Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-01-26

monomanla was the result Of hereditary pre-
disposition, and incidentally attempted to prove
family. Adj.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 49,
scoville occupied the whole day and did not
finish his argument for Guiteau Guiteau
availed himself Of moments hesitation ON
Scovilles part 70 say: II presume your honor
intends to permit me to follow Scoville," to
which Judge Cox replied: sI'm considering
| Indictment for conspiracy where he left
of yesterday-st Dr. Gray of Utica
In rather desultory way scoVille reviewed
the testimony which he gave in pursuance Of
his determination to aid the accomplishments
the fell designs of bis Co consprator, Cork
hill, towit the conviction of Guiteau.
he claimed that experts do not know accu-
ratelT the condition Of the brain OF anv given
| individual They are sometimes mistaken In
| thsir diagnosis OF case. Tuough they were
all PAID by the government to swear away the
life OF the prisoner, and although they all agreed
| together in advance upon their testimony, there
are Inconsistencies, misstate ments and positive
contradictions throughout their testimony.
He then proceeded with the most shameless
yiIifcston of Grant, President Arthur and Mr..
| Conkling, that was carried 10 such an extent az
to be ladierous. He went on for an hour with
| the most insane raYingd, acting moro
| like crazy man than ever Gui-
teau has in curt, charging them and
| otuSI StdlHAEs hiLn IQS dE5AsElu-
| alton. He said: l cay that such men as Grant
and Conkling and Arthur are morally and intel
| lsctusily responsible for this crime. Mr. Conk-
ling shall not escape, shall not sbirk the re-
sponsibility Of tho state Of things that led to
| tnis act and he shall not escape the condemns
ton of the American people, if caa help it, for
his share in the disgraceful scramble for Office
| that led to a conflict with the chosen man OF
great nation. and led poor insane man Of
encompass what they would hail with satisfatc-
IL.
| ltlcians II it could have occurred other than
through assassination removal of Garfield
| who stood in the way of their unrighteous and
| dlsgraceful struggle for Office. Why, the peo-
| pie will say some one Is ct fault They will
say we will fix the blame upon the heads Of
| those men who made war upon cur poor
dead president until it drove this poor insane
| man-from the daily papers "what Grant says"
what Conklirg says" and from constantly
| thinking upon ito his insane act of killing
the president. And there are men in high
places, the really culpable ones, who will go
down to posterity with stigma upon their
names and the deteststion of their countrymen
| fastened upon their memories.
| Scoville alluded to Guiteau's remark when
told by Gen. Reynolds that Arthur and Cork
| ling and other stalwarts abhored his crime, and
Gulteau interrupted, saying:
| did not say any such thing when he spoke
of Conkling on July 4 Those friends
! are my friends to-day; and don't you forget it.
| ScoVille continued with his review of the evil
| dence and called attention to various incidents
| in Guiteau's life. arguing his insanity as evi-
| denced By an undoubted lack of something in
his mental composition possessed by other
| men.
| THURSDAY, JAN 10.
MIR. Scoville talked the whole of another day
He appeared tn be ready to proceed when he
arose, but he waited moment to enable Gui-
eau to read q carefully prepared impromptu i'll
rH IN do NiGioYD oft fka fTrt Ofo Ia
Of New York. that in cases similar to his the
| jury must find the assassin sane beyond a res-
sonable doubt He thanked the judges for
their decision in the name, as usual, Of justice,
the American people and American
then subsided The whole drift
! of Scovilles argument was to prove that
Guiteau, at the time of the commission Of the
act was calm and that Throughout his life from
the time he was nineteen years old until to day
those persons who had no oppol tunity # OBJ
serving him believed him to be insane. He
aimed to show that Guiteau acted in the mat
! ter Of the shooting just as an insane man
| would act, and that the evidence of those per-
sons. men and women who saw him during
that period Of his career which be
had marked of from the rest as to
| his oddities and Gccentricites
| proved lin to be insane. His argument was
| Of that ingenious kind which is apt to leave st
| least doubt in the mind of the ordinary aud
| the appearance Of the assassin just after the
| shooting, which he aimed to show was calm, the
| natural appearance of lulatc under such cir
cumstsnces, and that going to show that through
| life he was regarded By people who met him as
| crazy. From these premises he deducsd the
| conclusion that lie was crTzy. He wa1ed elo-
| quent only once:
| 81 am here" said he, in an eloquent strain,
| mot so much to save this mans life, not SO
| much 10 do nv duty to the wife of my bosom,
| 10 ptoi, tho aNS
| the Guiteau family IN which there is not and
never has been criminal, not so much for
| these purposes as to prevent an Injustice being
! done here that will stain forever the name Of
America, 8 lasting disgrace to our jurispru-
| dencen
He appealed to the jury in impassioned tones
| to stand as barrier between the mob spirit
| which Dsvidge has lauded 80 highly and the
| poor being against whom Its vengeance was di-
| rected
It is understood that the defense will, at the
conclusion of Scoville's speech, renew the mo-
| ton to allow the prisoner to be heard. The eff
| feet Of this, If permitted by court, will be to
consume another day. Allowing two days for
| Judge Porter, and it is more than probable that
ne will require three the case will hardly get TO
the jury before Wednesday next, the 25tk,
FRIDAY, JAN 20.
Mr.. Scoville concluded his i've days argu-
ment for Guiteau. His remarks to-day were
| very dry, the whole drift being to hang bare
doubt in the minds of the jury.
Seoville contended that Dr. Gray's tables Of
homicides by insane persons were prepared fo-
this case, and do not correspond with tables
for some yesrs in Grsy's official reports. In
reading an account Of one case Of homicide,
Scoville said:
Had the district attorney been there he would
have said, probably, put him on trial for mur-
der and hang HIM This is q case of devilish
depravity.
As Guiteau was being taken out of the court
room at recess, he stopped to speak to Scovilie,
| when Bailif Tall attempted to move him along
Guiteau turned angrily to Tall aud said, 'Be-
have yourself "Come, come." said Tall en-
phatically, trying to push the prisoner. "Let
me alone" shouted Guiieau.. mind your own
business" Tall having applied some pressure
to Guitsau, the latter with his manaoled hands
| struck the officer in the breast when ne wss at
once seized by officers and turned out of the
court room.
SccviIle discussed at some length the demor
alizing influence of the scaffold, and expressed
| the opinion that crimes would be diminished
by abolishing capital punishment He then
proceeded to anticipate argument OF Judge
lacy of arguu ents which he predicted Judge
Porter would advance to support the theory of
the prosecution, and to secure the hanging of
| Guiteau.
In conclusion he said:
| It has been often said that our trials are q
1 -
| " heard it said that the jury system ough. to
be abolished, because they are influenced by
the eloquence of advocates; because they are
not actuated by justice, but by the last address;
| but, gentlemen, I thank God that there was q
time, when my English ancestors stood up
| agsinst wrong and had justice wrested from it
and secured the rightof trial by jury, and have
never yet seen the time when would wish to
see that right abolished. feel more safe in
| this mode of administration of justice than in
| 90 ara h0Onat IL ck
| require that you SHOULD have read Knott or
Blackstone It requires that you should have
honest hearts and clear heads and above all
that you should be fearless to find for right,
regardless OF what may come, regardless Of
whether your fellow men may approve or not
/! TAis is what shall expect and believe that
you will doit I leave the case with you, gen.
/ temen, thanking you for your kind attention.
Guiteau was equally surprised and pleased
when Judge Cox annouuceda reversal Of his
decision after careful review Of tho
authorities and consultation with the
other judges Of the supreme bench