Guiteau Trial Opened With Defense Urging Insanity
The Guiteau trial opened with a defense speech praising the New York Court of Appeals on insanity questions. Scoville argued sanity at the time of the shooting, accused the prosecution of tampering with witnesses, and urged the jury to avoid punishment as revenge while discussing motives and deterrence.
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Tur Guiteau
New York Court of Appeals
Seoville
McElfresh
Porter
Quick
Corkhill
Scoville
Mr. Scoville
Secoville
Guiteau
Blaine
Mr. Seoville
Harfield
Beoville
Worcester
Massachusetts
Dr. Hamilton
Hamilton
Joe
Kempster
Dr. Gray
Gray
Kent
Jackstone
Zeneblemen
Gwentlemen
Olua
Udge Cox
Mony
Dliver
Senate on the lith Mr. Plumb presented a petition
In the Senate on the motion Mr Plumb presented a petition from citizens of Kansas requesting action. The record notes the entry of the petition and related procedural steps.
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Senate
Plumb
Kanse
Torpedo shooter killed in nitro glycerine blast near Bolivar
Crankes E Berriper of the Roberts Torpedo Company died when a nitro glycerine magazine exploded after he stumbled returning with two cans. His team horse perished and nearby windows shattered as the Bolivar area felt the shock. Other notices include suicides, embezzlement, forgeries, a smallpox epidemic, and immigrant arrivals.
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Crankes E. Berriper
Roberts Torpedo Company
Bolivar
N. Y
Berridge
Adolph A. Cohn
Alaska Commercal Company
San Francisco
Sentinel
Indianapolis
Greenbury B. Hawkins
John Greene
A. W. Bartlett & Co
Atchison, Kan
Joan F. Best
Light House Board
National Board of Health
United States
Bureau of Statistics
Chicago
Drummond
Washington
New York
Castle Garden
Grecory Srexvont
Petersburg
Trenton
Ohio
Wordsworth
Ind
Hampton
William Cork
Brewster to Restore Supreme Court Appearance Practice
Trie announced that Attorney-General Brewster has decided to revive the practice of appearing before the Supreme Court in all cases involving important public interests.
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Trie
Brewster
Supreme Court
Raven details Lincoln assassination claim and Carr arrest report
Nicholas Raven of Erie claims he saw Guiteau on July 2 at Washington depot and heard him predict shooting the President before following him into the ladies room to fire. A Tucson dispatch reports General Carr’s arrest by order of the President over alleged misconduct in the Indian campaign amid ongoing investigations.
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Nicholas Raven
Erie
Washington Depot
Guiteau
Arthur
Tucson
Carr
Daniel Webster
New England
Hveo Preyer
St. Louis
General Carr
Washington
National Board of Trade
Ministry of Commerce
Lowell
Multiple 19th century world events and local failures
Foreton Montreal records liabilities for three firms Alphonse Marcotte 300000 William McLarin Co 870000 and McGouvron Tucker Mc Donnell 50000. Flames hit Circus Kremsier Bucharest on the 19th killing many. Nihilists sentenced to Siberian mines. Greek Consul murdered at Manfalout. Beaumiene commits suicide over Bourse losses. French and Italian rioters killed three and wounded twenty on a railway clash. Doteril explosion similar to Triumph. Parnell and Irish MPs’ jail terms extended. Me lVille of Jeannette reports all well from Irkutsk. missing cutter unknown. Herzegovinians slaughter ten Austrian soldiers near Dobar.
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Montreal
Ith
Alphonse Marcotte
William McLarin & Co
McGouvron, Tucker & McDonnell
Kremsier
Bucharest
Tcherevine
St. Petersburg
Siberia
Manfalout
Upper
Egypt
Beaumiene
London
Doteril
Strait of Magellan
Triump
Pacific
Parnell
Melvill
Jeannette
Secretary of the Navy
Irkutsk
Herzegovinians
Dobar
Guilewn trial and world briefs from late January
On the Guilewn trial date Sarenpay urged acquittal arguing insanity and divine agency. The scene included his breakdown and Mrs Scoville's sobs before a court adjourned. Across health and society, smallpox cases rose in New York. Cincinnati, Pittsburgh and Chicago reported new infections. Financial trouble hit A PrRospangr & Co. of Mobile with over 100000 liabilities. naval and political notes report Marquis of Lorne arriving in Ottawa, Archbishop McCabe calling for peace, and a Hayti president assassination plot. A fatal Savannah Road collision killed two and injured others. Insurrection fears rose in Herzegovina as Ragusa reinforced and Balkan troops moved.
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Cincinatti
Pittsburgh
Chicago
A. PrRospangr & Co
Cotton Factors of
Mobile
Ala
New York
Tur Marquis of Lorne
Lady Balfour
Halifax
Ottawa
McCabe
Dublin
Heyny Rockwell
United States Fish Commission
Washington
F. FE. Black
Atlanta
Nashville
Tenn
South
Salomon
Hayti
Savannah Road
Charleston
Fox
Beerbridge
2St
Herzegovina
Ragusa
Trieste
Guiteau Petition Speech Surfaces as Trial Prelude
The New York Associated Press transmits Guiteau's long speech from January 15 1882 in which he claims divine inspiration for removing the President. He argues there was no homicide malice and asserts the Deity guided his actions to avert civil war. He praises General Arthur Grant and Jefferson Davis figures, and seeks acquittal based on duress and divine mandate.
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Guiteau
New York Associated Press
Associated Press
Republican
Omar
Jefferson Davis
Arthur
Republican Party
Tam
New York
Grant
Conkling
Paul
Chicago
Corkhill
Brooks
Joe Deity
Beecher
Talmage
Illinois Law Exemption Clarified by Attorney General Letter
A Cass County inquiry over a misprinted comma in the Public Funds law prompts Attorney General James McCantrney to rule that all sheriffs, circuit clerks, county clerks, county recorders, county superintendents of schools, county treasurers, and county collectors are exempt from publishing annual financial statements, in counties under or not under township organization. The corrected proviso clarifies exemptions for township collectors in counties with township organization.
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Cass County
James P. Slade
General Assembly
McCartney
Slade
James McCantrney
Illinois Stems to Vaccination Policy and Local Happenings
The State Board of Health insists vaccination in all districts and against school closures over opposition. A Bloomington locomotive explosion caused minor damage but no injuries. Illinois Education Board notes a budget error threatens Normal University funding until June 1882. A Rock Island libel suit and a Peoria saloon scene provide local color. Lizzie Heilwagner’s father is indicted for her murder in Hampton, Rock Island County.
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State Board of Health
Bloomington
State Board of Education
State Normal University At Normal
B. G. Roots
Tamaroa
James P. Slade
Thomas F. Mitchell
Springfield
Circuit Court
David O. Reid
J. B. Danforth
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Peoria
Board of Trade
Washington Street
Harrison
Adams Street
Ilinois
Richard Yates
Lizzie Heilwagner
Hampton
Rock Island County
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