New-York tribune., 1881-12-10

to the sanity OF the prisoner the witness said
the he 90 he Se esmpey ouWttGd
me- lLaughterl He was shrewd' acu'e' ln'oii
The prisoner-He had half-dozen different lawyers
trying to get him out aud they failed & was m ne nde UI
Afterward the prisoner said addressing the witness
You were jail for wicked and deliberate hnel ana
you ought to be there to-day" -,
The next witness was Warren A. Brown, of New-York,
the at being retained in December, 1879 by hs
wife. TO get divorce from him IL conversation oH at a
subject he seemed to be perfectly RATIONAL anu 20 ~
the matter most people would do under the sah'0 o
cumstances. = ~
The next witness was Thomas Darlington, OF New,
York, lawyer He had acted for stephen Engnse ~ W
perfecting hs BAIL and in procuring from the C2n 90 ~
Common Pleas order for the arrest oil ths PRISONER "
Tue DstnctAorney in reply to an ebectGn e nro 70 e
testimony, stated that the object was to show the plI
The afternoon proceedings were opened by the prisoner
who. addressing himself to the Dlstrlcl-AuIUrig3t' @ W
asked " How many more witnesses have you so''
| Colonel Can you give us any IDEA = A. ,a,,o
"Na," replied the District-Attorneyi mo oeHi'e
Mr. Corkb proceeded to read in evidence of the
legal papers Ia the Of EngiSh aud Gueal Altsf
tbe reading OF of tneG the prisoner sxelainsG
your total del ravity theory in the hr2d% c,. mo-.
Charles Wehle, lawyer OF New orR oltvb ,b tbs
prisoner and had Tst met him il 1873 saw MIN twice.
once in prisoners office once his On these occ-
sions the purpose was to get money him which he
had collected from clients Of witness ana net phd over
"That is MOI true" was the prisoners comment, aud
Mr. Scove objected TO the evidence ana II was stcAeh
Witness presented book showing the contract which
he had with GuteaG 70 collect money, and read mum,
ber Of claims which were to be collected for III hl
Haas, of tie clients of witness When he concuGea
the prisoner declared that he would not give ten Genus
| hushe for all the claims, and demanded to Know the
amount Of claims winch he had collected .-o- 90
The wness-The items collected amounted 70 S2so II
The prisoner (exCedly)Do yon claim That collected
| those clainsl Is that your business, Mr. "hateVer-
| your-name-isf ..-., ,.-z.,, NJ, o,,o,t
wanted TO whether or not could get the money
io ,ra,+ed xo,, IN nay me 500 and take
those things Of my hands that was eight years ago
| You would not pay the 500 aud would not denver
The wness-At the time Of the first conversation he
| said that he had cGscted them.
The prisoner (vioeny)-That is false and want your
proof OF will denonnce you as liar here 10 public
The witness (c0ntiBungl-I told him that he must be
aware the fact that he liable TO arrest He tad
| he was aware Of and that it 'wonld trouble HIM. 0ut
The yrisoner-I ncvcr said anything Of the Kind. The
only conversation had with you was when wahrGI
The witness-1 told him would be sorry to proceed
"Why didn't you proceed against meT interrupted
the prisoner "That shows you are lying, 10 make IL
| short"
The District Attorneywas that the substance of the
| conversation at that interview 49,.
The witness-Before It ended told him ne had beter
| consider whether he could do anything
| The prisoDer-I didn't want 10 do anything
| The wituess-I told him he likely to be thrown
the bar for not paying money be had collected lie
that he would dislike that but in case of that he
Thsl .soner--That Is absolutely false.
TheWYness- told him te had better MAKE some klnd
of settlement with my client He said that he would and
shat he would call upon me in week lie did call at
my office
rhe prisoner tvioently)I want to ask you now where
| are those notes
The witness-I went the ground again and told
him We obliged resort lega resources He
sad could not pay the notes. because he had not the
money.
| GUITEAU MINDFUL OF HIS PROFESSIONAL CIIARAC-
| TER.
