BUTLER CITIZEN
JOHN H. «TwT C. NE6LEY. PROP'RS,
Entered at the Postoffice at Butler as
second-classs matter.
THE Republicans here approve the
action of our representative in Con
gress, Mr. Miller, in his warm support
of Hon. Edward McPherson for Clerk
of the House.
COURT reassembled on Monday of
this week, which day was principally
occupied by the judges in the hearing
of matters brought before them
Among them was the will of David
Dougal, on which the court was asked
to direct an issue to try its validity.
The matter of the proposed Sheriff's
sale of Mr. Bernard Daugherty's prop
erty, purchased from Col. Thompson,
and on which he has erected the fine
residence, in the north end of town,
was also before the court, in connection
with the lien of certain judgments. The
grand jury was sworn on Monday even
ing and at this writing, Tuesday, is en
gaged on the bills laid before them.
The case of Kennedy Marshall, com
mittee, against W. A. Lewis and oth
ers, was taken up on Tuesday and is
now on trial. It will be the only civil
cause tried this week.
CONGRESS.
The 47th Congress convened on
Monday. The House was organized
by the election of the Republican nom
inees ; Gen. Keifer, of Ohio, being chos
en Speaker; Hon. Edward McPherson,
of Pennsylvania, for Clerk ; Col. Hook
er, of Vermont, for Sergeant at Arms ;
Mr. Brownlow, nephew of the late
"Parson Brownlow," of Tennessee, fot
Doorkeeper; Capt. Sherwood, of Mich
igan, for Postmaster of the House, and
Rev. Dr. Power, pastor of the Camp
bellite or Disciple's Church, of Wash-
ington city, as Chaplain. Kev
Power's church was the one that the
late President Garfield attended and
the above selection of its pastor is a
tender and merited tribute to the mem
ory of the late President.
E VIDE NT MISTAKE.
Guiteau still insists that he was
"inspired by the Deity" to commit the
great crime he did. This is his own
theory and defence. But it is very
evident, from all his acts and utter
ances, that he is quite mistaken as to
the source of bis "inspiration." Were
he to substitute "devil" for "Deity" he
would have more believers and come
nearer the truth. That he was "mov
ed and instigated by the devil" is now
more clear than ever. When on his
cross-examination he was cornered up
closely, he invariably fell back on his
"inspiration" dodge. But all through
bis evidence there is easily seen the
plan of a devilish andcunning self will,
and there will be something wrong if
the jury* does not convict him. He
comes fully up to the character the
law defines as "moved by the devil,"
and, therefore, to say he is "inspired
by the Deity" is a misnomer and a
slight misunderstanding on his part as
to the power that he was the "agent"
of. ___
THE RAILROAD.
Work upon the Pittsburgh and
Western Railroad is being pushed rap
idly at this place. The track for the
connection between here and Evans
burg it isthought will be completed be
fore the eod of next summer. Our
neighbor of the Herald, Mr Zeigler,
has been taking a stroll along the track
of the road here and refers to part of
the same as copied below. The "in
scription rock," of which he speaks,
was one well known to many of our
citizens, bat at this writing has been
"blown up," producing very large and
fine stone for culverts. We did make
an effort to save that "old rock," not
only "because of its indentification
with the early recollections of Butler,"
but because of oar own early rec
ollections of and concerning it.
It was as dear to us as the "old oaken
bucket that hung in the well," could
have been to any one, or the tree that
the appeal was made for in the words,
"Woodman spare that tree, in youth
it sheltered me," etc. But a railroad
is a great leveler.
The following is what our neigh
bor has to say about the old inscrip
tion or split rock :
"We are really sorry to know that
the track of the rail road requires the
"inscription rock," on the other side of
the Walter & Boos mill, to be taken
away. No one can tell how loug that
rock has been there or what the up
heaval was that placed it there. Hun
dreds of names are cut on the rock;
some of thorn of persons who have
been dead for many years, and others
of but recent date. It was at one
time called the "loafers' rock," from
the fact that during good weather some
persons were seen nearly all the time
loafing on it. The rock is a very
large one with a wide split towards
one end. It will take some blasting
to get it cut of the way for the track,
but it will have to lie done. To go be
low or above it the curve would be
too short, and consequently dangerous
in travel. Mr. Negley, our neighbor
of the CITIZEN, used all his power of
persuasion with the Chief Engineer to
save the rock because of its identifica
tion with the eurly recollections of
Butler, but he was unable to effect it.
