Connecticut western news., 1881-12-14
THE TRIAL OF GUITEAU.
Incidents 0f the Csse and Festimon
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 l of mental diseases testified as witnesses 1 for the defense in the Guiteau trial Mon
 day. A Hypothetical question, in which
 the points relating to the prisoners men,
 tai condition as set forth by the defehse, Eincfuding the insanity ill his family, and
 his alleged belief that he acted upon
 inspiration, were. assumed to be true,
 was read to them, and they were asked
 whether upon that state of things they
 'hpngEt Gniteau was insane. Seven of them replied that if the propositions l were true the man was insane. Dr. l Worcester, of Salem, would not express an opinion, because he wanted clearer
 explanation. of the word insplration
 than MT. Seoville gave him. .irA . ! On Wednesday, Mir. Seoyille said he
 had sent written questions to President
 Arthur, whose testimony would be i'm
 portant to the defense, but had received
 no replies. The prosecution began the l reblttal by calling Gen. W. T. Sherman
 as 8 witness. He told how. he ordered
 out the troops in Washington on hearing
 of the assassination under the impression
 that it was, the result of ar conspiracy,
 and how he afterward satisfied himself I that it was the deed of one man alone.
 ,n Eight or, ten residents of Freeport, I Illinois, where Guiteau's father lived, I testified that they never regarded any of ] the ,Guiteause they Knew as. insane. 1 Among these witnesses was State Sena. tor Sunderland, who used to be Gui- I teau's schoolmaster. He said he never saw any. symptoms of insanity in the
 Guiteau family. IT. .,;t ..i-F -..1-F -.,
 The prisoner-fr frequently interrupted
 the witnesses He declared that his father was, the laughing stock of Free | port for years on account of his reli- gions oddities. Once he exclaimed that | the assassination was the only bad thing his family had ever done, and that wouldn't have occurred if he could have got out of 1t. :gia ! v.ai's- z. There was scene between. Guiteau' s brother and his sister, Mrs. Scoville, in which the Judge had to interfere to I restore order. i5 Mir. Scovi1le had asked 8 witness if he did not know that Gui- teau's half sister was sent away to undergo treatment for insanity. The witness replied no, and J. w. Guiteau
 hdIgn naRtly protested against any stig- ma being put his half sister. , His 1 Interference angered Mrs. Scoyille, who exoHedly repfoached him for it. ''
 In addition to the customary ejacu- latiens, contradictions and scoldings by
 the prisoner the proceedings in the trial of Guiteau were interrupted Thursday! bf the objections and ex-
 plantations offered by the assassin's
 brother, J. w. Guiteau, who is accused
 by the defense of trying to keep. out of
 the ease al proof of insanity in the
 Guiteau family. Mir. Scoville got angry, and Guiteaa broke out in de- nnnn1ciations nnnn1 n1ci of his brother. >. s,4syls75j Several witnesses gave testimony tending to disprove the plea of insanity. | This displeased' Guiteau, who. accused some. of the witnesses of bias, and claimed that the testimony of others was irrelevant. President -.Arthur's reply to the written questions sent him by Mr. Scoyille was read. The Presi- dent IRaid he had seen Guiteau at least ten, and perhaps twenty times, but had had no conversation with him except to return the a9 ordinary gas salutations, aud once or twice in answer to his request to be employed as 8 speaker by the Republican State Committee. of which he was Chairman r,'. Giuliteau had never rendered any political ser vices that thes President knew of to the Republican party < in the last campaign. There was nothing in the prisoners relation toa himself or to any other leader of the Repub- Ieanl party, socially or politically. to give him any ground for supposing he would receive political preferment. and he had never given iGuiteau any reason to think he could have any political. or personal influence with him. The Presi- dent added that in October last he re- ceiyed 8 letter from Guiteau, containing some claim to having rendered important services to the Republican party, ,Iand an appeal for the postponemerit of his trial. \ He did not preserve the letter. .; '.; '-'o
 The Rev. ,Dr. >MaoArthnr of New York City, of whose church .Guiteau and his wife were members several years ago, de- I scr1bed his acquaintance with the assas- sin and the circumstances under which Guiteau was. expelled from the church. I The prisoner alternately contradicted this witness outright and addressed, him with an air of familiarity, ,~s.. tg,Ii ,s,.s In the Guiteau trial Friday the d Rev. Dr. MacArthur testified that he never saw in the assassin any indica- lions of an unsound mind. gaDr.i Cald- well, of Freeport, Ill. ,1the physician of Gnitean's father, testified that he never noticed in him any indications of ii. .un- soundness of mind, A large number of witnesses gave testimony showing that the assassin was an accomplished swindler, and that no suspicion of his sanity had ever come to them. ' There were put in evidence aapplica- hons made to the Mutual Life Insurance Company by Luther w.. Guiteau and his sons, John W. and Charles J., for life insurance policies, in which the state ment was made that there was no in! sanity in the family. D. Mclean Shaw, an, attorney from New York, testified thatin conversation with him, some yaars ago Guiteau said he was bound to become notorious before he died: that he would get notoriety for evil if he could not get it for good; that he would initiate Wilkes Booth and sst'shoot some of our big men," Senator Benjamin Harrison, of Indiana, was one of the witnesses.
 In the -Guiteau trial Friday the Rev. Dr. Macarthur testified that he never saw in the assassin any idica- tions of anEunsound mind. hDr. Catd wellJ of Freeport, H., the physician of Guitean's father, testified that.he never noticed in him any indications of un- soundpess of mind, nsA large number of witnesses gave, testimony showing that the assassin was an accomplished | and that no suspicion of his l sanity had=ever come to them.
 There were put in evidence applica- tions made to the Mutual Life Insurance Conn nanY by Luther w. Guiteau and his | sons, rJohn w. and Charles J., for life insurance policies, in which the state ment was made that there was no in- sanity ia the family. D. Mclean Shaw, an I ], ,att49fTFney 4 from New York, testified 1 that 1n a conversation with him some |