BUTLER CITIZEN
JOHN H. L wT CTIME6LEY, PROP'RS,
Entered at the Postoffice at Butler as
second-classs matter.
THANKSGIVIG —a wintery day here.
GUITEAU trial—will not end this
week.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR will occupy the
White House this week for the first.
THE official figures make the popu
lation of the United States at the last
census 50,155,783.
COMMUNICATIONS and much other
matter are crowded out this week in
order to give all possible of the Gui
teac trial.
THERE will be ten Readjuster negroes
in the Virginia House of Delegates and
three in the Senate. When the people
of "Ole Virginy" voluntarily send thir
teen colored men to the Legislature,
times have, indeed, changed.
BEECHER in his Thanksgiving day
sermon in New York alluded to the
trial of Guiteau and said "it looked
like a fight between an imbecile Judge
at one end of the'bench and a vagrant
fool at the other, like an imbecile court
trying to find a wicked man insane."
THE last number of that exciting
publication, called the " Legislative
Record ," came to hand last week and
informed us that the Legislature had
adjourned in June last. There is no
greater fraud practiced in this State
thau this same " Legislative Record"
business.
THE death of Mr. Wilson, one of
the newly elected County Commission
era, will create a vacancy in the board
aftet the first Monday in January
next. Of course, being no vacancy un
til then no appointment can be made
until then. The appointment is made
by the court and for the whole term—
three years.
BUTLER, Lawrence and Mercer coun
ty cases appealed to the Siyjreme Court
will hereafter have to be argued in
Philadelphia, more than doubling the
costs to the litigants. Poor people
will suffer by this arrangement. Only
gentlemen of wealth will feel like in
curring the extra cost that will now be
entailed on them.— Com.-Gazette.
ON our first, or outside page this
week, will be found the close of the
first week's proceedings in the Guiteau
trial, and on the second, or inside page,
all the material proceedings of the
second or 1 ist week. We have given
it in order, day by day, that our read
ers might have as connected on account
of the trial as possible
WE publish elsewhere a call for a
county convention, to be held here De
cember 6th, for the purpose of takiDg
steps towards organizing to secure the
nomination next year, by all parties, of
candidates for Assembly who will
pledge themselves to support the joint
resolution submitting the Prohibition
amendment to the Constitution to a
vote of the people. This call is signed
by a number of leading citizens, and
the convention will no doubt be largely
attended.— Mercer Dixpatch, Nov. 25.
To the above call we notice tbe names
of the Hons. S. H. Miller, E. W. Jack
son, J. A. Str&nahau and other promi
nent citizens, of Mercer county.
"CRANK," is the present fashionable
name given to persons supposed to be
of unbound mind. Literally it means,
"any bend, turn or winding, as tbe
cranks of the body," or "the cranks of
the law." If interpreted as a substi
tute for crazy or insane, is there not
danger of there becoming a great many
"cranks ?" Guiteau, and all others
like him who are now practicing with
the pistol on their fellow men, are
termed "cranks," and it looks as if
their sport was becoming contageous—
as much perhaps from the mildness of
tbe term as used, as anything else.
HON. S. H. MILLER, member in
Congress for this district, is now at
Washington, to enter upon bis duties
as a Representative in the 47th Con
gress. That body meets on next Mon
day, December 5. A speaker and
clerk are to be elected, whom, if Re
publican, will change all the other of
fices of the House. Although the Re
publican majority is small yet we look
for a change in the officers of tbe
House. The proceedings in Congress
at the coming session will probably be
very important and we will endeavor
to keep our readers advised ofthe same.
SOME of Guiteau's speeches to the
the court trying him look a little
smart for an insane man. For in
stance, on one day last week when his
proper name was referred to by Mr.
Scoville as being, in part, "Julius,"
Guiteau repudiated that part as tieing
too suggestive of the negro race, or a
name too frequent among colored men.
He forgot that there was a colored
man on bis jury, and the next morning
be asked leave of tbe court to explain
that he meaot no disrespect to the col
ored race Tbe explanation seemed
intended to set himself right with the
colored juryman.
