The Greensboro patriot [November 30, 1881]

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1 HE FARMERS ORGANIZE.
PATRIOT.—Will von per-
I subscriber and well
lie I' , i BIOX to sub-
HI ihr.mgh your interesting and
:" i some reflections on
inccofa thorough organ-mi
eo > ■ j ■< ration among
The men of other occu-uil
|>n»f( ^ionsbandtogeth-
■ - tending to encour-
, elevate and advance
in which they labor.
ite in all matters tlmt
■ business and social
!. •! up and strengthen
■ rtion. Pai men ^sll<>ni<i
ii i lie -.line direction, eo op-iiid
one another in all
i" i tain to their oocu-nccdbe
coalescing with
41 itr-ral vocations as have
mpathj with their
i welfare. In this way a
IHIIHI ofunion may be formed,
strength 'and power
dtural affairs of the
in n i ies and the nation.
. iicrs have the power to
nl inicni. Elect (arm-intelligent
stalwart
ie I. 'gislatare. Ii only
- ilnte purpose, co-op
■ il intelligent action, to do
- now the only
i MIJ through which ed
. enients of this nature
I: fails, however, to
lull [tower as an organi
i. Il needs to be aroused to
II lias done, and is doing,
i in many direct-ihould
mil rest content
- h result i. Another <-l
;tli I iiai can be made
[anized igrieultu-t
' tiltural so-il
ma Ie ii ennperative
liich much good
| ' I'd, if I hey were
i -■ whose inter-present.
But,
Ij. i liej arc not.
organized
of I lie fanner, and
i' farmer should
1 I [ only
ll'ort on the
- 'o oiteratioii
i id asses in
. - i lial lead to
a uplishmeul of
iw is the time to
■ • . Let the
to its legitimate
: lie agricultural soci-
I ol iioliticians and
il ives of the
iss placed at the
lieu, eo operating to-
• Grunge, walking
lith ■ lie people. The
i iinces, the power
iv of the farmers de
:; ressivu co-operative
lil I! I i .It 11.
I countj S.C. Nov. 22,1881.
-i '■.'■, IDEAS ON FAKMING.
: mi [{. Kniiiit.; writes to
.mil Spirit
II» to make farm
lie regards ii as the
i i lie long ran the most
• II . nl any calling within
i <\H' i.i' I \ for men
ie phj -iral ability for
i en hodissenl
_•■ thai they
1 ; lie fertility of their
. follows:
i 11* they cannot keep
tin .: land if they
than thej return to
ei d of this ex-nii.
Have not a \ ery large
ins nl the United
upon themselves
" fertility, when
itll solid and
preserved and
deli can be
' > inn i The amount
■ i - nol
ili fit mi one row,
I lam ilj. B hen
i lie barn, pig-rail
pri sen ■
« i! with muck,
ill d side,or even
lial tillage
• i H.i togrow
■ i\ eared for, for
ol the
I lie hay rut on
.. and
Ii il ran be
II. Every farmer
'i all the ma-iral
or artificial,
'. : advantage.
i lial DIM far iii'i's
n .in. needs
shows
. . I' IK'CII I'.I.SI il
i laud from
' ii the laud
Ml ll'.NS
-:ii n here
. i i:l\ improved
Ie i n the farm.
il nil i hat is need
i pay. Il>'
III>. hiug on the
d i.i from January
IIIISI Mr. thai his
• ii mil is pro|ierlj
• i wet; that
qiihllty; Unit il
.ii iIn' proper
nol ehoked with
u S'ovember; that
■ i rted in due MM
i - intended for
, led in llrst-class order,
righl time. Take
ling i aised on the
' much as a bean or
oi the want of care;
U< -in animal, from
• n iii the noble beef-constantly
thriving
™*S""2 the best of tools to
rkMU, and see that they do
" get out ot prder by neglect. If
GREEySBOKO, N." C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1881.
K,';* '!, ",:!"','1- ,'"'l''<»y the best.
Keep the fields as free from Wiiall
stones as possibly, so that a hire"
amount of work can be done with
machinery, with horse Or ox power;
to* well alter the orchards;'prune
;''•»'•■ ve.v year and keep ,Le land
'-''^ about them; pay particular
■mention tothc pastures, that much.
neglected part of other-wise good
farms: drain the wet lands of them,
ami do not let the cattle into them
t<"> early in the spriug; cut down
<>r up by the roots, when it can be
conveniently done, all scrub trees
or bushes, running juniper, pines,
etc., can readily be cut with a Inc-line
when the ground is frozen,
i low all land inclined to bushes or
moss as often as either of these ob-struct
the grass; ROW down with
red top clover. Ashes eaa be very
advantageously applied. They will
aid the grass and keep down the
hashes and mots, plaster can be
used to good advantage on some
sous. All land inclined to bushes
and too rocky to be plowed, should
M allowed to come up to growth.
