Show TR TRIAL JAL startling statements stig thing the stalwarts Stal warts politics flay a prominent part in the proceedings by ny W U Teles telegraph raph to tho jan IS guiteau came into court this morning with a wick confident step saluted his friends friends and as soon as lie had taken his seat turned to judge cos cox and said I presume your honor will allow me to address addre ss lie jury when scoville gets tL through W judge cox awe we will consider that W when ben scoville coville 15 gets through scoville in reply to au an inquiry stated that he lie hardly expected to conclude his speech today to day dat scoville re dabis address aking biking up and discussing the statistics of insane criminals introduced in evidence by the prosecution lie ile had bad noticed that jhb tables produced here by dr gray omitted some essential features of his report corkhill Cork hil dr gray did not prepare any tables especially for this trial ap Sc gc S oville dr gray gra y was hired to como com here to help hang hanz this man he ile was one of the conspirators in the conspiracy of Nv which ilich the district attorney was the chief unfortunately y he be has left his footprints bere arc and before I get through I can contradict him out of his own mouth scoville pointed out in the conduct of guitrau parallels to the orations trat ions given by dr gray and then went on to deny that the pris prisoner had been playing ft a part discussing the horrors odthe of the crimo as often shown in the acts of insane criminals scoville said there was not thing liing in this act to compare with some of f these acts of insane criminals he ile said gentlemen of the ju jury ry in in my opinion if there were not reasons and and powerful ones back of this prosecution this prisoner never would have been brought to trial but I tell you gentlemen of the jury back of this prosecution ia is an influence which I have felt and which you ou may feel gentlemen before this trial ia is concluded there are politicians who seek to hide their own shame behind tho tile disgrace of this poor prisoner and make him a scapegoat for or their crime I dont intend gentlemen of the jury to take up the gentlemen feature I of thi this case but when I find the power and influence of thia this GOT gov against mein me in denying the small pittance that I h have are as asked red for fair and impartial trial and tb the facilities needed for proper defense I do not propose to keep quiet I say that such men as grant and conkling and arthur are morally and intellectually responsible for this crime mr conkling shall not escape shall not shirk the res responsibility io risibility for the state of things that led to this act and lie shall not escape tile coh condemnation dem dein nation of the Ame american people if I can help if for liis his share in this disgraceful scramble for office that led to the conflict with the chosen ruler af of this great nation and led this poor insane man nian to compass what they would all have hailed with satisfaction as would probably hundreds of other politicians if it could occur other than through assassination the tile removal 01 ol garfield who stood in the way of their unrighteous and dis jig graceful struggle for office neither shall grant escape the condemnation which he lie was so justly subjected to when coming coining from mexico and coming with undue haste to throw his own awn name into this petty quarrel about labout a small office inthe in the republican party and nought to ferment the difficulty that had bad sprung up pin fm not going to see the mistakes of these thes men I high i gh in in power visited upon the tile bead head of f this poor insane insane man if I can help belp it their clamor for his blood is not for abe purpose of avenging garfield or of satisfying justice but their theory is tl this I is if it can call be shown that this was the act of a sane no man then those politicians in high places will say of course we are not responsible for the act of a sane man to be sure we had mid some differences but then it could never have led a sane man to such an act but on the contrary gentlemen of odthe of the jury what is the effect of your verdict if you acquit him as insane why wily the people will say the law is is at fault they say we will fix the blame upon the heads and antl hearts of those men who waged war on our poor dead president until it drove this poor insane man who was reading from the daily papers what grant gran t says what conkling says and from constantly thinking upon it to his insane act of killing the president and these men in high places the really culpable ones who will rill go down to poste posterity willi with the stigma on their names an and the tho detestation of their countrymen fastened upon their memories recess mr villes denunciation of conkling and others created a profound sensation in the courtroom court room As soon as recess was announced scoville was surrounded by ladies ana and gentlemen and congratulated upon his fearless exposition during recess scoville ld received the following telegram newyork new york jan 18 to mr scoville Attorney or guibeau the new york court of appeals appeal 15 have hav ejust decided that the prosecution where some evidence of insanity Js is i produced for the defense must make out a case of sanity beyond reasonable doubt the counsel for the defense will call attention to this latest decision and ask judge cox to charge to that effect Justas just as scoville was about to resume liis his argument after recess guiteau broke out with considerable vehemence v and shouted something has been said here about politics and I want to talk a little about politics too there are two or three crank news newspapers pa in this country to wit reids new york tribune Halste ads ancin nali commercial Comm emial and geo IV curtis the man milliner of new york the weather has been getting cool lately and these fellows bad better lie off under the trees and cool off a little the only cranks in the country are these newspapers pers they had better V join 11 the grant combination tion and get into good company and become good republicans A few minutes the prisoner who had been looking over the new verk york papers called out I see the new york court of appeals have just decided in favor of our theory on the insanity question I thank think you judges scoville discussed the conduct and actions of guiteau at the time of and immediately after the shooting and contended they were entirely in III keeping with the theory of fit insanity Y also that his coolness his quietly go ing 10 lo bed ed and peacefully sleeping the tile i boft r the murder were characteristic is tic incidents of a crime r such as would be expected from an insane man Gui guiteau teall called out I have never had bad any conception or 01 liis his removal as a murder my mind ia is perfectly blank on orr that question scoville read from tho evidence of geo C reynolds what guiteau had bad said to him reynolds in jail that when his reasons were known to the people they would acquit him with without out trial and that he lie should gojo go to europa I for a year or two Guit guiteau cau all I have got to say about that is I never said it scoville continued and this gentlemen is bathe the evidence offered you by the we prosecution I want you to take into consi consideration derat on the monstrous absurdity of such proposition comina coming fro from insane sane men they would have you believe that he be could kill the president of the united states and then by simply giving his big reason could go free without trial scoville alluded to Gu guiteaux Guite iteus aus remark when told by gen reynolds that arthur and conkling and other stal warts detested him and abhorred hia his crime guiteau interrupted baying ayin 11 did id not say any any such t thine I ing w when K he ile spoke of conkling conklin and arthur on the ath of july those men are my friends today to day dav and dont you forget it scoville concluded with a review of the evid evidence enco aud called attention to the various incidents in guiteaux Guite aus life arguing his insanity as evidenced by the undoubted lack of something in his moral composition possessed by other men guiteau called out sarcastically give them that dog dof story it cost corkhill to get it here scoville oville Bc continued to speak until when the court adjourned until tomorrow to morrow he ile will probably occupy the greater part of another day dar the counsel for the defense will it permitted by the tile court argue the question of permitting ing in G guiteau u eteau to address the jury |