Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1882-02-09

an act;' but on the contrary. gentlemen
of the fury. what is the effect Of your
verdict IL you acquit him rs an insane mann
Why DcOple will say: Some one iS at fault.
They will say; I'VE will fix the blame upon
the heads and hearts of those men who waged
the war upon our poor dead President until 1t
drove this poor insane man, from reading in
the papers what Grant says what Conkling
saws, and from constantly thinking upon IL, to
his insane net of killing the President And
there are men i'm high places, the really culpa-
BILE ones, who will go down to pOsterity with
the stigma upon their names and the detesta-
ton of their eountrymein tasteneu upon thelr
COnklinR and others created profound sensa-
ton i'm the courtroom. As soon az recess was
and gentlemen and congratulated upon his
fearless exposition" During the recess SEQ
vile received the following telegram: New
York January lS-Mr. ScOville, attorney for
Guiteau: The New York Court of Appeals has
Just decided that the prosecution, where some
evidence of insanity is produced for the
defense must make out case of san
itv beyond reasonable doubt" After recess
Mr. Scovile discussed the conduct and actions
of Guiteau mt the time and immediately after
the shooting, and contended that they were en-
trely in keeping with the theory of insanity, in
that his GOODNESS, his quietly going to bed and
peacefully sleeping the night utter the muir
der were characteristic incidents of crime such
ms should be expected from an insane man and
insane mon. Mr.. Scovlle further reviewed
the evidence, calling attention 10 various Incl
dents i'm Guiteau's life, and argued therefrom
that his mind was unhinged. Mr. SCOvile had
not concluded his remarks when the hour for
adjournment was reached, ana the Court nd
journed.
THE Guiteau trial opened on the morning OF
the 10Th with short speech from the prisoner,
complimenting the New York Court of APP
peas upon its alleged decision I'm relation to
the question of insanity, from which the de-
Tense claim to- derive some comfort. Mr.. SEQ
willie then resumed his argument and attempt.
/ cd to show from the evidence that, ut the timeot
the shooting. the prisoner was perfectly calm
and cool. and i'm condition, us regards nerves
and intellect, at variance with the hypothesis
of sanity under such circumstances He com
planned that the prosecution hal failed TO call
Detective MCElfresh, whose evidence would
have been of service To the prisoner The pris-
oner stated that Judge Porter had been pre-
tending To he sick for two days. He hoped II
would be provdential T. keep him sick. He
hoped the Lord would take him down below
quick and then send for COrkhil As Mr.. SEQ
/ Vile proceeded Mr.. COrkhill made frequent
and sighting comments until, becoming irri-
tatcd he turned upon the Dstrict-Attorncy
and denounced his unfair conduct, and i'm
stanccd his production as evidence letter
written by the prisoner which he (COrkhiD had
intercepted and mutilat d 10y cutting of
r bongbf mpbt ~ benefit cf the P ps"mey
thing said Mr.. Scoville, (which was never
before permitted in u court of justice, not
even upon the trial of a civil suit" Mr.. SEQ
vile continued and said his main desire i'm the
defense of the prisoner was not considera-
ton for the honor of the family, but to save
l
ciary from the disgrace of hurrying TO the gal
lows an insane man. After recess Mr.. SEQ
vile continued his review of the evidence, and
claimed that the prisoner had been frank and
OutspOi1cn in all things, and that he had con-
verscd ut the jail with everyone the prosecu-
ton sent there, and always without re-
serve. Had he been sane, and playing
| II part, he would not have done So Comment
| ing upon the absence of motives, Mr.. ScoVillc
said: You cannot find an instance in history,
you cannot suppose "a case, where man forty
years of age, who has never before committed
crime. who has never for an hour associated
with criminals or bad people, who, on the con
trary, has always sought the society, not only
of the better class of people, but of Christian
people; you cannot conceive of such Il mans
committing such Il crime without motive;
nothing but the theory, of insanity
can possibly account for such an
net as Guiteaus." Mr. Scoville then
have been actuated by II desire for revenge, !
and argued the mprobabity of such ASA
sumption from the fact that If any ground
for ill-will existed on Guiteau's part il was
against Secretary Blaine, and, according to
the inexorabe laws of the mind, ii would
have been executed against him. There
cannot possibly be shown" said Mr.. Scoville,
" any ill-will on his part toward President
Garfield" Mr.. Scoville next took up the
hypothesis that the crime was committed
from an ovcrpOwering desire for notorety
and claimed that history failed To point ont
case where such II crime was committed pure
ly and simply from such motive, and that it
was Incompatible with reason and impossible
for the human mind to conceive such
HOtNe rs Sulncent 10 lnuuce any sane man 70
commit such a crime. THAT he killed the
President as disappointed olhce-seekcr is
more than improbable,' said Mr.. Scoyille;
for had he brooded over some wrong of this
kind something of his disappointment would
have cropped out. He would have said some
thing i'm his intercourse with other people in
dicating his disappointment or bad temper on
the subject Nothing would have been more
natural in the interval before he made up his
mind to kill the President" Mr.. Scoville
severely criticised the conduct of DIR. Wor-
cester, of Massachusetts, an alleged expert,
and charged the Distrct-Attorncy with having
tempered with him. The Court here adj
journed.