Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-11-30
EAS Ekn IN ~ELLluENLE.
CONTINUATION OF GUITEAU's
TRIAL.
1T DOES NOT LOSE ANY OF ITS
INTEREST.
THE CROWD ABOUT THE COURTROOM
GREATER THAN EVER.
cuiTEAu TAKES THE WITNESS
STAND.
He Denounces the Oneida Com
munity.
HE WANTS THE GOVERNMENT TO BREAK UP
PolYGAMY IN UTAH.
Arrival Of Delegates to the Irish National
Convention.
He Denounces the Oneida Com
munity.
HE WANTS THE GOVERNMENT TO BREAK UP
PoLYGAMY IN UTAH.
Arrival Of Delegates to the irish National
Convention.


WASHINGTON, Nov. 29.-The crowd in
and about the Court this morning was
greater thar ever. Immediately upon the
opening of the Coirt Guiteau was called
to the witness stand. He took his place,
closely watched and guarded by the police
and Court officers. He was asked by Sco-
vile to relate some incident from. his
earliest recollection of his life. Guiteau
replied: sam I to be put on as q regular
witness to-day, or only to identify some
letters? I suppose the latter. I am not
feeling at all well to-day, but I shall be
much better in a week or TO-"
Scoville-I had arranged to examine
you to-day; there are no other witnesses
present.
Guiteau-You should have had your
witnesses on hand. 1 object to going on
the stand when 1 am not feeling we'll, and
to being subjected to o cross-examination
by counsel for the prosecution. / have a
good deal to say. | want to go over the
whole business carefully and scientifically,
SO to speak, and l want to be in good
talking condition.
Scoville-I shall only ask you some
simple questions.
Guiteau-I am perfectly willing to do
that, but l do not want the prosecution to
take advantage of my presence here to
cross-examine me to-day.
Scoville-The Court will relieve you if
you feel ill.
Guiteau-With that understanding l
will go on.
Corkhill-We can't submit to any such
arrangement as that.
Scoyille-We do not ask your consent.
l shall appeal to the Court. Judge Cox
stated that il the witness went on the
stand to testify he must submit to being
c-ross-examined, and If his examination as
a witness was begun it could not be sus-
pended, except by consent of counsel on
the other side.
Guiteau, nodding his head approvingly,
said: "Thats the rule, Judge, as I I'M
derstand it,"
After some further discussion Guiteau
was removed from the stand and Scoville
proceeded to read letters. They were all
written by Guiteau to his father and other
members of his family, and covered a
period Of Is or 20 years. AS the reading
Of the letters progressed Guiteau occasion
ally commented upon them or suggested
the proper word when Scoville hesitated
While one from the Oneida Community
was being read, Guiteau said: Well
you can see I was cranked about that
time" AT another time Scoville hesitated
and said Here's a word I cannot make
out" Civilization is the word ~
prompted Guiteau. "You can see how
badly mixed l got in that miserable Com.
munity. 1t makes me mad every time I
think Of it. I wish these letters were out
Of existence"
scoville read from one. of the letters:
am in with Jesus Christ and Co., and I am
working for them.
"That vas my sentiment, said Guiteau,
"and that has been my position ever SINCE"
In another letter, addressed to his father,
the prisoner had requested two or three
hundred dollars. Guiteau commented
upon the letter, saying: Father didn't
send the money. He always thought I was
badly cranked."
Another letter was read in which the
writer criticized severely the Oneida Com
munity, and referred to a circular inclosed,
which also denounced the society and its
practices. Guiteau exclaimed: "Several
OF the New York dailies took up my circu-
lar and devoted editorial comments to it;
that was a little bit Of revenge ! had for
living in that miserable society. I'm glad
to know they are broken up now. / was a
virtuous man all the time I was there,
though; I want that understood"
Reading Of the letters was finished at
noon, and Guiteau resumed the witness
stand. Scoville began to question him in
regard to his early life. Guiteau re-
sponded promptly, intelligently and with
perfect GOODNESS for some minutes, ap-
parently enjoying the situation and his
freedom to talk. Abiding to his fathers
second marriage, he said smilingly, "He
went off one day without consulting me at
all and got married. I thought that was
a funny way OF doing business, and got
very mad over it,"
Whenever allusion was made to the
Oneida Community Guiteau became very
much excited and denounced the Commu-
nifty and his fathers course in p~ersuading
him to go there.
Scoville asked, "Why do you blame
your father 2"
Because, if he had been out Of the
way l never should have gone under the
influence Of that miserable fanaticism.
There never was such spiritual fanaticism
in the world. The amount Of it all swas,
to speak plainly, Noyes' sole idea was to
get a chance to sleep with the young
girls; nobody else could, though. At
the time ! was there Iwas practically a
Shaker. I'm glad the miserable, sinking
Community is broken up, and I hope the
United States Government will break up
that miserable Mormon community in
Utah"
Guiteau gave his view OF his fathers re-
ligious belief, and was asked il he this
father had any peculiar views on healing
diseases. He replied "Oh, yes. Father
was an awful crank on that subject"
Scoville- What do you mean by
"crank"
Guiteau-Well, that's the short way OF
putting 1t when you want to say q man is
pretty badly cranked.
/" did not believe in any religion until his
conversion. That's the word they use,
you know"
Arrested for Robbing h Mails.
CHICAGO, Nov. 29.-The Postoffce In
spectors arrested Charles p. Moore this
morning for robbing the mails. The
prisoner is from Virginia. His pecula-
tons, which he confessed freely, were at
Bartlett, in this county, where he has been
keeping the run OF the p~ostofice for q few
days. He claims to be a crank. His har-
vest has been very small.
Meeting of the National Tariff
Convention.
New York, Nov. 29.-The National Tariff
Convention met to-day. There are 500
delegates present. George B. Loring,
United States Commissioner OF Agricul-