National Republican., 1881-11-23

tltgl blHcTs Time NlteT time, week nlef MCtk ilc
sui pursued the same path. You may say this Is
evidence of defective reasoning, perhaps. ! think
so, think that was reason overthtown
The Prisoner-1hat wns the very Kind Of busi.
ness the Apostle Paul was engaged In. laugh
terl lie got hts pay NJ last and expect TO get
mine some Of these days OIL that book that |
Mr.. scoyllc-I call II defective reasoning
power think there must be some motive that
VIII imrel man, II he is u saue man, TO continue
to do that sort of work, and there was certainly no
motive that he could have In that You can not
Imagine any motive that would keep man at
that sort OF work for two or three years in suc-
cossion rs he did, It seems to me. Well,
when he found that the people would not
listen to his lectures; that he met with
nothing but ridculc, nothing but rebuff,
nothing else but that he became the butt Of jokes
and laughter, then he bethought him to present
these things to the public In another form so he
got his lectures printed In pamphlet form aud then
he went to selling them and distributing them to
whoever would take them or pay anything for
The Prsoner--I went around the streets trying
70 sen my own lectures, aud they thought was u
book agent.
Mr. scoyile-Ife kept that up for some time. lie
| sold them here IN Washington some believe.
The Prisoncr-Yes, and all the Northern cities.
Mr. Scovllo TO the prlsoncr)-l will give you
chance by aud by to tell your story.
lie undertook think, TO lecture here In Wash.
ingon, aud he sold his lectures here. Just ms soon
| ms he could get little money ahead he immcdl-
Ately went aud invested It in printing his lectures
| or something Of that kind. After short time he
got up another lecture on some other subject, do
| not remember what Then another, Hnd after he
got two or three up In that way he got the idea OF
| putting Them in book and circulating them In
| book form. Every time he could get mOneyirom any
| source Whatever he would invest 1t in pr lnting
| lectures and books, While he worked nsnn insur-
| nncc agent and solicitor he was quite successful.
| lie had u good address and pleasant manners.
| lie did very well at that business As soon ns he
got good suit Of clothes, and got comfortably
| fixed, and few dollars in money, instead of pur-
suing that business he quit, and got some other
lectures printed In order to circulate the truth.
lle could not make any money at II that,
Inc HrlSOner-l WAS WORKING iOr the lIOru, not
for money. tLaughter.l
| Mr. SCoyile-And so he went on.
Now, In relation to these matters which do
not know that II is necessary to refer to as having
amy great effect but In relation to his experiences
with the ladies, think he had the idea that all
he had to do was to ask the hand ofany lady that
he chose to favor with his attentions, IN marriage,
aud II would be his.
MT sooyile-is there copy OF that autobiogra-
The Prisoner-I put q notice Of that kind In my
autobiography stating that any lady wishing 70
| correspond with me, TO send on her name and u
would be all right she would be properly received
Mr.. scoyille--In good flith gentlemen, not as q
| Joke, because that man never made a joke In his
| life, knowingly. He did make one here the other
DAY when he said he felt good deal OF interest IN
this case but he did not discover II until afler he
had said II; when i came to his mind Then he
actually laughed. 1 say he never made
joke in his life, knowingly Everything
that he ever did was in earnest, and
therefore in sober carnestness. Since he has been
|
Giles relating to his life to Colonel Corkhlll and his
stcnogrnpher lie concluded that article In the
Herdldby saying that he was In search of u WIFE
The Misunderstanding very joky about that,
| tell you. [Laughterl
Mi, scoyilie--sThat any lady of good discretion
of good iamily-any Christian lady wanting a
! husband-might correspond with him In all con
iidencc and sincerity. He expected that that
| would bring responses.
