Show BEFORE THE BAB BAR case coming corning up in the tile district court of columbia by W uncle mph to the washington X kovl L at 10 precisely e isely judge cox entered the g criminal ri ini nal court room and the court was declared formally opened by tho the crier immediately thereafter guiteau was brought into tho the court room by the marshal and his deputies ho ile looked joked much better physically and otherwise than when ho lie last appeared to the plea to the indictment still lie had bad the same restless furtive expression which characterized him before lie ile was at once relieved of his ills handcuffs and took hie ilia seat beside his sister mrs scoville tho the court room was crowded district attorney corkhill porter of hew new york and David davidge gc of washington acovino up appeared for the prosecution aap Sc and for the defense smith was present to represent the tho attorney general one of G guiteaux Guite aus first moves was to thrust his hand into one of hiis hiscock pockets and half take out a roll of paper scoville I ho however weTer in dumb play ordered him to put it back and lie did so 80 then theDis the district triet attorney declared the readiness on the part of the prosecution to proceed frith the case robinson then arose to make a pica plea for still more time to procure defense which appeared not to meet the al approval of guitrau Guit cau all tho the time that robinson ll was speaking ea ki edg guiteau w was carrying on w what eat appeal appeared re to b bo as great excitement and nervousness he ile remonstrated with scoville who was apparently trying to quiet aud and suppress him at the close of robinsons speech guiteau insisted on being heard he ile said he lie was not aware that a postponement So pon lement ement was to be re requested vested he ile desired estred to be heard in hiis ds own ow n behalf at the very threshold odthe of alie case so far as he was concerned lie did not want further furt lier time lie ile was ready to try the case now owing to alie opposition of scoville and the tile prisoner oberto to the application of robinson for extension of time the court stated that for the present the case should prodded as jar far at least as th alie c swearing of the jury was concerned and then he lie would consider the question of extension about 11 the work of obtaining a jury was begun the presented were disqualified two on the gio ground nd that they had formed fixed opinions pinions on the case and the other on the ground that ho he had bad conscientious scruples on tho the subject tofe of capital 11 punishment in examine examining tv the jurors scoville went over a largo range of questions as to religious and political belief belief the panel was exhausted after five jurors had been obtained and at the suggestion of the district attorney an order was issued for drawing sev enty five additional names from the box the prisoner at this point slowly roso rose and informed tile court lie would woul like to make a speech tomorrow to morrow morning but he lie wag was ordered by the court to take his seat lid ild then passed his manuscript speech to a newspaper man but before the latter could leave the court room scoville called him back and compelled him to return it this raised the an anger ger of the prisoner who excitedly declared d c blared I he to W was as not under the control contro I of his ills counsel that he be was a lawyer and knew law himself t that hat when he lie wanted help he lie would ask for it and desired that ills speech be published lor for the purpose of influencing public opinion ho ito was again silenced by the clerk and it having been agreed the sitting of the court should be from 10 am a m to ap p in daily allowing half an hour for recess tho court cour t adjourn adjourned od five juror ill bors have been obtained and sworn f in their and slid occupations arc are as follows jolin john P iian hart lin restaurant keeper fred IV brandenborg den denb borg orp cigar cipar maker clias chas G stewart hour flour and feed jeller dealer henry J bright bri git retired from business thomas 11 II langloe lan glov grocer |