The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-01-15
THIS POOR MAN.
Can the Jury Nerve Themselves to
Send Him to the Gaiiowsf
Reeds Speech to the Guiteau Jury
in Yesterdays Court.


Il received thirty checks yesterday
/, representing about s15, 900. Some Of
them are worthless, and many are, nc
, doubt, good. L do my own banking
business, and my checks should be made
out to my order. Any one who desires
to send me money, a do so. But j
don't want any worthless checks"
Scoville desired to know whether the
prisoner would be allowed to speak in
his own defense. IL the court proposed
to accord him that privilege, both he
(Scoville) and Reed, should prefer he
should speak first.
Guiteau--"I want TO be heard on
that question, u honor. L want
close arguments for the defense. L
wouldn't trust my ease in the hands of
the best lawyer of America"
Judge Cox-I should be loath In a
capital case to deny any man a proper
opportunity to be heard, even if he is
represented by counsel, but in this case
it is safe to assume the prisoner will
abuse the privilege, az he has done all
through the trial, and that what he
would say would be highly improper to
go before the jury. l shall, therefore,
deny him the privilege. AS L said yes
terday. however, II his counsel desire
to read from his manuscript anything
which they deem proper to be laid be-
fore the jury, they al do so.
Guiteau protested.
Judge Cox made no reply to his
TRADE, but simply nodded to Reed to
begin his argument, who then rose to
address the jury on behalf of the pris-
oner.
He commenced by paying a compli-
ment to the jury for the seriousness,
solemnity and care which had char
acterized it during this long trial, a
trial unparalleled in the history of Grim
inal Jurisprudence. He should not en-
deavor to make any statement OF evil
dence, or to draw a gilded picture of
any scene; but he would simply talk
with them as between neighbors.
Davidge, counsel for the prosecution,
had occupied two days in addressing
the jury, and that effort and consump-
ton of time on his part, showed the
grave apprehension felt by the prosecu-
tion lest something might have ap-
peared In the case which would make
the jury say, this poor man was a
lunatIc and Irresponsible"
Before Reed had been speaking half
an hour, Guiteau's interruptions be-
came frequent. He c~ontradicted, COM
mented and made wicked comparisons.
Reed said: 1t does not require an
expert to pronounce the prisoner in
n o have seen him day after
day stunning in before you. You have
seen that strange unnatural look of his
eyes. 1t requires the opinion of no ex-
pert to convince you that there is not
the appearance OF a sane man. Con-
tinuing In this strain, the speaker said:
I'm my opinion, If this poor creature is
sent to an insane asylum, he will be a
dwelling idiot IN six months"
Guiteau had been quietly listening
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sci yesterday upon the c1nrse of certain
members OF the Gulteau family, in
sucking to the prisoner when they
should nave cast him OIL as a wretch,
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