Gitteau's Trial

Dr. Bliss gave a long and detailed account of the various aspects of th late President's case. He was then subjected to a long cross-examination by Mr. Scoville, Uie object being to show that the President died from naai practice and not from the bullet o Guit:au. His evidence was in the line of his published statements in regare to tho case, admitting that the first di agnosis of the case was a wrong one. Geo. Maynard of Ann Arbor, was al so one of the witnesses. He is an elec trician, and was until recently mana ger of the telephone coinpany in Wash ington. Maynard's testimony was wanted to prove thé fact that Guiteau borrowed money with which to buy his pistol. Maynard's mother formerly kept boarding house in Ann Arbor, anc Guiteau boarded thereforseveral weeks while stopping in the university tovvn during some of his perambulatljns. That is where Mr. Maynard became acquainted with him, and it is owing to that acquaintance that Mr. Maynard is now minus the sum of $25. Col. Rockwell tnen began giving a detailed account of the ocourauces at the depot when Mr. Scoville interposed by acknowledging the killing. Guiteau quiokly shouted "No, your honor, we acknowledge the shooting but not the killing." Col. Rockwell briefly stated the facts within his knowledge and without cross-examinatiou was followed by Gen. G. D. Swaim, who des.cribed in brief his associations with the President during the last lays. An impressive scène occurred duiing liis testimony. "What were the President' last words?" asked Mr.Corkhill. "His last words," replied the witness, with emotion, were "Oh, Swaim." Dr. Bliss then described the IMMEDIATE CATTSE OF THE PRESIDENTES DEATn. A decided sensation was produced when the district attorney suddenly drew f rom a pasteboard box a skeleton of a human back-boneand holding it up enqaired: "Do you recognize this, doctor ?" the doctor in measured tones replied, "I do. It is a portiun of the vertebra of the late President James A. Garfield," The vertebra was then handed to the jury and the character and extent of the in jury to them ed. Dr. Bliss was then followed with the closest attention on the part of the audience with the single exception 01 Guiteau as he busied himself ís his papers, only occasionally glancing up with the air of a person being bored with i recital in which he could have no possible interest. After the vertebrse had been retumed to the district attorneyV table Mr. Scoville reached over and requested an opportunity of examininjj it. It was handed hiin and Guiteau, who sat immediately on his right, examined it closely as Mr. Scoville turned it over, and frotn side to side. Ht made no move to touch it, however. Mr. Scoville inquired minucely as to the formation, growth, and the fina rupture of the sac formed on the artery which had been cut out by the ball. He also inquired as to who had been authorized to take charge of tht case. Mr. Scoville also inquired about thequantity of morphineadministered; about the probing and washing of th wound and the possibility of its havinj. been thoroughly probed if the reai track of the ball had been known trom the first. To a question on that point the witness gave a negative reply. He was asked by what authority most of the doctors who had been originally in attendance were discharged, and he said that it was by authority ol the President, given in the presence ol Mrs. Garfield and the witness. Ht was asked as to where the ball had been fbund, and replied that all the viscera had been taken out and placed in a bowl, and that in that bowl the ball was f ound in its cyst. After which the court very soon adjourned until Monday. THE ASSASSIN SHOT. The absorbing topic of conversation in Washington, and in factall over tht country continúes to be the Guiteau trial. A new Ímpetus was given to the case on Saturday by the wild summons afloat tliat the assassin had been killed. It appears that in the afternoon as the prisner was being taken to the jail, and when about half wa between the capítol and the jail, a white man. riding a sorrel horse, rode up near the prisoner's van, and before any one of the guards could interpose he flred a shot into the van, and then rode off in a northwest direction, the guards and the van itself pursuing him. Guiteau received a flesh wound in the arm. The van was guarded by a detachment of mounted pólice who pursued the assailant accompanied by the van. The guards were afraid to leave the van so they took it with them in pursuit. Thismadetheirgait necessarily slow and the assailant, who was rell mounted, gained on theru. After following the assailant some distance the guard and pólice abandoncd pursuit and he escaped. Guiteau was shot in the right fore arm, but it is only a flesh wound MORE SCARED TIIAN IIUKT. The assailant flred twice at Guiteau but only one shot struck him. He was a large man, and as soon as he though, Guiteau was hit he rode off at a f uil gallop. He met the prisoner's van at First and B atreets northeast, and rode as if he was merely going by, but suddenly he stopped close and fired. He could not see Guiteau bnt was taking she chances of hitting him by shooting thröugh the van. Guiteau's wound is so slight that it will not interfere with the progress of his trial Monday. After arriving at the jail, Guiteau was terribly excited and begged the warden not to allow any strangers to see him during the night. Soon after Guiteau was retnrned to his cell Mr. and Mrs. ScoYille called and had a talk with him and later on his brother called. Mounted pólice were instructed to scour the country and bring in all suspicious characters. The officer who patrols near tóe Soldiers' Home flnally saw a man aniwering the description and cried out to him to halt. He got a blaat of profanity in reply, and the man rode off at f uil gallop, the policeman following in hot pursuit. The chase was continued beyond the district line and several shots were fired during its progresg, the man finally disappearinjj in the woods. THE SHOOTEK CAUGHT. The officer then laid in wait for his man and he soonappeared. Ashe rode into the yard of a farm-house he was OTertaken. Here the assailant (William Jones by name) was arrestad and brought back to the city. He has bewi very reticent since his arrest and the offloers having him in charge will not communicate any thing in regard to the prisoner. It is reported, however, that Jones is another member of the great family of "cranks" and that he doeg not seem to realize that he has don anything which is liable to involve kim in serious difflculty. Additional precautions will be taken hereafter to guard Guiteau from assault when he is being conveyed to and fro. His condition to-night is described as being one of abject fear, instead of being da(iant he appeals piteously to be protected from further molestation and points to the fact that thi3 is the third time his life has been attempted since he has been imprisoned.