Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-12-08
fRllL OF rae ASSASSIN.
Testimony in Rebuttal for the
Prosecution = Guiteau's Sanity
and Responsibility Pretty Well
Demonstrated.

and TO my counsel. Scoville, that i I'm
not satisfied with the political situation
~ developed In the case. That's the
gist OF this alleged offence. The Pres
Ident Of the United States would never
have been shot II Il had not been for the
political situation which existed last May
and June. and I say I have . right o. .
matter Of law. appearing a. my own
counsel, Of asking your Honor that
General Grant, Oonking, Plat, and
Arthur. and those kind Of men
Who were so down upon Garfield that
they would not speak 10 him on the
and would not 60 to the White
House-shall DO put upon the stand.
I have . right 10 show my personal rsls-
tons to those gentlsmsA-that I was
cordially received by them, and Was we'll
dressed, and we'll fed at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel. ! want 10 show my personal
relations to these men. ! don't want
to except to your Honor's ruling. bat I
shall BE- obliged TO do 20, and I have no
doubt the Court In bane will give Nc .
new trial.
Judge 0ox-Your exception hos been
noted.
Soovills then called up the subject OF
Arthur's testimony. and said
he had not yet received any response to
his intsrrogatories; that the Presidents
evidence was absolutely essential to the
dsfenss.
Guiteau interrupted him exeitedly
with, 81 don't think Il ct all necessary
for General Arthur to be here" To
Scoyills: az don't care what you want.
I'm doing this myself. ask % Q per-
sonal favor that he shsn't DO dragged
into court. I think . good deal Of Ar
thur. and he Is the President OF the
United States, and I don't think he
should be bothered with this matter
(strikins the desk violently. He 10 the
President Of the United States. and !
made him 90, and I think I should have
something to say In this matter"
It was arranged between counsel that
the Presidents answers should be put In
evidence at any stage Of the trial, and
Seovills called General Sherman. Wit.
ness simply rsoitsd the orders be had
Issued for the disposition OF troops at
the time OF the assassination. He idsnti-
fsd the letter written BY Guitssu, and
said be suspected at the time there might
be q conspiracy, but aftsrward concluded
the shooting was the work Of q man.
As the General left the stand, Guiteau
said: 81 thank you. General. for having
ordered out the troops that day. II IL
hadn't been for you I should not be here
today. owe my life to the protection
which you and General Crocksr gave me
during that period when the riot spirit
was rife"
Just before recess some one In the a..
disncs behind Guitsas made . request
for his autograph. Guitsau wrote II
with q flourish, and. a. hs tore Il Of,
said: ~ want to call attention to this
autograph business. A great many per.
sons want my autograph, and / give 1t to
them; but there 10 nc vanity or egotism
about me. I notice the newspapers are
taking Il up again. There is nothing iu
Il at ALL"
George w. Oylsr, Justice OF the Peace,
has lived In Freeport since 1848. and
never or sag Indications Of insSni., in any an,
asked u he knew BY name Amerling,
who has testified for the defense.
Arson B. Babeock, . farmer, had
known L. w. Guiteau for forty years.
Never saw any indications OF insanity,
and never regarded any Of the family Of
unsound mind.
David II. Sutherland knew L. W.
Guiteau for t~hirty.six years, and never
saw anything to indicate that he was Of
unsound mind In any way or In any do.
gree. From his knowledge or any &C.
qua~iutance with members Of the Guitsau
family. including tho prisoner. witness
never suspected. there was any insanity
In the family.
Guitsau had for some minutes been
reading the Presidents message, and In.
terrupted the court proceedings to ex.
press an opinion on the document. 7"
am glad" said he. president Arthur
gives those miserable Mormons such q
slap. hope be will keep ct them. II
Is . good msssaae-has the right ring TO
II. Arthur Is doing well. and be 10 90.
ing to give rs the best administration We
svsr had" :,
Horace Tarbox. Of Frssport. wal well
acquainted with the prisoners father.
He has as good q head 80 any man In
the State, and, after Q pause. be was the
third suartest man In the county.
"who was the Arstf" quickly asked
Guitsau. Answer-Mr. Sweet.
Guitesu-who was the sscondf A.
Mr.. Turner.
"Wsll," said Guitssu, with . bread
smile Of satisfaction, 'as they are beth
dead for many years. father was ahead"
Guitsau was about 10 intsrjest another
speech, when Seville tried to stop him,
and was told "Don't be punching me
under the table. please, whom ! want to
speak," and. after . pause. II tell you
what 1t 10. Scoville. -you have got to
abandon your theory. That's all there
il about Ii. He was . smart man, and
knew it-only hs was cracked
religion"
Adjourned.
The fact that few Of the twenty or
thirty experts summoned for defendant
gave their testimony excitss some re-
mark, and It IL said nearly oil came to
the conclusion that they could do Cult
eau no good BY their testimony. A few
experts had an interview with the pris-
oner Monday afternoon, but nom Of
them appeared on the witness stand.
The prisoner stated that the experts re-
qusstsd him to take some medicine be-
fore making their examination, but he
They talked with him an hour
and . half, and examined his eyes, feet
and pulse, and then left.
District Attorney Corkhill 10 quoted 20
expresiog q belief that the trial will not
last moro than o week longer.
John W. Guitsau 10 quoted to the
effect that so far % he 10 concerned the
question Of the jurisdiction Of this Court
not bs raised unless the jury re-
turned q palpably unfair verdict.
Guitsau had many visitors at the jail
yesterday. he was very cheerful.