Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-11-30
GENERAL NEWS.
Further Testimony in the Trial
Of Garfield's Assassin.
The Irish National Convention in
Harmonious Session at Chicago.
Captain Payne Enters Indian
Territory With a Large
Following.
The Trial OF Guitcau.
MONDAY ArrERNooS's rrsrr,,

The Trial Of Guiteau.
MONDAY AFTERNOONS TESTIMONY,
Washington. Nov. 2s.--Aftcr recess ].
w. Guiteau resumed the stand, He had
neard that his uncle Abraham was insane.
bis uncle, Francis Wilson Guiteau. men.
toned in the family us Francis second,
died in an asylum. He understood that
IN his carly life Francis had fought n
duel with a rival in love. Witness had
understood his uncle was killed. but the
records OF the asylum show hi. insanity
by modification at fighting the same
duel. Besides Abby Maynard. dauph.
ter Of his aunt Julia, and Augustus far-
ker, who was a cousin of the witness, he
had never heard Of any other case OF in.
sanity in the family.
Scoville-What is your opinion now as
to your fathers sanity?
Answer think he was sape.
Questlon-What do you mean by saw
ing that your brother was possessed by
demon devil?
Answer-My religious theory is that
under satan, or the devil, and one under
God. Jesus Christ. My father held this
view, and SO believe that sometime in
my brothers life he had a free will to do
good or evil. He must have, through
his stnbbolnness. through his evil,
through his tullness, through his preyer.
sity of ature, allowed satan to gain such
a control over him that he was under sa.
tan's power. The idea is an old one and
one on which l based the opinion that
my brother was morally responsible to
(xn1 hnt v,nr1,nv,o ~ l.
ing to human or legal responsibility, be.
ing in one sense insane.
The prisoner-You have that thing
wrong.
The witness-Perhaps have.
The prisoner That's very poor theol-
ogy and very poor position for you to
take.
Sarah Parker, of Chicago, widow of
Augustus, and cousin of the prisoner.
Her husband died in an insane asylum.
The prisoner came to her house IN Chi
cago. Witness had then two children,
son and daughter - or ID years old.
She had requested the prisoner to cease
visiting her house because he had pro.
posed to educate her daughter SO she
might marry him. This was in 1876.
soon after her husband had become in
oNuCs 4uC pll5OuCE bCtul0u W nave 1ull-
en- desperately in love With her little
daughter.
"a very common form of insanity"
Davidge put in.
"And she was very handsome girl.
too" said the prisoner.
Her daughter complained to witness
that the prisoner used to follow her on
the street, wanting to talk with her, and
she was afraid to 20 out alone. Her
daughter thought him crazy and told
her 30. Witness thought him crazy and
thought so when she first saw him, ten
or eleven years ago. She thought that
his mind was cracked.
Fernando Jones of Chicago, who in
1873 had boarded at the same house with
Guiteau, had been one of the board Of
trustees who had supervision over the
insane asylum at Jefferson, considered
Gulteau of unsound mind, and, what
some authorities would say, in state
OF incipient insanity.
ted that III 1873 he paid several visits
to Guiteau for the purpose of helping
him out of q difficulty, something in re
gard to collecting money and not pay
ing it over.
Lie plSouCi -1IuG phTt Ol btle Stute
ment is incorrect. boarded some years
ago at the same house with hlm, a high
toned place on Michigan avenue, Chica
go, and l paid my board. Probably Ii.
and other people thought me very crank,
at the time.
A buzz OF expectancy ran through the
assembly as Scoville asked that the pris.
oner be sworn.
The prisoner nervously proceeded tc
the stand in the custody of two deputies
and the oath was administered to him.
He then whispered to policeman nea
by, and Immediately three deputie,
ranged themselves shoulder to shoulder
behind the prisoner, who apparentl,
more at ease, said inquiringly to th'
coult: II can sit down."
"Yes," replied the court, and the pris
oner seated himself.
Scoville then stated that he merely
wished the prisoner to identify some let
ters.
The prisoner-I understand from SEQ
vile that all I am to do is to identif,
some letters. I do not appear as o wit
ness aside from that.
Scoville then presented number O
letters dating from 1857 to 1868, whicl
were identified by the prisoner, VIII
made running comments upon his pen
manship. "This does not look like M
present handwriting. There is decide,
improvement shown here. This is bette
than I can do now. This is fine as stee
plate"
There were about 1900 letters whic
had been written by the prisoner to hi
father, his sister, Mrs. Scoville, and hi
brother, j. w. Guiteau, and to Mr.. SCI
vile.
The identification having been con
cluded court adjourned until tomorrow