Show TELKGRAPHIU NEWS I TO TBE JCJRY Tie ArgBmeats Opeaecl ia ttac tiaUeatt Jv8e The AasBBSietn Winces I I Washington 12 As coon at the court was called to order Dui < iJe took A position i posi-tion in front of the jury and opened the I argument with a disclaimer ot any intention in-tention to make It let speech but expressed ex-pressed a simple desire to render the jury what aid he could in their present and solemn duty The time had now come in this trial when the jury were to become factor Whatever dUorder or levity might have characterized the trial there wea but one sentiment in respect of the conduct of the jury All oommended their dignified deportment and close and pajlient7att ntiot to the evidence and he kcouldnpt doubt that as tley had receive commendation of all in the past tbey would contioue to deserve it in the future l fu-ture vby their deci ion of the quig tion before them As Davidge traced the process of reason log at which the prisoner gradually reached the convictiou that out one life interposed between himself and possibly great benefits Guiteau became restless and for the first time since the opening ct toa court indicated by his nervous I twisting about the usual preliminaries lo interruptions which in this instance quickly followed Not often said Da ridge in the record of heinous crime do we have such plain and pointed evidence evi-dence as to the first conception of the crime In this case the suggestion came to the wretch in the night as he was lying in bed It came to me when the Lord got ready to have it snarled the prioner Davidge continued It This thought or suggestion came to him on theJStk of May still thinking he might obtain the office he sought and keep bis hands clean He made another effjrt on the 28th of May to kill the President Guiteau called out from the desk II I would not have taken a foreign mission after the 1st of June if it had been offered to me Davidgo apparently not heeding heed-ing him On the 28th of May I Guiteau I am talking about tho let of June Davidge pausing a momentJust listen to him Guiteau sneeringlyThey will listen to you but your talk is so weak that it is hardly worth listening to For several minutes Guiteau continued to interject kia comments with the evident intention of annoying Dvidge but finding he could not effect this he gradually subsided sub-sided into complete silence II Ip the beginning be-ginning said Davidge it was sought to show that the prisoner was off his balance ba-lance How the court tells you to look for that degree of insanity that disables a man from knowing that what he was doing was wrong This is the test you are to apply Upon the question of inspiration inspi-ration I think I will be able to show to your satisfaction bow little there is ia this claim The only question he said was that of insanity He then argued the prisoner had that degree of intelligence intel-ligence legal l knowledge and moral sense which render him responsible for his acts In a telling passage he showed that the prisoner himself had wit to seethe see-the fatal weakness of Scovilles line of defense repudiated it arguing in his own I behalf that he was no imbecile but a sane man whose intellect and will had been dominated during a specified period of time rendering him irresponsible for this particular crime He then reviewed the circumstances of the crime and the victim and the criminal His Analysts ot Sulteaus character was graphic and effective ef-fective If he exclaimed III were to sum up the moral and intellectual qualities of this man I should say that lie hnd the faring of the vulture combined com-bined with the heart of the wolf In peaking of tiuiteaus plan he remarked upon his greater fear of a mob than of the law and exclaimed We must say to our shame that this estimate had foundation foun-dation It rested he added with the jury to chow to the world whether Guiteaus opinion was well founded Upon the reassembling of the court Davidge considered in their order each member of the Gutteau family whose mental condition had been considered here but unanswerable expert testimony he said showed how much effect this collateral insanity could have on the mental condition of the prisoner It is a hollow mockery to di cuss this Guiteau once ehoutud I I have always been a Christian man and for seven years been strictly virtuoupDont forget thateither JJ Davidge continued There is not a single fact or a single jot or tittle to show that the prisoner was not perfectly responsible for his acts on the 21 of July The jury will find that the defense have carefully picked out and held up to view everything in the entire career of this man which may be considered odd or peculiar and it is for you to consider how much value can be attached to this evidence when you come to consider whether this man did not know on the 2d of July that it was wrong for him to kill the chief magistrate magis-trate of this Union Davidge then took up the Oneida community and fpoke of 3uitoius wallowing there for six years Suiteau shouted And I say it i is false I 1 did not wallow Im just as pure as you are Davidge and a good deal purer 1 went there to save my soul not for lust Put that down Davidg and dont forget t |