The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-12-03
"AFRAp TO rRrsr ruosr PEOPLE,. ;,

i'"i,' W itau, uitu handed The original
TO Mr.. Scoville.
That's right Mr.. scoyille,n said the
prisoner. you look il over. am afraid
to trust those people,"
several mistakes were discovered in the
printed copy, aud the prisoner, saying that
nc wanted The thing to go out straight. in
sisted upon having the original read.
THE PROPOSED THEooRATIC DAILY PAPER.
Mr.. Corkhih thoreupon read from the
original The paper was watched for with
some interest, but IL proved TO be only n
long statement written by tho prisoner on
his idea OF establishing q thcocratic paper.
MI. Porter then handed the prisoner an
other letter for identification. The prison.
er, after looking over the paper. said IL
appeared 20 be a note TO the Oneida Com
munity when they were laboring with him
to get him out OF the notion OF leaving the
Community.
Another letter was identified by fhe pr-
soner. II was q letter Of contrition for
some offence against the Community. Du-
ring the reading OF the letters Guiteau put
on q pair OF eyeglasses in a most affected
and osteniatiouS way and looked over
newspapers. This is the first occasion on
which the prisoner has displayed eye
glasses.
q OTHER LETTERS
were read. They were addressed to the
Community or individual members OF the
Community. I'm some OF the letters the
prisoner declared his belief chat he was
1.-the envoy OF the true God" and al OF
them were expeditions OF the peculiar
religious beliefs OF the prisoner.
When the papers were all read Mr..
Porter
PROCEEDED WITH THE CROss-EXAMINATION
The prisoner maintained that the idea Of
establishing a theocatic paper "was
sound -; that "thc inspiration was Il good
one Upon the question OF bis Shaker
lie in liOboken, the prisoner said: 81 was
practically a Shaker al the time ] was in
the Community, although they had a
theory OF promiscuous intercourse which
N0yes was about the only man that prac-
ticed-NOycS and two or three other lead
ing men. The others were the majority OF
them Shakers
"Do you believe" asked Mr.. Porter,
lin decisions by the devii!"
"No. sir; / do not in the sense YOU use
it, said the prisoner.
Mr.. Porter asked r he believed in a
devil.
"Ycs, sir" replied the prisoner; - be-
liCyc in personal devil. There's an arti-
Gle in my little book on that. It's a good
thing. too, Judge. You had better read it..
1t will do you good" Laughtcr.l
The prisoner having objected 10 a ques-
ton in which Judge Porter used The word
" murder" the lawyer asked: " Are you
not on trial for murder;"
- So Il is said" answered the prisoner;
and again said that the word removal "
was the one TO use.
"The word removal" said Judge
Porter, " is quite as rcpulsiyc to me aS the
word murder j, to YOU
- presume You have big fec al stake
in ihis thing" said the prisoner. ~ want
that fact to get before the jury when YOU
are talking this way"
you take very practical view OF the
law" said Judge Porter, and then hcasked
suddenly, "What's your theory Of your
defence; Is it that you are legally insane,
and not so in fact 2"
"a great many people think ! am in
sane" said the prisoner, every badly in
sane
&" Are YOU insane?" asked the lawyer.
81 am not an expert. Let these experts
and this jury answer whether am insane
OF not.'
DIGGING TIE PRESIDENT TO ASSASSINATE HIM.
Referring TO the events preceding the as
sasSination, the lawyer asked, Odd YOU
Turk i'm an alley with pistol in your
hand :"
The prisoner said he did not care to 20
into that subject, but was compelled to an
~Wer.
"Did you Turk in an alley one night
when the President was at Mr.. Blaine's
house," asked Judge Porter.
~ will say" said the prisoner, "that j
was in a park one night when the Presi-
dent came out OF the White House and
went TO Mr.. Blaihc'S. | was IN the park
across the street. When he came up and
went hy Mr.. IngersOlPs / was several yards
behind, sir"
GLOW far did you dog the PRESIDENT"
"Ilc passed from the White House TO Mr.
Blaine's and passed down in the same Iii
rcctiOn."
"Was your pistol lOaded!
" II was loaded. sir"
"Did YOU intend to kill him"
81 intended TO remove him, sir"
"That nightl'
"'NO, sir"
"Why did You follow him?"
Il had light as q citizen to go in that
direction"
Being asked again about the pistol, he
said: Il had my pistol and all my papers
with me-"
e|The President" he said, ''was alone
when he went to Mr.. Blaine's."
Ibid YOU not then lrk in the alley!"
81 had been there about one or two
minutes to attend to my private business"
".Was your private business TO remove
the President 2"
"AIy business was TO execute the Divine
will whenever had an opportunity"
"Did YOU have good opportunity that
night ?"
"No, SIR"
"Why nOt?"
CHATS my business, and not yours"
The prisoner said he stood ut WOrmley's
Hotel. about half a block away. The
President remained half an hour. the
President and Mr.. Blaine came out arm-in-
ann. They came down the opposite side
of the street, and went towards the White
House. II was about : o'clock on the 1st
OF July.
.Did YOU hear them TALK"
.CWait minute" said the prisoner; 81
want 10 tell YOU some news Oh that point
He then resumed his narrative, saying
that they came out i'm very social and
chatty mood, arm-in-nm. Their manner
confirmed what he said yesterday, that Mr..
Garfield had sold himself, body and soul,
TO Mr.. Blaine, and Mr.. Blaine was using
him to destroy the Stalwart faction Of the
marty. That was the first ocular evidence
The prisoner had had of the fact. q tell
Won furthermore. continued the prisoner
cxcitedly. 'sthat Mr. Blaine is morally re-
sponsible for Garficld's DEATH
- -, eloot tho president