The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-11-24


the attending surgeons and Gen Sherman be.
fore the police had discovered the mans name
OF course the shot being behind my back did
not see him with pistol in his hand. He did
not in running have his pistol exposed.
Mr.: Blaine's history OF hts acquaintance with
attorney, and the letters written by the prison.
or when an applicant tor the Austrian 1nlssion
aud The consul goneralshfp 1t Paris were tden
dfsd The witness was then handed over to
the defense and Mr.. Scoville began the CROSS
examination.
The Chicago lawyer had ever entertained the
notion OF bene9ting his client by securing int-
portant admissions from Mi. Blaine, he very
early discovered his mistake The purpose Of
tho defenae, as was quickly perceived, was to
show from the governments witness that ct the
depot at the timeof the shooting Guitean's ap-
pesranca and actions were thoso of an insane
man. man The attempt was flat failure:
questions as to the meaning Of the well-known
terms, ''etalwart' and sshalf- breed" created
considerable amusement When MIR. Blaine's
examination WAS concluded, Guiteau got
loose sgain and had to be bummarily squelched,
The resident minister of venezuola was called
scription OF tue scene at the depot on the fore
noon Of the shooting. Tho prisoner impressed
him as wearing look Of fear.
Mrs. Sarah B. White. nnatron at the Balti-
more d Potomac teapot ladies' waiting room,
wss next called. Size explained the oircum-
as published in hersts4sInent obtained after the
shooting, She recognized as Guiteau
tho person who fred the sho.
Judeon w. Whee!ock Of Virginia. George ".
Adams, publisher Of the Evening Star, and
Jacob P. Smith, jaEiio; Of the railroad depot,
testified to the circumstances of the shooting
The court adjourned til tomorrow.
FRIDAY, NOV. 1S.
The court opened with a violent Altercaion
between Guiteau and his counsel Sooville
Scoville was evidently getting disgusted with
the prisoners conduct, and it was in tones Of
annoyance thath said TO the court:
II do not propose to be Interrupted here by
the prisoner every day, nor spend an hour or
two at the Jail every day to prevent the prisoner
from giving out circu,n stances"
Struggling with the deputy marshala, Gui-
teau exclaimed wildly, addressing to Scoville
his remarks, which were uttered very rapidly:
''You ars 10 criminal lawyer, and have no
confidence in your capacity. I propose to get
two cr three Of the first-class lawyers in Ameri.
word upon law" cried the prisoner, addressing
the court. and then went on in lis old style.
~ came sere as counsel, and rant to be
heard" cried the prisoner: =
The court (sternly)-You cannot be heard.
Guiteau--l accept your honor's ruling and
will let i: 80 up to the court in branc. II am
convicted the court in branc will reverse you
and give me new trial.
The court ito ScoTilie}-I skeli PASS any Or
der you desire jn regard to communications.
G1iteau (mpuiaivo!:}-1 want two or three
OF the bes: lawyers il AElsrica, AID expect to
ge: tllom.
The court {seyeTely}-We vii! not tsik about
that.
st don't care il you don't i have had my
say!'' exclaimed the prisoner, as e psrting
shot.
Miss Ella II. R;dge!y gave i clear narrative
CT the tragedy. Il was the f,ss shot that
struck tbs president, she was certain. She
saw Gui.esss while he was bargaining With the
hstknaan, and she vas struck b5 his distressed
Witness described minutely the shooting, the
relstive position Of the parties at the time each
shot was fired, and was positive the first shot
took effect, as the president threw up his hands
and commenced TO sink down. At the second
shot Guiteau stepped two or three steps nearer
driver, sEw the shooting and testified accord-
GSitean's saying about bsing stai-
wast, ;deni fed tue pistol; The pistol was
handed around and examined BY the jury, their
atteat;on being called to the fact that two bar
rels we're empty and toux still! iosded. The
next witness, E. L. Dubarry, excited Sooville's
Indignation by saying Guiteau had a bad face
and wound up by declaim:ng he had often said
the assassin should be hung
Patrick KeaGney, policeman vino arrested
Gsuiseau, testified st length giving very minute
details. He said soon after tho president passed
into Tie depot he heard shots, and rushing in
said, 'si want Gen. Sherman to hare these pa
pers." The witness said:
"Ihere were two shots, and you were lun-
ming from the direction Of the shooting. viii
arrest you" Some gentleman said, tsthst 10 the
man who shot the president" had my club
thought Of the grand jury. and did not hit him,
but gave him q good ehaking and brought
him along. After that he wen: along With me-.
