, 1881-11-12
TEE ASSASSIN.

| spseiat D{spateh to The Chicago Tribune.
wAsIHGroS, D. c., Nov. 1l--Guttean
this afternoon looked over tile indictment
aud the list OF witnesses, and said that l!e eS
pected his sister and brother to arrive To-
night, lie said to some Of his guards tha1
ho wished to have the case disposed or rs
SCOT, lis possible, us lc was tired out Win
| suspense. As the day for the trial a1'-
proaclcs tie appears to manifest more I'LL
concern. L gentleman who visited MN re-
Gently with the consent OF counsel said:
! asked him SOME questions about the case ana
! about his situation, and he talked very free-
1y. lie claimed that what he did (ilo called
it removing the President Us usnal} nc
did at
THE 1SsT1GArIoN OF THE LORD,
T deny that am insanc,' he said, or that
anvof nv relatives are or were.'' He said,
however. that his defense would be that OF
insanity III 4. legal sense. Sometimes Gul-
tear talked very loudly and in violent
manner, and sometimes III 4 loud tone OF
voice. and ali Of tho time that spoke Win
,.tm he Indicated a great deal OF excite
mcut. t1e said that, if lie could get proper
counsel to defend hill, ....:
lie KNEW THAT He COULD 1,E ACQUITTED.
/ I asked him TN what grounds. lie said.
among other things, for want of Jurisdiction.
Y ou KNOW he said. that, If u man is SHOT
in one Jurisdiction and dies i'll another the
;.ssaiIant cannot be convicted OF murder.
The second ground of defense which he as
signed was malpractice. The wound, lie
said, was not necessarily fatal, and he knew
he lad Il good defense on that ground. The
third ground upon which lie would like to
have his defense proceed was that OF legal
responsibility-in that his act was the act OF
God and not Ills act"
|: TIE UNFORTUNATE PARENTS.
Spee:al Dlspa:es The Cl*caso 1Fibunes
FnEEroEr, H., Nov. 11.-Today a Deputy
United States Ma rshal arrived from Chicago
and sllbpmnaed rs witnesses for the defense
in the Guiteau trial Mrs. Guiteau, wife Of
the late l.. W. Guiteau, father OF the assaslll'
and AE. Marvin, an attorney. Mrs. Gulteau's
health is so poor that it will be Impossible
for her to 20 to Washington. and p1ys!slan
has issued Il certificate to that effect. The
family Is highly esteemed here, and 10 not
entertain tho least particle Of sympathy Tor
Charles Julius Guiteau. Mr.'Naryin willnot
20, he having received notice that his ser
vices will not be necessary. Furthermore
he stated to THE TRIBUNE correspondent
that he does not remember Of eyer seeing the
assassin, but was we'll acquainted with his
father. 1t is expected several Ffeeporters
will be summoned to Washington.
THE BROTHER.
Bosroy, Mass, Nov: III. Wilson
G,,ltea, of this city, left today for Washing
tnn to be present at tile trial Of his brother,
Charles j. Guitcau. lie was first snbpoanacd
by the Government, and later was served
with subpo,ila duces tccum III behalf Of the
prisoner, calling upon him to produce q
number of docume1sts iii his Possession,
among wlici, are letters that passed between
Guiteal, the father Of the assassin. and his
son.
nH. MAGEE.
ALBANY, n. y, Nov. 1.-THE Rev. Dr.
A1n.ce, summoned Us n witness in The
Guiteau case, says that ten years agohe
knew Guiteau during q period Of three
weeks, AMI never saw anything about Him
inconsistent with sanity.
THE FOR,lE;s WIFE.
DENVER, Colo. Nov. N.-lirs. Densmore,
former wife Of Guiteau, now residing at
Lcadville, has been summoned to appear as
a witness at the trial of the assassin.