The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-12-01


lrl irettcd because he was informed that
rodcr the r. equations his police guard was
,o he changed. lie protested earnestly
,~,.r,t such q proceeding; said he had be-
rsr,c aceumintcd and used 10 his present
,-srl,. and that he would write 20 the
Ch'd Of Police 10 prevent the contem-
plated change.
Tr EtgIY SCENES ~ TIE COURTROOM
,,,r, repetition OF those of Yesterday.
Notwithstanding the threatening weather.
ftecrowd was fully a. great and rs urgent
r FL, demands IS yesterday, but owing TO
m, SUPERIOR arrangements there was less
ro,.u,ioa. NJ. and Mrs. Scoville. convoy
inranumbcr OF ladies, Mr.. Amcr.ine, Mr..
pcrd. and other adhercnts Of the defence,
arrived q, usual, very early.
crIriv AGAIN ON THE WITNESS STAND.
The court was called 90 order at 1910 4.
NJ TbcuIt sancr, when brought in, instead
,f1finc taken 20 his usual scat. was placed
,to1rc I'm the witness box. Mr.. Scovlllc
asked tie W.tlcss ~ identify some papers.
one was " hanger" or handful announc-
ipg hi, lecture on the second coming Of
Chris. 81. EyanS,Own, in June, 1917; the
other wasa " d0dgCr' or circular cOnteir-
ingauro,plttus OF his book. 'Thc Truth"
Dr. Scoyiile then proceeded b examine the
witness. beginning again at his
rxraIrNCEs u THE ONEIDA COMMUNITY.
There was. The prisoner said. decided
yi,w, in ilc Oneida Community respecting
in,pirafion; twas believed that Moves and
al b,, ,alt were specially inspired.
"Yol may state fully % the Jury" said
Mr.. scoyilc, "What views were enter
uiucd D., ID special Inspiration Of any indi-
Ndul"
"Tarr looked upon Noyoe," said the
prisoner. "as Gods prophet on earth, and
everything was under his control in the
Community. lie ruled body and soul"
The prisoner said he was in sympathy with
these views while lac was there; that he
bad alWay, believed I'm inspiration. - be-
licyc.' said TIE prisoner, "that the Deity
can inspire me 10 do 4 certain act just rs
much as De could inspire the Apostle Paul
or ihc saviour" The witness gave a little
sTETCH OF MOVES CAREER
asareiieious and social reformcT, ending
ly saving: About two or three years
ago the people Of Oneida Community made
ittoo warm for the old chap, and he was
very glad 70 abscond. ! have now the ut
most contempt for that system"
The prisoner then gave little account
Of the religious and secular works he used
% read. lie had never applied for, been
examined for. and been asked to accept, q
position as schoOl-tCachcr. He did not
remember an interview with his sister ut
Ann Arbor. HeIcncmbercd that Mr.. and
Mrs. Scoville came 10 see him at the Oneida
Community. and that he treated them very
cooly, as the Oneida teachings held that a
man should have nothing TO do with his
relatives. His scheme TO purchase the Chi
cago Inter Ocean had nothing religious il;
il was entirely worldly.
GUITEAU AND TIE PUPPY.
The prisoner was asked as to his visits to
his sisters place i'm Waukesha county,
Wis, which visits have been frequently
referred TO in the testimony. He did not
remember who was employed there. He
knew nothing about the help. as he did not
clre about them. lie remembered the
puppy-dog episode. lie took little dog
upstairs, and it slipped through his arms
and had his leg broken. lie remembered
there was a great talk about II at the time.
Being pressed further by Mr.. Seoyille in
reference 10 the dog story, the prisoner
said impatiently: ~ don't care anything
about that dog. IL has nothing TO do with
this case. You had better go on and talk
about my experience during the last four
years. / want to give clear and graphic
account Of it. 1t takes in theology and
politics aud the causes for which ] ain now
under trial"
Az EXPLANATION As TO TIE FlFTY-DOLLAE
OYERCOAT.
Mr.. Scoville, accepting the suggestion,
took up the thread OF the examination
where he left off last evening, beginning
with his experience i'm Boston in the early
part OF 1873. 81 said last night" said the
prisoner. by way OF correction, " / had a
$50 Overc0at on. | want to say il actually
cost me only SO. | went to n man there,
and he said Il have very nice oyercoat
which cost $50. | got it from gambler,
and will give it to YOU for So SO l took
IT,"
HIS LECTURE on HE'LL.
The witness kept constantly confusing
the years 1868 and 1878, and explained by
SAYING: - don't feel very good this morn
mg." He gave IN account OF his first lee
iure in Boston, at Wesleyan Hall. 81
went there" he said, "to lecture against
Mr.. Ingersoll. lie lcctured for he'll, and
drew a large crowd. There are a great
many more people willing to pay fifty cents
10 hear that there amt any hell than there
are 10 hear that there is one"
letraced his course from Boston through
New England, New York, and the West,
a. he said. selling my lectures and preach
ingthe gospel" lie got thoroughly
DIsHEARTENED AND DISCOURAGED,
went 10 Milwaukee and opened q law Of
fee; there he wrote new lectures" Paul
The Apostle" and "Christianity Review
ed"-and the lectures being new he
thought they would draw. "They didn't
draw, though" added the prisoner. He
returned TO Milwaukee, but having poor
success in his law business he went TO ~.
Louis. lie felt uneasy all the time; he
thought there was something in him and
be couldn't get IL out that he was inspired
10 preach the gospel, but there was no one
That would hear him.
His experiences i'm 81. Louis were Ike
those in other places. Returning TO Chl-
cago he compiled all his lectures in little
book then he ran about to different cities
and sold his book; he found, he said, avery
ready sale for it.; coming east, he went 10
Chaiauqua lake and spent delightful week
attending religious services; he sold good
many books there and got money enough /
10 pay bis railroad fare; In September hc
went To New York: there he spent some
days In the Young Mems Christian Asso- /
siaiion rooms, preparing a new lecture, en-
titled, "Why Two Thirds OF the Human |
Race are Going Down to Perditlon." lie
went 70 Boston and tried TO deliver II;
then se spent his time revising his book.
"1HE Truth"
Nr. ScoyIlle handed copy OF The Iruth,
with reyisions In manuscript between the
pages, made by the prisoner last June. The
prisoner said he would like TO read few
passages here and there 10 give the jury an