A NEWSPAPES IN A FARMHOUSE.
People who live near the great
thoroughfares, where, they have ac-cess
to two or three dailies and a
hall dozen weeklies, do nol fully
appreciate the value of a newspa-per.
They come, indeed, to look
upon i hem as necessities, and they
would as cheerfully do without
their morning meaL But one must
be far off iii the country, remote
from "the maddening crowd," to
realize the full luxury of a news-paper.
The farmer who receives
bin one paper a week does not
glance over its columns hurriedly,
with .in air of impatience, as does
your merchant or lawyer. Be be-gins
at the beginning and reads to
the close, not permitting a news
item or an advertisement to escape
his eye. T 111:1 it is lo be thumbed
by every member of the family,
each om- looking for things in
which he or she is most interested.
The grown-up daughter looks for
the marriage notices, and is de-lighted
if the editor has treated
I hem lo a love Story. The son who
is just about to engage in farming
with an enthusiasm that will earn
him far in advance of his father-
8UPREME OOCTBT DECISIONS.
(From Advanced Sheets 85 Kurtli Carolina
Ri-poru ]
George rs High.—In a suit brought
by a wile against the administrator
of her deceased husband for money
'•advanced and lent,"' to him du-ring
the coverture, where the mar-riage
took place since the adoption
of the constitution of 1808: field,
that the contract between them
was not inconsistent with public
policy and therefore valid, the
making thereof not being prohib-ited
by the act of 1871-72, chapter
1!>3, and that the action could be
maintained.
The policy of the courts in re-spect
to the enforcement of con-tracts
of a husband to his wife,
based upon valuable consideration.
Discussed by Baffin, ,J.
OoMmiuionert rs Mai/iiin.—A ref-eree
under the code should report
in writing all the testimony taken
by him, and tile copies of all docu-ments
adduced in evidence and
considered by him.
Beferees should exercise their
own judgment in taking and mak-ing
1111 accounts which they are
requested to state; not merely
adopt a statement made by other
parties and it teem that the items
should be given in detail, and not
simply the result of the adjustment
ot them.
When exception is taken to the
failure of a referee to report evi-dence,
the omision may be supplied
by an order for its production, if it
has been preserved in writing, but
where ii has mil been so preserved,
a recommittal ofthe report becomes
accessary.
Where the court orders a com-pulsory
reference to state an ac-count
an appeal does not lie from
an order recommitting the report
of the referee lor 1 lie correction of
errors and irregularities.
Boatervi rate.—The president
of a bank is chargeable with con-structive
notice of the management
of its affairs by the cashier and
01 her subordinate officers; and
when such I.,111k is doing business
without legal organization, he can
not escape the responsibility re
suiting from such notice by show-ing
that he supposed himself the
president of a legally constituted
bank, if he has contributed tin
child was joined with tin- Slate as
a party, there is no material vari-ance.
State rs. J.l,,yd.—T„ constitute
the offense of forcible in
there must be actual demonstratio 1
of force, in excess of a bare civil
trespass, as with amis, or a multi
tude of attendants, so as to create
or make imminent a breach of the
peace—approving Stale rs. ( ',,» ing.
ton, 70 N. ('.. 71
Whether the general doctrine
that ownership of land bounded
upon a highway giving the owner
the right to the soil lo the centre
of the way applies to the street 1 1
a city. Quart.
*tate rs. AiYAofttoii.—An omission
ol the judge to charge that there
is no evidence on a controverted
point, where there is no prayer for
instructions, and no exception to
the charge until after thejury have
rendered a verdict adverse to the
appellant, is not assignable for
error.
State v*. JnikiiiK—Where there
is a severance in the trial of de
fondants, and another party charg
ed in the bill testifies on behalf of
the accused, it is error, as indicat-ing
the opinion of the court on I he
facts, to charge that the very fact
that the Witness is included in the
same indictment will impair his
testimony should not be placed on
the same plane or footing'will, thai
of a witness ofundoubted character
who is disinterested.
Statevi Cluisp.-The continued
and public use of profane oaths,
frequently and boisterously rejical
ed. though on a .-.ingle occasion
and but for the space of five min-utes,
is indictable as a public
sauce.
'hath that it has drawn the
New Series No. 782
... .....I ,, „,„ arawu tlie atteu-iin
.,|,he ,,„„,,ry to the impera-tive
necessity of a remedy for the
evil to whichlKMVUS a saVritice.
»•■« .f tVinirr.
BY H. CLAY PREUSS.
From Ins mid Polar haunt, all savage and
"int..
He Brings like a ravenous beast;
»tth a hip I hurrah ! and a ha I ha! ha!
Me ndes on the storm to his feast.