TUB Union Coal <fc Coke Company,
the leading members of which are John
J. Spearman and George Boyce, of
Sharon, George Stage, of Greenville,
and Henry Rawle, of Erie, are making
preparations for doing an extensive
business at their works at Coalville,
Butler county. Thirty coke ovens
have been built recently and are now
in operation. A building is now being
erected in which the coal will be wash
ed before bciugcoked which, with tbo
machinery necessary, will coot $12,000.
Next spring one hundred additional
ovens will be built, and the coking
branch of the business will give em
ployment to 260 men. Coalville is
growing rapidly and bids fair to be a
thriving town. — Mercer Dispatch,
Nov 25.
THERE IS an anxious inquiry as to
who were the members of the Rar of j
this county that advised or consented
to the transfer of this county from the (
Pittsburgh to the Philadelphia Su- !
preme Court district. The Bar gener
ally, we understand, will take action
towards having our county restored
again to its proper place, the Western
district. _____
JUDGE MCJUNKIN read several opin
ions in court on Monday morning last;
among them one that involved the law
in what is known as "the rule in Shel
ly's case." It applies to the making of
wills. In many wills the persons
making them will devise a farm or
land to, say a son, "and his heirs, in
tending to give his son but a life estate
and after the son s death the f inn to
go "to bis heirs.'' The decision is that
those words, "his heirs," are not suf
ficient to carry the land to the grand
children and that tha s)u has the
whole estate To limit the sms es
tate to a life one the will should use
otiier terms than "his heirs, such
words as "lawful children neces
sary in order that the grand children
miv hold after the death of their father.
Such is the "rule in Shelly's case."
AN UN JUS T DEC HE E.
A majority—four of the seven—of
the Judges of the Supreme Court of
this State, made an order at Pittsburgh
last week that will be hard to justify.
The State is divided into three dis
tricts for the setting of the Supreme
Court, to wit: the Eastern, Middle aud
Western districts. The three places
provided for the sessions of the Court
are at Philadelphia, Harrisburg and
Pittsburgh. To each of these places
the people of about the one third of
the State, most convenient thereto,
heretofoie have gone with their causes
for a decision. The idea of this ar
rangement was undoubtedly to bring
the administration of justice as near
the people es possible. The law al
lows the judges to transfer a county,
if found expedient to do so, from one
district to another. But the majority
of that Court last week made a nearly
wholesale transfer of our Western
|counties from this Western, or Pitts
burgh district, to the Philadelphia or
extreme Eastern district. Hence But
ler county parties to a suit, desiring an
opinion of the Supreme Court, will
have, through their attorneys, to go
hereafter to Philadelphia for a hearing,
The distance is increased about three
hundred miles. The traveling expens
es of the attorneys alono will be in
creased largely, and this increase will
necessarily fall upon their clients. Aud
all this hardship to clients and their
attorneys in this and other Western
counties is said to have been made fur
the convenience and comfort of the
judges.
Three of the four judges making this
unjust decree reside in or near Phila
delphia and the fourth oue in the
Northern part of the State 1 lie three
Western ones entered their protest
against it but of course were overruled.
Pittsburgh is the second city of the
State Bud the proceeding is an insult
to her people, besides being inconve
nient, to the people of the surrounding
counties. Why this thing ha* been
done will need explanation. If any of
the attorneys of our Bar here advised
or consented to this uncalled for pro
ceeding they should be called lo au ac
count. That it will defeat or Interfere
with the purpose for which the Su
preme Court was established there can
be no doubt. A-.poor oiau, of ibis
county, feeling himself aggrieved and
desiring the opinion of the Supreme
Court iu his case, will, hereafter, prac
tically be debarred from obtaining it.
If this was the object the said judges
had in view they will doubtless suc
ceed, by lessening the number of cases
that can be brought before them antl
consequently lessening their work.
The only remedy will be the action of
the Legislature, to restore the old dis
tricts and, by law, prevent such arbi
trary action of a mere majority of the
judges of the Supreme Court.
HEI'OHM.
