The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-02-08
cUrTEAU.s TRIAL.

FEBRUARY 3.--When Judge Cox entered
the court room Guiteau was brought In and
placed in the dock Before taking his seat he
asked II he would not be permitted to sit at the
table with his counsel. "If there is no objection
ing no objection he took his seat at the table
with Scoville. and taking out of his pocket
Court: aIf he court piease, before % this mo-. noe
ton is made, desire % correct a few errors
that have crcpt In" Colonel Corkhill objected
ssau sas do1n scoVle tse see
said that he wanted three or four days to pre-
nent member of the law, that II his enrsre-
ments permitted he would assist in the argll-
ment OF the motion next week. The name of
tims. Scovilie then desired 70 make new o. mo.
ton relative to additional grounds that he had
Ss ref
sattons with the jury by outside parties. and
second, the subsequent admission OF an expert
dare TO say so for fear 1t would injure him In
business and in public estimation. He then
read an aihdavit and other papers nled BY
After reading snyder's afiidavit sooville de-
Tended both afiiant and himself from the criti-
cfsms which he learned had been made by
the prosecution. Corkhin, In reply, said:
Neither snyder nor Scoville are on trial.
tend to them. AT present the subject under
discussion is whether O new trial shall be
granted TO the convicted murderer Of James
upon the paper which forms the basis OF the
Snyder affidavit are base forEeries, and I ex-
Court and the country. have not nccused
sSovtne &c Of ,S, me 10 dSTgey and never supposed
afidsyits Of each member of the Jury. in Which,
they most positively denied ever having seen
or read a copy Of the Crjtia or any other paper
trial OF Guiteau. Following these was read
the AFFIDAVIT OF Norman Wizard TO the effect
and to his knoTsedse ala snyder 4 ytSsef
forger, and olackmailer and that he {Wiardl
would not believe him under oath: corkhill
formerly q detective in Washington, and De
tective McElfresh, who arrested Snyder sever
a years since on the ehsrre OF grand larceny;
bailih In charge of the room from which Sny-
der alleges 20 have taken the copy of the Critic
purchase a Critic during the trial or have one
In his room; that the only persons that attract
e sns S g sSs sa ans R
These parties passed the rooms on several oc-
casions without having any ostensible business
irs and jurymen The afnant further swears
that at the hour when Snyder swore he found
the jurors were also in their rooms, and it was
impossible for Snyder 10 have taken q Crttte
from his room unless he had inst placed Il
bailiff in charge of the jury, was then read. IL
was in the same tenor as the preceding one
alluded 70 by sooSilIe In his afhdaSit. setfinx
forth newly discovered evidence as the ground
for a new trial. Bragdon's affidavit sets forth
that he saw q man In Lafayette Park. as al
legged, and remarked of him that he looked
like a disappointed ONCE seeker or q lunRtic,
but he does not know whether II was Guiteau
afiidavits he had read, amply sustaining his
allegation OF forgery and fraud, and therefore
he would refrain from adding any argument
Scoville In reply severely denounced the at
tempt 10 blsokeu the character or Snyder. II
was on par with letters which had been sent
70 him tScoytllel impregnated With smallpox
virus, and the virus injected into these aaidA-
man Norman WARD, would 20 out through
all the land, and years might be required 70 un-
do the injury thus proposed to be done TO an
honorable man, the peer OF any in the court
room. Judge Cox stated that he would reserve
his decision in the matter until the ith-
FEBRUARY 4.-It was q few minutes
after ten o'clock when Judge Cox entered the
court room, and behind him came Guiteau In
charge of the bailiffs. The prisoner looked
about the same as he has during the trial. His
face was, perhaps, a trifie paler, and IL seemed
a. though he had grown some thinner sinca
his conviction There was On expression OF
eagerness IN his countenanoe.an impatlenoe TO
which would have been pitiable to observe in
q face less repulsive In all its outlines than
that OF Guiteau. He dropped into a chair by
the side OF Scoville and hxed his ewes on the
Judge, as IL to read his fate in advance. Mr..
seoviile, addressing the Court, endeavored TO
secure further PosfpaHement on the ground
OF additional information receired bF MIA pc
room. Judge Coz declined TO oensidey the