No song now of minh for our poor mother
earth,
\ she lies 'Death her funeral pall
■• or the warm sun has fled, and the Hovers
are dead,
And winter is monarch of all.
From many a door the suffering poor
Shrink trembling and pale from his
breast;
For their rags are too V. for the warmth
to stay in, ,,,;.\,A
Ami..., toad r, •' -" • nny is death.
In dark filthy spots?*!*'. Jfestilence rots,
And never the sunlight hath shone;
l hey huddle togetherthis terrible weather,
VA ah many a shiver and moan.
But lo! 'neath the dome of his proud
palace home.
The rich man now raises a shout,
W ith a hip. hurrah ! and a ha ! ha ! ha !
He laughs at the tyrant without
ing and warm,
11 Hi -
Gui
reads all the crop reports and has influence of his reputation to give
a keen eye lor hints about iin- Undeserved credit to a .spurious
proved modes of culture. The,
younger members of the family
ciinie in for the amusing anecdotes
and scraps of fun. All look for-ward
to the day I hat shall bring
the paper with the liveliest inter-est,
and if by some unlucky chance
ii fails to come it is a bitter disap-pointment.
One can hardly esti-mate
the amount of information
which a paper that is not only
read but studied, can carry into a
family. They have, week liy week,
Spread before their mental vision
a panorama of the busy world, its
fluctuations and its concerns. It
is the pool man's library, and fur-nishes
as much mental food as he
has time In consume and digest.
No one who has observed how
much I hose who are lar away from
the places where men mosi con-gregate
value their weekly paper
can foil tojoin in invoking a bless-ing
on the inventor of this means
HI intellectual enjoyment.
INDEPENDENCE IN POLITICS.
"Recognizing, as we do, the
origin of artificial hardship placed
on agriculture in the indifference
ni farmers to their civil duties,
which cannot be deputed to other.-
without Certain harm, and recog-niziug
also corrupt party usages as
the outgrowth of such neglect, we,
as the representatives of that call-ing
which enlists the greatest
number of laborers, do solemnly
declare ourselves absolved from ail
allegiances to whatever political
party that does not invite support by
wisdom of purpose and purity of
method, and we declare our unal-terable
purpose lo manifest our
independence by refusing our votes
lo all candidates, claiming them
whensuch candidates do not exhibit
fitness in known integrity and ca-pability
for the discharge of duties
designated, and full sympathy with
the principles herein enunciated.
As an expression of this determi-nation,
we .submit the following
declaration and invite thereto
careful consideration from all good
c tizena of whatever calling or pro-fession:
Resolved, That this
National Grange, representing a
membership spread over the entire
union, will exert all its force With
unflagging zeal and presistentpur-pose
to encourage independent
political action to the end that
ij mgei teudiug to partizan manage-ment
of public affairs may be elim-inated;
thatcorruptparty strifemay
incur the odium ii di serves; thai
the elective franchise in its ester
■ ise may become the tree express-ion
of the desire of the citizens;
that the useful industries ofall our
people in every calling may receive
just consideration; that intelli-gence,
capability and worth may
become the recognised qualiflca
linns for persons designated to of-ficial
trust; thai money shall cease
to be used as a potent factor in de-termining
nominations and elec-tions
to office, and that the govern
meiil may return to that simplicity
thai befits a frugal, industrious
people. By this pledgewesolemn-ly
declare our purpose to abide
steadfast and resolute, and with
good will and unselfish desire we
ask the workers of every other
calling <>r industry to join us in
earnest effort to attain the objects
I|.,Ilu.(l."_n',.seturt(/H(id(>utctt by the
Kationul Orange.
corporation.
W hen- the charge is a combina-tion
to defraud, the declarations
of any one of the alleged confed-erates
is evidence against the
others, though made in the ab
s -o of the latter, if made in fur-therance
of the common design;
and slight evidence of concert is
Sufficient to let in such declara-tions.
The liability of the ostensible
president of a spurious bank for
debts contracted by his assistance
is not. collateral, but direct and
original, and he must respond in
damages to the same extent as the
bank, if legally constituted, would
have been liable.
State rs Hamlet,—On a trial for
an affray prior to the act of 1881,
allowing defendants to testify in
their own behalf, one defendant
could not oppose the testifying of
his co-defendant for himself—the
State's counsel not objecting.
State rs. Miigett.—An indictment
under the act of 1879, chapter 232,
for selling spirituous liquor within
a certain distance of a church in
Hyde county, cannot be supported
by evidence of such a sale within
the prescribed distance of a house
conveyed primarily for educational
purposes, with permission to hold
divine service therein, on suitable
occasions, which is ordinarily used
for a school house, but in which
there is preaching at slated inter-vals.
