Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1881-11-19

muniIy !, like most of the men in that concern,
wss practically Shaker. Noyes was the only
man who had full swing among the females of
that concern, and he took them all in above ten
years.
Mr. Scoville Ia developing theory of
HEREDITARY INSANITY,
which may have an important bearing on this
case. Insanity runs In my family. My father had
two sisters and o nephew and niece Ia an ln-
sane asylum. He, himself, was o mono-maniac
for twenty-five years on the Oneida Community.
He could see no evil In that concern. and no
good ont of it. He thought Noyes greater man
than the Lord Jesus Christ He was rational
enough outside of the Community idea. On that
he was q luDatic. He would get or eatly excited
in discussing that and look aud act like WIG
man All this time he was good business man.
He was cashier oil bsnk, and attended To his
duties promptly and faithfully. Il was owing TO
bis fsnaticism and insanity that l got into The
Oneida Community when a boy. Once under
Noyes' influence it was impossible TO get away,
and fingered there in tue greatest distress ior
SIX long aud weary years. / was In the C0Inmu-
nifty from 1861 10 1867 Since then have known
and cared nothing for them. One Smith, whom
knew there, has taken upon himself TO WIlte
on this case and among other 81 ly and lmperu
nent statements, be says was In The hapH OF
connecting my name with The words premier
TO England" &c. These statements are false
My father was a frequent visitor at the Commu-
niIy but never resided there. He wanted TO 60,
but my stepmother oppos, d 1t. wish this onelaa
Community business 10 pass into oblivion.
Ny KX-wIFE
has been summoned by the prosecution. Our
marriage was premature only knew her len
week. and We were married on TEN hours no.
tice. Size was poor girl. She had been unior,
turate and had no business TO have married
her. We were married in 1863 separated ia 1875
and divorced 10 1874 without issue; was pracilc-
itg law then, and We lived at hotels aud board
ing houses. | have known little about her since
1873. l understand that she married wen Tour
years ago aud is living in Colorado. have been
strictly virtuous Tor six or seven years. claim
to be a q. nLleman and Christi IN.
have been in jill since Suly 2. / have borne
my confinement patiently and quietly, knowing
my viudication would come. Twice have been
shot at and came near being shot dead, but the
Lord kept me harmless. Like the Hebrew
children 10 the fiery furnaces. not hair on nv
head has been siDged, because the Lord whom
served when / sought 10 remove tae fre'ldept
has tlken care of me. have been kindly treated
by the all officials, aud Lave no complaint save
that MY letters have been Intercepted going out
and coming in, and l have teen cut of until re.
Gently from reporters and newspapers, which L
consider illegal ard impertiuen'.
Cert lin parties whom need not name Lave
been greatly benefited financially 10y my inspire-
ration, and am going TO ask them To contrib
ute 10 my defense. have no right or wish to
ask nv LAWYERS to work for nothing. There are
hundreds of persons who are and will be bcne'
flied financially by the new administration.
They are all ndeht> d TO NE for their position,
from the President down. | confidently appeal
to them and TO the public at large to send me
money for my defense. The mon"y can be sent
quietly by express withholding the name II you
wish to) TO George Scoyiilc, Washington, ID. g.
1t viii Tic sacrediy US, d Tor my defense. C'rlalp
politicians seem perfectly willing to fattcn at
the public crib on my inspiration, but they pre-
tend to he horriird out OF their senses by the
| late Presidents removal, and want nothing to do
! with Me. Tney Say an "a dastardly assassin
THE WORD ASSASSIN CRATE on THE MIND,
and vet some people delight in using it. Why am
/ | An assassin any more than q man who shot an
| other duriug the war? Thousands OF brave boys
| on both sides were shot dead during the war, but
! no one thinks of talking about an assassination.
| There Was homicide, !. e., a man was killed
! But in my case the doctors killed the late Presi
! dent and not me, 80 that there Is not even a
! homicide in this case. The PresideItwl simply
! shot aud wounded by an insane man. The man
| was insane 10 law, because 1t was Gods act ana
! not his There is not the first FL -mcnt of muir
der 10 this c .se. To constitute The crime of nut.
