New-York tribune., 1881-12-17

present and called 10 the stand George D. barh"iu'
deputy clerk of the supreme Court OF hines oo""'''
New-York He produced the original recoru III 'ao
Of Anna Guteau against Charles ]. Gnteau appncauon
for divorce.
Mr. scoviIe objected but the objection was oVerruiou
and the decree admitted in evidence 49,,
The DistTct-Attorney then proceeded 10 feAu INC
record which shows that in 1874 decree OF divorce "S
granted to Anna Guitcau the ground OF her huSoahu
adultery g.,
When the reading was concluded the prisoner crFu
out This woman Jennings fine woman with "hoih ho
committed adulteryl high-toncd hrsI-casb "o"n
of Nev-York. It was matter of money between US
committed the act adultery to get rid of woman
did not love aud ought never to have married. ihat
all there is TO this case thought it better, more moral
more Christian every way to have divorce obtained
than along year after year and have chdreh ny
her. AS matter of conscience and principle com
mted adultery. have been strictly virtuOus Tor SIX OF
seven years can go to NewYork and get married to-
morrow If want to-"
j. S. Reynolds then recalled 10 the stanu ana
cruss-examined by Mr.. Scoville
Q-You received from the prisoGer the address 10 lhe
Am, rcan people. What did you promise to do with II '
Al said would keepit.
The prsoner-YOu told me YOU would 60 to the new
York Associated Press and furnish 1t with copy tlat
Won woad give t to The COmmerci1t AdceSer an also
forbams little ReDuJiic tn and you lied every time
The wi.ness-I also told him that could not make
public anything he gave me at that time, without
breach of confidence to Il Government officer.
The prisoner-All this disability Ia occasioned by my
papers being suppressed b. COrkhi but the lord Al
mighty will get even with him time for prosecuting
a righteous man.
Mr. scovile read letter written by the witness TO the
prisoner on Juy o. stating that no paper in the
country mentioned his visits to the prisoner In JAIL
and adding anything you write me will he sacred ron
the public unless 10 be communication which YOU
desire to reach the public" He asked the witness
aIn hy
called as kept sacred from the public"
The witness piled that he had not testified to any
thing occurring since the date OF that letter
The prisoner broke in with frequent Interruptions hoh
the witness Nv scovc telling the witness mat
he was lying he had played the part OF miser
able spy and telling his counsel that he not pert
this morning in his crossexamnatiOn and that he had
better let the Job he had not sense enough to
look ahead and see what he was striking at.
The witness stated in response to question by the
Disrct-Aornev that, besides the personal motive OF
curiosity his for visiting the JAIL was to ascertain
whether there was any socalisc plot In the assassin
alton and he satisfied that there was not and that
Guiteau had no associate.
The prsoner-That is entirely too thin. You went
there as special agent Of the Government What s
the use in lying about III
Mr. scoville, having looked over the memorandum
from which witness had read Yesterday discovered
parts that had read for instance expires
sion by the prisoner that the Socialists were bad lot
and cranked and declaration that he could rank
with COnkling, Logan and other Re ,ubhcan leaders
The prsoner-I never s2d that cOnld rank with
them; but. as a matter of fact, think could.
The witness being pressed by Mr. ScOvle 10 state
why he made memoranda of his yists TO the jail, II
he had not expected make Of them replied that 1t
was TO give correct information 30 the Attorney Geners
aud that after each interview he rcced 90 the AttOr
ney-Genera and the District Attorney what had occur
red using his memoranda for the purpose.
The DistrictAttorney proceeded 10 read newspaper
extrcts which the last witness had brought TO the ia
and read 10 prisoner They comprised telegraphic
dspatches from Senator Conkling expressing abhor
renee of the prisoners act also reports OF Interviews
with Fred Grant Senator Logan, and others; also
editorials on the assassination.
MORE OF THE AsSAssIN's BLAsPHFMY.