State vs. Rogeri.—The superior,
inferior and criminal courts have
jurisdiction overall offenses, where-of
exclusive jurisdiction is given to
justices of the peace. If some jus-tice
-shall not within six months
alter their commission have pro-ceeded
to take cognizance of the
same. Ail 1881,chapter210. And
if the prosecution originated in any
of.said courts before the expiration
of the six months, objection to the
jurisdiction must be taken as mat-ter
of defence upon idea of not
guilty
Although on trial of an indict-ment
for assault with intent to com-mit
rape the jury find the defen-dant
guilty of an assault only, yet
tin1 Superior Court Inning juris-diction
of the offense charged, can
proceed to judgment upon convic-tion
of the subordinate misde-meanor.
.stuli p«, Qaylord.—To have the
effect of vacating or suspending a
judgment in a criminal action, an
appeal must be perfected during
the term, whether by giving bond
for the costs or procuring an order
dispensing with such security.
An appeal will be dismissed on
motion when, in the transcript sent
up, there is no record of any trial,
verdict orjudgment; no errors as-signed,
or statement of the case for
appeal; and no appeal bond or or-der
dispensing with one.
State rs. I'niiins.—it is not proper
to join the mother of a bastard
child with the state in a proceed-ing
to tix the paternity upon the
putative father.
Where the putative father is in-dicted
for false swearing on his own
behalf in such proceedings, under
a bill which describes I he cause as
Constituted between "the State as
plaintiff and the said J. ('. as de-fendant,"
and the record of the
cause, put in evidence by the solic-itor,
shows that the mother of the
THE TRIAL OF GDTTEAU,
The opening of the trial of
lean had three striking incidents—
the sensible ruling ofthe judge tlu :
thejury should not consist of idiots.
the difference between Guit.
counsel upon the questi fdi
and Guitean's conduct and addre • .
Of the terrible crime thai was ■■
mitted, and of its perpctratioi
Guiteau, there is no question.
There has been 110 oilier qnestiou
from the first than that which |
counsel now raise, and which, in-deed,
is always raised when i
is the least chance of sec;
plausibility for ii. and thai is the
question of insanity. This is ul
Ah ! man\- a form, once 1
Lies frozen without at the door;
But las heart so cold, is buried in gold.
And he knows not I iod's suffering poor.
["rom his proud stronghold of merciless
gold,
The rich man still mocks at the blast ;
-\!i : little he deems he'll awake from his
(Ire.
And his foeman shall conquer at last.
When his efforts proved vain, old winter
again
Shouted forth at the top of his breath,
With i hip, hurrah ! and a ha ! ha ! ha !
immoned his dark brother, Death.
A : i...!. how he quails! how hi weeps
d be wails—
The man that was buried in gold ;
VVith .1 hip ! hurrah ! an<l a ha! ha ! lia !
! i. ath gathers him into his fold.
TUEGEEAT MOEDEE TEIAL.
• at Testimony in Chief Closed.-
0 I ail iii his own Defence.-Mr.
Scovill'e Opening Address.
Washington Nov. 21st.—If the
interest in the Guiteau trial has
waned nl allal the eloseof the firsl
•m . k, il was more than revived by
attack mi the jail van by i be
ways a very delicate and " ,_; Iwwwmau Saturday af-question,
but it is a probable thee- t,;llloo»- r.llls morning the crowd
ry, supported by scientificobscrva- '""':' "" ' ,!> ,"' ,UTlved earlier
tion, that there is a slate of mil ''"''' "'"s """'" '•"'.-'•'' than on any
and of the will which mav be called ■'' "' lasl "eok-strictly
insanity, yet which does ' ENKS ra THE COURT BOOSI TEDM
not release a man from resp lisil.il- MORS1XG.
ity for his acts. There is iindoubt- j The lirsl three rows of i
edlj a general conviction an - de of the bar were reserved
those who have carefully olisei... ' >h\> morning exclusively for mem-bers
i : '■>'- bar. Mr. Seoville, » iih
iiis inevitable memorandum Itook,
Mrs. Seovill, Mr. John W. Guiteau
and Miss liiee, the young lady who
. - attends Mrs. Seovill, ar-rived
early. The firsl crowd of
i rs were admited to the
room a few minutes before
Guiteau wore this morning
coal torn bv the bullet of Un-tlic
story of this crime Mil1, :i.,, ;
geiice. and not with mere pa -
that while (! nil can is a man ol weak
and what is called ill-regulated
mind, he is not an iri-esponsibl
agent. There is still a further
question. Assuming thai a pi
who is born with a feeble « ill. :
who -lets himself go" without ev<
attempting self-restraint, may di
at last beyond the possibility .
such command, ought he to be n
lieved of the penalties of crimes!
that he may then commit .'
