The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-11-26
'FELEGRAPHICa NEWS
Truck About Guitaeau.

Washington, "a. = Mrs. Drinmer,
Gui.teau's divorced wife, has arrived
from Colorado. She has alresdy ex-
pressed her disbelief in Guitteau's in
sanity. tdh-h -
Senator Logan explains in an inter-
view: The first time I saw Guilteau was
in Washington in March last, when the
man came to my house, bsreheaded with
san dals on without stockings, There was
snow on the ground. He excused his
appearance by saying he lived close by.
He introduced himself and gave me q
speech on Hancock as. Garfield Ae
requested as q personal favor that I
would read it. To get rid of him | ssid
1 would. Next day he called again, and
after letting me know VIVA: graf and
important man he was, asked me what l
thought of his speech. I replied that ]
had not had time to read it. This put
him in rage, and at the same time
opened my eyes to the fact that l was
dealing with crank. To get rid
of him / told him I would
read the speech that very night.
I did not see him again for seve1al weeks,
when he called and presented me with
written application. he said he intended
to put 1t on file at the state department,
asking for the position of consul general
at Paris. He said he had shown It to
Secretary Blaine, and Blaine had prom
ised to give him the place if would
sign the application. L refused to sign
it on the ground that I knew nothing at
all about the man. This threw Guitteau
into rage again. He drew himself into
an oratorical flourish and told me he
was Charles Guitteau, lawyer and politi-
c;ah, IA intimate friend Of all prominent
republicans in tho party, and for me not
to know him was to argue myself IN
known. He got SO abusive that l finally
ordered him out Of my rooms. gave
orders not to let him enter again.
Washington, 25.-Counsel for govern
ment will ask the judge to charge the
jury, among other things, that the law as
to the defense of insanity on criminal
trials is as follows: When the prisoner
at the time of committing the offense is
in such q state of mind as to know the
act is unlawful and morally wrong, he
is responsible The law doesn't recog-
nize the form Of insanity in which the
capacity of Distinguishing right from
wrong exists without the power Of choos-
ing between them that the species which
is induced By passion, unless simmered
down into state Of total arrangement,
will not excuse the commission of crime;
to acquit on the ground of insanity, it is
not enough thst there he doubt rs 10 the
prisoners ssnity-his insanity must be
established to establish
the defense of insanity, it must be shown
hat the prisoner, at the time OF commit
ting the crlme, was so far deprived of
reason as to destroy the consciousness of
distinction between right and wrong in
to the act charged.
Marshall Henry, yesterday, received
the following: The Western Reserve de-
plCres that the last attempt on the life of
our friend Guitteau failed. Ny comrade
missed bis calculation little. My effort
comes next, and it can't fail. My object
in writing is this: We don't want to hurt
any one but the miserable assassin, and
don't want to hurt hair of any one else,
but Mr. Edelin, and others must net dis
play so much zeal in future, or they will
get hurt. l had great difficulty in keep
ing my squad from shooting Edelin, and
the driver, last Saturday, as they were
pursuing the coRrade. Had they shot
him, neither Edelin, nor the driver no-
any one of the crowd would have reached
the Jail alive. a little less zeal on their
part will be better for them. Don't
bother that drunken farmer. He is not
the man you want. Our man is in here.
Your friend,
OLD FoRTY-sECoND OHIO AYENGER.
The grand jury indicted Jones for as
seult with intent to kill Guittesu. !
London, 24-The Nel0S says it is TO be
hoped that for the sake of American JUS
tice aud public decency and good taste
the trial of Guittesu will come to an end
soon. It will probably be acknowledged
in America as in England that Guitteau
has been allowed to carry his own con-
duct of the case too far. Il seems abso-
luteiy necessary in the interest of decency
and justice, that Guitteau be prevented
from turning the tragedy into hideous
burlesque. and from attempting to prove
his own inaanity by demeanor which
badly Stimulates or travesties madness,