The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-12-14
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Gathered From ALI Quarters.
GUTTEAU's TRIAL.

DECEMBER THE Government be-
Fan its rebuttal to demolish the theory Of in
sanity set up by the defense The expert tes-
timony was not called At nrst, the prosecution
had been early friends and neighbors of the
Guiteau family. The uniform testimony went
70 show that while Guiteau's father was 60
centric in some things he was man OF unus-
ually bright intellect and was trusted with inn
portant positions with the fullest confidence
other relatives were eccentric, but very few
cases Of actual insanity were found In the
family.
DECEMBER S.-Mrs. Julia NJ. Wilson,
of Leadville, Colorado, was called as the FIRST
witness by the prosecution. She said she
knew l. W. Guiteau, the prisoners father,
from her earliest recollections- He was her
uncle. The witness gave an account of the
life and character Of her mother, Mrs May
had died insane. but who really died from
pneumonia in 1855. The witness was ques-
0nsd In regara ] to ;, fhsp s 0f yee yne
saw indications of insanity in any Of them.
The witness was subjected to = close and crit
entertained any prejudice against having
hereditary insanity alleged In this defense,
ststements star being made upon that subject.
Perhaps, for the sake of my children might
disns sS 70 n ssSs ses HTsr 1unham ta65s
of Boston, of whom the prisoner secured desk
room In 1873. testified that In all his conversa-
tions and his observation OF his conduct, be
never suspected any insanity in the prisoner
Tns witness anen & gaSe d t1o Ie nsson %th z,
Guiteau, brother Of the prisoner, In which he
had said: 1.-THE disgrace Of this crime is enough
prove hereditary insanity, for there is no au-
thenticated case on which to base IL" Quit
way he feels, and desire to repudiate him on
this business. He has never been brother 10
me In any sense, and that Just tne ridicuious
moment after he shouted angrily: That Q
false There are two of my cousins in lunatio
be very soon" President Arthur's answer TO
Scovilles interrogatories were received and
conversed with Guitean. he replied: aNo; ex-
cepting to return the ordinary salutation of the
day, and once or twice in answer to his request
by the Republican state Committee, Of which
was chairman" To the question as 10 what
he Republican party during the last Presiden-
tial campaign, the answer Is: "None that
know Of" The fifth question was whether
TO himself, or General Grant, or Senator Conk-
ling, or any other of the Republican party, so
grounds for surprising he would receive any
political preferment, the answer is: NO
any resson 10 think he could have any polIti
cal or personal influence with you. The an
swer Is: Z. 1 never did" Rev. R. A Macarthur
Rsye history OK Guiteau's connection with
| that church, and said he was finally tried by G
committee on the charge Of gross immortality
and expelled from the church.
DECEMBER 9.-Rev. Macarthur was
again called TO the stand. scoville immedi
ately arose and objected to the character o.
the evidence which had been given by the wit
ness on the ground that evidence as to AM
other crimes could not be introduced when thu
| prisoner Is on trial for a particular onense
He desired all such evidence to be stricker
out Guiteau here broke in excitedly, ant
shouted out: at Is purely In the nature of
confessional Macarthur Is not an expert or
lawyer. and object to his telling the Jury ant
the American people facts which told hin
years ago in regard to my history.
| The Court ruled that the evidence could b
admitted as showing the general character o
/ the prisoner. The witness said he never sav
anything to indicate insanity. A number o
other witnesses were examined. all OF whom
testified that they had never detected anythin
| in the prisoners conduct that indicated un
| soundness of mind. The prisoner frequentl
1 interrupted the witnesses, declaring their tes
timony false and abusing them in unmeasure
terms. ID. Mclean Shaw, q lawyer Of Ne'
York City, testified that Guiteau told him b
was bound to gain notoriety some way or otf
ier. He might kill some big man and initial
wilkes Booth When the witness replied
And get hanged for IT." Guiteau reptile
Well, that Is an after consideration" Cour
\ adjourned until the Eth