, 1881-12-01
LILLE .ASDASlN.
Charles Julius Cuiteau Still
Speaking in His Own
Defense.
He Expected to Become jPresi.
dent Of tho Unftod
,' States.
Every Move He Made for Twenty
Years Was with That
View.
The Act Of tho Second Of July Seems
10 nase Been in tho Pro.
gram.
He Expects a Decided Popular Change
In Opinion Before He Is
Elected.
He Comes at Last, with Some unwill.
,ingness, to His Slaughter Of
the President.
He Is Evidently Greatly Embar~
... rassed by the Presence OF
the Experts.
4 Long Row Of Eminent Mon Studying
Him for all lIo Is
Worth.
The Fears Of the Egotistioal Villain Fur
ther Aroused By Judge Portsra Use d
''' - Of the Word Murder"
He Is Evidently Greatly Embar~
81. rassed by the Presence OF
the Experts.
4 Long Row Of Eminent Mon Studying
' Him for All lIe Is
Worth,
The Fears Of the Egotistioal Villain Fur
ther Aroused By Judge Portera Use
"' 81 Of the Word "Mnrder.'

CONTINUATION UF HIS Lf1IENCft
.s.~.- sps.tal uispateh 10 The Chicago Tribune.
.WAsn1SGIoS, D. G., Nov 31-Gultcau
told the story Of the murder Of President
Garfield this morning on tic witness.staild,
aud this afternoon was crnss-cxaintned In
rart by Judgn John K. Porter, OF New
York. - 1t was, a remarkable story
that Gnitenn told, and ono wl,ic], caused
tho entire audience to sit listening
wlth!breathless attention. Ho WAS very pale
yrhenhe first took his seat III the Witness:
box, and glanced around tho eourt-room with
nh apprelonslye look, which Indicates that
he Is constantly shadowed By
THE FEAR or ASSASSINATION,
lie told hls story during tho morning hours
In a nervous. ha!tlng, and, 1T times. violent
hummer, Ills mind Snometl 10 bo not so clear
us It 1lns been Mt other tflucs, mud there was
MI eyttcMt tnubltity, or n marked unwilling
ness, Ito toll connected story Of any lonEttl.
He would branch utt Into this, tliat, and tho
stller Irrelevant lnuttcr, and would pour
furttl a tloutl .of wurds from tie box Which
l,utl M bearing OIL tlla case. STILL there Is
hut little doubt that tho JUICY, aid Mls0 tie
counsel for tho prosecution, was willing that
thesv extraordinary ontbursts and tllis pas-
sion anl excitement should bo allbwcd-not
10 much that tho Jury might witness 1t Ms
tint -.
rnE OTHER JurY
Ut alignIlcd arti graye-looktng medical OK
ports, who snt III front Of Him, might have
Ri opportunity fully 10 study tho orpanlz.-
tton vi TIN prisoners mind. AT times Gull
ieau secmGl or tried II, seem nutto le aware
tlat lie was III tic courtroom, ps, for In.
sta,1ce, wien la took his book called
"Truth,", ard Insisted upon reading pass-
ago from H. lie seet1lcl uesErous Of iln-
pressing wla. liz regarded rs the truth OF
the passage upon tho audience that Us 1lo
EXPRESSED IT, somu souls might take heed, II
It a part OF d prearrangul plan. It was
y A GOOD ITECE OF ACTING.
While Guiteau WAS telling tic story Of Ills
experiences In tic West, and while Mr..
Scosillo WIS gradually leading Him up to
t1lose inclhents In his cnrecr last spring
which lel to the assassination, Gtlltea,t
seemed weaEleil md bored. lIo frequently
would sny to Scovile that the question asked
had no sort Of relevancy to tie case, and no
1Hgud ScoviIle to hurry along to the case IT,
self, but when ScoYille arrived at tnat p0tnt
tiniteau was 30 nlantfcstly wearlcd and sx-
lausted TINT tia Court ai,d the counsel on
boil. sides were willing that Il recess Should
be taken for MI lour-wlllch Is huff an hour
rllore rhau tlas been customary. When Gui-
tcAu was asked by Scovlllo about Ills trip
from, Dbston to New York in June, 1880, lc
mentioned that
III: wAB IN THE sroN1N0ros
when Tint: bout was III collision with tho
Narragal,sett. Guttcau pretended to forget
ull abuut the case fur which l,c was OH trial.
Heturhed to the Jury and then to tho Judge,
tl,d begnn graphic, nervous. and exciting
f14ECriniDn Of tia NfdanltR nf that raj at trt