By invitation of a numoer of promi
nent citizens, a meeting of Independent
Republicans from various portions of
tbe State was held recently in Phila
delphia in the parlor of the Continental
Hotel, for the purpose of organizing
the Independent Republicans' move
ment to bring out their strength in the
primaries and conventions of the party,
and with special reference to the next
State Convention. Among those pres
ent were Senator W. T. Davies, Brad
ford Co.; Senator J. \V. Lec, Venango
county; John Stewart, Franklin coun
ty; C. S. Kaufl'nian, Lancaster county;
Senator Joseph Thomas, Bucks couuty;
Congressman Thomas M. Bayne, and
Calvin Wells, of the Philadelphia
/Vm<; J. W. Morrison, Allegheny
couuty; Wharton Barker, E. It. Wood,
Charles Emory Smith, the editor of
the Pre**, Philadelphia; J. M. W.
deist, Editor Lancaster New Era;
Representative I. H. Landis, E. K.
Martin, Lancaster county; Representa
tive Hulings, Capt John P. Hair,
James JI. Donly, Venango county; T,
W. Phillips, Lawrence county ; Burd
S. Patterson, Schuylkill county ;
Representative \V. B. Roberts, Mont
gomery couuty; Howard M. Jenkins,
Chester county; Milton S. I.ytl«*. Hunt
ingdon county; .Jus, M. Kemble,
Cambria couuty.
Mr - Landis having called tfar. assem
blage to order, Senator I.ee took tfy;
chair and briefly explained the object
of the meetiug. He was followed in
remarks by Senator Davies, Congress
man Bayne, Senator Stewart, Senator
Thomas, Mr. Donly, Messrs. Patterson,
Kauirniau, Hulings, and others, ('hue.
E. Smith then offered the following
resolution which was adopted :
Iltttlj e*Cttisim: 9§ti£l*«, s!«.►, 3tt, 1881.
Rtsolvfd, That the chairman of this meeting
appoint an executive committee of seven, who
shall be authorized to open correspondence and
take such other measures JVS may be ueeme«l
expedient in order to secure unity of action
among the Republicans of the State for the full
expression and faithful representation of the
popular will, and that the said committee ap
point a general committee, corresponding
with the number of Senators and Representa
tives from the districts, to communicate with
the executive committee aud promote the ob
jects of this meeting.
Mr. Bayne offered the following res
olution which was also adopted:
RetolreJ, That all Republicans and all Re
publican organizations in the State be and they
hereby are cordially invited to co-operate with
the Republican organization this day formed.
After the adoption of the resolutions,
remarks were made by several of the
gentlemen present, when on motion
tne meeting adjourned.
TRYING THE ASSASSIN.
SECOND WEEK.
WASHINGTON, I>. C., Monday, Nov.
21. The second week of the (iuiteau
trial was this morning. The
scenes around the oourt house, prior to
| the opening of court, and while tho
I trial was in progress, were of the most
disgraceful character. There was a
much greater demand for admission to
the court room than usual. The attempt
made on Saturday last to kill the pris
oner naturally increased the cariosity
to see him, aud this curiosity was
wbetted by the anticipation that (iui
teau would have something to say on
tho subject. The prisoner and the
jury were brought ino court soon after
Judge Cox had taken his seat upon the
bench. It was well understood that
Leigh Robinson, Esq , assigned to the
defense by the court, would to-day (eel
compelled to ask the court to relieve
him from further duties in connection
with the tritj.l. The differences between
Mr. Scoville aud M* Robiqsoß r>a'le
it imperative that the latter should
quit the case. At the opening of the
court Mr. Robinson addressed the judge
and informed him of the differences be
tween himself and Mr. Scoville, which
in M r - Robinson's opinion warranted
him in asking the cotjrt tq relieve him
from further service in the cass. Air.
Robinson made quiLe a long speech.
It was delivered in $ very grandilo
quent and impressive manner a i«d
seemed to make arj impression upon
(iuiteau, who exclaimed that it was
'A very able speech,' with (he most of
which he agreed. Til 4 ? assassin added
that be sympathized with the efforts
of Robinson to show ma'practice as the
cause of death.- Mf- Scoville, of course,
replied to the charge made sgninst him
by Ifbbinson.
Mr. Robinson then left the court
room. As he was walking toward the
door, Mr. J. W. Guiteau stepped up
to him and shook him warmly by the
hand.
YESTERDAY'S WITNESSE*.
The first witness examined was Jos.
R. Rarnes, Surgeon-General of the
United States army, who testified that
he bad in dressing President
Garfield's wound froa, t!,e I ol July
to the 7th of September ; that ho wau
present at the autopsy ; an 1 that the
wound was mortal and was the cause
of Mr. Garfield's death.'