When st9'pped he stopped, and when moved
Parke, the ticke! agent, made run and grab
bed Of Guiteau and threw bis hat Of. Laugh
teri After Parke made the grab ct duiteau,
he said, 'sThat is the man who shot the presi-
dent" took tho prisoner out and he said, II
did It. Twill 20 to jail for it. Arthur is presi-
dent. and am q stalwart." When went into
the police headquarters, | sang out This
man killed lor shop the presi-
dent" Here Guiteau interrupted
standing still and the witness came up and
seized me by the wrist after had just ges my
pistol put up; and you (aedressin8 the witaess)
selZed me simultaneously. I did not attempt
to run at all. I told the officer wanted to 60
to Jail at once. made no disposition to escape
at ALL
J. Stanley Browne, private secretary to Iresi-
dent Garfield, testified to Guiteau's frequent
calls at the White House, and Of his (wisnsss)
telling the ushers that Guiteau must NO longer
trouble the Office.
There was good deal Of other oral testimony
Of no special importance. This was followed
by the reading Of half dozen letters to Gen.
orf3A o1a6
It Was q surprise to many who have followed
this case very closely, that the government
was in possession of 20 much documentary evi-
dence, most Of it written in Guiteau's own hand
to show directly that revenge was the motive Of
the assassination and that It had been planned
for weeks. During the reading Of the letters,
when the counsel he4itated at . word or sem
tence, Guiteau Immediately supplied the proper
words.
SATURDAY, NOV 10.
A section Of the late President Garfeld'a
backbone, the trunk Of neatly wired skeleton,
Guiteau's revolver and Dire. Bies, Reyburn,
Woodward and Barnes were the great attrsc-
tons at the opening Of the auiteau trikl TO- day
There was vast crowd IN attendance and about
the court room.
George @. Maynard, an electrician testi-
he stated that Guiteau had told him that his
board bill was then due and that he desired to
pay ~. 1U1tSdu JumpeO up &0O o0lQ: Mr.
Maynard is good fellow, and owe him $25,
but never told him owed a board bill He
is mistaken about that" cried Guiteau, and col
lapsed. Maynard was followed by his clerk,
who corzoborated his testomony, and O'Meara
removed the cartridges from the pistol aud
showed them to the jury
Col 8. Rockwell, the ns1t witness, began to
detail the occurrences at the depot, when Sco-
vile interposed, acknowledging the killing.
liuitcau quietly shouted 'tNo, your honor
We acknowledge the shooting but not the kill
ingP' Col. Rockwell briefly stated the facts
within his knowledge, and without cross-exam-
nation. He WAS followed by Gen Swain
This witness war at Elberon when the shootine
occurred He doeoribed his association With
the president during his ilflness and the i'm
presetye scenes occurring therein. ssWhat
we're the presidents last wosdsS" asked Nr.
Corklill His last words Wsre plain. i" said
tne w,ness With emouon.,s They were ''oh,
Dr. W. Bliss was called. The witness gave
q narrative covering from the time he was
called to tho presidents side, fifteen or twenty
minutes after he was shot, until his death. The
Immediate cause Of death was hemorrhage DR..
Bliss was followed with closest attention on the
part Of the audience, with the sole exception of
duiteau, who devoted himself to his
papers, only occasionally glancing up
with an Dir Of . man being bored
Pending the arrival of the fractured verte
bre, which the district attorney announced he
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