New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-11-27

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orn.arance9 Ale was rather peculiarly 0 ~
,ason ,bero bene snow in the street at the 'ino ~
had an his feet pair OF sandals, or rnooerS Vi 80
~ that kind He had no stockings Io VIZ -
,no,r of troysers and common, ordinary oo''' -,
TOO afterward he again 10 my rooih
He stil insisted on my signing ns 80 So I,rg
r,oratinr the same statement as BEFORE Oh MS
. n,,se of the place II would recommend NM
again declined. / had in the meantime o"'
NJ curiosity read the speech lie was hIe Th 60
cited at the second nietVieT S tried TO dispose OF
the matter quickly as possible Sdiu W +n,,r
frat time the Secretary OF state WIZ helilO d
nass 10 him I did not saw that | would recnmlnenu
him but simply that would mention us case, anu f nm
tended TO do so, b4t probably IN "ii'i'"' ""' --
W" From what You saw of the prisoner on those
occasions, and from what was said ana dohe py MA,
did you form any OPINION az so M am not an ex-
pert and do not know whether should answer 'e qoo
The Courto" YOu may give an opinion in accordance
The Witness-I thought there some der9ngement OF
his mental organization, but 70 WA 5A tat morning
saw him at the table boarer called Sne Ghe iocr
and asked her if she knew that gentleman. pic ~
opaS his name and said he had told her that ne was
constituent OF mlne ,o., - o,ipion IN tha
,oSdIaIy az that time Al said this: 90 not
think he is proper person To- haVG S Sof little
on In his head; some language OF tI;t hilu ,rJ
asked what meant, ana sid th0Sn' NM in her
Of crazy and that she had better hol nSO I'M o bod
boarding house. That Is about the conversation VIC n"u
- Cf"ss examined. Q-when did this CONVERSE
ton take place Al think it was about inc l-'n
This closed the examination Of this witness the next
bag George d. Hubbard FARMER OF OhoI"a 10y,
n Il me ht di Eo9ti was never connected with it
"A member. In S63 he worked Tor three months oi t
Community which the prisoner at tat .lo & a.
He worked in the same shop with witness lie was
nervous quick tempered man. II any uf c@sti"niot
wildly and talk in mysterious manner hc % ts lie
Tor hours in saying nOlhlg AZ 0tni Mt
rF,,l Df,o
he aspred be- the leader OF the commonly al ,orsons
w. fr, 70 i@aye Tie Community they pleased
On redirect examination, however, nc st'Ou -,
sb was 13aiy found by his father she had been horse
whipped with rawhde She was a Ier""iu S'H' " ."
Inc nrsOner-I remember that case ln!seii. ihoIe
ply steal restraint there but II Is an ann II
that good deal worse than phy I, tbot lac
inan left the Community he was led TO penGEo uD 40
was forever damned. That's IHe way 'No Noii'""'
was Kept logetner'
GUITEAU IN THE CAMPAIGN
The next witness was Edmund Nj. Smith, OF chicago
Tie had been clerk to the Republican Central committee
in New-York during the last campaign The committee
sent out a large number of documents, ana we paiu
honest postage all of it," Witness had seen 'I'e
prisoper several times He wanted to be placed on the
rols a. sneaker He did not appear if he could put
baf dozen sentences together, and witness Ola not
think that he had any assignment to speak.
