The Indianapolis leader. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1879-1890, 1881-12-10
THE GUITEAU CASE.
A Lively Day in COurt-The Prloner BE.
cones More Insolent and Arrogant and
the End is Not Yet.

cones wore insOlent and Arrogant, ant
the End is Not Yet.
WASHINGTON. Dec. S.-As soon as tb,
Criminal Court opened this morning Guitea at
shouted out, "a crank in Chicago saws
talked with him about this case 1 dom
know the man. 1t is false
| Colonel COrkhill called as tie first witness
Mrs. julia NJ. Wilson, OF Leadville. Col
She knew l.. w. Guiteau from her earliest
recollection. He was her uncle Witness
gave most feeling account OF the life and
character of her mother, Mrs MAYNARD
(who Il had been alleged the defense had
died insane, but Who really
died frOm pneumonia in 1857 Her
mother was noted for her l)vev dispo-
sltion and Christian character. aud her vir-
tues are remembered AMI spok, n OF to this
day. Witness was her nurse and constant
at endant up to the time of heI death and
never saw the slightest indication uf flghti-
ness or insanity. Witness was questioned
in rela ion to the evidence of Davls, one of
the witnesses for he defense. Davis testified
that ke was at one time in Mrs Maynard s
| room during her last illness, and she was
| very Highly and incOherent and cpntin ually
| charged him (DivIs) TO hook out for her
husband and children, for she feared they
| would go to the Poor House. Tie witness
Mrs. Wilson, smiled incredulously while
the question was being put and replied she
Il
The depJ>itiO Mr.. Turner was Re al, i'm
which he said: Il have heard her hus band
| say she died insane" and witness was ques-
TONED in regard To it. ScovIlle objected to
| the reply, Il never heard of it." ami lively
discussion ensued between Judge Porte and
| Scovllle. Guiteau became tnraged at Judge
| Porter and shouted, Now hold your thun-
der till you get 10 The Jury, Jud e, you are
| doing lis sort of thing too much" Judge
| Porter, without noticing the outburst con-
;inued in the most impressive manner to
argue his point, when GuItean broke out
again: Ppm not a criminal and won't be
till convicted. / won't have that word
You just hold your elVquonce till you get
at the jury"
Scoville expostulated with him, bat he
retorted in the most vicious manner, shut
up and mind your business, know what
I'm DOING" Witness was questioned in re-
gard to various members of the family and
stated positively Y that size never saw indica-
tions of insa -ity in any Ui them. speaking
of the prisoners father, l.. w. Guiteau, the
witness said: "My uncle Luther visited me
very frequently, and lpved him ", th very
tender affec ion. Our whole family were
delighted with his lovely Chrisial charac-
ter. and such thought that he might N |
any degree be of unsOund mind never en-
tered my head" Witness was subjected to |
a close and critical cross-examinaIion. She |
was asked il she entertained any prejudice |
against having heredi AIRY insanity alleged |
in the defense, and replied: Il Ubieot to |
any unfair statements being made M on that |
subject Perhaps for the sake of my children |
| might dislike to have it set up, ,r myself |
facts can make no difference" Her evidence |
in chief remained unshaken, and her testi- |
mony produced a marked sensation.
AT the conclusion of Mrs. Wilson's testi- |
mony John w. Guiteau arose from his seat |
next the prisoner and asked the Court to |
rule out the question relative to the witness |
father having died of softening of the brain.
Il can not see, your Honor" continued /
Guiteau, the occasion for dragging in peo-
pie who have no blood relation y ith the I
prisoner"
Judge Cox-I think the ma ter Irrelevant
GuiIeau-Mrs. Wilson seems to be very
bright lady, but she Is opposed to having it
appear there is any insanity in the family
that's the matter with her testimony.
Scoyills here arose, trembling with excite
ment, and protested against the meddling
of John A. Guitean in the case. "He is op-
posed to showing insanity in the family"
said Scoville, and svoice was here drowned
by the prisoner, who struck his hand vio-
lently on the table and shouted, 80 do l.
He had better get back to Boston. He mas
got no business here. Just because he hap
pens to bear the same name he thinks =
will get little notoriety out of this case 1
haven't known anything about the man for
years. That's all there is about him. and ]
want him to get right out of this case."
Colonel Corkhill called George c. Mayn-
ard, who verified in several material points
the testimony of the preceding witness. The
Court was about to announce the usual re-
cess, when John w. Guiteau arose and said:
"Your Honor, greatly desire to make
personal explanation. My father is dead"
Guiteau broke in, interrupting him. "Oh,
shut up and sit down You have been vim
Davdge here objected to any more side
scenes The prisoner had continually been
allowed to interrupt the proceedings and
at this rate the trial would soon become
farce.
Judge Cox-I see no OCCASION Mr. Gui-
teau. for any explanation on your part
Recess.
TESTIMONY RESUMED.
After recess Frank Bartlett, of Chicago.
was called. He knew Mr. and Mrs Scoville,
and had met the prisoner at Scoville's sum-
raer residence in 1879.
This man never saw me but once" inter-
rupted Guiteau. ''It has cost the Govern
ment 5000 to bring this man down here. He
met me once five years ago; that's all he
knows about me. It's an outrage, Cork
hill, for you to waste the money of the Gov
in this kind of way"
Witness saw Guiteau daily and never
noticed anything out OF the way in his de-
pertinent The gentlemen there engaged in |
; iub-race, ard Guiteau took part, when he
upset He was ducked by the rest of the
gentlemen, and took it in good part Gui- |
teau again broke out impatiently. Whats
that got to do with what took place the I'd
Of July, Corkhill? l had time to go crazy
a hundred times since this man saw me-
by the prosecution. If you had to pay for
this instead of the taxpayers. you would do
The witness never saw any indications of
insanity in the prisoner.
Mrs. Florence X. Bartlett, wife of the pre-
vious witness, witnessed the dog incident so
often alluded to by defense, and saw moth |
ing unusual in the occurrence She thought
at the time that Mrs. Scoville was more ex-
cited about it than the prisoner was and re- |
membered distinctly that the prisoner, after |,
the dog was hurt, carried food to him, and
seemed to desire to efface any bad impress
sion it might have created. Witness de-
tected no signs whatever of any mental dis
turbance in the prisoner, He was always |
polite and behaved as a gentleman.
On cross-examinatiOn Scoville asked; DO |
you remember once at the table discussion
upon some religious topic arose, and Guiteau
took part and became so violent that they
all left hlm?"
A.-No, do no.
Guiteau-They all got through talking
and so they left: that's all there was to that |
think we have had about enough of this
dog business.
Howard Danham, of Boston. took the
stand, but Guiteau forestalled his evidence
by shouting: Il had desk room with that
nam few weeks in Boston, and that's all lie
knows about 1T. 1t has cost the Government
800 to get him here"
Witness stated that on November Is, 1879,
the prisoner secured desk room m hSs office |