The Cecil Whig., 1881-12-03
GUITEAU OK BEECUEE

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GUITEAU OK BEECIIEE.
As soon as he had left the stand, the
prisoner. who had been reading Il news
paper. suddenly looked up and eNclam-
ed: - | notice my friend lienIy Ward
Beecher is doing some cranky work in
this case. | used to attend his church
and praver-mcetingS. and II your honor
knew him as we'll as do Nou would not
pay any attention to him. There are Il
good many people that think he badly
cranlled socially, and have no doubt that
Mrs. Tllt"n told the truth and that he
! he'd about it. and tell him - publicly"
Ion. we'll. well, prisoner. tl.;tt will do
for You" SAID Mr.. Davidse.
Gultean Was apparently satisfied, and
nodded with a smile, say ing. That 5
all right, Indge. | have had my say OF
Beecher I'm satisfied.
SENATOR L,GAN's TESTIMONY.
The next witn,.ss was Senator John 4.
L"gan, OF Illinois. As he WIS sworn
the prisoner yi.etcd hIm with " How
are YOU. Nj. Senator! am -iad 10 -"
Aou, but his greeting met with no re
,pniSc. in reply !" questions by Mr..
Seville tie NItlleS ;, detailed twu inter
views which he had had with thc prlson-
e.. The first va, ab 'ut the 18th OF 10Th
OF March last, III the morning. The
prisoner came to his room uuIuyIted.
. He handed him Il pamphlet which he lie
clined to read ut the time. bu1 said that
he would take pleasure IA reading it at
terwald. II wd~ i speech cuIItlu'i Gar
field ag tinst Hancock. The prisoner
then SAID, " That Specce elected iir. Gar
field President OF the United States.
He then began talking about position
that he desired, saying that he had the
promise of an appointment as consul gen
er.l fu France. lie SAID he had seen
the Secretary ni State. Mr.. Biaiue, who
had promised him Tins appointment pro
viled lie could get Senator Lrgtii's rec
ommentlation. Witness said: do not
know yuu and cannot recommend YOU"
The prisoner took ont OF his pocket Il
sheet OF ;onls@ap, with about three lines
written very close To the top, II war Il
recommendation for his appointment. He
wanted witness to sign IL, but witness
declined and got rid OF him as soon as
he could
! O." Why?' A" He did not strike
/ me As Il person whom | would recon-
mend for an office Of that character. or
any other office. treated him as kind
! ly and politely as could. but was very
deSirous OF getting rid OF him. dit
not want to be annoyed with him..
! 3.-''Was there any thing particularly
notice. s.Gie in his appearance" Allie
was rather peeulGtiIy rl2d Tor the season.
/ there being snow ." the street ii the time,
He had on his feet Il pair oi sandals
or rubberS. or something oi that kind.
. lie had no stockings. lie wore !; light
Ii;tjr ut pantaOuns and a common, ordi.
nary codt. ! day OF two afterwards he
/ came again to .tiE f"'ln nNlnvlted. lie
I still insisted on my signing his RECON-
mendation, reltcTatlnT the same state
ment as before Of his having Il promise
at the place if | would recommend him.
asaiu declined. | had in the mean
time. out of lGrt"Sity read the speech.
/ He was a littie IH0i.s eIriiGl 1T the see
ond interview than at tho ti.Si, The
/ second was Il very short interview. for
! tried to dispose of TIE matter as quickly
! as pusSble | said to him. The first
| t,u,4 see the Secretary ot State | will
| meHtiGn gn.r ease to him. | did not
! SAY that WHlit iEaQn,lRepI him. but
! simply tiiat | w0Hiii n.ruiluu It's CASE,
ana | intended to do 50. t,.t .babiN III
| a different way from What he supposed
| would
I @" From what you saw Of the pris-
oncr on those occasions. and from what
! Na~ said and done by him. did You form
any opinion as to his ment@il soundnes>
or unsoundnes--4' \ - am not an ex
pert. and do not know wnc,i.G. shoGld
answer the question.
The Court. -" You may give an opin-
ion in accordance with your observation.
The WltnesS.-' thou .ht there WIS
Son9a Arrangement of his mental org;lu-
ization. bat !" ri,st e%tent could not
say. When went dow" >. hrra fast
that morning saw him at the tabic a.. i
bnarder called the landladv. and ask
ed her il she knew that gentleman. She
nsut iuned his name and said he had told
ie, ,,.,tt he was constituent of mine.
O." " h.t WaS Your expression of
"plni"n to the la,I..,..t% ~ that time!
A. said this: = do mG, ,t.,,.a h. is
Il proper person to have in Your board
ing house. She asked why. SAID |
thluk he is a little of in his head, on
S.EIe language OF that kind. She asked
HE What ,.e2rt. and | said thought
he was kind of e...y, ,t,at,!! lat she had
iIti jtl Ilbl nave MN lttI f,..ttnt5
house. That is about the conversation
We had at that time.
\ FARMER EROM ONEIDA.
This ,.i2snd the examination of this
witness. the nest t.e,p% George ID. Hub
bard. farmer of Oneidi. Gt....,,y, J.
He lived less than half a mile from the
Community. but Indignantly never WIS
connected with it as Il member In 1863
he worked for three months for the Com
msini,y. ~ which the prisoner at that
time belonged. lie worked in the same
shop with witnrS". i.p vas + GGrEouS,
quick tempered man. If anyt,..i.a las
said to disturb him he would get wild.
and would gesticulate wildly and talk in
: mysterious manner. He would set for
honr~ ~, Il corner saying nothing to any
body. 4 0tiie, ,,l,iP.j hc would be cheer
fnl. On one occasioh h@ ,1,.t sttnGs.
that he aspired to be the leader OF tue
Community.
On cross-examination witness stated
that all persons We're free to leave the
C8mlaanity when they pleased.
Ga trdlrast e%4Piipation, however, he
stated that al aunt o. has &aS GQEfne1
in the Community, and When she was
finally found by his father she had Eeei,
horsewhipped with a rawhide. She was
afterward sent t" an insane asylum, but
2fterwarl recovered.
FhG t,isoner.-" remember that case
myself. rhsr@ IS 70 physical restraint
there. but ii ia ali si,i.tti,al and social.
That is "A good deal worse ti.aH ii. yS,c;.l
restraint. If man left there he was led
to believe that he was forever damned.
That is the way the Community was kept
together.
- Srovile then read the deposition of
J. w. rurne.. &C. Dakota Territory, who
depo>es to have known Mr.. Maynard
and Mrs. Parker, sisters Of Luther W.