Substantially the su.ine testimony
was given by Dr. Jos R. Woodward,
Surgeon of United States Artn v.
Dr. J). S. Lamb, acting surgeon
United State* Army, testified that he
had made the autopsy ; that iha gun
shot wound was the cause of the death;
that he had examined the records, aud
had found no case of an injury to the
same extent, in which the man had re
(•oyered ;it was a mortal wound. Wit
ness pre«f>i}tp(J the flattened bullet, tak
ee from the body, and jt \y*s exhibited
to the Court and jgry. Neitne* of
thew witnesses was cross-examined.
TUB CASE ot/isqi) THE STATE.
The District Attorney
• that tbe prosecution bad closed its
• ease, except that be wished it to go on
t I the reord that Klberon wa* in AJou
j mouth county, in tbe Stale of \<-w
I Jersey; and that the railroad depot
- j where President Garfield was shot was
• !on a public reservation belonging to
f the 1" oiled States. These facts were
I admitted by Mr. Scovillc.
Mr. Scoville then suggested that the
prisoner should be board in |*u own
" behalf at this stage ol the proceedings.
; The court assented.
The Prisoner (without leaving bis
seat). 'I was not aware that 1 was
expected to speak this morning. (To
Mr. Scovillc, who wbispred to him to
' stand up). I will not stand up. lam
■ not afraid to, however, but I have only
. gut a moment to upca!,. Jdo not care
to say anything more than wu pijlj
lisbed in my address last Monday after
' noon in tbe Evening Star. That pa
per was addressed to your llon>T and
i the public ; and I presume that most
| of the jurymen have beard it. J have
ino set speech to make. So long as I
. appear, in part, an my own counsel
I the best way is for me to make cor
! rections as tbe ease proceeds, just as I
' have done during tbo last three or
| four days. I meant no discourtesy to
I anybody in tbe case. 1 only want to
I get at the facts. If somebody say a
. j that I owe him *2O and it is not true;
i J will dejy it on tbe spot, simulta
neously with tbe false charge, and
j that as tbe caw- proceeds. Of course,
j I will go on tbe stand at i{><- pJMJx'r
. | time and be examined and cross-exam*
: ined. My idea is, however, to correct
a misstatement while it is hot, and at
the moment the statement is made;
and that dispou:i: of it instead of wait
ing a number of weeks till tbe matter
is digested and misunderstood. A
great deal of the bad feeling in this
; matter has come from enforced silence,
| or from the suppression of my papers.
I think that the true way is to inter
ject statements as ilia wpji; proceeds. I
have no set speech to make I
much obliged to you, however, and my
counsel for the courtesy of the in vita
• tion.
SCOVII.t.E'S OI'ENINU.
Mr. Scoville then proceeded with his
address to tbe jut-y, in a plain, easy,
matter of fact style, and wiibjyt the
slighest effort at oratory or sensationa
lism. He criticised tbe course of the
District Attorney in presenting the
testimony so mueh in detail. Tbe
simple <|uestions in the ease were
whether 'he prisoner bad committed
the act, whieh was not denied, and
whet er he was, at tbe time, in sueh
condition of mind as that he should be
held responsible for the act. On this
point there would be a great deal of
c*jwrt, and therefore contradictory
testimony 'J'fie jury should note
most carefully tbe witnesses,
hear their testimony, see bow iuer
stand examination and cross-examina
tion, arid then come to the best conclu
sions they could arrive at. The ditli-
would come wbeu the jury came
to weigh the evidence on both sides.
The jury should then cousider that the
experts ou the part of the Government ;
are beinar paid SIOO to S2OO a day, and
that even these scientific men have not j
reached that height beyond passion
and feeling and love of money as that ;
those things could have no influence |
whatever on their feelings or their
judgments. On the other hand, not a
single expert witness for the defence j
would be paid, and their testimony, if j
in favor of the prisouer, would expose
them to condemnation aud ostracism :
iu the community where he lived. ,
These were things to be taken into j
consideration in weighing the expert
testimony. The popular feeling against j
the prisoner had been manifested in j
three separate attacks upoD his life, the j
last of them was being commended by
the newspapers all over the country.
At this stage of his address, Mr,
Scoville asked that the case should go
over till to-morrow, and it was so or
dered.