So it will go, more than likely, to make
ballast for the track. The cut through
his meadow will be, in some places,
18 feet and in others 15, thus render
ing tbe small strip of land between the
track and Patterson's property entire
ly useless to Mr. Negley. He should
be compensated for it, although we do
not know what position be is in with
regard to the rail road company."
—Ladies, please compare Pittsburgh
prices with New York prices, at Mrs.
S. E. Sloan's.
THE TIME NOW.
Hundreds of staunch but restive Re
publicans throughout the county were
dissuaded from voting for Wolfe, by
the plea that he was fighting his bat-1
tie outside the party, leaving the or
ganization, the machinery, the name,
and the prestige wholly with the
bosses. The election is now over, the
Republican candidate is elected, it but
by the "skin of the teeth," and the
time is now at hand when all true Re
publicans can take up the fight, wilh.ii4
the lines, and make determined, persist
ent and unrelenting war upon the
practices and methods which have
heretofore obtained, and which have
placed the party in its present humili
ating attitude ; and the point to begin
at now, is, to give our committeemen
in all the districts to understand, that
they are the custodians for the time
being, of the party ; that they are ex
pected to guard its interests with fidel
ity, and that when they come to se
lect delegates to the State Convention,
as they likely will before long, they
are to select representative Republi
cans, who will seek to carry out the
wiehes of their people, and not merely
those who, on their arrival at Ilar
risburg, will rush pell mell to the
headquarters of the bosses, and meekly
and breathlessly inquire what they
have for them to do.— Beaver Time*,
Nov 24.
TRYING THE ASSASSIN.
[CONTINUED FROM FIRST PAGE ]
TUE PRISONER AS A WITNESS.
The reading of the letters was fin
ished at noon, and Guiteau resumed
the witness stanc 1 .
Mr. Seoville began to question him
relative to his early life. Guiteau re
sponded promptly, intelligently, and
with perfect coolness, for some minutes,
apparently enjoying the situation and
his freedom of talk. Alluding to bis
father's second marriage, he sa ; d smil
ingly: 'He went off one day, without
consulting me at all, and got married.
I thought that was a funny way of do
ing business, and I got very mad over
it-'
Whenever allusion was made to the
Oneida Community Guiteau became
very much excited and denounced the
Community and his father's course in
persuading him to go there.
'Why do you blame your father?'
asked Mr. Scouille.
'Because if he bad been out of the
way I never should have gone under
the influence of that miserable fanati
cism. There never wes such spiritual
fanaticism in the world. The amount
of it was to speak plainly, Noyes'sole
idea was to get a chance to sleep with
the young girls. Nobody else couid,
though. All the time I was there I
was practically a Shaker, I'm glad the
miserable, stinking community i* bro.
ken up, and I hope the United States
Government will break up that miser
able Mormon community in Utah.'
Guiteau gave his views on his fath
er's religious belief, and was asked if
he (his father) had any peculiar views
on healing diseases. He replied: 'Oh,
yes, father was an awful crank on
that subject.'
Mr. Seoville—What do you mean
by a crank ?
Guiteau—Well, that is a short- way
of putting it when you want to say a
is pretty badly crazed.
Guiteau, in reply to the question,
said he did not believe in any religion
until his couvortion. 'Thai's the
word they use, you know,' which was
in 1859, when he came under the in
fluence of Beecberand the Young Men's
Christian Association. Beecher up to
that time, said Guiteau, was supposed
to be a virtuous man.
HIS STORY CONTINUED
After recess Guiteau resumed the
stand, and told the story of his connec
tion with the Oneida Community, his
attempt to buy a paper in New York,
bis legal experience in Chicago, etc.
'When you get down" said Guiteau,
'every one is ready to give you a kick.
I was three days in the Tombs. Have
been in jail several times, but never
for crime. Never was indicted before
this time in my life.'
Guiteau then related nis efforts to
secure the Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Quetion —What was your idea in
buying the Inter-Ocean ?