If it be clearly established, as in
cases nl certain diseases of the
brain, than a man is no more n
sponsiblethan a sleepwalker, he
cannot be righl fully punished, al-though
In ght tobesecluded frmu j
all opportunity of doing harm. Bin
it will not be alleged that anytl
cf this kind has yet appeared in I
case of Guiteau. His conduct in I
court, as throughout his imprison-ment,
merely illustrates the uatn
excitement of a man who has a!
was-let himself go" in the appall-ing
circumstances in which i,e Minis
himself. There are laws of di
as well as oforder, it is generally
observed that men v. ho hold them
selves tO be divilielj com mi- -ion. -..
lo kill oilier men bear thciliscvcs
tranquilly and firmly, like the man
in Massachusetts a year or two
ago v 1 lb red his own child as »
sacrifice to God. Weak, ill-regn
laied. mentally and morally chaotic
and desperate, Guiteau evidently
is. but thus far nothing has app ur
ed which would properly net]
him of responsibility. A man «h<>
deliberately makes himself drunk
ought not to escape i he |ieii
crimes committed in druuki n
and men—and their name i- lc{
—who -let themselves go," IlilKl
be held to the responsibility
their deeds.
.rious horseman, lie said he
■ Aitnted the court to see it. One of
tin officers told him that his assail-ant
was in jail, and that when he
returned he could light it out.
Guiteau pointed to Officer ICdelin
jaud said: ••I'll let Edelin do the
lighting for me." Mr* Robinson
.|»i iui arrive in court until m
: o'clock. Then he took a seat with
his brother,and talked.apparently,
very earnestly. The attorneys for
lie prosecution arrived together
al 10 o'clock.
I ill: I'ROI EED1NGS Tu-DAV.
i Cos, having struggled
through the crowd and reached
his seal, the court was called to
■ rder al 10:07 o'clock. Mr. Hob-in
>u immediately rose, with a
' newspaper in his hand, to address
i e court, bill al the suggestion of
Mr. t'orkhill refrained from speak-ing
until after the prisoner should
:< in. The jury roll was then
i lied, occupying two or three
minutes. The jurymen uot in the
j panel engaged on the trial were
i excused until next Monday morn-ing.
Gniteau was brought in a
few minutes later, and. as usual.
his appearance created a sensation
I hi court. When his handcuffs
were removed he arranged some
pa pi rs on Ins desk before him. and
pn pared for a long day.
MB. l.'nr.iXsu:.' ISKED 1' i BE DIS-CHARGED
FROM THE CASE.
Mr. Robinson, rising, said that
The general conviction of the j an article ill a Sunday paper made
country at the time of the shooting ii necessary tor him to make a briel
of President Garfield—a conviction : statement. < >n the 22d of October
which has oulj di 'peiied and the court, at the request of Mr.
sireiigtbe I with time—iscoiiliri Seovill, assigned him to the de-ed
by all that Guiteau has fence of the prisoner, lie felt the
and written. The murder ol I'm
President was due to llie s\ stem ol
spoils, which leads every light
brained, morbid, desperate camp-follower
of a party to suppose thai
his "work" for the party entitleshim
tn an office, and I hat he is wronged
ii in does not get it. tluiii ai
and last plea is the same—: he I'res
ident was bestowing patronage in
wisely. IfGuiti au had know u ; lull
place did uot depend upon i.
favor, he would not havi
that he was entitled to a place, mil
that the President was d >iu.
chief and imperiling the party by
giving places improperly. It'Gui-teau'scrime
was i lie act of a crazy
man. and all he says is raving, it
Bhows at least the Used bent . i his
mind. If he be not crazy, it was
the deed ol'a man made morbid and
desperate by this evil system, in
which, as Mr. Sherman Bogerr
wisely said at Baifaloe. larks revo-lution
and civU convulsion. It is
responsibility, and the iii -i thing
lie ad\ ISI il v as a. delay of two
-. \. liich met the approval of
I Mr. Sc ivill. The court granted one
'week. A lew days afterwards he
wed the application; ii was
lirsl day of the star ro le
ing. Mr. Seovill heard \> hat
.id. and he presumed concurred
■ him in it. Some four days
.. ards, when lie i Mr. Robin
urged the court i" decide the
ilou. he was informed that
Mr. Seovill had privately requested
. | the mot ion lie ii"'. granted, and
j ii was denied. 1; seemed to him
that "Inn he put aside his own
. igements to undertake this
eleemosynary work, his wishes in
. III- in time, were entitled to
- deration. He «as led to the
opinion thai he ought to have as
lite counsel beside Mr. Scuv ille.