THE ASSASSIN'S FAMILY HISTORY DUG
UP JHJR THREE GENERATIONS.
WASHINGTON, Tuesday, Nov. 22.
From a sensational point of view to
day's proceedings in the (Juiteau trial
were the least interesting of any sine
the assassin was arraigned in court.
Lawyer Scjyille occupied the day in
addressing the jury. He stands direct
ly in front of the jury box, with his
back to the court, and talks to the
twelve men as though they were old
time friends, whom he was advising
about the planting of crops or the best
manner of obtaining a fat contract un
der the District Government. Thanks
to Marshal Henry there was not a
repetition of yesterday's disgraceful
scenes in and about the Court room.
Officers kept the clamorous mob away
from the private entrances to the
court, Rut] gs sqqi) £}s the room was
filled no more persons were allowed to
enter. Guiteau arrived at the building
au hour before court was opened.
There was a crowd waiting to hoot
him on his passage from the van to
the court room. He was taken up
sf.airs ami giyen breakfast before tlje
Judge arrived. At ten o'clock, he *i as
led into the court room. He carried
with him the morning newspapers in
one of his handcuffed bands. He lean
ed back in his cluir shieldpd from dan
ger behind by the brawny shoulders of
tfcrpe officers, and protected in front by
a phalanx of a. store on more of report
ers. For nearly two hours, he pre
served a decorous silence. He fre
quently pretended to read, but not a
iyord ut-fpred by Mr. Scoville fell un
heeded upon i;io He seemed
pleased as his counsel slowly unravel
ed the web of his argument intended
to convince the jury that the prisoner
was insane. Mr. Scoville dug up the
family antecedents of the assassin,
showing that insanity had prevailed
among his relatives. To convince the
jury of the disordered intellect of his
client, Mr. Scoville described in a
ludicrous manner the way in which
(juiteau, after his admission to the bar
in Ctiicagu. a few suits to
collect bad debts. Guiteau Magetfcd
in his seat, and at last ex .daiined:
'My suits were always creditably con
victed I never had the reputation of
being a tuoi.'
A description of an idiotic
made by Guiteau before a Chicago jury
in a case where Charley Reed was the
Prosecuting Attorney incensed the
assassin beyond description. Jfe de
clared that his counsel wa*t speaking
falsehoods. Once or twice Guiteau
politely trailed Mr. Scoville a liar. Af
ter the recess until court adjourned,
Guiteau's interruptions were frequent
aud afforded great amusement to the
judieiwp.
Later on, W|ien refer
red to certain letters which haij
between the prisoner and a lady who
expresses $ willingness to marry him,
(iuiteau became violently angry, de
nounced .Mr Scoville as a |iar, and
was only repressed by sheer force.
District Attorney Corkhill interposed
an objection to Mr. Swovi|le introduc
ing certain letters written by tho pm*
oner during his early life, but the ob
jection was overruled and the letters
used.
At several points in his address Mr.
ficoyillp made strong bits and was
loudly applauded l/y the audience, es
pecially when the District
asxirtcd that (Juiteau was playing a
carefully prepared part, and Mr. Sco
ville answered that he would reply to
that insinuation in his closing remarks
to the jury.
Finally, at 3 o'clock, Mr. Scoville
ytill occupying the floor, it being evi
dent that. \,u fould not conclude his
speech, the Court adjourned tjlj to :
morrow.
Just before leaving the room Clui
teau explained that he had been in
formed that Scoville had sent all his
letters to that lady. He therefore
wished to recall the unjust language
he had applied to that gentleman.
TESTIMONY IN THE DEFENSE OF U UITF.AI .
WASHINGTON, Wednesday Novem
ber ~j:i. —The attendance at the Crimi
nal Court this morning wa/j sensibly
diminished on account of the rain
storm. While (Juiteau was taking his
second breakfast at City Mall he ex
pressed dissatisfaction at the release of
Jo/ies upon bail. When the Court wis
opened Mt ScoyiMe made a formal re
quest for the pa pen, tauau f*.of]) (Juiteau
at the time of bis arrest, stating that
they were material evidence for the de
fense, anil since the prosecution hail not
needed them he could see no reason
why they t-bould be withheld. The
District Attorney offered to furnish
copies of the papers, but Mr. Scoville
insisted upon his rights in the matter,
and asked for the originals.
