Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-12-16


ering on the part Of the prisoner.
| The witness vas asked if he considered the
prisoner . sane man and replied: "A per-
fectIy sane msn, sir, snd As bright and quick
and intelligent . man as you would see IN
summers DAY, not the slightest indication Of
INSANITY about him. little impatient OF
restraint at times, little nervous, as q man
| in his position would naturally be, but per-
fectly sane"
| Mrs Scoville suddenly rose in her chair
and said: Your honor, l would like to ask
vital importance.
Guiteau mpatiently-Now don't, sister. it's
all these people can do 70 stand me without
YOUR talking; you are no lawyer.
Mrs. Scoville-The question is Of vital im-
portance.
Davidge-Let Mrs. Scoville suggest the
question to her husband and we will not
object.
Mrs. Scoyille (sotto voice)-Well, he don't
know how TO ask the question anyway.
| Mr.. Scoville asked if il were possible to
place in the prisoners coffee any drugs that
would make him appear brighter or more
quiet, as the case might be.
Guiteau with contemptuous expression)-
You are examining a witness for the other
side, amt you. Scoville? l never saw any
thing quite so stupid as your manner Of ex-
| aiming witnesses this forenoon. l think
your lecture last evening must have been too
much for you"
Mrs. Scoville wrote her question and
| reached over to hand it to her husband, when
Guiteau sharply said to her: Now you just
mind your own business and attend TO your
affairs. You are making yourself altogether
too offensive on this case"
Pending the colloquy between Guiteau and
his sister. the witness was permitted to depart
much to the disappointment, apparently, of
Mrs. Scoville,
Gen James S. Reynolds, lawyer of Chi
cago. knew the prisoner first about May, GO.
in Chicago. The prisoner applied for ad-
mission to enter his (witness) law Office as a
student. He was allowed to do SO and re-
manned some months. He disappeared. and
in rs re-appeared and approached witness
Witness thought his ideas upon the subject
remarkable good, and some of them, to his
witness knowledge, have since been adopt
ed BY the management of the paper.
Witness thought that the prisoner would
make a successful lawyer if he devoted him
self to it. Witness visited prisoner in the Jail
twenty DAYS after the assassination. The
prisoner asked me: Where were you on
day of the assassination:
Corkhill-Did he use the word ''assass-
ination?
Witness-Yes. that is the precise word he
used.
Witness made memorandum notes of his
conversation with the prisoner at his inter
view and, to refresh his memory, was allowed
to read from them.
Corkhill-Dld he use that term!
Witness-He used the word and never
spoke in reference to any divine inspiration
at this interview. After this at subsequent
interviews he always spoke of the murder
as the removal of the President.
Guiteau who received the witness with
smiles and beaming countenance upon his
taking the stand. soon realized how COM
pletely he had been eatrapped by him,
and his rage increased. Finally he shouted :
This man came to me as an old friend from
Chicago, when really he was nothing but
spy employed by Corkhill. want to thun-
der this to the American people to let them
know this mans character" Turning to
Corkhill, ''That's your work. Corkhill, and
God Almighty will damn you for it. You
have deceived all through and stolen my
thoughts and BETRAYED me-"
The witness continued to read from notes
he had taken at his second interview with the
prisoner. Some allusiOn being made to
,ouath;ny vvb;.b had onnoarod in rho W,sh
49, pen",'I;oan 60. ,,,nlaa .,,,, h;s
al and shnntad ON, ..rh.ts inc, vhot
tho, l;,,i,. whaIn Corh.m was wiring ,ha,
go .na nov he ha. raali, r,, 20 on, h;s
own words he is hanging around Arthur
now. and irving to get some little office; he
ought to be ashamed of himself, if he has anv
decency have got speech on this fellow
Gorham, | only want to get chance at
him"
Tho ,.;,nos. s,..oa Tho, +. ..., ~ tho ,,;s
o,.r uhat ca, anS CnnLi;,,r 81 snn,a IS
hi. ln,;sorsr'sN .iia,od fr;.n5. s.;d of him
|C, irs snd hi. rr;ne md h.. wa,t;na
Tho aoor arc;tadlv sa;d what dos. !, mean ,
7 wou,d have s,aied NV ,;fs That thev would
defend mo Thev know ,hav xan,ed Car.
Ella ran,ov.d and 90, ,ha,. dann,noa ma
and CON onl, SOC IN :, ,ha hiood, ou, :,
tn. x;,noss sho~a5 hin, snma nano-. -,
which ba CCu;tean1 w.s h,,.riv dennrnced
far the crime and b;s (nr;snner's, romment
was that the true faith had baen sunnressad
and he had hean snnnrossod ond h.d not h al
10y. - r,'a I;. n.;..'a, ,,ua
go ,,a roe..r;n 80 c.. En.L,;n ~
",ha. , ,re W " en- ling anu
7 haxa s,a.aa had -" ao.,,r,r,;,..s na +
told him Ives No seemed da,ed and az ia