When he made application for ad-ditional
time againin court, he was
opposedbj Mr. Seoville. Speakin
day, he said if he had followed
ins impulse, he would then have
ashed the court to relieve him. lie
was satisfied, however, thai it
would not do to desert a del, ml
•"" "Mer a ban which ther
man rested under. He thought,
also, that the excommunication so
freely denounced against him by
the prisoner at the bar was not a
matter lor him i rice; if he were
prepared to defend him (Guiteau)
onthegroundof his irrcsponsibility
he must, on the same grounds
give no heed t„ the insults. Be
then read Iron, the Sunday Post an
interview with Mr. Seoville, in
«lnch the latter expressed his
determination not to go on with
the CUM- with Mr. Robinson as his
associate.
Whrti be first made his motion
lor delay, something was said
about the question of jurisdiction,
anil Mr. Seoville volunteered to say
that this court had mi jurisdiction.
It seemed to him (Mr. Robinscn)
that it was undesirable to wave
any defence which the prisoner
might have. Afterwards he learned
uithe papers ihai Mr. Seoville had
stated that he had abandoned the
plea ofmalpractice. Bis (Mr. Rob
insen's) position from the begin-ning
had been tomakoanv defence
justified by the facts and the law.
Mr. Seoville told him that if he
(Robinson) wished to raise the de-fence
of malpractice he should no-tify
the government Be therefore,
on i he occasion of his second motion,
had given such notice. Mr. Rob
iiisiui lure read from the steno-graphic
report of the proceedings,
on November the 3d, where be had
stated that he would not be com-mitted
by what Mr. Seoville said.
Sine,' that day Mr. Seoville had
said nothing to him about theques-of
malpractice, except during the
examination of the jurors, when
one expressed himself in favor of
a theory of malpractice. Mr. Seo-ville
then said tlmt perhaps they
could get the jury hi acquit the
prisoner on that ground. Refer-ing
to the examination of Dr. Bliss,
be said thai he desired to get the
truth, lie was not ai i nsto iieil to
learning from an associate e iiuisel
his objection to his proceeding for
the first time through the news-papers
of the follov ing day. Be
I Mr. Seoville in
terms of lack of professional eti-quette.
-It is unnecessary' to say,"
Ii il, '-thai he could have no
further associal ion with i
counsel; that he could have no fur
II .■ connection with the rase. NY
odium iittached to the prisoner, no
sacrifice required by the case,
would ever have induced him to
II the case; he onlj I. il ii
b.e uise he had no other course.
But inasmuch as i ei o longer
continue in the honorable discharge
of the duly committed to me, I a -i,
the pour! to give me an honorable
discharge from it."
OUITEAl . '.'il LIMES I - SIR. BOB-IvSH.
V.
Mr. Seoville. who was standing
by his wife, started to speak. Gui-teau
interrupted him, and said,
referring to Mr. Robinson's
I would agree
lie had made il
All able speech,
with i: ntirely if
-Monday
Mr. Seoville started tos|>cati,bul
was again interrupted by the pris-r.
who said: '>I sympathize with
Mr. Robinson, and nol with yon in
this matt" r of malpractice! lb-has
goi the true idea of it."
REMARKS nl-' MR. srn\ :ij.]:.
Mr. Seoville said he honored Mr.
Robinson for his self-sacrifice and
devotion to the ease. He happen
ed in conn on the morning of the
second application Ibrextensi f
time, when Mr. Robinson had made
the application without consulting
him (Mr. Soio. ille). Ii. Mr. Sen
ville) had meanwhile summoned
witnesses to appear here at the
date fixed by the court; he Ii
been consulting with Ur. Trade, of
Chicago. Alter the motion was
made he had gone to the court pri
vatoh and told hi.a how I ,• ...
situated. Afterwards Mr. Robin-sou
came in conn, withont a n nl
spoken to him (Mr. Seoville . made
application for additional counsel
and submitted anaflidavil without
lining bim see it. lie did nol think
that was pre
■•I'enaiii! s i il unprofes-
11 nil au fl i : his seat.
Mr. Seoviile said he thought,
however, afterwards that the mat-ter
had been properly arranged.
Referring to the examinatii a of
i »r. Bliss on Saturday, he
tie up hi~ mind at onei that
thai line of exauiin; I ion mn -i be
stopped or he Mr. Seoville) would
go out of tin- ci .-. Bethought the
difference arose in the
and lemperamenl ol himself and
Mr. Robinson. Ur. Robinson was
discreel and zealous, but kept his
own counsel. lie Mr. Seoville
n a- almosi entirely dilfi rent, i heir
it ii n wa a very ui
one, ,.:.•! i he . . oultl not get along
■ f ther.
MR. ROB1XSOS I
When Mr. Sc
.: ulgi ' ■■* said:—•
I In- ci urt are due i
for his prom] tness in ai
,. t of I lie ■
ted his fidelity and zi al. He
felt constrained, under the circum-stances,
in grant Mr. Rol
request and give him a mot
. rain- dischai ge.
Mr. Scot ille said he want! il to
notify the court that in
nl to have additional counsel.