The prisoner-I got response from n lady
| worth 100000. That was not bad. tLaughter.l
Mr. ScovilleIHe expected that the time would
over his head in this tfiai would be removed
when he would bo vindicaed, MS he calls it, by
you gentlemen, and go out to tho world a free
| man, and when he could reciprocate such nttCn-
tons aud.make himself the hOnored husband of
mn honored wife. l say he has done that in good
faith believing everything connected with IL to
be real and true, justn | state II to you, gentle
men. II is no joke. And yet the prosecution says
| he Is n sane man,
the notice he published TO the world brought one
response, which showed there was one woman in
the United States that probably has lost her reason
The Prisoner-I wrote her two letters and she
wrote me two, and you suppressed the rest, J. sup
pose, far rs Ican iind out about It. daughter
have been looking for aresponse for two or three
weeks, am now satisfied you are lying about u,
tell you so publicly. am going to follow that
Mr. scoviie-Ithink the girls father had gotten
home. LLanghtcrl The letters which Gultcau
| wrote did not send. have them.
The Prisoner-Ycs, I know you lied about II.
| tLnughterl
Mir scoyllle-I have copies of them verbatim
The Prlsoner-It Is not the first lie you have
told. There are great many lies you have told,
and ! am glad the truth has come out at last.
District. Attorney Corkhll-Now Your Honor
The Court-The prisoner must keep quiet
you had been lying all the time when you said
y9n loid An me the truth SSn tod you sent those
you SS' led b ABOUT 8T H. S I'" DO you so0
District Attorney Corkhill-Mr, scoville knows
| as well as Your Honor does-for he is a lawyer
that this testimony, If there Is any such in exist.
| ence, can never be produced in this trial lie
knows that If there are such letters they can
reach this jury and this attempt 10 get into pub
do not propose longer to sit by and hear 1t. Let
him cOntne himself TO testimony proper to be in
| troduced TO this jury, and let this man play his
part for It's effect upon the jury when the proper
| time comes.
The Prsoner-I am not playing any part for ef-
feet. ! propose though, to yindieate my rights :,
competent, / certainly would want to argue that
question to the Court, If the Court has any doubt
about 1t.
The Court-I can not at this time decide how
Mr. scoyite-I understand iii perfectly compe-
tent to prove acts of defendant since the homicide
| II not, why have the prosecution been having
| their experts examining him every day for the
purpose OF getting their opinion as TO his mental
Tho Court--I consider acts committed since the
homicide TO be perfectly competent evidence as a
the particular acts referred to are proper evidence
| or not
The Prisoner-As general thing the testimony
obtained by lying Is not competent. That Is nll
there is OF that.
Mr.. scoville-I will not reply to Colonel Corkhill
at present in regard to this nsinuation. When the
time comes for the argument of this case he Will
get his answer Applause
have considered that this evidence is compe-
tent. | have many communications from the pTis.
oner since capG here to Washington. consider
that they are competent evidence; II not they
will be ruled out. / know that experts for the
prosecution have had access TO the prisoner.
The Prisoner Undressing Mr. SCoyille)-I want
to say to you here that you will not have any sue
cess from the Lord by lying. LLaushter.l You lie
tLaughter,l Ifa man lies to me never believe him
again ailer he lies TO me once. You have played
this lying business now long enough 1t is played
Mr.. scoviIle-l have said to the prosecution
Send your medical experts to the jail every day
you want to; examine this man in Jail aud out o
Jail; in season and ont of season; you may bC
there alone, or with company al want in thi'
The Prisoner-That is all want and am golnl
10 have II.
Mr. scoyle-All want is that the truth shal
prevail. Any evidence have undertaken to brinl
before you, gentlemen. you have the opportunit!
to criticize, You have an opportunity 10 question
1t in any way you please, aud IL. .you believe in
you for theatrical etiect you believe II put on,
single thing before you which II Is not my earnes
GCnyalon Is Just Gmd prSper pp TO DC put before you
over len fold in the account in your finn
verdict. tApplause,l l never would hay,
ing the relationship of this man to my family hn,
| been called upon 10 present to you anythinl
| but the exact truth. There is one little cIrcum
stance that desire to call attention TO. do no
know that 1t Is of any consequence at ALL 1t I
, like some other little things, and yet the expert
may think something Oft, This man was called
when boy, Julius. His came was Charles j.
, The PrisOner-Julius Caesar was the name, but
never liked tho man and would not have IL
There was too much negro ab0utit. lLaughterl
, | Mr. Scovie-Thc name as l understand H. wa
Charles Julius GueRu. He was called Juliu
until after he went to tho Oneida Community, o