Answer—l proposed to make it the
great newspaper organ of the west. I
proposed to put iDto it the advertising
patronage of the Chicago Tribune, the
republicanism of Horace Greeley, and
the enterprise and snap of James Gor
don Bennett. I suggested it to some
first class newspaper men and they \
said it was a briliant idea and they
thought it feasible. If I had got hold
of the money it would have been feasi
ble. I consulted several parties about
it, and they all thought it a grand
scheme, but would not put money into
it, and so it fell through. Among oth
ers I applied to Mr. Adams, President
of the Second National bank, at Free
port, supposed to be worth a half a
million dollars. I told him I would
make him Governor of Illinois, and he
said he did not want to be Governor.
He was a State Senator and was a
man of reputation and character, but
he did not pan out very well after my
interview with him. lie did not have
any political aspirations. 1 wanted to
get hold of those fellows who had both
aspiration and money. They w» re the
kind of fellows to help me. A dams did '
not seem to care anythiug about l>eing
Governor. He was a man of about ('.()
years old, and he preferred his old
simple way of living and did not care
to go into politics. I also consulted
my old friend Charlie Reed on the
matter. 1 believe lie put $25 into it,
which he has not got back yet (laugh-!
iug.) I went to theologv after that. '
and that was worse than the newspa
per business. The idea of publishing
the New York Herald simultaneously
in Chicago was part of the Inler-0 ran
scheme. I looked about the building
and presses. I consulted the manager
of the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany and also the manager of the
Atlantic anp Pacific Telegraph Compa
ny. The Atlantic and Pacific was
jus* starting at that time, and its man
ager was an active young man who
wanted to get business. I said I pro
posed to duplicate the New York iter
ate dispatches, and he thought it an
immense thing, and so it was. I
wrote to James Gordon Bennett about
the dispatches. Think I told him if
be helped me out in the matter 1 would
UntUe i
1881.
consider the HeTald suit at the end.
Q After you gave up the newspa
per enterprise iu Chicago what did you
next do?
THE ASSASSIN ON THEOLOGY.
A. That brought me down to the
write: - and spring ot 1876. I tried to
pick up the law business again, which
I had neglected, but law business was
scarce and I found it hard to get any. !
Then I went out to your place, in Wis
consin I walked around the house,
studied theology and the new '1 esta
ment, read the papers, soaped the trees,
and all that kind of thing. In October
1876, I was in Chicago during the
Moody and Sankey meetings. I at-
I tended the prayer meetings and servi
ces regularly' day and night during
I three months. Moody was there from
October to January. "During all that
time I was with Moody, and bore an
active part. I was usher, and help
ed around in a general way. Spoke at
prayermeetinsfs frequently. Some time
in November, during the Moody work.
1 heard Dr. Kittridge, of Chicago, pas
tor of the Third Presbyterian church,
sav iu reference to the text: 'lf I will,
he"(meaning John>tarry till I come,
what is that to thee, brethren.' I have
to confess as a man of God that I do
not know what that means.' At that
time there was much expectation in
the publec mind that the Savior might
soon appear, and that idea has prevad
ed the people's minds ever since
That set my brain whirling, and I be
gan to investigate it. I went to work
in the Chicago public library, and I
dug out my lecture on the second com
ing. As the result of that investiga
tion I went to work and wrote my lec
ture. The idea of that lecture is brief
ly this: That the second coming of
Christ occurred on the destruction of
Jerusalem, in clouds directly over Je,
rusalem. That was an event in the
spiritual world and that destruction of
Jerusalem was the outward sign of his
coming. I hold that for all these eigbt
teen centuries the churches have all
been in error in supposing the second
coming of Christ will be in the futm-e,
That is the proposition on which my
lecture was written, and that was the
result of three or four years investiga
tion on that subject.
HIS IIEFRPCRPFO P^PERIENCE.
