The district attorney,
however, asserts that this matter Of tam
pering with the jury and irregular or
improper conduct on the part of the
jury, as set forth in Snyder's affidavit,
will be disposed of in short order by the
prosecution.
The jury themselves are quite indig-
nant and firmly deny the charges Of i'm
proper conduct on their part. The nfii-
davit of Guiteau was taken at the jail
this afternoon. He expressed Mt frs! e
lofty contemrs for any action Scovile,
'in his laundering way" might be ta-
king in his behalf He said he did not
expect anything from Judge Cox, but
looked to the Court in General Term TO
review and upset the work of this Jury.
He thought Scovile talked too much,
that his whole family talked too much
as to Scovillc exhausting his energies by
setting up all night with view to avail.
ing himself of all his legal remedies,
that was all bosh. Upon being told that
unless his own affidavit WAS signed, at
tested and filed in the Court before y. m
he would have no case on which to get
before the Court in banc, Guiteau quick
ly changed his tone, signed the affidavit
and swore to it with great fervor. II am
we'll slept we'll last night, had shave
and bath this morning" said Gui!eau,
'and expect to be happy and live
good many years yet. As for commit
ting suicide" he continued, II am the
last man in the world to resort TO such n
step" No reporters have been allowed
to sec the assassin for two days, which is
the only thing that seriously annoys
him, and he intends, SO he says to pu.
Scovillle ''r.emptory off the case" un.
less he is allowed to have his mail and
| receive visitors.
= Senator Joseph +. Brown has writ
ten 10 q Savannah paper positively de.
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