The prisoner-Ths gentleman not III a condition
to know whether did or not he was only clerk
Mr. Davidge-That is what thought
Tie pr1soner-Jewel was the fellow who did the pus-
,nessIcwell and Hooker and Dorsey and the rest Of
those fellows
Mr. scovle then read the deposition of C. W. Turner,
of Dakota Territory, who deposes to have known MIS-
MAYNARD and Mrs Parker sisters Of Luther W. Gulteau
and to have regarded them as insane
John A. Moss negro lawyer who lives near the GOV
eminent Asylum for the Insane was then examined lie
had seen the prisoner at Executive Mansion fifteen
or twenty times in the months OF May and June. Ao
thought he was crazy man when he first saw hIn'
witness had seen many crazy people and this man a
pearel TO him to be crazy lie had never "coFu 'no
Pr Mr pavdge inquired how the crazy man looked
"Just ~ he does now repne9 tnG "itnoS9' '>0oP'
that Lie had bundle OF papers with MIN
THE PRISONERS SISTER OF THE STAND
Mira Francis ScOvile, sister to the prisoner ana wle
70 s counsel next called to the witness stand she
stated that her age was forty-hye Her father was
Luther W. Guiteau of Freepor Illinois, and her mother
lane Howe uiteau The prisoner is forty years Old He
was about seven years old when her mother died She re-
Numbered her mother from the time the witness
was three years old. She Lad been sick a very long
time ut the time that Charles was horn. She had
been told that her mothers sickness Mt that time
iosed year and a half. She remembered seeing her
head shaved perfectly bald This was before Charles
was born Bier amt had subsequently given ler tong
other errsakeS) The hair thcD shaved from her mothers
head After that time her mother always wore cap.
Never her mother walk In the street aiter that
There were two children born subsequcntly-l.utnc
Theodore who died when he was two years Old, and
who was born with crooked foot and limh and Juiia
Catherine, who died VIII twenty months old-siX
wees afer her mothers death Her mothers sickness
hair never grew again. Her first ree9llset;on Of
5a because he Was very active aad smart lie
sent TO school very young-when SIX yes 059 ledI
useS the word ned for come and the word pail
for quail" His father punished hum for IT, but that
made no difference She thought that be could not com
Sfer his mothers death he lived for year with
his grandfather and then came back 10 his father VIC
ness was married In January, 1898 whAe Charcs wac
living vita his grandfather subsequently when nc wa
twelve wears old he lived with witness for year in Chi
cag0 where be went TO school, ohc rccOecLsd hOthlha
peculiar about nun then except aIae nc T o Very cT
he went 70 his father, ana, Subsequently when
10 live with witness at Oak Park near Chicago He at
tended school at the Commercial COLLEGE IN Chicago ana
after mat he went back to Freeport From there hc
went TO Ann attend school She went to Ann
him, she had been informed thGt ne wis
going on worse than her father had even done. she
found that he had abandoned his sludes ana was gVn9
his whole time and attention 70 stla! ns Ihg Goerihe %
nity She argued with him for whole eNenug, appeal
INC 10 MIN to 20 on quietly ike other young men,
I'VE M ali that stun Her appeals had no eject upon
MIN, however, and she made up her NINA thaI nc was
crazy She tod her uncle VINO lived at Ana ArDOr, 10
bay no attention TO him, bat let him 20 his own way
as he "eleary gone daft" Sic afterward visited hin
at the Oneida Community, buJ could hardy nave any
conversation with him, as they were not let alone
moment together she noticed hat he acted lEe per
partly lost his mind sac could not Learn from him
Whether 10 wanted to leave the Oneida Community or to
The piisoner-I had been there three years at that
time right IN the heart o. Their Iaiatlc5AA
Witness went on TO relate tie prisoners history, i'll
GLIDING admission 10 the bar Cat which she was very
much sErprised and lis separation from
his WIFE time he visited her in Wisconsin in
1875 She noticed then great change in his personal
appearance. He was also very hard to get alons
with and used to get in Z" hialutin " state.
He seemed willing to DO anything That
be was told TO do, but got very much be!ogged aud
could do it, She related the incident OF his attaching
her with she had given him prOyOcatOn, but
had got out OF patience with him. IL not the
that frightened her 50 much as 4 was the looA of his
face. He looked like a wild animal She rctrcated into
the and up to her daughters ROOM Then she
called Odds the hired man She said: Here take this
boy and put him OF the place" ODDS took hold Of him
and took him To the dining room.
At this stage of her testimony, which given in
very and with great rapdty OF utterance,
10 be almost uninteligble the Count at 1:ZO ad
journed.