Daily Republican., 1881-12-10

OCCASION"
The witness--"S so far as I can recol
| lect."
| The disttics attorney--"Where did
that conversation occur in which h.
said he intended to try and imitat,
Wilkes Booth and - become noto
riOus?'
The witness-''In my office. Of cours,
cannot fix the date"
The prisoner, (Snarling at the wit
| neSS), mo o; course you cannot fin
the date, you miserable, lying whelp
| ! never said 10 and Lever even thought
so"
! Ths witness-"rhe moment | heard
of the shooting Of President Garfield
Mr., Scovlle, (lnterruptiug,) "Wait
/ sir-how long have you been d law
YER"
Tho p.isoner---"lIa's no lawyer; he's
a pettifogger He gets man about
New York to do his jury business. He
has not got brains enough to Try ca 40
before lry. Patterson used 10 do all
his jury business. Shaw used to lie
around and get Patterson to try all his
4
enough to do il himself"
The district atiorney-"From youl
observation OF the man and from you,
conversations with him, had yon any
question but that he was u sane man.
The witness--"I never had any doubt
Of his sanity -
The district attorney-"Ilow did you
regard him mentally
The witness--l did not thiuk much OF
him mentally al that time
lhe prisoner-"lie had no right tu
come here AID lie about me. That
would make anybody In vi. The lying
whelp."
The district attorney--After the pris-
oner gets through will 90 en-"
The prisoner" never had any talk
about Wilkes Booth. 1t Is false fro n
beginning to end.
The district attorney--"What was
his reply to your remark asto bis being
Langed?"
The witnes,-"He said that would be
an after consideration, and that he
would get tho nJ'o.ie'y anyhow
The district attorney your con-
ver-ation with him about the watch
did he say anything to yon about his
teins bound to get allv.ng?"
The witness-Yes, he said that he
was bound to get living anyhow, that
the world owed him living and he
would get it. am not sure whether
that conversation was in regard to the
watch OF ia regard to his borrowing
I'll
The p,isouer-'I never mentioned
DR.. Macarthur = name 10 you In any
shape or manner.
"Alter he borrowed money from DR..
Macarthur did Ne make any remark to
You about THAI
~ remember his saying something
about that"
"Do YOU remember whether he did
noa sty, when he said he would initiate
Wilkes Booth, that he did not care If
he was hanged, that his name would go
lhrJugbnut the wore =
Ohi-cted to, aud objection sustained
on the ground that il was too leading.
The priaoner (furiously) - THAT is
tho most braz III faced lie that l ever
heard in my life l will tell You what
kird of a man Shaw IL. There was
Judge Hawes, of New York. / went
10 his Office on Snaw's recommendation
and | will ask Judge Hawes that very
question"
Cross. ss.examined - "When did this
conversation about shooting some one
occur?'
81 cannot fix the date; it was in the
fall OF 1873, | should think"
In my office. No. 80 Liberty street. y
GLOW long after Guiteau came to
your office"
ole came the lst Of November, 1871 =,
ard stayed until May 1873"
"Wtat occurred attsr that conversa'
ton until May, 1873, between you and
him that led you Z" desire that he saould
leave your otlice?"
zone reason was, that he did not pay
his rent a..
"Was not that the principal reason?'
csc: the plinciIa. reason was that
he had clients coming there 10 demand
money of which they said he had de-
fraudad them"
II, it true that you gave him ire.
conmendaton to Judge Ha"es?"
81 DO not thiuk ! did
The pr r,soner-"i'hat shows yon are a
liar. That's all want to prove.
ID. MacLane Shaw was the next wit
ness called.
Gu,reau exclaimed: 81 have not seen
Mr.. Shaw since 1874. He is u good tel
lew and owe him $50. / suppose this
/. another important part OF your evl'
Gence Colonel"
Wines rented desk room to Gui-
teau, and as usual held y cain against
the prisoner for rent
G,rttau commented on the witness.
81 owed him $50 or 500, and he never
could see any good in me after that.
Witness had frequent conversations
with prisoner. He found him vain anu
egotislical, and dssiruus of notoriety.
Prisoner once told witness he was
bound to have notOriety some way De-
fore he died. If he couldn't get 1t one
way he would another. Hs might Kill
some big man and initiate Wilkes
Booth
Guiteau, with flashing eyes, shouted
"You are q mean, sreaking liar, new
er said any such thing. You will be d
laughing stock in New York.
Witness contiuuei-"rhe conver-
s,tion took place in my office. l can't,
of course, give the date ;.
Guiteall-"Of course you can't, you
mean miserable whelp. You're liar.
You low dirty puppy you, to come mere
and lie about me. III show you up.
You used to 60 to see my wife and shs
told me so." -,
Witness said: I told him If he should
initiate Wilkes Booth he would be
hung, and he replied, "That's an after
consl deration,. .I'll get the notoriety any
way"
At the conclusion OF his examination
the court adjourned until Monday.
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