The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-11-23

that he would talk to any woman Qs Ion
us she would listen to him.
'rhat's not true, /" shouted Guiteau, "
put notice in my autobiography that an,
lady who wanted TO correspond with IN
who sent her address, il she was all right
would be well received, and to this motto
got response from a lady worth Sl00
900, That wasn't bad, was it?' [Genen
laughter
ScoviIIe continued: at is true, as h
says, that the notice brought one response
which shows there is one woman in tn
United States that probably has lost he
reason, also" This remark ELECTED gOol
deal OF laughter, but not from the prisoner
who angrily exclaimed: ~ wrote her two
letters and she wrote me two. You (Sco
vllle) suppressed the rest, ! have beer
looking for q response to my last letter to
three weeks and am certain you have lice
about it. tell you SO publicly" he con
tinued, raising his voice. "You can't foo
me, lam going to follow her." Laughter.
ScOville-"fhe letters Guiteau wrote,
did not send"
"No, you did not send them; knew you
had lied about it. That is not the ilrst liz
you have told" cried the prisoner, enpha
sizing the words with blows upon the table
F" | knew you had been lying. You told
me you sent the letters and now you say
you have no"
The Court [sternlyl-"Be quiet"
District AttOrney-SCoville knows that
il there were any such letters they never
can reach the jury, and this attempt to get
into public colloquy with this man Is rep.
rehensible. Let this man play his part
when the time comes
81 am not playinga part" cried the pris-
Oner eXcitedly and gestiCulating wildly. u
knew SCoyille was lying"
ScOyille-lunderstand that this evidence
which is coming is perfectly competent.
"As u general thing testimony obtained
from lying is not competent" retorted the
prisoner,
SCovile-I will not reply to Corkhill at
present for his insinuation; when the time
comes for the Argument OF this case he will
gtt his answer. THE significant tone in
which thiswas said brought down n storm oil
applause from the spGctators.) II had con.
sidGred, continued SCoville, "that this evi,
dence was competent"
Prisoner You will not have any success
from the Lord by lying-you lie ! you lie
Two found you out; when d man lies to me
once never believe him again; you have
lied to me once and that Is played out.
The prisoner, in making this speech,
seemed to be convulsed with passion, and
1t was in vain that his brother and sister
attempted TO quiet him.
SCOville-All want in this case is that
the truth shall prevail.
Prisoner-That Is what want, and am
going to have It, too.
ScOville Ito the jury)-All want Is that
tho truth shall prevail, and II you believe
that | produce one item OF evidence for
theatrical effect without an earnest conyiC-
ton tlMt 1t Is just and proper TO be done, |
want you not only to reject 1t but to charge
II against me with ten-fOld effect in giving
the final verdict. [Applause1
The prisoner has been called, when a
boy, Julius Cesar.
The prisoner: II never liked the name
and 40 not have 1t; too much Of the negro
about It,"
scovlle; "rhe name, rs I understand,
was Julius Charles"
The prisoner: "My legal name is Charles
Guiteau."
.scoville then proposed to read n bundle
OF letters written by the prisoner dating
back, to 1858. us showing the bent Of his
mind.
The District Attorney objected to their
Introduction us not connected with the
crime
prisoner--We will show TINT they are
authentic.
Tho Judge admitted the letters.
Scoyillc then read the letters, most OF
them being addressed to Mrs. Scoyille and
some to himself Those OF the earliest date,
1858, show nothing peculiar, but gradually
they DRIFT into religious turn, quoting
texts from the Scriptures and appealing 10
his sister 10 turn to God, This
feature Of them Is marked after he has
gone to the Oneida community, the first
letter from which, is dated February, 'Gl.
IN this he lays down and supports the doc.
trlnes OF the community When this Int.
ter letter was read the prisoner said, ~
forget that letter. 1t is n very good repre-.
OF the influence under which
lived for six years. | was not aware II
WIS in existence"
Tho last letter from Oneida was dated
October, 1865, and stated that his views
Ind changed, and that he desired to leave
the community and 20 to New York to
qualify for position IN some bank, and
asking Scovillo to send him $50.
The prisoner: II was recovering from
my insanity then, got up under their in.
iIrence. was getting my eyes open then.
had been six years subject 10 their iana.
ticism."
Scoville explained that others Of the
prisoners letters had been burned up in
his Office in the Chicago fire. These letters
happened 10 be kept nj home. Thencxt let.
tiers read were from New York and Brook.
lyn III ~ and 'GS. There were no striking
pcculiaritles in any ot these letters, except
where they dealt with religious subjects.
Adjourned till tomorrow.