| Show TRIAL untouched TIn touched by the prisoners impudent interruptions davidge addresses the jury in powerful plea by y ir LT telegraph to the heralda Heral dJ washington jan 12 As soon as the court was called to order dav didgo took position i in front of the jury and I opened his ills ar argument with a dis cl berof any intention to make tomake a set sp speech teeb bute but exercised exorcised a ripple desire to to render renaer the jury ury what aid he lie could in 11 their present resent and solemn duty TI tho I time E had iad now come n this trial when v hen jury were to become factors whatever disorder or levity might have bavo characterized the trial there was but one sentiment in respect of the C conduct of the jury all commended their dignified deportment and close and patient attention to the evidence and and he lie could not doubt that a as s th they y had received the commendation of all in the post past they would continue to deserve it in the future by their decision of the question before them As davidge traced the process of reasoning by which th the prisoner gra gradually de bally reached that but one life was interposed between himself and possibly great benefits guiteau became restless and for the first time since the opening of court curt indicated by his nervous twisting twisting about tile usual preliminaries to interruptions in t arrup which in this instance quickly followed not often said david davidge e in in t the he record of heinous crime do we have such plain and pointed evidence as to the first conception of the crime in this case the suggestion came to the wretch in the ni nig lit litas as he was lying ili in bed it came to me when the lord got ready to have it snarled the prisoner davidge continued continue dh T hi thought or suggestion came to him on alie of may still think thinking ing he lie might obtain the office he lie sought t and kept his bis hands liand clean sclean lie ile made another effort on the of may to induce the president guiteau called out from the dock I would not have taken a foreign mission after the first of june if it had bad been offered to me davidge apparently not li heeding ceding him on the of may guitrau Guit cau I am ain talking about 11 the to first of june davidge I pausing a moment just listen listell to him guiteau sneeringly they will listen to ya you u but your talk is is sa so weak it is i 11 hardly ard y w worth listening to for several minutes guiteau continued to interject his comments with the evident intention of annoying davidge but finding he lie could not lot effect this he gradually subsided into complete silence in the beginning said davidge davide it was sought to show the prisoner was as off ills his balance now ta alie e court tells you to look for that degree legree of insanity that disables a man atom knowing that what lie was doing inI g was wron wrong this is the test yo you u are to 10 appl apply upon the question of i inspiration espira I think I will be able to show to your satisfaction bow how little there is in this claim the only question ho bo said was that of insanity he then argued eliat the prisoner had that degree of intelligence legal knowledge and moral sene sense w which aich render him responsible for his acts in ili a telling passage lie showed that the prisoner himself had bad the wit to see the fatal weakness of villes line of defense and repudiated it arguing in his own behalf that he lie was no imbecile but a sane man whose intellect and will had been dowina dominated ted during a specified period of time rendering him irresponsible for this particular crime he lie then reviewed the circumstances of the crime and the victim and the crim inal his analysis of guiteaux Guite aus character was graphic and effective ff 11 lie exclaimed I were to sum up tile moral and intellectual qualities of this man I should d say that lie ahad bad the daring ofa of a vulture combined with the heart of a wolf I speaking of guiteaux Guite aus plan he be remarked upon his greater fear of mob than of law and exclaimed we must eay say to our shame that this estimate mate lus a it foundation it rested he lie added with the jury to show to the world whether guiteaux Guite Gulte aua auls opinion was well founded upon the reassembling of the court cour t davidge considered in in order each member of the guiteau family whose mental condition had been consider considers ed here but the unanswerable expert testimony he lie said showed how bow much effect this collateral insanity could have on the mental condition of hie ille yi prisoner discuss this it is hollow mockery to guiteau once shouted I have always been a christian man and for six years cars have haye been strictly virtuous dont forget that either davidge continued there is not a single fact or single jot or tittle to show that the president was not perfectly responsible for his act on the ad of july the jury will fund that the defense have cari carefully fully piet picked ed out and held bed up to view everything in the entire career of the man which may be considered odd or peculiar and it is for you to consider bow much much value can be attached to this evidence when you come to consider whether tills this man did not know on oil tile ad of july it was wrong for him to kill the chief ala magistrate zit of this union davidge then took up the oneida community and of guiteaux Guite aus wallowing there for six sit years ears guiteau shouted and I say it is false I wallow im just as yu sure rf as you arc are davidge and a good cal ml purer I went there to save my soul David davidge ga and dont you forget it |
