The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1881-10-14

Indictment, was not necessarily mortal and
was not the cause of his death.
He further says that he has endeavorcd
TO get the names and residences of witnesses
from the defendant to prove facts material,
in his opinion, for the defense upon the
question of insanity, and to have the de-
| PENDANT state the same in his own afiidavit,
but had been unable to do so, because the
defendant did not seem to understand, and
refused to acknowledge the effect of the
common and Established rules of evidence
in such cases. The afliant believes this diff
fculty arises from the defendants insanity,
and knows of no means to overcome it,
Since he has been employed in the case he
has cndcavored to get witnesses, and the
following will be necessary
witnesses for Guiteau;
John NJ. Guiteau, 2S East Twenty. eighth
street, New York Guitcau A. Parker, %
Clark street, Chicago w. ]. Maynard, 435
West Van Buren, street, Chicago; Francis
w. s. Browlcy 1907 Michigan ave-
nue., Chicago; Orson w. Gort, So South
Troop street, Chicago; Francis M. Scoville,
532 West Monroe street, Chicago. BY these
witnesses he expects to prove a tendency to
hereditary insanity in Guiteau, and that DR..
Wilson Guitcau, brother of the defendant,
died in an insane asylum of New York;
that Augustus Parker, cousin of the pris-
| oHci, anu SOH VI MS lHJntr y SiStci, uicl
about four years ago in an insane asylum in
Cook County, ILL.,; that Abbie Maynard,
daughter of another sister of the father of
| the defendant, is confined in the insane
asylum in Michigan; that Lutha w.
Guiteau father of the accused, was
monomaniac on the subject of
religion for many years. The afiant
further states that he expects to prove the
the actual insanity of the defendant him
self on different occasions by some of the
witnesses above named and by George Il.
Burroughs, of No. $50 West Washington
street, Chicago; John II. Noyes of Niagara
Falls; John II. Rice, of Merton, Wisconsin;
James b. Brodwell, of No. 1923 Michigan
avenue, Chicago. He expects to prove by
Everett o. Foss, of Dover N. H., that he
was present at the time Of the shooting;
that he saw the defendant and heard what
he said and on that occasion he showed I'M
mistakably that he was insane. He also
wants the following experts on the subject
of insanity, and expects to prove that the
| defendant was insane at the time of the
shooting, viz: A. L. Macdonald and Allen
Fitch, in charge of the insane asylum ut
Woods Island, n. Y. Roe Bradner, late of
the Pennsylvania hospital for the insane,
ut No. POLL Filbert street, Philadelphia,
and j. G. Spray, in charge of Cork County
asylum at Jefferson, Ill. Further he ex-
poets to prove by competent experts in
surgery, such us William A. Hammond, of
No. 43 Fifty-fourth street. N. Y; J. Marion
Sims, No. 267 Madison avenue, N. Y; Moses
Gunn 2101 Columet avenue, Chicago; Ed
mund Andrews, No. 6 Sixteenth street,
Chicago, that the pistol shot was not neces-
sarily fatal and was not, in itself, the
cause of the death of james A. Garfield but
that death ensued as the result of NAL
practice of the principal physicians in
charge of the wounded man.
Mr. Scoville supported his affidavit by an
argument and was replied to by District
Attorney Corkhill
Judge Cox fixed the trial November 18th,
and the argument on the question of juris-
dicton on or before October Both, and said
further, that if Mr.. Scoville intimated to
him that he could not secure counsel to ad-
nit him readily, he would assign one or
two competent members Of this bar to as
sist in the defense.
This closed the discussion and the Mar
shall gave the order to remove the prisoner.
Immediately the bailiffs and officers arose
about Guiteau, and completely hemmed
him in. Forming this Gordon they marched
to the door, and soon were in the small
witness room adjoining the chamber The
crowd lost no time in getting into the
street. The van was drawn up at the east
door and carriage stood on the north side
at the main entrance of the new building
The crowd, of course gathered about the
van as soon as Leonard, the driver, Perry
Carson and Bailiff Searle appeared. This
was exactly what was wanted, for while
they were all eagerly watching for Guiteau
TO come from the building, Deputy Marshal
Williams, Detective McElfresh and Bailif
Tall slipped through the lower corridor
with the prisoner, out the center door,
through the new building, into the carriage
and were quickly off for the jail AS soon
MS they were out of sight and a good dis
lance away
Col. Carson stepped down off the van and
with Searle came back into the City Hall,
and Leonard drove to the stable. 1t soon
leaked out that the crowd had been sold,
and they left, laughing at the cleverly-
played trick upon them. On the way
down to the Jail Guiteau said little, but suf-
fcient to show that he was glad to get
away from the court, and when he landed
inside the Jail he drew n long breath as If q
terrible agony had been undergone and
passed. The nervousness disappeared and
his old actions Immediately returned. 1t
was evident that he thought himself safe
within prison walls.
Anxious to Shoot Gniteau.
tall, rather impressive looking man,
with a firm resolute face, circulated among
the crowd ia the Criminal Courtroom this
morning evidently endeavoring to borrow
| something which he was unable to
get. Finally the stranger shouldered
his way up to Detective Coomes and
whispered request fora revolver, and told
the detective in few words that he was q
lawyer from Ohio, and that If he
could get a revolver he would go
near Guiteau and shoot him. Coomes
took the man to Police Head.
quarters, and he there stated that he was a
lawyer from Ohio and came here to shoot
Guiteau and still expected to do so. The
mans name is George A. Bethard, and his
age 49, He is evidently both sane and
sober, and is harmless, except in the matter
of hate for Guiteau
On the Safe Side.