OLITEAU RESUMES If IS ANTICS.
Pending <Ht\"Ossion, (Juiteau in
sisted upon being heard, and J 'I
can throw light upon this. At the
time of my arrest I had forty or fifty
editorial slips showing the political sit
uation in May and June last. These
slips show the action and were one of
tfce forces that impelled ino on to the
President. They are very important
as showing tiio gist of the v. hole mat
ter. There were forty or fifty slips de
nouncing President (Jarlidd It was
by living (in such ideas as these that 1
was finally impelled to fire on the
President with my inspiration.'
Col. Cork hill int< r posed again, say
ing: 'lf it will enable you to get
through to day, 1 will send for them at
once.'
During the momentary lull in the
proceedings (Juiteau desired to make a
porsonal evplanation, saying he bad
used au c,;pr»ssio:i yesterday that
'Julius' was too suggestive of ;l;e ne
gro race, and for that reason h>- bad
dropped it from bis name. His preju-
dice was begotten twenty years ago.
He meant no disrespect to any person
or any race particularly not to the col
ored race, for they were more highly
thought ot than the white race nowa
days.
CONTINUED INSANE DEMONSTRATIONS.
Mr. Scoville continued bv reading
Guiteau's letters. Scoville read a let
ter written by Guiteau to his father, in
which he spoke of having gotten into
some trouble, and in which he asked
for money.
Guiteau explained the letter, saying
'One of my clients, a miserable little
whelp, had me arrested on account of a
little difference of twenty dollars be
tween us. As soon as the District At
torney's attention was called to the
matter I was released. I never ought
to have been arrested, but 1 got into the
papers and did me a good deal of harm.
I bad been on the theology business
I some time, and as usual, was short of
i money. That is all there was in that.'
As the reading of the letter was con
cluded. Guiteau again interrupted,
saying: 'I never got much favor front
my father. He got down on me be
cause I left the Onedia community.
We never, after that, agreed on that
miserable, stinking Community busi
ness. I'm mad every time 1 think of
it. H fcept me out of" ihe fellowship of
my father up to the time of his death.'
Mr. Scoville, resuming, alluded to
Guiteau's career as a politician, and
drew the conclusion his intellect was
deficient. This view aroused the
onpr at once, and he began a series of
interruptions, protesting against Seo
ville's conclusions as false. When ref
erence was made to his running around
from one committee room to another
seeking to be employed as a campaigu
speaker aud his failure to obtain recog
nition was mentioned, Guiteau shout
ed eagerly, 'Twasn't because I had nQ
ability, but 1 was not Known. I had
ideas bnt not reputation. They want
ed big guns like Gen. Grant and Sena
tor Conkling, men who would draw.'
AS A HUMORIST.
Then, in direct contradiction of his
counsel's to the juty yes
terday, that Guiteau was a man who
never made a joke in his life, he looked
up with an amused smile and added,
'I presume I'd draw now.' This pro
voked gpnera! laughter, which was
promptly suppressed by the Judge,
who struggled to disguise the smile
upon 13is own features. Mr. Scoville
coutinued ou the saiqc line, and criti?
eiscd Guiteau's speech entitled 'Gar
field vs. IJancock.' It was, he said,
a mere jumble of ideas collected from
the and from the ideas of
otheri. one but a craay man
would have imagined, as Guiteau did,
this speech possessed any merit. Gui
teau here became more and more rest
less, and iu the most exciting manner
yet shown by him shouted tq Mr.
Scoville, 'I object to your theory on
that score, and when you try to make
out I'm a fool I,m down on you I
want you to tell the truth, but you
needn't try to make me out a fool. 1
say Deity inspired my act and He will
ta£e caro of it. I want the truth and
that's all thece is about U.
TIRING OF THE SHOW.
Colonel Corkhill arose to protest
against the interruptions of the prison
er, übpn Ot|iieaq wayed h' a hand to
him patronizingly and said, 'lt is not
necessary to make any remarks, Col
onel: just let the matter drop.'
AJr. Scoyilje w$ 3 W'l'ing agree to
any measures the District Attorney
might suggest to restrain the prisoner.