The witness then went on to re ate
bis various failures in delivering his
lecture in Chicago, Evanston, Racine,
Kalamazoo, Ann Arbor, Detroit,
Ypsilanti, Toledo, Cleveland, Buffurio,
Washington. Rochester, Syracuse, Al
bauv, Troy and elsewiiere. He fre
quently laughed as he repeated some
of the humorous incidents of his fai'-
i ures. Various times be wad put off
the railroad cars for not paying his fare,
and arrested for not paying his board
; bills. At other times he grew excited
in his assertion that in all he did lie
was like Saint Paul,' engaged in the
service of God, and that 'God was
therefore responsible for hH board
bills.' On this latter he said: 'I did
not give up lecturing because of my
repeate J failures. I stuck to my work
My idea was, as I was working for
the Lord, I would do my duty and let
Him take care of me as he felt disposed.
I went into the whole business to serye
the Lord, not to make money. Suc
cess or failures was nothing to me. I
j considered that the Lord's affair. My
du v was to continue with my work.
Paul had no success, because he had
new idtas on theology. I kept thinking
of Paul all the time, and he stuck to
his theology all the time. ()i) my
way from Baltimore to Washington I
avoided the conductor who had order
ed me to go off at the Relay House,
and so managed to get on to Wash
ington. The strangest thing about it
was that after I had changed my seat
a man came along and said to me, 'My
friend, are you going to Washington ?'
' I said, 'Yes.' He said, 'Would you
like a good boarding-house ? I said,
' 'Yes,' aud he said he could take me to
' one. Now I had been praying that I
could get a boarding-house, as I did
not want to I*o to a hotel, and I had
no sooner got the prayer out than this
1 ina": came along and was just as free
aqd easy with me as if he had known
1 me twenty yearj. Now, that I cal|
providence. I have had hundreds of
that kind of experiences, where a di
rect answer to prayer has befriended
me.'
While the prisoner was giving his
testimony he was watched most atten
tively by all the medical experts pres
ent, and with groat curiosity by every
persou in the crowded court room.
At times he showed his exhaustion by
lowering his voice, and it was ii con
sequence of one of those signs that,
some ten minutes before the usual time
j of adjournment, the Court at the in
state of this IMstrict Attorney, ad
journed,
HE ADHERES TO THE IDEA THAT HE WAS
j INSPIRED TO REMOVE GARFIELD,
AND THE DEITY ALONE
IS RESPONSIBLE
WASHINGTON, Wednesday, Nov. 30.
—Guiteau's recital yesterday of his
varied experience us a religious tramp
and dead beat, seems to have whetted
interest in the case, for despite the
rain the crowd wag us great as yester
day. Upon the opening of court Gui
teau was taken directly to the witness
box.
Witness was asked by Mr. Scoville
to indentify some papers. The first
shown him was a hand-bill announcing
a lecture at Evanston, Ills 'Yes.'
said Uuiteau. turning it around to the i
jury, and with and air of satisfaction, j
'that was the announcement of my
lecture. Shall 1 read it V
Mr. Scoville—;No, I will put these |
papers in evidence.
Guiteau then gave his ideas con
cerning the religious tenets of the
Oneida Community. Witness con
tinued to say 1868 i.istead of 1878, and,
his attention being called to it, ex
plained: "1 don't feel well to-day;
my brain don't work just right; proba
bly owing to the rain.'
EVIDENCE OK AN ADDLED BRAIN.
Guiteau then resumed the narrative
of his experiences in trying to lecture.
On one occasion he tried to lecture
against Bob Ingersoli, who was to de- j
liver a lecture against hell, while he ;
(witness) proposed to lecture on the j
existence of a hell, lie found, howev- j
er, people very ready to pay fifty cents '
to hear that there was no hell, but
wouldn't pay a cent to hear that there I
was a hell.
lie witness was asked to indentify
a book handed him and said: 'On, i
yes. that is my revised work called
'Truth,' a companion book to the
Bible. I haven't seen it since it was
taken from me when I was arrested-'
Witness then desired to read a pass- 1
age, and read a page or two descrip
tive of the trials of the Apostle Paul
in endeavoring to introduce Christiani
ty.
'That was just my case,' said Gui
teau, striking his fist upon the desk.
'I strove to enlighten the world just as
Paul did. I had no money and no
friends and I had just about as rough
a time as the Apostle bad.'