| der two eemeuts must cUexisi: !. An actual
! homicide. 2. Malice Maize in law or malice In
! fact, The law presumes malice from the fact or
the homicide. There is no homicide in this casr,
and therefore no malice in law. Malice in fact
depends on the circumstances attending the
homicide. Admitting that the late President
died from the sho', which deny a. matter OF
fact, still the circumstances attending the shoot
ing liquidate the presumption OF malice either
! in law or in fact
| just.d by war or the ballot. Had Jeftrson Davis
and q dOz:n or two OF Is co traitors been shot
| dead IL January, 1851, no doubt our late rebel
lion never wo I'D have been.
lam A PATRIOT.
/ To-day suffer in bonds as patriot, Washing.
/ inplon was a patriot, Grant was patriot.
! Washington led the armi OF the revolution
through eight years of bloody war to victory
! and glory Graut led the armies of the Union
to victory aud z ory, and to-day the nation is
| happy aud pros .,erou.. Tney raised the old war
! cr, "RalJy round the flag, boys, rally rourd the
! Il -" and thousands OF the choicest sons OF the
! republic went forth u battle-.to victory or
! death. Waslir gton and Grant 10y their valor and
. success in war won the admiration OF MANKIND.
! To-day | sUff-r in bonds as patriot, because
| had the inspiration and nerve 10 unite "a great
| political party 10 the end that the nation might
! be saved al Other desoaing war. DO not pre-
| tend war was immediate, but do say cmpOat-
! ically that the ctLrrness ia the republican party
! last 81 ring was deepening and deepening hour
! by hour, and that within two or three years or
| less the nstion would have been in a civil war.
| In the presence of death all hearts were hushed;
! contention ceased. For weeks and weeks the
| heart and brain of the nGtion centered on the
! sick IN III at the W tie House. AT last he went
! the way of all -sb, and the nation was a house
! of mourning. To say have been misunderstood
! and villi6td by nearly the entire American press,
/ nav, more, by nearly tie entire Americ an
peot.le, is y true statement But Providence aud
! time rightens all things, and to-dar, by the
gradual change of public opinion, aui justin d
/ i'm passing with laudable contempt the continual
! venom Of certaiu newspapers Let the newspa
pers charge from Guiteau the assassin, to
! "Guiteau the patriot"
AN APPEAL TO THE sTALwARTs
! appeal to the stalwart aud liberal press OF
the uation tor Justice. l appeal u the republic
can party, especially the stalwarls, OF whom l
am proud To be one, tor justice. appeal to the
| President Of the United States for jnstice. am
The man that made him PRECEDENT. Without my
! inspi alton he was political cyphe-, Wrhout
power or imprrtsnce. was constantly Win hiui
10 New York last fall, during the canvass, and
he aud the rest of our men knew that we had all
we could do to elect our ticket Had Gen. Ham
cock kept his mouth closed on tae tariff, or had
the Morey letter been delayed a week, Gen. HAN
cock would certainly have been elected Then
no man could tell what might have happened to
the republic. an more than glad that Gen. Ar
tn lr is proving himself wise man in his new Po-
sitiop, and cxp.tt he vi give the nation the
fiaest administration it has ever had.
Ape Al to this honorable court for justice.
am glad your honor is gentleman OF broad
Views Christian sentiment and clear bead.
count myself fortunate, indeed, that my case is
to be tried before so able and Careful )urfst. l
appeal 10 the District attorney and his learned
associates for justice. l beg they 60 slow in
prosecuting this case; that they do no injustice
TO the Deity whose servant was when sought
to remove the late President At the last great
day they and all men will stand in the presence
OF the Deity, crying for mercy and justice. Az
they act here so will be their final abode bereaf-
ter. Life is an enigms. This is q strange world.
Often men are governed by passion and not by
re son. The mob crucifed the Saviour OF man
kind, and Paul, his great Apostle, went to au ig-
nOmnious death. This hapPend many centu-
ries ago. For eighteen centuries no man has ex