Show TRIAL tho the desperado declares declues he is delighted in the dock judge coss coxs graunas for docking the prisoner uy by xv V U to alic ll rnALD dec as tho the prisoner smiled upon the audgo in the most insinuating way and promis ed to be quiet if allowed to remain with his counsel but judge cox replied you WH will po go to the dock no reliance tan laix be placed on your promises then I move your honor that th alio co courtroom be cleared A passage was aras made through the c crowd Sass an and artl the ie prisoner was finally se seated row ate d i in nt the he do dock I aint afraid he be shouted to walk through the streets of washington god almighty will protect me ine as he has done after glancing around from his new place ho lie called out oh k I rather like this your honor it gives a enuch better opportunity to sec see after one or iwo two outbursts on the part of tile prisoner the ck examination progressed tor several ini flutes without a an incident scoville Scovil lc handed ball leI up tip a planter plaster cast of guiteaux Gmt Guite caus aus licad head in inquired if tile inequalities were sufficient to attract hid his attention that looks like a durni shouted guiteau Guit cau as tho tile witness held up tip the head and closely examined it Pork bill im indebted to you ou for this ibis fine beat seat its a great improvement nn pro witness thought alic head was decidedly well shaped though lie attached very tery little importance to such matters ho ile had bad in in his its asylum insane insane persons with ery symmetrical heade heads and kner knew plenty lenty of eano sane people with illy heads beads the witness did lid lot believe guiteau had been feign ing insanity in in the court house but lilt abou thought bt ho he had bad exaggerated his natural vanity audacity Gui shouted you mean when I am assaulted I int hit back you see old porter has been promised if lie would get me hanged ho kew Os the tile american people dont donti want vant me to be hanged and his fee ih is therefore slipping through libis ins grasp that makes lint mad As announced the adjournment of he the court bulteau called out oh oil ill get ill in my itly work over overbore here bore doa dont you on worry about that adjourned till 10 am tomorrow to morrow washington dec 28 in the GUI geati wal today to day porter following scoville Scovill emid raid je deain ain of the president will assassinate no more forever and the voice winchi it J is s silenced i i now will bo be dumb as thit that of his victim when the end of the law is is re applause that a man mau lane or insane is permitted to eay fay the arm of lavin lawin his presence is powerless I have not approved I eity it in view of the condemnation of the american an people its represented by their papers because they did the situation nwe ng we did I have approved and vindicated your Ilo honors nors course down to the time th tins is prisoner proclaimed with the tile ac acquiescence of hia his counsel that it he c b had been sane from the hour after lie executed th tins is foul diabolical I and infamous murder when I mado made this motion I felt the timo time had bad come wb when en it was due to the mal majesty sty of the law to the vindication cai of the alio A american er i can government and above al all it to the the vindication of choju the judiciary di ciary that the lic step should be taken which t now request you suspended your decision in in the th hope that YOU ou might glit be ablo able to extend to chiq sane criminal and homicide still further clemency but if it bo be extended it will be at some peril a peril to the name of american jurisprudence peril in in re respect peet ol 01 an in indefinite continuation of jofs a atrial trial winch which without the interposition of the tile prisoner H would have terminated three wee weeks k s ago the lime time now comes when tho tile law must nuke nake its appearance in thi this courtroom and tho tile man who pretends to be amanias a maniac shall no longer sit at the counsel table and exercise the privileges eg w which you would accord to a member of the american bar tho the prisoner A very nice aco speech epee cli but not a word of truth ill in it the tile court the then rendered its decision it was hardly necessary to sav that tho the conduct of the prisoner had haa been in in persistent violation of order and anti decorum in the beginning the only methods which could bo be resorted to to suppress pres una this disorder were w ere such as must infringe on the constitutional rights of the prisoner and that was conclusive argul argument nent against them until saturday eastmo ladt a method had been proposed proposed then this proposition which ho had already had in mind Was nt as submitted it had hitherto been an impression shared by the court and n d counsel that the prison prisoners ees conduct d and language in the court would afford the beet belt indication of his moral character and contribute largely ta to the enlightenment of the courland court Cour tand and jury on the tile question of his responsibility it was therefore on the tilt express desire of lie tile district attorney that the court has allowed such a latitude of conduct in in order te to furnish the experts an opportunity of diagnosing tho prisoners boners case as it now tp appeared feared tho opinions of experts had ban cen largely founded on exhibitions winch which had taken place on the trial and if they had contributed to enable them to reach their conclusions it would be a complete v indication vindication of the view view of the district attorney as to the proper course to bo be pursued at this biage of lie the trial bo however wever tins this object seemed to have been accomplished the trial was no a approaching roach its close experts had had ample opportunity to mako make up their judg ment and sand pronounce them before alie court and nury jury it was incumbent on oil the court now to impose such restraint as the circumstances of the tile case u admitted and which could conduce to the orderly conduct of the VIM u the prisoner had a right to hear the testimony of w witnesses it nesses he could not be gacci bcd or sent out of the court iho the proper place for a prisoner on oil trial for felony was ill in the dock he could only como come within v athin tho the bir bar to bo be adrai arraigned ned and to rece ve sentence if the court granted him tho tile privilege of bitting sitting beside his counsel it was a privilege which could bo be withdraw n t summarily while the prisoner had an undoubted right to act as his own counsel he lie could not exercise both rights simultaneously I laving accepted counsel the prisoner had waived it his is right to appear as its such in person on oil consideration of all the circum circumstances the court thought the motion should hould have been granted and that the prisoner should bo be placed in the tile dock but lie did not mean that the prisoner should bo be exposed to any danger anger iio ile should have the tile fullest protection tho prisoner sp speaking ealing quietly as though he lie dreaded being placed in the dock which wag was filled at the tile time with spectators to settle the matter I will sit quietly here will it not be satisfactory if I remain quiet and stay here the court clear the dock and place tho tile prisoner there in tho the con confusion fasion and noise incident to this movement tho the prisoner exclaimed in a subdued tone I have no objection I ejection Jec tion to going to the dock if your honor says so 11 court I say so dimply in the li it ones res of keeping you qi quiet bletl prisoner oi I tho the court room bo be cleared if I am coing going into the dock I want the court room cleared tho the prisoner having been placed in tho tile dock and quiet having been cen restored porter said it ia is to be borne in mind that the chimera which seems to haunt the prisoner lias has no foundation he ile is in no danger except from the liang hang mans rope and so long as of law stands him no man will imperil that officer on oil tile tho discharge of ins his public duty ditty b by y firing a shot at the prisoner 11 apala iise use |