Witness went to New York from
Boston on the steamer Stonington
when she struck the Narragansett. He
thought his time had come then, but it
hadn't. Witness wrote his speech,
Garfield against Hancock, in the Pub
lic Library at Boston. It was origi
nally intended for Grant, as he (wit
ness) supposed Grant would be nomi
nated at Chicago, but after Garfield
was nominated at Chicago it had all to
be worked over.
THE ASSASSINATION A POLITICAL NE
CESSITY
When in New York witness called
on General Arthur to offer his services
in the campaign; also called at Repub
lican head-quarters and saw all the big
men' and they were all glad to see
him. He consulted with Governor
Jewell, General Arthur and others.
They were very friendly, but told him
that they must have men of big repu
tation like Grant and Conkling to do
the speaking. Witness added, 'I was
on free and easy terms with Arthur,
Jewell and the rest ofthem.' Witness
made the first application for office
soon after General Garfield's election.
He called on General Garfield at the
White House. 'After Garfield was at
leisure,' Guiteau said, 'I shook hands
with him and handed him my speech,
on which was written, 'Paris Consul
ship.' He knew me at once. I left
him reading the speech, and that's the
only interview I ever had with Presi
dent Garfield. I wish to state here
that my getting office or not getting of
fice had nothing whatever to do with
my removing the President. That
was the act of an inspiration, and was
done as a political necessity.'
HIS OFFJCE-SEEKING EXPERIENCE.
Witness then related his experience
at the htate Department, and his in
terviews with Secretary Blaine, de
scribing, as he termed it, the modus
operandi of getting at the Secretary of
State.
The witness described his last inter
view with Blaine, who rather hurt his
feelings by his abrupt manner, which
was so in contrast with his previous
cordiality. Witness then determined
to see the President, and with consid
erable exhibition of excitement related
his effort to see the President.
Witness continued, 'The party was
at loggerheads aud I got very much
worried over it. I wi*ote several notes
to the President, telling him something
must be done, but he paid no attention
to it. I kept worrying,' he continued,
'over the political situation, and I
knew this nation was coming to grief.'
Witness was then asked as to the
inspiration which he had said 'impelled
b.m to remove the President,' am} F e *
plied, 'lnspiration, as I understand it,
is where a man's mind is taken posses
sion of by the Supreme Power, where
he acts outside of himself.'
Witness then desired to read from a
printed slip purporting to be an inter
view with the prisoner giving I istheo.
ry on the subject Counsel for the
prosecution objected to the reading,
or to the use of it by the witness to re
fresh his memory. A discussion en
sued, the prisoner insisting that he was
not feeling well, had not yet gotten
oyer his Thanksgiving indulgences,
and did not feel able to state it so
thoroughly now as he did then. The
court ruled against the use of the slip,
aud Guiteau resumed
IIE DETERMINED TO KILL GARFIELD.
Suddenly on Wednesday evening,
after Conkling's resignation, he thought
if president Garfield was out of the
way all would go well. He tried to
shake it off, but it grew. In a fort
night's time it had become a fixed re
solve. He never ha? doubted since
that time, about the Ist of June, that
he was inspired. He prayed and pray
ed, asking God if Garfield were to be
thus removed to get rid of him in some
other way. The removal was neces
sary to save tbe nation from ruin. I
knew the Lord employed me, because
he al ways employs the best material.
I felt the Lord wanted me to do it to
advertise my book. No allusion was
made bv witness to the immediate in
cidents of the shooting.
The court took a recess.
BELIEF IN SPECIAL PROVIDENCE.
After recess Guiteau said he believ
ed in special providence, and had no
concern about his personal safety. He
felt the Lord and Government would
take care of him. 'The Lord,' fie ad
ded, 'is no fool; He uses the best
means for his work and He has pro
vided all these guards, tbe court and
jury, and these experts, to do bis work
and preserve me.'
Mr. Scoville—Have you a distinct
recollection of the incidents of the 2d
of July ?
Guiteau (smilingly)—Oh, yes; cer
tainly.
The witness tLen briefly recited his
arrest and incarceration, with as little
exhibition of feeling as one would ex
hibit in relating the commonest inci
dents of every-day life. 'When I was
finally lodged in jail,'said Guiteai., 'I
felt happy. 1 said, Thank God, it is
all over with.'
