New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-14
GrTTEIE or HIS LySANIIT.


CLAIMING TO BE ONLY LEGALLY INSANE"
I,1TF2s FROM THE PRISONER DIRECiIEG HIS CoON-
srI. not 70 WASTE ANY EFFORT Is TRYING 10
rn,yE ru- ACTUAL INSANITY -ADDPEss TO
TIE PUHLIC-GENERAL BUTLER AND THE DE-
FENCE. ~,
The dispatch given below was printed IN me
yJrad r.,.crlay TIE statement however, that Cen
r,l Eutler has not rcyo to the invitation OF Gultean
l IN tago charge Of tine is denied, and the fol-
Io,yiu- di-patch is published having been sent to
Washington by General Butler in icsPons' to- telegram;
Eo,rON oct. -.
In r,.rose tu your telegram will state tht # have
lrF no ,iitatiuu Mr. Scuvt or any D"h' else 10
C1,lrri,ts prrriu, the possibility of INV accepting
retainer f,r long trial. as iris must he however laree
EnI always .cci .ryyci 90 5c Obliged 10 refuse my ser
~ c,urt BLNJANN f. BUTLER.
he Hraids special dispatch from Washington to
which reference IA made above is as follows:
II il very likely that Guteau will be brought into
court to plead the Indictment found against nm me
last Sf ts week. Mr. scoyc. his attorney, says that
he 4, in readiness and anxious to begin proceedings:
He has changed hi, boarding house, ana Is now located
,r rho civ Hall where he can be- summoned at short
notice when tie United States Attorney Is ready to open
tbr case AMI informed Attorney Cors-ul to-day ,iI
S,ylc states that according to his judgment the plea
m Insanity can De so well establish ell that this would be-
t iiau ii defence which he would pursue personally,
tgf l..,ch rs he has been ADVISED BY eminent lave
,,s ms wcI as Guitean himself to take advantage Of
every point insanity Jurisdiction ana rhlprdt zee VIII
it, ,aAcn up in their order Upo TINS time ne mas re-
utlcr Monday last asking him to take char,C Of .ne
ease. Nr. Mcrlck. however has agreed to argue the
question Oi jurisdiction when tue same comes up
IN reply 10 the quruoi Of 10" many Wl,Ge'srS VOID
be summoned rs it ",-cH.' Ar SEQ, .ic
UPWARD at thirty persons, hallng IrOW NcNNoi Wis
coasu, Michigan ami Chcaso, all OF whom VIII ttSty
tCE'lin- i'r INSANITY question: ZION 'Hl. pom. go
n,rt IA Dbl, offered -hoNI that tfuvau himself las
only been thought Itr on Tor the past zen or ~
teen years bat mat inns seine nlfuoh can or race, 20
other members his family When Gui'caI was dei!.
tilhR .'7 ii.' = mon tii- .irI,irrt C,s
incident viii De brought ont 10 The trial where his audi
GUS nolD"~Ey s,,i,'. -cri,. many Irif+rz aud
pgmunlcis relative to GJt.I and hl- sanity y re-
ceiycd to-day letter from tilicihdu I'D .' ''It
v.'iD dsconI. c,rd himself with tue OucdI community
H,u,, tina, ic.ucois GUgaL and hs career ltly Wv
a.y and that at ia. time tc prisoner had ma difficulty
and e., to tIis day Ne promises 80 ne IN NH@ba"tnu
tomorrow and VIII tee hcd a. witness. Mt oco'Ele
a.surc, your -pond'nt tAat, oulsIr O the VII
i,n i.,r. ,n,rnttc,i in the fof., of d,r5si,.os
tuit,au manifest, great lHoa~ino,t a. thr day 81 trial
i in,s ,s po-,Iulc ne complains u lu ,.rI ami
- beet, treated Tor tht same py the pa! stefan To- tEc'
lat assassination duh does NOS Want - l't',
Tsr nil Tno,t " no nav, nown nina long soy 1T b.,
ctcmuatc his nature AID dread o1 the uahi Py slcil
harm he a. Ha5- "., "r "i "ia .'r"hs ch"."t''II-i'
tcau must respond To thc simmons aud appear al tIc
bar neither tht Un,d states Attorney nor Mr. SEQ
vile anticipate. any trouble aud bpt are confident th.t
inc prisoner vii be conveyed To ana from the Court
i.olsu without no.r-tdtluu
Gut,aus attorney na- culD1yorcd fgou time 60 tine
L. nave the prisoner give ANA tc names o. the ID. q
proml. members oI tn oneida Community that thry
ly Ice protu,,d wltur,,., Hut Lr refused To eve
.Ly n.Iu,s .tatiu- THAI uot insane word
~, generally understood, bnt thLt IN the
ii. b.rau.r II was the Lo-u'- VIII and not Lis
hat governed hu. Beyond ii, hr. 1'"Nlir h1@ ioHha
., Impossible d" Er any iloi IAI'h i.Vh 'h PRISONER
a, To ir l, nty question" a'Aru hr. ac"tii'' IL ne
Nuui prosecute tLs rl., alone Ia tAr r't-t OF ui'nS
Hp ir-.u a-.iaucr, "" "' r"" Ii" hr ""'"'' 'l' "'
Lll . i,4t pu1 tL ruuur o. uy would have uA auuuu-
ahrr Oh. pa.-..., aiu indirectly, mot directly.
Ma -tpsiu' H'i '!....- -ai'iI 90 'is lt' ca 'n
follow ..t'l iiuI. .i.l ''.''.ii 't'.i'.''