National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-11-30
GARRULOUS GUITEAU
continued from FIRST Pdos.l

HHTIhc oneida Community Is located ~ Madl-
son County, New York, with branches Rt Walling-
ford aud New Haven. Conn
"some Of the New York papers said the assas;
sin, sustained that appeal in their editorials
am glad to say that the oneida Community was
entirely wiped out two or three years ago. When
was there
TWAS A STRICTLY vtRruors MAN"
This statement caused considerable amusement
for The spectators, and the courtroom resounded
During the reading Of the letters in relation to
the Oneida Community Mr.. Scovillo was unable to
dgclrhcr a certain word. but the assassin imme.
diately assisted him, saying. that the word was
me mad every time l think about those letters
aud wish they were not In existence The
ules before twelve o'clock, and Mr.. Sooville again
called the assassin 20 the witness stand. He
seemed TO have forgotten his III health, and
moved rapidly to the box and sat down in n chair.
Again ON thc stand.
Q. Tell the jury our earliest rccolleclons of
your mother, II you reCnllect her nj ALL said Mr..
ScOvic--A. Mother died when was about seven
years old do not rccollcct anything special
about her have always felt that never had
q. Can you rccollcct her appcarance?-A.
recolcct nothing about her at nll, only that she
was an invalid and confined to her bed That's
the only recollection that have Of her. twas
probably during her last Illness.
q. AitCr her death where did you livef-A. At
TCcpOrl, with my father.
q. Do you remember removing to Ulao Wis.,
death.
q, How long did you live ut Ulno2-A. Several
months / went there 10 visit my grandfather,
who used to think great deal Of me. went
there with my father. My father was employed
there Jointly with my grandfather in pier that
tney owned together lwaseight or nine years old
q. Whore is Ulao9--A. Twenty miles north of
Milwaukee,, Wis, oil the shore of Lake Michigan.
Q. What was the business done there IA. They
owned pier, and used to furnish wood to steam.
ers as they passed TO md fro.
q. What did you do2-A did not do anything.
was with my grandfather most Of the time
q. Did you go to school there "A. do not
think did.
@ Where did you go afterlcavins Ulao?-I am
not certain whether went 10 FrccpOrt or to Chit
cago. My impression is that went 10 Frecport
that time.
q What was your father doing when you re-
turned turned TO- to E5eepori?oA; am not sure about That
then.
O. Did YOU go to school in Frecport?-A. Yes; I
went to school with Mr.. Burchard, who Is now Di-
rector of the Mint.
O. Was that district school ora private school?
O. Where did you live at that time with my
father He was Il widower and we boarded TO.
gether. ! ate with him and slept with him.
recollcct the lady's name. 1t was nice, first.
class boarding house.
q. How long did you go to school with Mr..
Burchnrd "A. Several months, should say.
Q.-Do you recoect when your father married
the second time?-A. Very distinctly.
q. Were you in FrcepUrt then IA. Yes I was
along with him, He was agent nt Freeport for
what is now the Northwestern kailroad Company.
O. DO you recollect when your sister (SIrs. SEQ.
Ylc) was married "A. Very distinctly.
q, We're you there thcn?-A. was.
. q. DO you know what year IL wasS-A, My
sister was married in January, 1853. and my
father was married in September 1853. | think
wont TO live with you some time during the
spring after you were married.
q. Where "A. In Chicago.
O. What did YOU do thercG-A. boarded at
your house and did chores and went to school. L
was twelve years old, then. / went to a private
school. After several months went back to Free.
port and lived with my mthcr. He was married
In September. | know that was very indignant
at his going Off to get married. as he did, without
consultation with me. was so indignant that
got on the railroad cars that night and went back
to your house i'll great state of wrath. My
father started in the afternoon for New York lie
went to Cuzenoyia to get married. His wife had
formerly lived at Freeport where she
had gone to New York on visit and my
father went of in the afternoon without consulta-
tiOn with me. He left word at the Office that ho
had gone off TO get married, and was very ndig-
nant about 1t. ] thought II n strange way Of
doing business.
O. Were you in Freeport when he returned with
his wifc?-A. Yes; think correcting him
self)--no; think was at your house The night
married | had not cent of money but told them
ON the milroad who was, and they allowed me tc
pass to Chicago.
q. Do you recollect now how long you attended
school from your mothers death til your fathers
Treeport after got old enough. think attended
school every winter from the time was seven til
the time was twelve.
O. How old were you when your fnther married
the second tme-A. was twelve years old.
O. How long did you attend school after that be.
fore you went TO Bells Commercial College a
do not think attended school at all. My impress
sion Is that was writing in my fathers Office iOr n
year or two; ! think 1 got Uneasy at that and
wanted TO get Rn education. ] made up my mind
togo TO Chicago aud attend Bells Commercial Col
lege. That was when was about sixteen years old
Ny father was always opposed to my getting uI
education. He thought that the great thing for me
TO do was to save my soul, and that the only way
to save ny soul was TO go TO the Oneida Commu-
my soul or his was to go into that stnking Oneida
Community. II makes me mad to think of 1t. Tho
greatest outrage ever perpetratcd on boy was the
act Of my father in running me into that cominu.
nity have never been able to forget 1t from that
day to this. would have gone to school and col.
lege and law school II my father had been out o
the way
lIhe prisoner had commenced giving his testi'
mony IN rapid, nervous. manner, but when ht
began to speak Of his father and Of the Oneida
excited, and occasionally pounded the railing be-
fore him with his fist.
O. When did this Idea come to you of going tc
the Oneida Community PA. drank it in right
from my mothers womb; not actually but spir
itually. My mother WAS dead and my father wa
both father and mother to me. | drank In thi
ianaticismi Ism. under his influence a. freeport. III
1t, to dream over II. He could not see any way Il
save his soul or mine except by getting into til,
Oneida Community.
College "A. One winter. Then went back L
FreepOrt, and went to work in my fathers office
He was clerk of the Circuit Court, and recorded
O. How long did you work there?-A. l worke,
there until made up my mind to go and get Al
time was fighting my father, because he was op
posed 10 me getting an education. lie was $
thoroughly bewidered by Noyes and the oneld
them.
@ Did you consult him about your going of ?
A. Yes; and we had terrible noise about It.
Npantpl "A n anupatiDn and IA thnupht that hI