Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-09
WHEELING w. VA FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 8, 1881.

at this rate ,he trial would soon become 9
farce
Judss sCo1--f see no OCCASION, Mr. Guiteau,
for any explanation on your psrt.
Recess.
After Reeess
Frank Bartlett, of Chicago, Was cslled. He
knew Mr. and Mrs. Scoyills, and bed met
the prisoner at Scoville's summer residence
In '1s This man never saw me but oacc."
interrupted Guitears 1T has cost tirs gov
eminent 500 to brins this man down here
He met me once, FIVE years ago, and tbst's
all he knows about ne. 1t is a. oHtrsee,
Corkhill. for you to wsste the moaey Of The
government in this kind OF way"
Witness-l saw Guitsau daily; rever no.
ticed anything out Of the way in his depors-
ment.
The gentlemen there engaged in tub
race, and Guiteau took part. When he up
set he was ducked by the rest of the spntle-
men and took il in good psrt
Guiteau again broke out. whats that
got to do with what took place
On the ID or July:
| had time to go crazy n hundred times
since he saw me. That shows what stupid
work is being done by the prosecution. II
YOU had to pay fuI this instead vi the tax
payers you would do differently"
Witness never saw any indications of
insanity in the prisoner. Mrs. Florence r
Bartlett, wife OF the previous witness, wit
messed the dog incident so often alluded to
by the defense, and saw nothiny g unusal in
the occurrence. She thought ut the time
that Mrs. Scoville was more excited about
it than the prisoaer was, and remembered
distinctly the prisoner, after tbs dog was
hurt,
Carry Fosd 20 Him,
and seemed. to desire to eiface any had I'M
preston Of it he might have created.
Witness detected no signs whatever Of
any mental disturbance in the prisoner. He
was always polite and behaved as gentle
man.
On cross-eXaminstion Scovillc asked: Do
you remember once. at the table, discus
sion upon some religious topic arose, and
Guiteau took part, and became - violent
they all left him"
Ans.-No. don't.
Guiteau-They all got through talking,
and so they left; that's all there was to that.
| think that we have had about enough VI
this dog business.
Howard Dunham. of Boston, took the
stand, but Guiteau fOrcsalled his evidence
by shouting: had desk room with that
man few weeks in Boston, and that is all
he knows about it, II cost your govern
ment 800 to get him here. The witness
stated that in November, 1879, the prisoner
secured desk room in his office and remain
ed there nearly two months. when, ~ he
was
Behind with His Rent,
and witness did not like the style Of tho
man, he requested him 10 surrender his
key. The prisoner told him there was no
money i'll theology, and he was going to
practice law.
Col. Corkhiu then offered letter written
by Guitcau To witness last June.
o. ScOyillc objected on the ground that the
burden Of proof rests with the Government.
The plea OF insanity having been set up by
the defence, the prosecution cannot At this
time introduce any evidence To establish
the sanity of the prisoner. Ii should have
been introduced in evidence in chief
Judge Co&-Well, | oyerrule the objec-
ton.
Scovile-I desire TO note an exception,
and generally to all evidence Of this kind.
Dayidgc-From this time ont?
Guitcau-Running away back all through
the case, Judge.
The letter WAS then read. 1t WAS dated
Riggs House, June 3. and contained re-
quest for n copy Of his book Truth, which
hc desired should he sent him, as he was
getting out revised edition. Witness
stated, in all his conversation with the
prisoner, through all his relations with
him, and his observations Of his conduct,
he never suspected any
Insanity I'm the Prisoner.
Guiteau-You thought was badly crack
ed on my book though. Then TO the audi
encc he added, this man Is a Methodist
minister. That's what is tho matter with
him. ] did not pay my rent, and so he
didn't like me
The witness then gave the substance OF a
conversation he had had in Boston with J.
w. Guteau, in which tho latter had said:
The disgrace of the crime is enough for
the family To bear without endeavoring 10
prove hereditary insanity, for there Is no
authenticated case on which TO base IT,"
Guiteau. greatly excited. shouted out:
That's the way he feels, and desire to re-
pudiate him in this business. He has ne.
yer been brother TO me i'm any sense, and
that Is just a. ridiculous as the view he
takes on this insanity business
A moment after he shouted angrily:
That's false. There are two Of my cou-
sins in lunatic asylumS, and That's where
I'll Probably BE Very Soon.
John Palmer, of Saratoga Springs, tcsti-
fed that Guiteau boarded with him week,
and ran away without paying bis board.
Guiteau-"Well, might have confessed
that and saved the Government one hun
dred dollars"
The District Attorney here sent Judge
Cox q communication received by him
from the President OF the United States.
The Judge after reading it. sent IL 10 Sco-
vile with the remark that tho paper con.
tanned the Presidents answers TO his, SEQ
ville's, interrogatories.
The Prisoner-"I had sent the President
"A -
10 appear In this case, saying thatf did not
want his answers 10 the interrogstofies ]
presume he sent them before he received
my note"
Scoyille read the answers OF
President Arthur
to the interrogatories. To the first and
second questions. whether he knew the
prisoner and how often he had seen him,
the President replies, hc knows him; that
he has seen him at least ten times and pos
sbly more times. To the questions rs 10
whether he had ever conversed with him,
he replies, no, except 10 return the ordi.
nary salutation OF the day, and once or
twice in answer 10 his request 10 be en-
ployed in the campaign as speaker by the
Republican State Committee, Of which l
was chairman. To the question, what
political services the prisoner had render.
ed the Republican party during the last
Presidential campaign, the answer is:
"None That Know Or"
To the question whether there was any
thing in the prisoners relations 10 himself.
or General Grant, or Senator Conkling, or
any other OF the Republican party. socially
or politically, TO furnish him with any
ground for supposing he would receive any
political prefcrment, the an. yer is mo"
Prisoner-That is matter Of opinion.
The last question was, "Did you ever give