The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-12-13
Heavy Business Failure in East
ern Montana.
The Utah 4 Northern Thought to
be Surveying for Puget
Sound.
The Guiteau Trial.

"5"ih WIN VIZ coolos "olbOnu SuCNt'
ed out, "Your Honor"
Sceville-"Keep still, please"
1uiteau-"Well, then, you state it at once;
if you don't, l will
ScoTiiie then addressed The court, and OBJ
jected to the character of evidence which had
the evidence as to any other crimes could not
be introduced, when the prisoner is on trial
for this particular %oflense. He desired all
such evidence stricken out.
Guiteau here broke in excitedly and shout
ed out: ats purely in the nature of a con-
tessional. Macarthur is not an expert Or law
yer, and l object TO him telling the jury and
American people facts WHICH ! teld him in
regard to my history.
The court ruled that the evidence could be
omitted as tending to show the general char
acter of the prisoner.
Corkhill-"Did you ever see anything in
the prisoner to indicate insanity ?"
Answer-"No, sir; I never did"
Guiteau here broke into one of his noisy
harangues, and despite the caution of the
court and expostulations of counsel, lie pro-
ceeded to express his opinion of DR.. Nc
Arthur in terms not delicate. Turning to
the reporters table, he acclaimed for some
minutes against the scandalous reports of his
character, and singing out a reporter of the
Republican, he shook his fist at him threat
eningly.
Scoville cross-examined the witness and be-
came very angry and much excited at some
Of his replies.
The ties imony in chief was not shaken.
W. S. Caldwell, the physician who attend
ed L.. n. Guiteau during his last illness, nev-
er detected any evidence Of mental insanity.
George w. Plummer was called, when
Guiteau Immediately shouted: 81 owe this
man $40, but it has cost the government 5000
to get him here. l think the Presidents at
tention had better be called to the way you
are squandering the governments money"
Colkhill-"He might bounce you at once.
You will cost the government tive or three
hundred thousand dollars at this rate"
He desired the court to restrain the prison.
er, when Guiteau turned to him and said:
"You go slow, Corkhill you are spotted, and
as soon as this business is over the President
will remove you"
The witness testified that he allowed the
prisoner to occupy a desk in his law office at
Chicago some months. He seemed to have a
good deal of collection business, and went in
and ont lila opu buO;poce ,nor (N,;to,r oo-
~tinually interrupted, and finally the witness
said to him, alt seems your close relations
with the Deity of late have corrupted your
manners"
The prisoner laughed heartily at thiss sally,
and said: "Well, that amt 50 bad, Plum
mer, for a Western man"
"Did you ever see anything 10 his conduct
that indicated. unsoundness Of mind ?" was
the next question.
"No, sir" replied the witness, "nothlng
whatever. He seemed to be a mau of abil-
ity, vain and conceited but then he had
late from New York. Oh his card, aud we
expected the rest"
This convulsed the court.
Stephen English, editor and proprietor of
the Insurance Times, of New York, took the
stand, when Guitteau called out: "This
man was in Ludlow street Jail, and l Cos him
out for $500.
The witness gave the circumstances under
which he became acquainted with the pris-
oner. Witness was in Jail under $4,000
bonds, charged with libel. The prisoner act
ed as his attorney.
Guiteau frequently and noisily interrupted
the witness, calling him a liar and a p%erjurer.
At one time he shouted: "There isn't an in
surance man in New York that does not know
what a fraud you are"
The witness continued 1.-THE prisoner
swindled me out OF three hundred dollars, and
also, he swindled many poor creatures in
Jail by promising to help them, and getting
their money, and then never raising a finger
in their behalf.
Guiteau shouted at the witness: " Why,
L wouldn't spit on you on the street, you old
scoundrel! I'll get some insurance men to
show you up, you old fraud.'
Witness was asked if he ever detected any
signs in the prisoner Of insanity, and replied,
on the contrary, he was a remarkably clear
headed and shrewd lawyer; he completely
out me.
Warren Il. Brown, attorney-at- law from
New York, was counsel for Mrs. Guiteau in
: obtaining her divorce from the prisoner. He
believed the latter perfectly sane.
: Guiteau, excisedly: az want to know,
D Corkhill, what all this kind of evidence has
got to do with the real issue-who fired the
shot that killed Garfield, Deity or |?
think it's devilish mean to rake up my char
acter in all its details. The only issue here
is, who fired that shot, the Deity or 1? Just
take that home, Corkhill, and think it over
till tomorrow morning. l want to know
what all this has get to do with the question
OF my sauitS u insanity on the 2nd of July