The prisoner broke in heie and
said:—"I understand Judge Ma-gruder
is anxious to assist in tins
OF (in: i E.
Mill ■; ii.. .
The nl
. Mi . Roliii son
n . : . the
' - lie.
one of the blessings which spring of the scene in court on the first ■ defence, and I had sent him public
notice, and also John D—not John
B.—Townsend, of New York."
I'! ITKAl HITLI.NLS Ills DEFENCE.
A minute later the prisoner broke
ont again, -l want to gay," he
remarked, "one word on the ques
111111 "f maltreatment I want it
understood that 1 appear here part-ly
as my own counsel. Now. mv
idea is, that the President was not
fatally sh„t. and the physicians
said In- WHS not fatally shot at the
time—on the 5th of July, when
they gave out to the public that
the President would recover. I
want this idea to go on record for
'a-(nun in Hane, if necessary."
He stopped a moment and said:
",'."m' '" r, my defence is that
this was the Deity's act and nol
mine, and 1 expect Iliiu to take
'are ot me: thai is all. j|(. |1U8
taken care of me thus far, sure."
Till-: WOUIfD A FATAL DM:.
Surgeon General J. K. Barnes
was called and testified Oathe was
called at the depot and was also
present at the autopsy. lie -aid
thai the wound of President Gar-field
was ;i tital one.
Dr. J. J. Woodward testified that
the wound of the President was a
fatal one. and was the cause of the
death.
Dr. I). 8. Lamb, who made the
autopsy of President Garfield's
case, testified that he considered
the wound a fatal one. lie pro
'bleed the bullet that was taken
from the body of the President,
which was handed to Cei. Corkhill
and then passed to the jury. Dr.
Lamb said he bad made extensive
examinati but could find no
traces of recovery from p wound of
iliee-ac! character of the ["resi-dent's.
fin: GOVERNMENT'S TESTUONY
CLOSED.
Mr. t'orkhill here said that he
believed that this evidence con-cluded
the case of the government,
except two points: one was thai
Klberon wus in the Stale of New
Jersey, and that New Jersey was
one of the t'uiteil States; the other
was thai the depol properiv be-longed
lo the United Slates.
Mr. Seov ille ad mil ted tlie.se facts
Mi. Sei.v ille sniii h,. hud consult
ed the prosecution, and thej had
agreed if the court pleased to allow
.ii. e two opening speeches
"lie by himself and one by the
prisoner, lie would like to lia e
the prisoner state his on u case first.
The caul said thai he would per
mil that i oar.-e.
OUITEAt IN it: OWN DEFENCE.
Guiteau herespoke from hisseat,
and said:
'•] was ilia aware thai I was ■ \
peete! to apeak this morning."
■ Tii Mr. Seoville. who whispered
to him to stand up: -I will nol
stand up: I am not afraid to, how
ever, but I have only got a moment
to .-pi'.i!.."; ••[ do not ••;::•■• to saj
anything more than was published
in my addiess last Monday after
noon in the Etming Star. That
paper was addressed to your h ir
and the public, and 1 presume that
most of the jurymen have heard it.
I have no sel speech to make. So
long as 1 appear in pail as my nun
counsel, tin Itesl way for me to
make corrections as the case pro-ceeds,
jnsl a : I have done during
tile last three or four days. I meant
no discourtesy to anybody in the
ease. I only want to gel at the
facts. If somebody says that 1
owe him si'il. and it is not true. I
will deny it mi the spot simultane-
.ii-l\ with the false charge, and
that us the case proceeds. Ufcourse
1 will go on the stand al the proper
time, and be examined and cross
examined. My idea is. however,
to correct a misstatemcut while it
is luii. and at tin- moment the state
meiil is in.iile: and thai disposes of
it instead of waiting a number of
weeks till the matter is dig! -Ii d
and misunderstood. A great deal
ol ii..- bad feeling ill this I
liu • come I'M.in enforced silence, ■ r
from the suppression of my pajiers,
I think that the ti lie wax i- to in-terject
statement - as the case pro-ceeds.
I have mi set .speech to
make: 1 am much obliged to your
honor and my counsel for the cour-tesy
of the invitation.*'
MB. .-' -iv ILLE I'm: Tin: DEI ESI i:.
Mr. Sc .ville then, al I! o'clock, lie
■jan to address the jury. Aft*]
review ing i in-1". idence for tin
cut ion, be said he knew it would
be diflicull for the jurymen to di-vest
themselves of all feeling;they
eould uot, however, afford t" render
a verdict of guilty simply because
the President had suffered. Pact -.
.Mr. Seoville said, were stub'.Kini
things, ami had no connection with
feeling; the one fad to be a - •• i
taiued was whether his man was a
raii il man al the time. The jury
was not sworn to lake any .
sibiliiy ofthe result oftheir vei Ii. t:
iIn v..-re to consider merely the
ci: if thej found the facts
showed the prisoner wa .
