| Show GUITEAU 13 TRIAL tho cabe of president Garfiel gin Vs assassin Conti ry W U M to alie washington nov 15 the pressure to obtain admission to the court room this morning was notably greater than yesterday Aft after ertho alio ushers had exercised the right bf selection and admitted two or three sor acore well dressed respectable look ing people including a pennsylvania member of congress accompanied by ladies the doors were thrown open and there was a sudden and impetus oua ous influx of representatives of the i rougher element of society the five jurors sworn yesterday were early in attend attendance nee the court was formally opened a few minutes afler after 10 and immediately afterwards the counsel in the case and the brother in law and sister of the prisoner entered after a lapse of a few minutes hurried into the courtroom in custody of half a dozen policemen and the deputy marshal the band handcuffs cuffs were removed noved re and he be shook hands with liis his sister and brother in law and t took ok the scat seat reserved for him between t them and his counsel scoville then submitted an all affidavit and made application for an order for an additional number of witnesses which order was made hy by tile court then the additional panel of seven ty five summoned last evening was wills called most of the persons r responding when called Guite guinean ati manifested less nervousness and excited excitement ent than yesterday although in liis his whispered conversations with his brother he lie was avas quite demonstrative and earnest in in his manner A colored barber called howard was the first juror called ills ilis answers showed him to be not disqualified from services but the defense challenged him this being the tile fourth peremptory challenge the next was a man named lynch who had declared openly that guiteau ought to be hanged or burned he ile was of of course excused as was also the next name named bailey wh who declared c his belief that guiteau was crazy the next was a colored man remarkable for a frilled shirt front and dramatic posture and manner who related the history lii story of liis his past life and then was peremptorily challenged by fife defense it is in fact understood that guiteau is resolved resolved not to have a colored man on the jury the next was an irishman named michael sheehan with a very pronounced nour iced brogue who had no opinion on the subject crime except c eliat the man was out of I liis ii licad lie was sworn as the sixth juror william an iron worker having answered all blut questions scions to file s satisfaction atis faction of the defense saying he lie ip had never bothered his he head on the question of Guite ius guilt was challenged peremptorily bythe by alie prosecution tion several ot others bersin in succession were excused on their statements that they lad firm and decided opinions one believed that guiteau ought to be lian ged and another would require c convincing ni medical edical testimony to change his opinion A ions na faced young colored man I named foster declared lie was perfectly free from any prejudices in the matter but lio lie lina mentioned it the murder of Gar garfield fiell to several parties as quite bite a serious accident he was challenged challenged peremptorily by the defense fo samuel F hobbs a native of maryland plaster by occupation was sworn as the ath juror cit W gates a young merchant native of washington was sworn as eighth juror after that for about an hour every man called confessed he had form formed every e afire a firm or decided or unalterable opinion on the question of the tile prisoners ri on guilt and was excused PT there h ere was one exception in the person of a colored man named ralph War meley flatterer Fla plasterer by occupation who thought ho to could render a fair verdict and said he had not read more about the case than he did in ordinary cases of that kind he be did not believe every thing he lie read in newspapers rs because they had bad published eings things about himself that were not true iio could not say whether the president was shot by the prisoner until he would hear the testimony of course if an insane man did the shooting he be would be as much guilty as anybody else the crazy part of the business was something something else no sensible man cou could d have done such a thing after consultation between the counsel and the prisoner and hia his brother scoville said the defense would accept the juror and aalph War meley was sworn as ath juror the list of 75 tal esmen having been exhausted the marshal was ordered to summon another list of 75 for tomorrow to morrow and the court adjourned there was no ill will manifested manifested toward Guit guitrau cati by tho the evidence in the court this morning except the applause which waa was promptly checked when those being examined expressed a decided conviction that guiteau ought to liang or burn some dl disturbance i s tur bance was by the overcrowding of the platform and the efforts of the audience to get more comfortable for table places |