After a few questions had been pro
pounded and objected to, Guiteau broke
out, I want to define my position on
this one point. I believe General Ar
thur is a lriend of mine. He ought to
be, for 1 am the man that made him,
or my inspiration did, but I have nev
er yet asked a favor of him, and I don't
suppose I ever shall.'
EFFECTIVE EXHIBITION, DOUBTLESS.
Guiteau Continued: A few weeks
ago 1 addressed Bennett a note sug
gesting that he send me $5,000, and I
think it very likely he will send it- I
owe probably SI,OOO, and that is ever}'
cent I do owe in the world, and if
Bennett sends me the money I shall
pay off some of my boarding bills.
The Herald did me a great deal of
damage in 1874, but Bennett is a good
hearted fellow. I have had the idea
in my head for twenty years 1 should
be president of tbe United States. I
suppose people think I have been bad
ly cranked about that. I had the idea
in the Oneida Community. I went to
Boston with the distinct feeling that I
was on the way to the White House,
and I shall make it yot. [A iaugb
spread through the audience at this pre
diction.] If lam ever President,' con
tinued the witness, 'it will be by the
net of God. I shall get the nomination
as Lincoln and Garfield did, and I
shall be elected as they were. I an.
ticipate a decided change in public
opinion in regard to me. The idea
being in my head for twenty years
that I would be Pretident, I did not
want to get the Herald down on me. j
That is all the reason why I did not
press my suit against it. I don't care 1
now a snap of my fingers about be
ing President. 1 don't care anything
about it. I don't know that I should
take it if I were actually nominated
and elected.'
The witness related the story of his
'personal' inviting correspondence with
a view to matrimony, and said, 'I
want to say a word in reference to my
divorced wife.'
The Court—No, not now.
The prisoner—l do not know any
thing about her, nor have I known for
years past, but she had no business to
come here for the prosecution.
Being questioned about the revised
edition of 'Truth,' witness answered,
'There is no money in that business
in any way, shape or manner, aud
never has been. When Col. Corkhill
came to me in July and talked of some
great lot of money, and all that kind of
nonsense, I told him about my ctrcum
staces and convinced him I had no
money.'
Judge Porter now began the cross
examination.
THE DEITY ALONE RESPONSIBLE.
The prisoner b<Jre the examination
with considerable self-po.-session, al
though he occasionallyjgot flurried and
excited.
Question —You determined to kill
Gen. Garneld, did you not*
A.—l decline to answer that. That
is a very strong way to put it (with
some excitement). I consider myself
the agent of Deity in the matter. I
had no personsl volition in the matter.
(j.—Did you say to officer Scott on
leaving the depot after the mijrder of
the President: 'Gen. Arthur isnow Pres
ident?'
A.—l decline to answer that.
Q. —Why do you object to answer
that?
A.—l suppose I did say that.
'Then he added, excitedly); I want
it distinctly understood I did not do
that of my own personal volition,
but on the inspiration of the Deity. I
never would have shot the President
on my own personal account. The
Deity inspired thp ac{ and the OeitF
would take care of it. The Deity fur.
Dished the money with which I bought
the pistol. I was the agent. The
Deity inspired me to remove the Presi
dent, and I had to resort to my own
means to accomplish the Deity's will.
Q. —The only inspiration you had
was to use the pistol on the President?
4- —The inspiration in h:y.
ing to remove the President for the
good of the American people, and (im
patiently) all these details are nothing
to the case. The whole matter was in
the hands of tie Deity, and (impatient
ly) I do not want to discuss it any
further. I appreciate the fact of the
President's long sickppss as r&uch as
any person in the world, but that is a
very narrow view to take of the mat
ter.
Q. —Did you contemplate his re
moval otherwise than by murder?
A.—No. sir (petulantly ) Ido pot
like the word 'murder.' Ido not rec
ollect the actual facts In that matter,
(excitedly). If I had shot the Presi
dent of the United States on my own
personal account, no punishment would
be too severe nor to quick for me; but
acting as the agent of the Deity, that
puts an autircly different copstruptiop
ou the act, and that is what I want to
put to the Court and jury and to the
opposing counsel. I say that the re
moval of the President was an act of
necessity from the situation, and for
the good of the American people.
