The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-11-30

"AiSh was IL 1905 WH6u DC Catu6 uuUe
the Influence Of Beeeher and YouDi
Mems Christian Association. Beec her
up to that lime, was supposed to be vir
tuous msn. Guitteau told the story O.
MS connection with the Oneida, his ne VS..
paper-experlence and Chicago legal nd.
ventures. He was thirty days in the
tOmbs, 10 jai! several times, but never
was indicted before. In order to secure
the Chicsgo Inter-Ocean he offered to
mako one wealthy man governor of Hill
nois If he would advance the money.
! ae made no direct promise to ANYBODY
else, but consulted Charley Reed, Reed
! put IN SIS. and I'm sorry to say he
| hasn't got it yet
Chicago, 29.-TTib1ene's Washington:
The testimony of Guitte4u's brother
made marked impression, and will
have 10 small effect. 1t was the main
| subject Of talk during recess, and is re-
gsrded by all as of great Importance.
No doubt the prosecution will use it with
telling effect in their closing arguments,
and will urge the jury to accept his
lifelong opinion as TO his brothers. men,
tai snd moral responsibility, against any
theory which he may have formed when
his brother was arraigned on q criminal
charge, and when nature asserted itself,
and he was bending every energy 10 save
his brothers. life and the family fame.
The appearance of Guitteau as Wit
ness in his own defense of course made a
CREST stir. He had scared look. and
seemed quite mild, not to -ay cringing.
de cast timid glsnces around the room
as If conscious that he sat in a conspicu-
GUS place where he could be available as
target for avengers.
Washington, 29.-Guitteau said,
to-day, in testifying: This idea of
buying the InteT-Oce0T1 was to make
it the great organ of the west, to get
the advertising patronage of the
Tribune. He suggested it to some
first-class newspaper men, who said
it was a brilliant idea and thought
it feasible. | consulted with several
parties, and all thought it a grand
scheme, but would not put money
into'it; so it fell throuh. Among
others | applied to Mr.. Adams, Pres
ident of the Second National Bank,
of FreepOrt, supposed TO be worth
100000. l told him l would make
him governor of Illinois, and he said
he did not want to be governor. He
had been state state senator, and
was a man of reputation and
character, but he did not pan out
very we'll after my interview with
him. He did not have any political
aspirations. [ wanted to get hold
of those fellows who had both aspi-
ratiOns and money; they were the
kind of fellows to help me. Adams
didn't seem to care anything about
being governor. He was 60 years of
age, and he preferred his old simple
way of living and didn't care about
going into politics. I also consulted
my old friend, Charlie Reed, on the
matter. I believe he put S25 into
it, which he has not got back yet
laughing. l went into theology
after that, and that was worse than
thesnewSpaper business. The idea
Of publishing the New York Herald
simultaneously in Chicago was part
of the Inter Ocean scheme. I looked
about buildings and presses. con-
suited the manager of the Western
Union Telegraph company and also
the manager of the Atlantic and Pa
cific. The latter was just starting at
this time, and its manager was an
active young fellow who wanted to
get business. I said I proposed to
duplicate the New York Herald
dispatches and he thought it an i'm
mense thing, and so it was. We
wrote to Jas. Gordon Bennett about
the dispatches. I think l told him
if he helped me out in the matter
l would consider the Herald suit
at an end.
After you gave up the newspaper
enterprise in Chicago what did you
do?
Guitteau-That brought me down
to the winter and spring Of 1876. 1
tried to pick up the law business
again, which / had neglected; but
the law business was sparce, and l
found it hard to get any. Then /
went to your place in Wisconsin
andworked around the house, studied
theology and the New Testament,
read papers and soaped trees, and
that kind of thing. In October,
1876, was in Chic go, during the
Moody and Sankey meetings. Lat
tended the payer meetings and SER
vices regularly day and night, during
three months. Moody was there
from October to January; during
all that time l was with Moody and
bore an active part. / was assisting
and helped around in a general way.
l spoke at PRAYER meetings fre-'
quently. Some time in November,
during the Moody work. I heard
a Chicago pastor Of the
Third Presbyterian church, say, in
reference to the text, IF l will
meaning john tarTy till 1 come,
what is that to thee ?" Brethren, L
have to confess, as a man Of God,
that I know not what that means"
At that time there was much ex-i
pectation in the public mind that
the Savior might soon appear
and. the idea has pervaded
peoples mind ever since. That
set my brain whirling, and II
began to investigate it. | went to
work in the Chicago public library,
and dug out my lecture on the sec
ond coming, as a result Of that in
yestigation. / went to work and
wrote my lecture. My idea Of that
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