New-York tribune., 1881-11-20

al, saving that he had received the remittance brt
that II had been all exhausted in paying his bis ana
| that he had need OF money to pay his board Dill
Witness had told him that he would see whether he
could raise the money and then went out When he re-
turned his clerk said that Guiteau had called. He
handed the clerk SIS and again went ont When he re-
turned the clerk told him that he had given Gueau the
money and had received the following due bill:
| S25. June 8th' lSSl'
Due Geo c. Maynard or order, S25, value received
Here the prisoner broke in with objection - oD
eet" he said "to this line of evidence do it with MI
scovile's consent What has 10 do with my crclnh
stances whether owe S25 or somebody owes he 9-''
Mr. scoyine-The prisoner desired me to make lhe
objection, and TOLD him he might do 80 Ihe oJoc'oH
| is made by him in good faith.
Guiteau-Suppose produce one hundred WITNESSES "
! swear that they owe me so.
The Court do not the object OF TINS testimony
The District AtOmeyI expect to prove thal on 'ii'S
day he took this money and purchased the pistol Win
| which he did she shooting.
| Guiteau eI1pha-izing his remarks by humping the
tablet said nothing "a him about board bill He Is
good fellow-Maynard is-andI l owe him go, bat dld
not say anything HIN about board bills liaughterJ
| The Court-The objection i oycrtuled.
Mr. Scoyle then proceeded with the crJss-eAaHhu"-
was the last tine you say saw the lso prisoner be-
Q.-Y9u bad not seen him recently before that A
once, in the Riggs H0nsC rc&dinGroom ana nave hdI
the Impression since made this unfortunate
that aDOd the time Of the Nov enber eie. IONS; S.
Guiteau politely.l-I IL New-lork at that nrne'
Did you sec him more than twice last GUNNER.
wien you oar ed him tbi- money A-Not 10 speak to
MIN got a glimpse of him a few times on the street
| Odd you see Linn more than once on June Q A
Q-Did you notice anything about his appearance at
that time that was peculiar Al DO not kn2T eAI',H t
his appearance The principal thing was that he loohe"
TIE prisoner impetuously)-I boarded at frst-cnss
! house, aud had got decent clothes, My clttum-
stances have nothing whatever 10 40 VIE WIZ 'nat M ~
money wanted. lLaughterl ,-,,.,.,u
| Mr. ScOvie-What DO you mean 10y MS l'oAlhg hun
fhe witness-IIe looked somewhat haggard and
weary and his clothing scedy duu li-ntuhg. ,
"a $40 suit OF clothes Is not yerJ secdy oroAe ID tue
Mr. scoville-You say his cOuntenaecc looked hac
The witness--IIe looked as many look when they
The prisoner excitedlyJ-I was well fed all The time
| Iue look thin. had great anxiety at that moment.
"Ths is my business" he continued angr.iy address
ing Mr.. ScOvine, who trying to repress hinl.
MIR Scoyile-Did you dotice anything pecuiar ABOUT
Tne witness-I did not notice anything pecu
iar-anything different from the man as khe" uim oe
fore.
Q-was there anything peculiar then A
He had peculiar manner a peculiar atltulc'
peculiar walk-what I shOnld call skuhng manner
Q-DescTibe bis appearance on the SIN o! June A.
He looked rather thin and what sAolid can haggdfd'
"That from mental anxiety" cried the prisoner
nj from lack u food"
Joseph NJ Burkhart clerk to the last witness, testified
to handing S2 to the prisoner on June 3 anu dhd
note from him On crosse xaninaton ne TS nj
the appearance OF the prisoner at mat unc Inc OnI
that his step could hardly be heard that he held his
head bent forward, aud had very htte to say
THE PURCHASE OF THE PISTOL
The next witness was John O'Acara keeper of the
gun and cutlery Fifteenth and Fists He tes-
fed to Gutcau's coming into the store about June 6.
looking at the case pointing to the largest cabre
revolver and asking to look at It. not qualifying
It by name. He examined it carefully, inquired
as TO its accuracy, some commonplace remark
and then left store, saying that lac would call again
in a few days. few days aferward the prisoner
called again. examined the pistol again inquired as 70
where could tell It's accuracy ana was jod tat the
edge wOnld be good place ne also inquired as
very strong shooting pistol lhe prisoner paid
$40 for the pistol box OF cartridges ana lazy pen
The pistol was handed to witness for Identification
and was directed go guard against an accident IN the
ridges While the witness doing the prisoner said
that he might vcll take advantage Of that opportunity
sweet of Chicago and Mr.. Trude also Of Chicago, TO
appear for him next Monday if the Court had no olec
Judge Cox am certainly willing. .,-,
The prisoncr.--I have heard that Mr. Townsend IL
willing to II ifis possible for Mr sweet to leave
his business he viii assist We have been expecting to
them ALI here on Monday morning, with Judge Magdcr.
OF Maryland There is plenty Of brains on the other
side and 70 have equal amount on ills side
in the interest OF justice.
After a moments pause the prisoner again broke ont.
There is another matter he SAID n connection with
this. / understand that there are one or two dis
reputable persons hanging around thS courtroom IN
tending 10 do me harm. The chef OF Police has
kindly furnished me with escort, and have body
guard. Now want to inform al dsFepntIole persons
shot dead by my bOdy'guard. llaughlerI l nave no
fears as TO my personal safety There has been cOnsG
cradle talk this subject for week, and wish
to let the public understand IT,
The DIstnct-Attorney ito Mr.. scovile-ls your client
There was an affirmative nod from Mr. scovie. and
then the testimony OF the witness concluded
the statement that the pistol was known as Brush
Colonel A. L. Rockwell was the next witness. lie
proceeded to detail what he observed az the time Of the
| Mr scovile dnterrupting)-ls IT worth while TO 20
| over all that again We DO not deny the killing
1--WE do deny the Killing, your honor" the prisoner ex-
| claimcd we admit the shooting"
The testimony Of the witness was resumed. He was
| and where il took place
General D. 6. swain was the next witness. Ho said
that he tie last person to whom MI Garfield spoke,
! his last words being " On, swain" >" There was no
xannatOn OF either of tine last three Witnessed
| DIR. BLISS on THE STAND.
DR.. D. w Bliss the next witness He pointed out,
on portion OF human skeleton the which the
bail had taken and the manner in which death had been
produced The wound made by the bail occasion
| ofdeath
| The cross-examnatiUn opened by Mr.. Robinson,
with the following very comprehensive question: state
concisey but accurately what observed date
from the time Of the shooting until the time of the death;
describe all the symptoms observed each day, and
! what was done; begin with the first day"
The witness proceeded to make the statement called
and responses to the medical consultations held
/ prior TO the arrival, July t. OF Doctors Agnew
| and Hamilton. Then the witness was
asked describe again minutey the OF the ball
n doing witness made Of actual section OF
General Garheds back bone, showing the hole by
tine bullet II was laid the edge OF the judges bench
where II was the object OF morbid curiosity some
time Then the District Attorney handed it 10 the Judge
for his personal inspection. All this time the human
skeleton used in the demonstrations lay the desk be-
side the witness.
TBen Mr. Robinson inquired to the location OF the
abscess the incisOn inLO the pus the muscles
organs through which the ball passed. the inclination
which the ball struck the spinal column, its
force the fragments OF bone that were found during
life and the condition of the wound discovered
In The autopsy While this going the section OF
the vertebTe handed over to Mr. ScOyie, who put
on his spectacles for critical examination iii which lie
was Joined by Guiteau in the most cOdbcOded manner
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