The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-12-08
THE NEWS.
Compiled from Latest Dispatches.
The GNitoau Trial.

The Guitoau Trial.
Immediately after tho opening Of Court on
the morning of the 18th ut. Guitcau was
placed on the stand to testify In his own be.
half. At first Guiteau objected to testify at
length because he was not feeling well. He
insisted that the prosecution should not CrOss-
examine him at length. Judge Cox stated that
he must submit to be crOss-examined. and II
his examination as witness was begun
could not be suspended except by consent
Their discussion the prisoner was allowed to
step down from the witness-stand, and Mr..
scoville proceeded to read a number Of Gut.
stand and Mr.. scoville questioned him
to his ss @ and ,S
perfect GOODNESS. apparently enjoying the sit
uation and his freedom to talk. Whenever
ailusion was made to the Oneida Community
the society and his fathers course in persuad-
ing him to go there. Referring to his father
s the se Of vas se. in :xs crank
20, Believe QUESTION any Se religion sna ne until %a
Mr. Beeeher and the he's YoS " Mems S69ss,sa
Association. After recess Guiteau told the
story of his connection with the Oneida Com
to start e New ana 81:
legal experiences in Chicago. He had been in
Jail several times, but never for crime. He
Intel>Ocean Of Chicago. After the failure
of that plan he went into theology. and that
panned out worse than the newspaper busi-
ness. He became intereste in the question
of the second coming of Christ. and wrote
lecture on the subject. His idea was. briefly,
that the second coming of Christ occurred on
directly over Jerusalem: that it was an event
in the spiritual world, and that the destruction
OF Jerusalem Was tn the Outward sign Of His
centuries, the churches have been in error IN
eupposing the second coming of Christ to be
in the future. That is the proposition on
was the result of three or four years
investigation on that subject. Witness related
his various failures in delivering that lecture.
On several occasions he was put OF railroads
for not paying his fare and arrested for not
paying his boarding. bills. He did not make
sn out ne ven unto tine to
consequence. He related his experience at
beating his way into Washington by the rail-
house there when he was entirely destitute of
money. and claimed that it was accomplished
solely through the interpositi0n Of Provi-
dence Here Guiteau showed signs Of exhaus-
ton. and, at the instance of the District-At.
torney. the Court adjourned.
Guiteau was taken directly to the witness
box on the opening of Court on the 3oth ult.
and resumed his personal "reminiscences. He
narrated his experience in the lecture field.
He once tried to lecture against Bob IngersoL.
who was trying to prove the non-exlstence of
to pay nifty cents to hear that there was no
he'll. who wouldn't pay cent to hear that there
was. He identified his revised work, Truth"
the trials of the Apostle Paul in endeavor.
ing to introduce Christianity. Witness
claimed that he had had as rough time q
forts to secure employment as q Republican
campaign speaker, and said he was on free
and easy terms with Jewell and the rest Of
soon after General Garfelds election. and
his getting or not getting the Office he sought
had nothing whatever to do with the removal
and was done as a political necessity. His
mind was taken possession Of by q supe-
E1tor power. He acted outside OF himself:
slip, calculating the subject more at length,
but the District-Attorncy objected, and the
Court sustained the objection. Continuing.
ton, he thought that, if Garfield were re-
moved. the party troubles would cease. In Q
fortnight's time that thought had become .
essary to save the Nation from ruin.
The Lord employed witness IS the in
strument of removal because He always
employs the best material. He added: The
Lord uses the best means for His work. and He
has provided all these guards, the Court and
jury and these experts to do His work and
cited the incidents connected with the shoot
ing and his subsequent arrest He believed
President Arthur was friend for he made
of him, and he didn't believe he ever should.
Witness owed about $1,00O, and IL Bennett, of
the New York Herald, sent hip the $500
to pay all bills and have something
over: Witness had the idea that he would one
day be the President Of the United States.
He then said that he wished to say something
more about his divorced wife, but the Court
would not permit. Guiteau then said he did
not know anything about her. but she had no
ecution. The cross-examinat ON was begun,
but the Court adjourned before it had been
fairly entered upon.
Upon entering the witness-bOx for his cross
examination on the morning of the LIST Gut
teau made another appeal for money. Judge
Porter conducted the cross-examination, elic-
iting from the prisoner ia his several replies
that he was physically q coward and always
kept away from personal danger. Morally he
was as brave as lion, when the Deity was
back of him. In his opinion the doctors killed
the President. The acts of Jones and Mason
unless they can show that they were inspired
by Deity. There was no murder in his case
and no killing. 1t was simply for the jury to
when be removed the S' Presid ss 'p VII,
ness fatty contradicted the testimony of Gem
erai Logan. Charles H. Reed and others. He
ences, as they had no bearing on the case. He
became very indignant at Judge Porter's per
sistent use of the word murder" and said
that the mere outward fact how he removed
the President had no bearing on the case
Referring to bis failure to obtain the Paris
Consulate. witness said that he would not have
taken the Office after the LIST of June, even If
be had been appointed to It and President Gar
field and Mr.. Blaine had both besOught him ON
their knees to take it. Witness declined to dis
cuss the question any further. There was no use
of wasting of time in discussing matter which
had been 80 often ventilated. Judge Porter
then questioned witness as to his opinion of
Blaine, whom Guiteau characterized as a
wicked man, because he was using Garfield.
who was good man, but q weak politician.
Garfield Just sold himself, body and soul, to
Blaine, Guiteau said. When MI. Porter again
questioned the prisoner In regard to the
shooting the latter became greatly excited,
and said the question the jury was to pass
did the act, or whether witness did It
on his personal account. He said he ex-
pected there would be an act of God to pro.
tect him, II necessary, from any kind of VIC
lence, either hanging or shooting The Wit
ness claimed that his decd had saved the coun-
try from war. In answer to the question why
ne requested General Sherman to send troops
to the Jail to protect him IL he obeyed bis in
SEPARATION, Guiteau said he would have been
shot and hung hundred times ii it had MOT
been for the troops. The prisoner here COM
planned OF fatigue and the Court adjourned,
From WashingtOn.
A SPECIAL from Washington on the 18th
ult. says Judge Cox was daily receiving let
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