The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1881-12-22

ona oiy; S"Ore tuat ne was perfectly sane,
H., testifying to his belief in
the sanity and shrewdness of the prisoner.
detailed, with the aid Of memoranda. dsmae,
ing admissions made by Guiteau to him in the
jail within the month OF July. He proved that
the prisoner until July 19, seventeen days a.
ter the shooting
Mrs. Dunmire, former wife OF Guiteau. was
not allowed to proceed because Corkhill had
carelessly omitted to have the certified record
OF her divorce in court She is q frail. pale
faced woman, who said what she was allowed
TO cay IN trembling, ow-toned voics Her
strlwart husband stood just behind her elsrinp
az Gulteau, who looked steadf2stIy before him.
0ulteaus performances surpassed all pre-
Vious e1orts. The assassin's tongue, moving
almost necessarily, rolled OH with equal glib.
ness blasphemy and inso]ence. he interrnDted
all the Witnesses except his former wife, who
1 was on the stand but few moments. scolded
counsei, ADVISED the court and lectured the
jury and the audience From the time that he
suggested to the marshal that he give the jur-
ors walk OF four or five miles every morning
before breakfast until the moment when he
SAD: Its o'clock, your honor, let's go
home,' he was on the alert and
bis tongue was Oh the 20. Here j.
specIB1en scene:
met the prisoner in 1878. The prisoner wse
selling book, The Life Of Moody Guiteau
interrupted: you are mixing ME up With
,me Ole else, sir" The witness coninned,
but was again interrupted by Guiteau: ''Stop
r'gnt mere! Can : u prove was the nan?"
Ni!ness-I think can.
Gnlt. au-Can y.'u swear to it
W.tJess-i~s, can.
Culsttr-N- |, ycsl are q liar. ell {; a miser-
lar That's TX .:c:t way to sp.se Of
While Mr: Reynolds was testifying Guite,u
said: 'This mau came to me as an old friend
from Chicago, when really he was nothing but
a spy engaged by Corkhill. want to thunder
this TO the American peol le and let them un-
derstand WAT this is, mans character was." Then
work, CorkhiIl, and God Almighty will damn
you Tor it, You have deceived I'll through, and
stole my thoughts and betrayed them" The
witness continued 10 read from notes lie had
taken at the second interview with the y, isoner
The witness stated he r.ai to the prisoner
what Grant and ConkIing and come Of his
the prisoper.D alleged friends said
of him (Guiteau) ard his crime and
and he walking the floor excitedly said: "Nhat
does 1t mean? l would Lave staked my lifo
ha. they would have defended me They
know they wanted Garfield removed vet they
lenounce me-" He asked the witness. refer.
ing 10 Grant: Conkling, and other prominent
-:.l warts. sd, they k1iaw hav: stated that
havrn no accomp!ices?" the witue.s told him
yes He seemed 'azsd, aud eaid, repeating the
"oios seFrFa: 'lnles, oiOst astonishing!
nost astonlsLing!" Gniteau here broke in
and said with snear: ''You was a pretty
smart detc"tiv", WASN'T yol, genera? You viii
probably get more business in this line now"
FRIDAY. DEC Ii.
While waiting for the prosecuting attor ney,
Guite.u saiu: 'I understand that Gen. Rey-
nolds is sick this morning wonder if Cork
hill is? Iguass they 80 more than they wanted
yesterday. It is ab ,u5 tim, for CorkhiIl to get
Enn rr, 1 II, n1arlr ~ tho
prone court, k".ss county. took the stand to
prove the divorce of Anua J. Guitean from the
prisoner.
H n divorcs from Git aar In 1874 on acc,un
Of h a III terry with o.. c ART Jennings having
been prove |, che was pronounced conpe-
tent to testify and d;t tes lty that she had been
tse wife of the :s,s ia had lived with hin in
Chicago and New .:k tad OBJ aired divorce
from him and cons lered him sane She was
Got asked any of the searching ques'i 'ns re-
spec'ins his persona! con,luct which Guiteau
VAS looking for. Sle maze no dsagreeable
revelations, and he male none He gave
her his blessing very fervently, aud was glad to
10 1t. He was Very nervous while she
was on the sttn l, and felt gre 1t relief when che
left It. BehiI'i the siS 1t, girli-h figure stood
her dark faced husba':'l with his hand on his
hip pocket. 1t III u have been that he had no
intentio. of uslug the weapon on which he
kept his land, alt o Ugh he ntlmL tied before
he entered the court room that he wou Id stand
10 ,sense from the miserable little wretch"
Guitt,au, referring to the woman named with
whom he had committed adultery. said ssThis
woman, jean gs, was a high toned woman in
New l"'E 1t was purely matter of business
between ns | committed adultery with her to
get rid OF 2 woman did not love. | thought
it much more moral course than to live with
her and have children have been strictly
WAYS b .en a high Christian man" scovillc
lesire,! to note exception to the admission of
tie evidence. Guiteau with inlpatience)-t'Ob,
what's the use of quibnlng over that 1 admit
my marriage and my divorce. l don't care for
that | Can get married again anywhere out
side OF my a'a'o, and for that matter in New
York, too Under the new law there if man
Iv,s strictly v1rtuous life for six years after
being divorced the courts will let him marry
again. Why, | could get married in New York
TO- morrow if wanted to-
81 believe he is playing part" said DR..
Alien McLeon Hamilton Of New York, we'll
equipped young expert, of Gu,eau, voicing the
unanimous opinion of the experts present at
the trial. *sHe is a perfectly sane man. His
actions here are totally different to his actions
i'll Jail. His manner is just the opposite to that
which has characterized all that he has said
| and done in my presence in his cell l anu
| compelled to believe that he is playing
part"
The testimony of Drs. Loring and Hamilton,
the experts, demolished the testimony Of the
exports for the defense, and lett little doubt Of
bis sanity in any mind. Guiteau was as violent
as eyer. He was particularly violent 10 poor
Scoville Of whom he could Dot say
| too much in contempt and condemnation. He
| was courteous to the court and jury, but t., all
the rest Of the room he flung defiance. Sena-
| tor Sherman and Judges DAILY Of Oregon and
Dennison Of Michigan sat with Judge Cox on
the bench this morniug. They all agreed that
| the assassin was shamming.
GRADES OF WHEAT.
| The Action by the Wheat Buyers and Miller