Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1881-12-21
TRYING THE ASSASSIN.
HEREDITARY INSANITY IN THE GUI-
TEAU FAMILY.

crowded this morning. among tn'
audience were General Sherman anC
Rev. Dewitt Talmage To-day th'
prosecution commence in rebuttal Il
demolish the theory of insanity as Sc
up by the defense. In doing this they
will retraverse the ground gone ove
by the defense and from the standpoint
of the prosecution will thoroughly ven
tilate Guiteau's past life and habits, be
ginning his early life in Freeport anC
concluding with vast amount of the
best expert testimony obtainable in the
country.
| HARANGUE FROM THE PRISONER.
As soon as court was formally open
Guiteau addressed the court in rather
imperious tones as follows: May j,
please Your Honor, the American peo
pie do not desire this case shall be
tried again and ] do not desire it. ]
say with the utmost respect to this
court and jury and my counsel, SEQ.
vile, that / am not satisfied with the
political situation as developed here in
this case This is the gist of this al
legged offense. The President of the
United States would never have been
shot if it had not been for the political
situation which existed last May and
June, and say have a right, as a
matter Of law, appearing as my own
counsel, to ask your Honor that Gen
eral Grant, Senators Conkllng and
plat o,d Dracidop+ r4bur ord .boea
kind of men, who were so down upon
Garfield that they would not speak to
him on the street and would not go to
the White House, shall be put on the
stand. | have right to show my
personal relations to those gentlemen !;
that / was cordially received by them,
and that / was well dressed and well
fed at the Fifth Avenue Hotel |
want to show my personal relations to
those men don't want to except to
Your Honor's ruling, but l shall be
obliged to do so, and | have no doubt
that the court in bane will give me a
new trial
Judge Cox-Your exception has
been noted.
THE PRESIDENT WANTED AS A WITNESS
Mr. Scoville then called up the sub
ject of President Arthur's testimony,
and said he had not yet received any
responce to his interrogations; that the
Presidents evidence was absolutely
essential to the defense,
Guiteau interrupted him, excitedly,
with, Il don't think it at all necessary
for General Arthur to be here. ITO
Mr.. Scoville)-I don't care what you
want. Pm doing this myself ask as
a personal favor that he shan't be
dragged into Court. | think a good
deal of General Arthur. He's Presi-
dent of the United States, and 1 don't
think he should be bothered with this
matter Striking the desk violently.
He's President of the United States,
and made him so, and | think I
should have something to say in this
matter
1t was arranged between counsel
that the Presidents answers should be
put in evidence at any stage of the
trial
GEN. SHERMAN ON THE STAND.
Mr.. Scoville called Gen w. T. Sher-
man The witness simply recited the
orders he had issued for the disposition
of troops at the time of the assassina-
ton. He Unidentified the letter written
by Guiteau, and said he suspected at
the time there might be a conspiracy,
but afterwards concluded the shooting
was the act of one man.
AS he left the stand Guiteau said ::
Il thank you, General, for having
ordered out those troops that day. If
it hadn't been for you | shouldn't be
here to-day. | owe my life to the
protection which you and Gen. Crock
er gave me during that period when
the mob spirit was rife
At this the General smiled grimly.
SANITY OF THE GUITEAU FAMILY.
Edward p. Barton, lawyer, A. Il.
Green and G. w. Tardy, all of Free
port, Illinois, testified they knew the
Guiteap family and considered them
all sane.
DIR. p b. Buckley, of Freeport, tes-
titled he was l.. w. Guiteau's family
physician; never saw any indications
of the slightest mental arrangement in
him or in Abram Guiteau.
Colonel Corkhill (aside, but quite
audibly)-Nor any one else.
Mr.. Scoville-Are you testifying2
Col. Corkhill-I only wish l could
Mr. Scoville-Well. go on the stand
then and testify. Don't sit there and
talk to the jury.
Witness was asked if be ever heard
l.. W. Guiteau assert he could heal
diseases by prayer
Guiteau (excitedly)-He onty talked
that in his family He didn't run
around the streets to preach it, like an
idiot, or a jackass. He had too much
sense for that.
Witness had never heard any such
claim on the part of l.. w. Guiteau.
He was asked if he knew Dr. North.
Dr. North was the most positive wit
ness introduced by the defense, and by
his showing the entire Guiteau family
were more or less insane.
Witness replied he knew him in
Freeport.
Guiteau-The fact of the matter is,
my father used money which should
have sent me to college in supporting
that DR.. North and his family on my
fathers farm at Freeport.
Col. Corkhill-That's just my opin-
ion of Dr. North.
Mr.. Atkins, of the Freeport Repub-
ticdn, confirmed the testimony of pre-
vious witnesses as to the sanity of the
various members Of the Guiteau family.
The witness was asked if he knew
DR.. North, and replied. Yes, l knew
him as a Methodist minister, and |
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