The reading them by the District Attorney was in
terrupted by excamat0ns from the prisoncr Of which
the following types: That IL false General Grant
| was always very kind and polite TO me He liked the
ring of my speech :" "that IA what Fred Grant says
He Is nice youth ID he not He IS too lazy to get
decent living He is dead beat not =; used 10 be
member Of Beechers church. He was suprohcd 10 bG
a vrtuous man then and perhaps Jc IL now uscd
10 20 up u Logan, pat him on tue PACK, ald say no"
| are YOU. General 4 and hc would How are Yuu
| Gutelu 2 He thought was good fellow Ihen lhry
all turned against just 40 Peter ala when ne deeh
| the saviour when he tho and in trouble
But they got and they are coming up
| out ~ the depot that morning If God Almighty
aSSu. aS pf' % hs sats When awaso ana
seemed to me that that act was the most audac0us
thing could do-to snoot down the President sur
rounded by Cabinet officers and police. would not
do it agan for ~ 100000. But was in such despcr-
soSd cg not have resisted it if were to be shot down
| the next moment My Tree agency was destroyed
of boast that If he cot the Austrian Mission he
would nil position w'th proper dignity, lie said
| That part is true" Laughter.
Mrs. Ellen c. G'an, Of Fourteenthstg Washington,
wa called ar the next Witness As tne sooA tG si1d @
sue very tine lady, and kept hrsciAos p0hrdl,
JAY you very shortly, Mrs Grant If these men do
not respond that called upon yesterday VIII call Their
names right ont III meeting"
The testified prisoner had boarded in her
house urty-0ne days, leaving on The last day oi June
| before the murder OF the President"
"Thc doctors aid that, SAID the prisoner, =" simply
The wi,ness stated in response to questions by the
ngrit nrnev that she never noticed in the prisoner
anyting indicating unsoundness OF mind. She had con
sIdercd INN intelligent IN her house. Sue
| had noticed nothing peculiar about MN.
when Mr. Scovile began 10 ask tlc witness "a To her
| competency 10 form an opinion about insanity ald
WAS insane the prisoner broke out; Alrs Grant Is
ike self rAere is no use in qulzzlng
her crOss-eXamination, Scovile You are as STUPID
as jackass TINS morning You have not got brains
enough this business. Your place 4 In examining
abstracts title in Chicago That Is all you are III IOr
Tue District Attorney called as the next witness Mrs
Anna .Junnirc the prisoners divorced wife AZ sO.ue
spectators were irving IL leave the courtroom TINS
juncure, the prisoner encouraged them To remain, say
ing tnat there wound be smut" In the examination
OF the witness Tncn he broke out In denuncatOn OF
| the Distrct-AttOrney for calling ncr IA wn,ss aud
said II he not a low, mean whetp lie wOu'd not
/ do IT,
Mr. scoye obi, 10 the examination OF the witness
| on tue ground any communications between nCr
and tue prisoner, while living together as man and vile,
| were privileged.
Tue CourG overruled the objection until the point OF
| privileged communication sbOrld ne reached
The prlsOner-This lady is mar ei and has children,
ana II is OuT,c for COrksl pslnt Ell To cal
her ana dig mp ncr reputation wnch VIII have to do II
attempts to do any harD. ask tue Court to so
TINS tOr&ni. He rs an old hog. He has no con,
science aud ne using sis official
position tnis lady. Ii Prcs lent Of tne
Jntcd states would klck that out OF Office IN 40
| hours 1 want to make n speech 10 PresdcnJ Arthur.
r, re are Of rsCciass lawyers In kcwGOrk CITY,
whom he knows, hIgn toned Christian. cOnscIont
| men, any one of whOnrwOud he "A IL ndred thousand
time, better than COrkhill ask President Arthur,
p rsona ana IN name Oi the Republican party,
10 Kick this out OF Office AT / male General
Arthur President ana nave "A risHl tO this per-
| nf I ma ia tI,.m ma take fOT