Mr. Davidge desired to suggest a
way to prevent outbreaks. He attrib
uted them entirely to Mr. Scoville's
course in commenting upon tho evi
dence already submitted and his at
tempt to argue from it a mental infir
mity on the part of the prisoner.
Guiteau listened' intently,and,striking
his clenched hand upon the table in
front of him, exclaimed: 'I agree with
that all t|iroqgh, and I desire to thank
t' e prosecution, every one of them,
for the liberal spirit they have shown
lue. I think Colonel Corkhill made a
ftno opening. There wasn't any bit
terness at all in his speech, and I com
mend him for it.'
(Juiteau continued to interject his
observations upon Scoville's theory
that lie (Guiteau) was deficient in iu
lellect, ami protested that he would
ijot flJlow his counsel to make hiin out
a fool a fey njif4Utcs (Jijitcau
subsided, and promised the Court that
lie would keep quiet.
.Mr. Scoville thon concluded his
opening address without further inter
ruption or incident At the request of
the District Attorney the witnesses for
the defense was excludai from the court
rqom, with the exception of Mrs Sco
ville. 'fhe prosecution, <Jt tlje request
of Mr Scovitlc, made the exception ia
her case.
WITNESSES FOR TIIE DEFENSE.
The first witness for the defense, A.
X. Burton, was then examined. 110
testified he did not think the prisoner
so deranged as to be irresponsible;
thought him not deranged but badly
arranged. There was no cross exami
nation of this witness.
H M i ♦avis, of Erie, Pa., testified
to the knowledge of tliti insanity qfoqe
of Guiteau's aunts'
Thompson VVilcoxson, of Freeport,
Illinois, knew Guiteau's father and
described his peculiarities.
Doctor Johu A. Rice, of Minton,
W i.u.uji,, g. practicing physician for
twenty-six years, testineii he eraniiued
the prisoner in 187<> and came to the
conclusion that he was insane His
insanity was emotional, rather than in
tellectual, There appeared to be an
impairment of judgment, but not much
if anv impairment of intellect, lie told
his friends Guiteau ought to be seclud
ed. The witness treated Guiteau's
father, but did not consider him insane.
The court here took a recess.
X 4S .J J ECTI IlKll.
After recess the witness again took
the fctand. lie did not see Guileau
after he had run away from Scoville's
house, at Beaker Lake, Wisconsin.
The prisoner—'l returned to Chicago
and opened a law oflice. I did not run
away.'
I . Unicn, of Boston, testified
to hiring Guiteau Investigate. Mall j
His bills proclaimed, 'Do not fail to
hear Hon. Charles J. (JuiUau, the
Little Giant from the West. He will
show that two-third* of the race are
going down to preditlon.'
The prisoner—'That is a liberal es
timate.' [ Laughter.]
Witness—'There were about 50 | er
sons at the lecture. At the end of
half an hour the lecturer evidently be-!
came disgusted with himself and left
in a great hurry.'
'the prisoner—'I was disgusted at
the audience.' I
Witness—'After be had gone the
audience agreed the man was crazy.
Guiteau came next day and asked for
the hall again. He said he was not
crazy hut inspired, that G)d was his
father and direct councellor, and he
B&i Ihe did nothing wrong. He said,
in a serious manner, that he belonged
to the firm of Jesus Christ and Com
pany. He was sure the witness was
doomed. [Laughter.] He said he
kn '\v the way to heaven and hell, and
if witness did do what he told him he
would go to heaven; if not, to hell.
Question by Mr. Pavidge—Suppose
at the time r * the lecture Guiteau had
struck you, would you have struck
him back ?
Answer—No.
The prisoner—l don't st r ike persons.
Witness said he appeared as a wit
ness. impelled by reading Scoxille's ap
p?al for witnesses.
JUMPING HIB BOARD.
Marv S. Laskmead, of Washington,
stated thf prisoner had boarded at her
house in March, 1881. The only rea
son she knew for his leaving was he
did not pay his board.
The prisoner—l was there a month.
I paid tive dollars and I owe her twen
ty dollars. They are very nice ladies.
That is all there is about it. Tell
everybody that if you want to.
Mr. Scoxille—What was the partic
ular occasion of his leaving?
W ltness—He transacted his business
with the head waiter.