Would Hot hang him. Tlie lav, did
;le asked them in gel their
• ii •• . ..million thai they
could judge of this cast ...
an\ other • ■ might be
■ <:• .. jury : i heii i
.-in...id Is-1he -ai::.' ,i- ii tin j «. re
. > I ; the right ol prupi ; i . . .
hoi ie. I!' i ferri il to the fact that
several of the jurymen had never
-i r\ el ni, :i jury, and on that
ground excused his prolixity ol
explanation. There would, he said,
be considerable evidence as to the
mental condition of the prisoner,
I ould appear eoi
I; was the province of the jurymen
to watch these witnesses, and re
:m liil.er what thej saw: he had no
question thai they would easily
mmi facts: put there was a ohUM
"i testimony—tlmt tube given by
"expert" witnesses, which would be
more difficult to consider. The ha-,
rymen knew enough to know there
was a duTereui e between a man of
sound mind and one win.se mind
was perverted. These expert wit-nesses
would give opinions upon
Unit question. It wa- not uncom-mon
that the more abstruse the
question was. the more positive
became those who were engaged in
the investigation. The questionof
a man'- responsibilitj was one of
these mailers which thevcould not
always tell the truth of.' Be asked
'hem to paj careful attention to
this class of evidence. The diffi-culty
would come, when this evi
deuce was in. to weigh it. 11,.
thought it would lieioiilempttoa.sk
these witnesses, if thej were not
paid $100 a day, to study the ,:,>,.
ami to form an opinion. He thought
the jury should take into consider
atiiin the facilities the government
had of getting thissortof testimony.
He did mil think these witnesses
had risen above human nature,
and ii would he natural lor lh«m
to testify against the theory of in-sanity.
(In ii ther hand, he re-ferred
to the sacrifices made bv wit-nesses
for the defence, and the odds
in favor of them as creditable wit
tics-,-. He did not attach Hie
government witnesses. He knew
they were high-minded scientfiic
gentlemen in the country who
would testify fafrlj ami honestly,
notwithstanding liny were paid a
hundred dollars a daj by the pros-ecution.
The jurj 110 dottlil had
beared oftheattack on theprisom is
life. Saturday; that the citizens
applauded the act: he referred to
Masons assault also, and that the
defence of insanitj in his case was
generally approved, 'flu -e expert
witnesses merely gave their opin-ions,
and ild never be com icted
of perjury, 'flu- public feeling was
such as would influence them to
testify against tin prisoner. Be
wauled all these fails considered.
What motive, he asked, i Id an
' K|M n for ih.- defence lia> u in -a>
Ing thai Guiteau was insane! 'it
cerl iinly would nol help him inbis
-i he wi old Mild I lial he
will not lie praised ; i hi- testimo
ny. three quarters of all Iheletti rs
In- hud received, he said, since he
had been hen- we:,- marked "strii l
Iv confidential.'' Almosi invariably
thej do i il: "Plea e nol lei
name gel out.'' He referred at
length, to the prejudice which had
obstructed tting
witnesses. No one eared in face
the so. ial obloquj III il would fol
low. riicy should hive had |]
poslponemeiii of lia ease on this
account, lb- would lie \i
SUniptioUS if lie lie il ;!■• |i, i ould
earrj through the the
same abilitj that tie i n!
had • a!, i. -I: iln - was the third
criminal case: he had ever had in
his life: iln- |,i.,t was2(1 ycai - ago.
lie referred lo ihe (inference I f
criminal and civil practice. The
gentlemen engaged in the prosecu-tion,
on the other hand, Were CX-IH'rieni
i d criminal lawj ei -. lie
beg fed no lawns on thai account,
but wanted i; to In- seen thai : here
•..as a va I disparity* of force here,
ami he wauled tlielll (thejurj liu D
tn iie a little considerate to the de
fence. Il was nil hi- failll thai
there wa- nol competent i ounsel
for tin-defense. In someparticulars,
however, he asked no odds of Iin-prosecution.
Thai was the question
merelj of fad. lie did ex|>ccl the
facts would l.e pie-i utcdbeforethu
jury in a conclusive manner; hs
thought when thej got this arraj
of fai, - 1 i fore them thev would
find an impregnable wall « liich the
prosecution could nol -hake. If
I In-jury fail I \ considered these fu
he iih secure asio tlu irjudgini nt.
lie was also comforted bj the fact
that the court would protect him
in matters of law. lie was i ertain
Hull with the arraj of fails to lie
produced In fore them, the fair con-sideration
of the jury, and the ill
tellig i:e. ol I ie court, III would
not l.e entirely al a disadv anti
The court hen- adjourned.
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