That is the idea I want you to enter
tain, and not to settle down on the
poltl-blooded idea of murder, because I
never had the first conception of mur
der in the matter.
Mr. Porter—Were you aware it was
against human law?
The prisoner—l felt the Deity would
take care of me. I neyer entertained
the idea of murder in the whole matter.
I never had any conception of the mat
ter as murder. My mind is pefeotly
blank on that subject, and has been.
The cross-examination will be con
tinued to-morrow.
A DISPLAY OF SHREWDNESS AND APPRE
CIATION OF SALIENT POINTS
RATHER REMARKABLE IN
AN INSANE AJAN.
WASUINOTON, Thursday, December
I.—The Guiteau trial was resumed
this morning in the presence of the
usual throng. Upon entering the wit
ness box Guiteau desired, before re
suming bis evidence, to make a person
al statement, and addressed himself to
the andience, seying, "Two weeks
ago I sent out an appeal for money. I
did it on my own account, and the day
after Scoville publicly announced it
was without his authority. I again
invite my friends to send me money
in the interest of the cause of justice
and for my defense. They can send five
ten or fifteen dollars, or a thousand if
they wish. If they don't want to be
known they can send without name to
Scoville."
Judge Porter bepan a rapid fire of
interrogatories, eliciting from the pris-
I oner in his several replies that phvsi- j
cally be was a coward and always
I kept away from personal danger, j
i Morally he was as brave as a lion when i
1 he thought the Deity was back of him. I
In his opinion the doctors killed the
; President. The acts of Jones and
Mason in trying to kill him were
wrong, and they ought to be punished,
unless they can show they were iuspirr
ed by the Deity.
THE ASSASSIN GETS EXCITED.
The witness soon showed signs of
impatience and excitability, ami strik- [
ing his open hand upon the desk, em-,
phasized every sentence uttered. |
When pressed for answers be finally :
became obstinate, and shouted to
Judge Porter, 'I know you well, and |
I know bigger men than you are. I've i
seen you shake your finger at witnesses I
in New York, but you can't scare me.' j
And shortly after, when asked if he j
believed in the Ten Commaudments, j
to which he responded in the aftirma-;
tive, and if he believed that the com
mandment, 'Thou sbtilt not kill,'ought
to be read in his case, 'Thou shalt k ; ll,'
he l>ecame exceedingly violent, and re
fused to discuss that matter at all.
There was no murder in his case, and
no It was simply for the j
jury to determine whether or not his i
act in removing the president was in
spired by the Deity or not. It was all
nonsense to split hairs any longer
over that word. It must be distinctly j
understood that the removal of the
President was an act of the Deity. i
REFUSES TO ANSWER.
The witness proved decidedly ob
stinate and after flatly contradicting
the testimony of General Logan,
Colonel Heed and several other wit
nesses, be positively refused to answer
several questions, his invariable re
sponse being, 'I decline to discuss thai
with you."
The witness seemed to be greatly
annoyed at Judge Porter's habit of
pointing his finger at him, as he fre
quently did in the way of emphasizing
his interrogatories, and again broke out
angrily, 'You need not point your bony
fiuger at me, Jud'e Porter; I've seen
vou do that before, but you can't scare
me.'
Witness declined to go into boarding
house matters, as they bad no bearing
on the case. He supposed he owed
$l5O to various landladies, and some
time or other expected to pay them.
Judge Cox directed the prisoner to
reply to the questions.
CONTRADICTS THE WITNESSES.
Witness was readily driven from
one position to another till confronted
with evidence of his own witnesses,
when he would unhesitatingly pro
nounce their evidence false. Once he
emphasized his contradiction by saying:
'Anything I swear to, Judge, is
true. You can put that down as a
fixed fact.'
Being pressed as to how be propos
ed to raise the funds which he said he
was expecting to receive, the witness
replied, ( I intended to borrow it
from some of my friends,' and added,
'l'll tell you, Judge, bow I borrow
money. It may be of service to you
when you want to borrow for yourself.
I didn't lie nor sneak, but go right up
to a man and ask him for what I want.'
