Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1881-12-02
his father and other members of his
family and covered a period of fifteen

AS the reading Oi the letters pro
yressed Giuiteau occasionally com.
mented upon them or suggested the
proper word when ScoyilIe hesitated
While one dated from Oneida Commu.
nlty was being read Guiteau said swell
You cans ee was badly cranked about
that time" Scoville hesitated and said
. Here is word | cannot make out.
Civilization is the word prompted
Guiteau You can see how badly
mixed up got in that miserable com
munity. 1t makes me mad every time
think OF It, | wish those letters were
; out of existence"
Scovllle read from one of the letters:
Il am in with Jesus Christ and Com
pany ard | am working for them.
THAT was my sentiment, said Guiteau,
land that has been my position ever
since" In another letter, addressed to
his father. the prisoner had requested
!. 5000 or $500. Guiteau commented
upon this letter saying: Father didn't
send the money. He always thought |
was badly cranked." Another letter
was read, in which the writer criticised
very severely the Oneida Community,
and referred to the circular enclosed
which also denounced the community
and their practices. Guiteau exclaimed:
Several of the New York daiiies took
up my circular and devoted editorial
commen upon it. That WIS little
Bit Of revenge had for living i'll that
miserable community. I'm glad to
know they are ali broken up now
was a virtuOus man ali the time
| was there, thought want that un-
derstood
The reading of the letters finished
at noon, and Guiteau resumed the wit
ness stand. Scoville began to question
him relative to his early life. Guiteau
responded promptly, intelligently and
with perfect coolness for some minutes,
apparently enjoying the situation and
his freedom to talk. Abiding to his
iather's second marriage he said
smillngly; "He went off one day with
out consulting me at all and got mar
ried. l thought that was funny way
Of doing business and got very mad
over ii" Whenever an alluSion was
made to the Oneida Community,
Gultcau became very much excited
and denounced the community and his
fathers course in persuading him to 90
there.
Why do you blame your father7"
asked Scoville.
Because if he had been out of the
way l should never have gone under
the influence of fanaticism. There
never was any such spiritual fanatlcism
in the world.'
The amount of it was, to speak
plainly, Moves sole idea was to get a
chance to sleep with the young girls;
nobody else could, though. All the
time was there l was practically 4 !
sharper. Pm glad the miserable,
sinking community is broken up, and
l hope the United States Government
will break up that miserable Mormon
community in Utah.
Guiteau gave his views on fathers re |
hgiOas belief, and was asked if he This
father had any peculiar views on heal
ing diseases He replied. "Oh yes. father
was an awful crank on that subject
Scoville: What do You mean by
crank
Guiteau: Well, that's a short way
Of putting it when you want to say a
man is pretty badly crazed.
WASHINGTON, Nov, so.-Guiteau's
-ecital yesterday of his varied expert
,nce as 4 religious tramp and dead
beat seems to have whetted the inter.
est in the case, for despite the rain the
,rowd was as great as yesterday. Upon
he opening of the court Guiteau was
AIKEN directly to the witness box. Wit
less was asked by Scoville to identify ,
ome papers. The first shown him
vas hand-bill announced lecture at /;
Evansville, III. "Yes," said Guiteau,
urnrng 1t around to the jury, and with i,
n air of satisfaction, "that was the an '
ouncement of one Of my lectures.
hall read it g c
Scoville: mo. l will put these pa l
ers on evidence" =
Guiteau then gave his ideas concern +
lg the religious tenor of the Oneida e
ommunity. Witness continued to say
SOS instead of 1878, and his atten- n
on being called to 1t, explained: Il = =
on't feel very well to-day; my brain S
on't work just right-probably owing b
the rain" Guiteau then resumed G
c narrative ofhis experiences in try II II
6 to lecture. On one occasion he ~.
led to lecture against Bob Ingersoll, X
no was to deliver a lecture against HI
I'll, while he (witness) proposed to lee nj
re on the existence of a hell. He -
lnd, however, people very ready toI Of
y fifty cents to hear that there was no ST
Il. but they wouldn't pay a cent to ID
ar that th ere was a hell. re
went to New York from m
ston OH the steamer Stonington pa
len she struck Narragagsett. He by
ought his time had come then, but it ra
dn't. Witness wrote his speech,
arfiesd against Hancock" in the ca
bic Library at Boston. It was a..