Show GUT TRIAL r the bloody bilk wants to manage bis his own banking business the criminals ri uon n a counsel u n s continually nu ally id C contends t e n s h he e is crazy doctors depositions declared defective ry IT TT tele tho the Keral dJ washington jan 14 guitrau Citi opened open edthe the days lays proceeding proceedings with the tile following harangue I received thirty checks Test yesterday erday about 15 some of them are worthless and ana many arc are no doubt good I dont conj want anyone to send roe me worthless checks I do my own banking business checks should be made out to bay my order anyone who desires to send me money can do so but I don dont want twant any worthless checks p scoville addressed the court stating that he desired to know whether the prisoner would bo be allowed to speak in nis is own defense if tho the court ajro proposed po to accord him that privilege riv lege bo soth both he lie scoville oTilIe Sc and iteen heed should shoula prefer eliat ho should speak f first guiteau 11 I want to bo be beard on that question your honor I want t to close the arguments for the defense I woul ant trust my case in the hands of the best lawyer of america judge cox I should bo be loath in a capital case to deny any mans proper er opportunity to td be heard even if he te is is cepres represented en ted by counsel but in thia his t case it is safe to assume that that the prisoner n prisoner will abuse the privilege e as ho he has done all through the trial and that what he lie would say would be highly ampro improper er to go before the tile jury I shall therefore deny him the privilege aa as I said yesterday however if his counsel desire to read from his manuscript anything which they do not deem improper to bo be laid before the jury they cando so guiteau protested Iro tested he appeared as his own counsel and claimed the right as an american citizen to be heard in his own case finding judge cox could not be moved ho lie shouted let the record show that I appear here as ray own counsel and that I take exception to your ruling judge cos cox I appeal to the american people p I and they will overrule you a and nd you will go down to future ages avith a black stain upon your name 11 judge cox made no reply to this tirade but simply nodded to eced reed to begin his argument iteld then arose to address the jury on behalf of the prisoner he ile common ed by paying a compliment to the jury for the tile solemnity m and mid care which had ell characterized araca cr them during this long treala trial un in tile lie history of crien criminal jurisprudence he ile sh should uld not C endeavor n to make any statement of tile evidence or to th draw aw a gildea picture over the scene but he lie would simp simply ly talk with them as between neighbors davidge counsel for tho the prosecution had occupied two days in addressing dressin the jury and that effort and consumption of time on his part showed the grave apprehension felt b by the pro prosecution caution lest something might havo appeared in the case which would make the jury say this thi poor man was a lunatic lunati and cana irresponsible ble before reed had lad been speaking for half an hour interruptions became frequent he ile contradicted commented and made wicked comparisons pari parl sons heed wed alluded to the evidence of ofa J IV guiteau the prisoner said well lie aint my reference ive got better men than ho lie is for reference the prisoner denied the tile evidence alluded to by heed that he lie struck his fat herat berat the table and said lie was a peaceable pea cable man fight if he be like one he told him to get out and that settled it reed said probably the prisoner forgot that act guitrau Guit cau m owing to my poor weak mind and disordered intellect elect lect reed said judge porter had said I guiteau struck his father on the back while hile the evidence says on the tile neck or shoulder Day davidge idge dont go back on the witness aeed failed to see the pun but guiteau te an called attention to it but said it would require a microscope to see it reed said it does not require an expert to pronounce the prisoner insane you have seen him day dav after day shuffling in before you you have seen that strange unnatural look of his eyes it requires the opinion of no expert to con convince yince you t that this is not tile appearance of a sane rine man continuing in this strain the speaker said in my opinion if this poor creature is sent to an asylum ho be will be a drivelling dri velling idiot wit within six months guiteau had bad been quietly listening with his elbows on his knees his back being turned to the tile audience and his attitude apparently fixed on something in the street this startling hn g prediction however amused him intensely t P ansey turning around he lie leaned over in the direction of the speaker and indulged andul ed in a hoarse laugh lau h for some seconds these experts said the speaker dont swear to a fact for only the inscrutable deity can call know what there is in the insane brain of a man they swear only to their opinion nd and a you have haven a notable instance how far from froni the facts the opinions of the most learned doctors may lead in the sad case of late president wo we had bulletins ulle tins every day lay giving their opinions ions we had the tho announcement that the tile probe or whatever it may bo be had been inserted 12 inches in the wound andyes the wound really realy led in exactly the opposite direction I bay it would be a shame shamo to send a man to the tile gallows upon the opinion of doctors |