The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-12-09

seen become farce
Judge Cox: II see no occasion. Mr.
Guitezu, for any explanation on you
part.
Recess.
Witness then gave in substance con
versations he had had in Boston will
J. w. Guiteau, in which the latter has
said: Disgrace. tins crime is enough
for for the family to bear without en-
deavoring to prove hereditary insanity
for there is no authenticated case OF
which TO bas,. ~
Guiteau (greatly excited) shouted
out: THAT'S the way he feels, and
desire to repudiate him on this business
He has never been brother to me II
any sense, and that is just the ridicu
lous view be takes on this insanity bust
ness.
A moment after be shouted angrily
"That Is false. There are two OF my
cousins in lunatic asyli1ms now and thai
is where will probably be very soon. .
John Palmer. Saratoga Springs, testi.
ied that Guiteau boarded week with
him and had run away without paying
his board.
Guiteau: swell, / might have con.
fessed that and saved the government
$lO0."
The district attorney here sent Judge
Cox u communication received by him
from the President of the United
States.
The judge after reading sent it to
Scoville with the remark that the paper
the presidents answers to his
(Scovill's) interrogatories.
The interrogatories which had been
submitted to the president. were
handed in with their answers. In SUBJ
stance the president stated he had seen
The prisoner perhaps dozen times. but
never gave him any encouragement to
hope for political preferment. He had
letter from the prisoner in
October last, which be had not pre-
served, in which the prisoner requested
hat he would obtain for him q post
of the trial.
The prosecution wished to introduce
! letter written to witness by the as
'assin, but Scoville objected.
Judge Cox overruled the objection
ind Scoville excepted to all evidence of
his kind. The letter was dated Riggs
house, June 9Th, and asked for the pris-
'ner's book, "Truth," Of which he was
yetting out revised edition. Witness
n all his experience with Guiteau said
,e never thought him insane.
Guiteau explained that this witness
vas a Methodist minister to whom he
WED money and that therefore be
lidn't like him (Guiteau.
The next witness was Rev. A. r. Nc
Arthur, pastor of Calvary Baptist
;hurch, N. Y.
As soon as he was sworn the prisoner
81 know DR.. Macarthur very
veil. He Ia very nice fellow, very
,igh toned in every. way. I owe him
1861
Witness began to tell how Guiteau
rot his sympathies, when Scoville OBJ
ected as the matter was irrelevant,
md Guiteau broke in with: at is all
and important. Dr. Nc
Arthur is very fine gentleman. 1
I'VE him sos, and am sorry 1 can't
,ay him now.''
Then addressing witness he said:
Allow me to say DIR. there is some
possibility Of my getting 5000 from
lanes Gordon Bennett for that Herald
disability matter. and propose to send
'ou a check for $1,000 the moment 1
ret it."
Frank Bartlett, Chicago. and Mrs.
florence R. Bartlett, his wife. testified
o having seen Guitecu frequently and
'lways having considered him sane.
lar disposition. but All tended to show show
ia sanity
Guiteau was very indignant that
should waste the oovarnmant,.
money by bringing snch v;tnsssee hare
Howard Dunbar. .Roston : too,r tha
tand but Guiteau forestalled his evil
lence by shoutinO. ..T hs,, ,,e.t rocm
With that man for a few pefls q Rc,.
on and that's all be K nows about il.
{ has cost the government 800 to rst:
lin here.,
His evidence merelv showed cu;teau