"You produce those notes now" cried the prisoner
"and they win show whether you are lying or am"
Mr. Scovile objected to the testimony. Objection over
| ruled and exception taken.
| The Dstrict-Attorney-Fro those interviews with
him. anything in his actions or conversations
| to indicate that be was man OF unsouhd nind
The wltuess--N Nothing. On the contrary | considered
hila very sharp and keen and as rational as you or
deal to do with his cas hasn't II, Colonel Tin ironi
ca. to the DsGTict-Attointy You produce those
poes (be shouted wildly TO the wncss or ese get oil
| that stand--a dSgraoed man II you come to sos6cr
you produce those notes or show yourself
a Mrs. ScnVille, who ieayorug
TO restrain huil, You keep quiet and nina your own
business. don't want any more talk from you In ths
1t makes mo mad" he continued Violently to think
that tLe prosecution should attempt to ruin my pro-
| fessIonal character when they know II l. lie. It
is that these men, Corkhl and Porter should
sobber overuy character They nave been g Sne up my
professional record and haven't found anything against
me yet, and they can't was SIals3t IN th. "a" 6u1l
ness and want The American p1ope 70 uidi Is'Ahd IT,
The only thing against me is tlat owe some board bs
ana that committed adultery III order to get rd OF my
The Court (sternly)-That Gill do.
| The prl-oarr-I have got through now. Ihayc made
my haa speech this matter II 10 disgrace for Cork
| hill to brihg in this evidence
parenty under the control OF violent pa ion liis
cohineH @ aoHaru al & Ils SIS Sc 81 a. ~ t yI the Tonnnr
IN order that lac might get as close As possible t. h "hI
| SrossexamnatiSi-Q- you ever have any couycr-
sation with the prisoner on the subject OF religion A.
No .
"NO" echoed the prisoner contemplativeIy; "he is
jew, and q dirty one at that'
! Q-how dld yoq come TO De suDpunaedi Al wac
| MOI subpUnaed came oI telegram from Colonel
Q-iIow did the prosecution happen TO know Of youl
| The prsoner-Corkhill had detectives al over N-W-
| YORK boring into ny record That's the way he does
business wrote to Judge Porter about a fortnight
0.-You wanted to get on as witnessi A i wrote
10 Judge POrter That Knew that fact and IL Sere
| Q.-Wat moment. Why did you write TO- Judge
POrteri A-Because I thought II a public duty
0f anyone who knew anything of the case to diVugc H.
Tie PRISONER (contemptuousy)-Y didn't know any
| thing about it, you miserable Jew.
Q.-You thought IL your duty If you knew anything
against this prisoner regard 10 business eight yoars
ago 10 let the prosecution know about it A-AnythinR
ii my duty to lot The prosecution know IT,
The prisonerYou make yourself tco busy about this
Q.-iiaye yOu expressed the opinion that this man
ought to to be hung A-N0t yet: lLanghiGtr ,,,
QGd tae Interests Of justice require yon to come
Q-For the purpose of convicting tho prisonarf A
| For the purpose OF having justice done t. hn.
| The prsOner-YOu had no business TO get the
in any shape know nothing about you and car nothing
| about you
siNATOR BENJAMIN HARRsoN's TESTIMONY.
The next witness was Benjamin Harrison, United
States Senator from Indiana. He testified tat lac lad
met the prisoner few times in Washington last spring.
Some time after the Inauguration OF President Garfield
| prisoner called at the Riggs House aud
sent hin several copies Of the speech, jariicd Han
cock" lie him several times III the office reading
room Of Riggs HOuse in the OF weeks aud
had several Drief conversations with him. Tne prisoner
applied 10 the witness for assistance In connection
with application for office The witness esDOndsd
that he already overloaded with similar appllca-
tons from his State and cond not in erferc In his
behalf I'm several other conversations the prisoner
spoke about the deadlock in tho Senate and said that his
name had yet the Senate, but that lie
thought would he the deadlock broken.
Witness saw nothing In the conduct conversation OF
prisoner raised III his mind question of the
mans sanity.
| The prisoner-You a good fellow, Senator
member you very well Our conversations were gen
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