Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-11-29

desire. however. to ak the prisoner q
few questions today.
Guitsau-I am perfectly willing IN do
that; but I do not want the prosecution
TO take advantage Of my presence here
to ~cross-examins me today.
Scovills-Ths Court will relieve you
II you feel III.
Guiteau-With that understanding I
will 60 on.
Corkhill-ws cant submit to any
such arrangement a. thai.
scovills-wo do not ask your consent.
I shall appeal to the Court.
Judge Coz stated that II the witness
went on the stand to testify he must SUBJ
NIT to being cross.examined, and II bis
examination 10 witness was begun II
could not be suspended. except BY CON.
sent OF counsel on the other side.
Guiteau (nodding his head approx.
ingly)-That's the rule. Judge, % I I'M
dsrstand Il.
After some further discussion, Cult
eau was removed from the stand, and
Scoville proceeded to read the letters.
They were oil written by Guitsau to his
father and other members OF his family.
and covered Q period OF fifteen or
twenty years.
A. the reading Of the letters progress.
cd. Guiteau occasionally commented
upon them, Of suggested o proper word.
When Soovills hesitated while one from
the Oneida Community was being read,
Guitsau said: Well, you can see I was
badly cranked about that time.
At another time Scovills hssitatsd and
said: Here's o word I can't make out.
Civilization Is the word, prompted
Guiteau. You can see how badly mixed
! got In that miserable community. It
makes me mad every time I think Of II.
! wish these letters were out Of sx-
istence.
Scoville read from ono Of the letters :
I am In With Jesus Christ & Co.,, and I
am working for them.
Those were my sentiments, said Gui.
tsau, and that has been my position ever
since.
In another letter. addressed to his
father, the prisoner had requested two
or three hundred dollars. Guitsau com.
msntsd upon this letter. saying : Father
didn't send the money. BE always
thought ! was badly cranksd.
Another letter was read, In which the
writer criticized severely the Oneida
community and referred to q circulsr In.
closed which also denounced the society
and Its practices. Guitsau exclaimed:
Several Of the New York dailies took up
my circular and devoted editorial COM
msnts to II. That was q little bit OF 70.
vsnge ! had for living In that miserable
society. I'm glad TO knew they are
broken up now. ! was q virtuous man
oil the time I was there though. Iwant
that understood.
The reading OF the letters was finished
at noon, and Guiteau resumed the wit.
ness stand.
Scoville began 10 question him with
regard to his early life. Guiteau respon.
ded promptly. intslligently and with
perfect GOODNESS for some minutes, ap-
parently enjoying the situation and his
freedom to talk. Abiding to his fathers
second marriage. no said, smilingly:
he went of one day without consulting
me at oil, and got married. I thought
that was o funny wsy OF doing business,
and got very mad over II.
Whenever allusion was made to the
Oneida Community. Guiteau became
very much excited. and denounced the
community. and his fathers curse In
psrsuading him to 60 there.
Why do you blame your fathsrP asked
Scovills.
Because. II he had been out OF the way
I never should have gone under the In
f1usnce Of that miserable fanaticism.
There never wal such spiritual fanati.
cism In the world. The amount Of 1t
oil was, to speak plainly, Noyes' sole
idea was to get q chance to sleep With
tho young girls. Nobody else could,
though. All the time / was there I was
practically o Shaker. I'm glad the
miserable, stinking community 10 broken
up, and I hope the United States will
break up that miserable Mormon com.
munity In Utah.
Guitsau gave his views on his fathers
religious belief, and was asked II he (hia
father) had any peculiar views on the
healing Of diseases. He replied: Oh,
yes; father was an awful crank on thai
subject.
Soovills-what do you mean by crank
Guiteau-Wsll that's o short way oil
putting 1t, when you want TO say Q man
Is pretty badly oranked.
Guitsau, in reply to o question. said:
10 did not believe In any religion until
conversion" That's the word they
use. you know.