Tho prisoner—There was nothing
said at all. I got money and paid tive
dollars. The rest I had use for. I
stayed a week or two longer on the
streugth of that, and that is all about,
it. This kind of evidence is irrelevant
and I objuct to it. [Laughter ] I
presume there were people in the
house who thougdt I was a little crau*
ky. Thera is no doubt about that at
all. If you want to prove it, prove it
by them. I did not have any conver
sation with the ladies. It was all done
by They vvere too kind hearted
and polite to annoy me about board
bills, and that is all aboqt \t. J w#nt
facte. Titoy ar.'j very nice ladies,
Christian ladies, good people every
way- It is a good place to board.
[Laughter.] General Logan and a lot
of high-toned people boarded there.
I recommend it as a boarding house.
Witness stated Guiteau was abrupt
in his manner at the table. There was
a want of etiquette.
The prisoner—J did not know any
thing about the people at the table, and
of course I kept my mouth shut. I
did not enter into conversation with
them. That was all the ahriyjtncss,
l)au ( eq, of who
atteuded the lecture in Investigator
Hall, said all he could understated
from the lecture was that the
people of Roxtoo auJ two-thirds of
ipankind generally would probably go
down to perditiou. I supposed the
man insane-
George W. O'.ds, of Michigan, testi
fied to Mrs Scoville charging Guiteau
with being crazy anil saying he had
attempted to kill her, and asking wit
ness to put him off the place, Wit
ness rp|ated how Quiteuu soaped hick
ory trees, insisting they \yerp frvjit
trees; and how when weeding he pull
ed up mure strawberries and turnips
than weeds,
THE PRISONER PROTESTS.
The prisoner—'l think we have had
enough of this kind of talk.' (To Mr.
Scoville, who tried to keep hint quiet,)
'keep quiet yourself. (To the Court,)
the faot is tuat duriuir the fall of IH7A
I spent several months trying to get
hold of the Chicago Inter-Ocean. I
exhausted myself on that, and along in
the spring I had not much law busi
ness. Mr. Scoville had a very fine
farm and country seat in Wisconsin,
and I went out there in the summer of
187G t» spend a couple of months. I
aid try to do some farming worjs fo
pay my hoard. That is all ia to
that kind of talk. I went back to
Chicago and opened a law office and
(jiij well there, | always did well
with the law when I stuck to my busi
ness.'
The District Attorney objected to a
question by Mr. Scov'lle »o witness.
The prisoner (to the District Attor
ney)—l hope you gentlemen will insist
upon order in this matter, and not al
low this kind of thing to go on. It
has no bearing on this case at all, and
I will not have it.
Witness \yas asked further as to
Qititeau's troubles' with Sfrs Spoyillp
The prisoner—lt is not true. I
never made any trouble with any
body. I want the absolute truth, and
when the defense comes in with such
nonsense I want to protest against it,
and 1 want you gentlemen addressing
the counsel for the prosecution) to sus
£jiin me in it.
Mr! Ilavidge—W e jyill get all
right.
The prisoner—Very well, sir.
Mr. Scoville (to witness) —Did you
form an opinion as to whether he was
sane or insane?
The prisoner—l object; the witness
is not an expert.
The cross examination was very
searching, and the story of the ax scene
with Mrs Scoville having been again
sll|p)pd to, tip: prisoner declareij it to
bo a lie, that was a short way tq put
ft. He had never used any anger to
his sister at all, although no doubt
she thought so. As a matter of fact,
it was all nonsense.
In the re-direct examination reference
was made to the incident of Guiteau's
soaping hickory ' f rees.
The prisoner—l remember
of that soap business, but I didn't care
anything about it. I was studying
theology at the times.
Adjourned till Friday.
now THE CASE IS VIEWED ABROAD.
LONDON, November 23. —The Dai
ly Nfinn says: It is to be hoped, for the
sake of American justice and public
decency and good taste, the trial of Uui
teau will soon COIJJO to an end It will
probably be* acknowledged in America
as in Kngland that (Juiteau bad lieen
allowed to carry his own conduct of his
case too long. It seems absolutely
necessary in the interests of decency
and justice that Guiteau IK; prevented
turning the tragedy iuto a hideous
and from attempting to
prove /lis own insanity by demeanor
which badly simulates or travesties
madness
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