The witness was closely questioned
about the purchase of the pistol, and
being asked why he bought one with
an ivory handle instead of a plain one,
replied, 'Because I thought it worth
a dollar more.'
Judge Porter—Did you not say it
would look better in the Patent Office?
Witness admitted he might have be
lieved or thought the pistol would
sometime be placed in the Staie De
partment.
lii«lepoiiil«'iit Iti'pnbllCHn Sljite
Exei'iHiye (ouuuilioe
FRANKLIN, Pa., December 3.—Hon.
J. W. Lee. of this city, state senator
from Venango, Warren district, yes
terday announced the state executive
committee of seven to look after the
interest of the Independent Republicans
in the state campaign next year. Sen
ator Lee was chairmap of
enp? tjiai wet ia Philadelphia the
week of the recent state election, when
he was authorized to appoint this com
mittee of seven. The committee as e.n
nounced by him to-day is composed of
Hon. John Stewart, of Chambersburg,
state senator from the Franklin-Hunt
ingdon district; Hon. Wm. T.
of Toxyanda, state senator from the
Bradford district; J. M. W. Geist, Esq.,
editor of the Lancaster New Era-, Wm.
McMicheal and Samuel W. Penny
packer, of the Committee of One Hun
dred of Philadelphia; Thomas W.
Phillips, of New Castle, and Hon.
Hugh S Fleming, of Allegheny City,
ex-chairman of the Republican County
committee there.
Important to IVnsioners.
Through the efforts of Hon. S. H.
Miller, the Pension Department has
been induced to establish a Board of
Examining burgeons in this Congres
sional District, and locate it at Mercer.
The Board is composed of Doctors J.
P. Hosack, R. M. Hope and J. W.
Mehard, and they will meet as often
as once every two weeks. It is intend
ed not only for the accommodation of
the counties composing tho Uflth Dis
trict, but aljio fur Lawrence and Ve
nango, of Pennsylvania, and Trumbull
couuty, of Ohio. It will be of great
convenience to the applicants for pen
sions who have heretofore been com
pelled to go either to Erie or Pitts
burgh when ordered before a full board
of surgeons. The board was neces
sarily all selected from Merger. They
are mep of standing and ability io
their profession, and we can guarantee
every applicant ordered before the
board a full, fair and impartial hearing.
—Mercer Dispatch
MARK 1 ED,
BUSBEr^BTKIN —In Butler, on Nov. 24th,
JJiSJ, by Hev. E. Cronenwett, Mr. August Busse,
of Heaver, and Miss Paulina Stein, of Butler,
Pa.
THOMPSON—GILLESPIE—On Sept. 22,
1881, by Rev. T. W. Young, at Mt. Chestnut.
Butler Co., Pa., Mr. Robert Thompson and
M iss Catharine Gillespie, all of this county.
ALLEN—STOOPS—On Sept. 29, 1881, by
| Rev. T W. Young, at the home of the bride's
parents, near Butler, Butler Co., Pa., Mr. John
Allen and Miss E. P. Stoops,
SHAKELY—.DUFFOItb—On Oct. 20th,
1881. at Ml. Chestnut, Butler Co., Pa., Mr. J.
A. Snake'y aud Miss A. J. Oufford, all of But
ler Co., Pa.
TROUTMAN—BARNHART—On Nov. 20,
1881, by Itev. T. W. Young, at the home of the
bride's parents, Mr. Henry Troutman, of Ash
tabula Co., 0., to Miss E. ii. Bamhart, of near
Mt. Chestnut, this county.
DEATH*.
ROWAN—In Cranberry twp., this county,
on Nov. I.lth, 1881, Mrs. Mary Rowan, aged 93
years.
MARL ATT-—ln Cranberry township, on the
6th of November, 1881, Mrs. Martha Marlutt, in
her .tilth year.
DOWLER —At her residence, near Porters
ville, on Nov. 2d, 1881, Mrs. Margaret Jane
Dowler, with congestion of the lungs, in the
48th year of age.
TROCTMAN -Of typhoid fever, in Saxon
burg, on Dec. 1, 1881, at the age of 18 years, 10
rnos. and 3 days, Miss Amelia R. Trouiman, of
Butler, Pa., daughter of Mr. Alexander Trout
man, now of New Castle.
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