Morning journal and courier., 1882-01-07
Other H1urderers Meet Their Doom.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Guiteau's Trial-His Hope of Escaping
 the GaIIows-The Final Resort of His

Guiteau's TrfaI-His Hope of Escaping
 the GaIIows-The Final Resort of His
 Counsel.
 WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.-Mr. Scoville has received a proposition for the body of Guiteau in case he is hanged It comes from medical men, who offer $1 1000 for it. MT. Scoville refuses to diyulge the names, but says it is made in dead earnest.
 It is said that conclusive evidence will be shown that some of the Guiteau jurymen are not qualified to act as jurors, and that any verdict they may render would be void. This refers to the old claim that two of the jurors are on the pay roll of the executive departments and are therefore disquah- fled. There is nothing in this. One of the jurymen has received pay as a day laborer, but is not on any permanent roll and is not disqualified. The government lawyers thor oughly examined that point. It is also re- ported that one of the jurors has been fur nished with printed copy of the testimony; that he has used it in the deliberations in the jury room, and that on this ground 8 new Urial will be necessary. If such IS the Tact, the trial would be void this same court hay ing established precedent in such case. But the jury has been carefully guarded by two bailiffs, and if such document has reached the jury it could only have been by the connivance of Guiteau's friends. It is not thought possible that there has been an acci- dent of that kind. What the government has most to fear is undoubtedly disagree ment of the jury. Of this there have been fears from the first It is said that since the jury was accepted it has been learned that there are two men upon it who have had in sanity in their own families, and it is feared that for this reason they may be inclined to give the benefit of their doubt to the assas- sin. Indeed, there is 8 report too that Judge Cox has Q distant relative whose mind was af- fected by an accident who has been life time sufferer, and that for this reason Judge Cox was at first inclined to the insanity theo- ry, and may be disposed to treat the prayers of the defence for instruc- tions with more consideration than he other wise would. It is very certain that the de- fense will yet make 8 desperate fight, and that advantage will be taken of every legal technicality. The exceptions will be strenu- ously insisted upon, and at the last moment l a motion will be made in arrest of judgment on the ground of the courts want of jurisdic- tion. Mir. Scoville has been promised assist 1 ance to make that argument from eminent lawyers who have refused to act as counsel for Guiteau in the trial upon it's merits. The indications are that while the trial proper ! may be speedily concluded, it will be long be- fore Guiteau will be brought to the gallows, and it may be that the defense has something in store in the way of technicalities which warrants their new hopefulness.
 General Crocker, warden of the jail, says that hereafter until the termination of Gui- teau's trial his counsel and his brother and sister are the only persons who will be per- mitted to see the prisoner in jail.
 The Star ROutes-Ofenders to be PrO- ceeded Against at Onee-SOme of the Boone Gang Arrestsd-secretary Kirk nkE,
 WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.-District Attorney Corkhill and Colonel Bliss, special attorney 1 in the Star route cases, were closeted with Judge Shell of the Police Court to-day for Q
 long time. It is authoritatively stated that in view of Judge Cox's recent decision that in-
 formations must be filed in the Police Court
 and not in the Supreme Court, the govern
 ment has decided to proceed by information
 before Judge Shell, and that the papers are
 already to be filed. None of the parties in
 terested will talk on the subject
 The President sent to the Senate to-day a l letter from the late Postmaster General,
 and accompanying it letter from General 1 Bliss, special counsel, and the report of h. l spectors Shallcross and Tidball of the inves- | tigations under orders of alleged irregufari- 1 ties on the part of certain persons in bidding l for mail contracts with the evidence on which 1 the report is based. The document covers I eighty five printed pages, and relates mainly
 to the operations of what was known as the
 United States Inland Train Transportation
 company, organized in January. 1869, and
 of their successors, all of which has hereto
 fore been made public. In his letter, dated
 January 3d, MT. James says: ''There is
 reason to believe that the same parties will l present large number of proposals at the
 letting of the mail service west of the Missis