The Archive · 1882

A Protest Against Depreciation

While Scoville was explaining various scenes of the prisoner's life, Guiteau broke in with, "Had first-class references as well as my personal appearance, and so I got business; besides that, L had no bad habits of any kind."

To illustrate Guiteaw's freaks as indica tious of insanity, Scoville then related attempt at a speech on a mn when he had be tas counsel for a pi Guiteau again, in an excited manner, said:—'' That is absolutely false. I never tried a case with Charles Reed in my life. Tdou't want to interfere with your theory, but your facts are false. I want the jury to understand my pee iliarities. That's all right. Lhere are a good many people who will swear that I am insane,"

A recess was then taken.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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