The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1881-12-08
THE ASSASSIN'S TRIAL.
1he Great Dues tlon OF Gniteau's Sanity Nov
Under Confederation by the Court
at Washington.
ouitsau u Playing the Insanity Dotle. for
AL 1t Is Worth.

oo.seaa u Playing the Insanity Dodge for
D. Auttis Worth.
Testimony Showing That He Ras Ec:n !,
Hard Citizen, Lunatic OF Otherwise.
MONDAY, NOV. %.
Mrs. Sooville resumed her testimony. She
described Guiteau's actions during his visit tt'
oer IN 1873, and said she was then convinced
70 w:s insane and should be pit In an asvlum
aeo D. Burroughs, Of Chicago, testified that he
boarded with the se,,yilles At tho time Of Gui~
that the prisbner was either fool or orazy.
ae was satisfied Guiteau was unsettled In H.
intellect
0uitea here said: desire to tell all these
crank newspaper me II that appear here -
my own counsel The Is my answer to al the
seS, stun Of they n.7e eoen d',srns liver them n.at
Some OF these newspaper men have gone crazy.
appsar here ia part - my own counsel -
have the right to do under the law and oonsti-
tuition Of America"
q. 8; Jocelyn, OF tho Oneida community,
thought dutteau's marked characteristic was
John ". Guiteau, brother Of the prisoner.
was next examined: he had not been On good
terms with bis bro tuer for Z number Of years,
but, had :. nd doubt Of bis
sanity until be received soiiie let
ters in October: Since he had come on here
At the Jail, he had become satisfied that he was
insane. He heard his Uncle kkrshan was in
cane. His uncle Francis Wilson Guiteau men
toned In the family as francis Guiteau sec-
ond, died In an asylum. Besides Abby May
nard, daughter Of his Aunt Julia, and Augusts
Parker, who was cousin Of witness, had never
n 0thNr N Ia If to- In $&>A Rn,n
~. Coming back to the subject Of his uncle,
Abraham Guiteau, witness stated that when he
saw him !sst In 1897. he wss ''off his base"
Sarah Parker; Of ohio.go, widow Of. Angus
tus and cousin Of the prisoner; testified that
Chicago. sho had requested the prisoner 10
cease vieiting her house because he lad pro-
posed to educate her daughter so 20 to marry
her. This was In 1875. Soon after, her hus-
band became insane.
Fred Jones Of Chicago boarded at the same
board Of trustees who had supervision Of the
Guite.ti 81 tins5ii4d mind ard what some au-
thorities would call in state OF hcipient in
.TEe prisoner was then sworn and took the
stand and identified . lot Of letters written by
his brother j. w., and to Mr.: scoville. Their
identification having been completed, court
adjourned
TUESDAY, NOV 90
Ihere was an immense crowd 10 attendance
with the expectation Of seeing Guiteau on the
stand. And they were not disappointed. though
he was Reluctant TO te examined, complaining
Of illness. Scovie; his cotinse!; read Two iloze1
letters b fr?1a 1 the ssesssih to bis father and
esassn oses 7 Aa}9tsa y $yda,y him ysesa .bie the
turn to bis own seat lie seemed safer
there. When Scoville had finished read
ing the letters, which excited little interest in
the audience, he called the assassin to the stand
kept him there until the adjournment, with the
interval OF monday recess. The assassin was
allowed to tell the story Of his life in his own
1873: Throughout he received the etrictest
So va snsry, joouissr, excited and CAIN BY
turns. He told his story very glibly at
lines. He was almost jocular rs he relateu
i'adlcrous events in his lite. Hc was permitted
himself Of the permission to the utmost
He had good deal to Say about the Oueida
community and ita former head. He rrew
worry excited when speaking of them, gesticu-
latlns ard pounding wildly on lie rail before
him. Atthcse times his face and form changed
hiS wAu o5ce Uec<Iue WllOer; Inc musCies OF
his face worked violently; he ehook and he
shouted. At other times he was calm and
look OF cunning get upon lis ugly coun:enance.
even when he was talking about his inspira-
tion.
Az the reading Of the letters progressed
Gnitean occasionally commented upon them or
ted. While one dated from the Onieaa COM
munity was being read, Guiteau said, s'Well,
you can see vas badly cranked about that
time" At another time geoville hesitatcd and
said, "Here is q word I cannot make ont"
s'Civilization is the word." prompted Guiteau:
'you can see how badly mixed up got in that
out OF existence" ScoyiiIe rea1 from one eof of
the letters: g! am In with Jesus Christ 4 Co..
and am working for them" '"fhat was ny
sentiment" said Guiteau,. 'and has been my
position ever einco"
religious belief and was asked il he This fathor)
had any peculiar views on healing diseases
Guiteau responded, ''Oh, YES: father was
awful crank en- that subject
Scovilie. What do you mean by crank?
Guiteau-"Well, that's the short way of put
ting it when you want to say 'is pretty badly
Gniteau, in reply to- question. said he did
not believe in any religion until his "conyer
sior." That's the word they use, YOU know.
which was in 1889, when he came under the
influence OF Beecher and the Young Men's
time. said d9iteau, was supposed to be q
virtuous man."
At times he grew excited in the assertion that
in all he dill he was like st. Paul enpaeed in the
service Of God, and that God was therefore re-
sponsible for his board bills. On the latter
point he said: II didn't give up lecturing
because Of my repeated failurea fstuck to nv
work. Ny idea Was as was working for the th
Lord, would do my duty and let him take
care az me a. he felt disposed I went into
that whole business to PLEASE the Lord, not to
MAJ make nd9S?ns money: success OF failure
IT, IT. tn. IIcssins Io9 . r. uL se9;as5sd
tinue With my xori. P.a( had h no @ .uoee.. S c. Se-
cause he had now ideas tho theology. I
kept thinking Of Paul al tho time.
On my way from Baltimore 10 Warrington !
avolded the conductor whe had ordered mo "a
get get on .t the Relay house, and 20 managed to
about it was that sfter had changed my seal
man came along and said to me: "My friend,
9Ee yo9 going to WasLington!" said yea
he said: Would you iio . good boarding
houee!" 1setd yee, and he said he would take
me to one. Now had been praying that
not GVn,% %.nt g eet a. = eGcsSps s house - did
gos my prayer ont than this man came aionq
sud vas Just ~ FREQ and easy With me ~ Il be
had known nae twenty yean
now that call providence have had hun.
oreds OF that kind Of experiences where q di.
lecs ., answer to prayer has been rendered
his t.stien, %nats tho prisoner was gy5ies
most attentvely BY the medical experts pres.
ent and With great curiosity by every person
N the crowded court room. At timeo he
sho.ed his exhaustion BY lowering his voice,
and IL was in consequence Of ono or those signs
Ihst some ten minutes before the usual time OF
ad1outnment tho court, at the instant Of tho dis
s1'es attorney, adjourned.
-.. WEDNESDAY. NOV: 80.
From 10 to 3 o'clock, with an hours inter.
misslon, 6uiteau narrated the evonts whicl
eliminated In the death Of his victim. Will
perfect calmness and coolness the ASA ssin toll
his terrible tale.% At times he became excited
but II was because Of some annoyance in th'
present rather than Of q recollection Of th'
past He gesticulsted wildly at times, and anol
he pounded on the broad railing before him
but 10 was al by way Of emphasis. Beginninl
with bis second lecturing tour from Boston
west TO Iowa, and thence east again, he live
over bis experiences during tho months pre-
On one occasion he tined to lecture aga,ns
Bob 1ngersoll, who was delivering . lcotur