The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-11-30
LATEST TELEGRAMS.
THE TRIAL.
Gulstean Ras the Floor and
is FEELING His Story.

witness stand. He took ais place closely
watched and guarded by the police and
court officers. He was asked by SEQ
vile to give some incidents from his
earliest recollections Of his mother.
Guitteskl replied: Am I here to be pu:
on as regular witness to-day, or only 10
identify some letters? I suppose the
latter. am not feeling at sll well TO-
day, but shall be much better in week
or so.
Scoville-I have arranged to examine
you to-day, and there are no other wit
nesses present.
Gui:teau-You should lave had your
witnesses on hand. object 10 going on
the stand when am lot feeling well, to
be subjected to cross-eXamiuation by
counsel for the prosecution. have got q
good deal to cay. want to GO over the
whole business carefully and scientific
ally, so to speak, and l want to be in
good talking condition.
Scoyille-I shall only ask you some
simple questions.
Guitteau-I am willing to answer, pro-
vided the prosecution will not take ad-
vantage of my presence Cd the stapd to
force ne to state my entire defense.
Jud&r Porter, of the prosecution, sug-
gested -hnt the papers and letters which
were put in evidence and identified yes
| teFday should be read, as they must
necessarily De at some stage Of the
trial.
Scoville explained that he had endesV-
ored to arrange for the introduction of
| his evidence according to his idea of pro-
priety and logical fitness. He knew the
prisoner was not feeling we'll to-day, ard
he had expected that he would become
tired or exhausted when he had proposed
! to ssk the indulgence Of the court and
postpone further examination. He did
desire, however, to ask the prisoner. few
questions to-day.
Guilteau-I am perfectly willing to do
that, but l do not want the prosecution 10
| take advantage of my presence here 10
cross-examine me to day.
Scoville-Tne court will relieve you, il
you feel i'll.
Guilteau-With that understanding !
will go on.
Col. CorAhill-We cannot submit 10
any such arrangement as that.
ScoVile-We do not ask your consent.
shall appeal to the court.
Judge Cox stated that if the witness
welt on the stand TO testify he must sub
NIT to being cross-examined, and if his
| examination as witness was begun ii
could not be suspendedexcept by consent
Of counsel on the other side.
Guit:eau (nodding his head APPROX
ingly)-That's the Law judge, as under
stand it. After some further discussion,
Guitteau was removed from the stand
and Scoville proceeded to read the letters.
They were all written by Guitteau to his
father and other members of his family,
and covered period of Is or 20 years.
As the eading of the letters progressed,
Guitteau occasionally commented upon
them or suggested the proper word when
Scoville hesitated. While one from the
| Oneida community was being read, Cult
teRu said: g Well, you can see l was
badly cranked about that time" At an
other time Scoville hesitated and said,
"Here's q word / cannot make out.''
"Civilization it the word" prompted
| Guitteau, L" You can see how
badly mixed I got in that miserable
community. It makes IRE mad every
time l think Of it. wish these letters
were out Of existence. Seoville read
from ore of the letters: 81 am in With
= esus Christ and company, and l am
working tor them" That was my senti-
ment, said Guitteau, and that has been
my position ever since. In another letter
addressed to his father, the prisoner had
requested two or three hundred dollars.
Guitteau commented on this letter, cav
ing: Father didn't send the money. He
always thought was badly eranked.
Another letter was read in which the
writer criticized severely the Oneida COM
munity, and referred 10 circular in
closed which also denounced the society
and its practices. Guitteau exclaimed:
Several Of the New York dailies took up
my circular and devoted editorial com.
naents 10 it. That was little bit
of revenge / had for living in thss
miserable society. I'm glad TO know
they are broken up now / was viz
tuous man all the time l wa1 there
though, I want that understood. The
lstters finished at noon and Guitteau re-
sumed the witness stand. Scoville began
to question him in regard to his early
life. Guitteau responded promptly, in
diligently and with perfect GOODNESS for
some minutes, apparently enj ying the
ding to his fathers second marriage he
sAlQ EmiIIbkly3 LIZ HeAs Ou Ouo 10y
without consulting me at ell and got
married. l thought that was a funny
way of doing business, and got mad over
I,'' When eFer allusicn was madeto the
Oneida community. Guitteau became
very much excited and denounced the
community, and his fathers course in
per.uading him TO go there.
2sWhy do you blame your father? asked
Seville.
Because, if he had not been out of the
way I never should have gene under the
influence Of that miserable fsuatscism
There never wss such spiritual fsnsta-
cism in the world. The amount of it al
was, to speak plainly, no-yes. the sole
idea of it was 10 get q chance to sleep
with the young girls. Nobody else
could. though all the time was there
wss practically shaker l am glad the
misers bic, sinking community is broken
up, and I hope the United States govern
ment will break up that miserable Nor
mon community in Utah. Guitteau gave
his views on his fathers religious belief,
and was asked if he had peculiar views
on healing diseases. he replied: On,
yes, father was an awful crank on that
subject. ec.e,
Scoville : What dc you mesn' BY
Guittesu-"Well that's the short way
Of putting it, when you want to say q