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and especially lias lie ,na.lo such inquiries as
ho wns abto to tl,,t witnesses for tho ttofenac.
la further sHrs

he wns 0btG to flitt witnesses for tue ttofenac.
lla further says
THE NAMES AMI nEstrEycEs
Of such witnesses nre Jnt1i ". t'Mlteau, Now
York; Il. 4. Parker, WiiIiuln j. Maynard,
fra,els u. Brown!ey, Orsn,, W. Colt, mil
Ffailcfs II. Sc0y[i1e, Chicago. Aftiamt ex-
poets tn provo by these witnesses tho tlofcld-
aNt's tendency 10 hereditary Insanity, nut
only by hts own conduct but by establishing:
|. That 0ne b. W. Gu!tea,,. II brother nj
defendants fatller. WINS insane and llcl III
MI liisane 1syIu,n In Now Yurk many yenrs
Nlu3.
=. Tint ono Augustus l'nrker,. cousin of
defendant. II soil af bis fnthor's sister, was
fnsnhe alMl tlfetl four years ngo In at Insane
asyia,n III Cook Coulty, Illinois,
a That another cousin Of tcfcndant one
Abbtc Maynard, tho daughter Of another SIS
tcr Ut delcndunt's tnter, lins t,eul f,saiie for
manly ye,trs. and Is now confined IN MI insane
asylum til Michigan; MID, further, TINT
I4ntller W. Guiteau, fathcr Of tho defendant,
wns II lnono'naniac OIL tic subject Of religion
for many years.
Al,lant further sAys he expects to prove the
absolute Insanity OF defendant 1,imsclf o,,
different occasions by u. q. Scovtils and
George T. Burroughs, Of Chicago; .Jnhn II.
Nuycs, Of Nlagnrs, falls; Join Il. ftlcc, Ut
" AAhEatHlt " i1.t hiltk 444at DkAttlE$} VIZ
cago. Atllant further says lie expects to
prove by Mr. Foss. Of Dover, n. H., that he
was present at tho time AMI place Of tie
siutot!ng,
| SAW THE DEPENDANT AND HEARD WHAT
1T; sA1t1,
and that defendants acts md words on that
| uecas!0tl showed Enthusiastically TINT lie WIS
| insane. Ai!iant further says It ~ necessary
| for the defensa To llayo tth testImotlypf ex-
uersa on the subject of insanity lfi addition
to witnesses Of facts. md TINT l,e expects 10
proyo TINT defendant was insane Mt tho tlme
Of tho shooting by testimony Of tho fol-
low1nR-na'hed witnesses: Drs. Ninc-
Donald assd FITCH, Of tho 1iisanu Asylum,
/ Wards isla'ld, New York; Ur. i'radnvr, iatu
City Ut phi!adelphIa; and Dr.. Sprague. iii
| ci'nr9e Ut the C0uk Cnunty, 1ltfnOls, Asylum
for the li'sale. Affidavit MISC, expects TO
nroys ,a by the fo''9WinEsnamrd i tfi"mMtent
Ny f!srk; i!;; !; I;., Marion SI'nf. SsW YORK;
trcws, Eitgngo. tllnt tta wound WIS not
eaSss Il lie ii i""t ~ 81 aes @ SIX 4 trile bas M
death ensllcl ns the result Df ,nalpractieo Of
tic principal physician in Charge ut the
| wounded ina,,. Aillant has reason to he.
witnesses fur the dsfe,'se (wllose names aud
residences Are Mt present it1lknow,l to htM)
IN thH question OK Insanity; that thus fur
Al:nt Inns not bee. able to o6taii, infor-
erwlse, with, ally partIcularity rs 70
wl'sre he has been, or AZ to the PERSONS with
! whom he Inns associated fur SOME years past,
sS as tg , kHoW wl!ol" I" cal! as witnesses, hat
and Within thirty days, he enll ascertain the
names and residences of many sneli Wit
nesses. w!i1so tGstinloity would Ge very
nIatcrta,. Tic alant believes tint as many
wilaessns viii be necessary ol THO part of
tile tlcfensa It's appear OH the 1ist Of the wit
llesses for ths pr0secutio1l--to-wit:
roRrY-FoUR,
and the court ts respectfully aaked to mako
M order allowing any number OF Witnesses.
not eSceuti!1lG lDrty'fDur, to By sllhptenNed I'll
the part III tic defendant, rs Ills cnttHsEl mny
from time tn tlluu teem necessary. AtItuHt
further states that defens!nnt Inns no n!Gans
himself l'.s rnceiye.l iotl.snE, aud expects to
receive nutlltllg, for hts expenses, dislurse-
nleMts, ute. Thu nstiaylt having been real,
| atll st'oy1I.r4E SAID:
! ltnya underworld. Under Instructions of
Descendant, y secure et'nlputent counsel to
attend tn Ills tletcuse. | am myself hot
familiar with crllstlnnl Inv or criminal prar-
tlce. and wnul!t not feel competent t., take
upon myself the s!sfensH. tlaye act.d alons
thus farinrrely fron force Of circumstances.
defendant, MD In accUrlnnce wltll his re-
| quest. asked Eufery 4. S!1rrs, OF Chicago,
| Ee9ttIethhn tU!tFerhlnI Win cfbittltn! INV,
~, ,., su s',,,I, ~! !; 1 ~ ~
,mssi nv lin ~ wiv. tI"t tiIn. mn, nttnn w
tlon Il, Il whr ti,n imunrtnnrn ri f ti,s csso
| I"m,n,u,.M n"St m',,ii,.i - funi,or % I%Ts II
Sfnrrit.i. ~ 5tlx cftv a,,I racnfvat u''f,sto,,.
tiniIv IL. sn'n.. n,,s's:er ~" st"rrfoS ;n.SarMr
kindly consented, in cnse tl,a question OF
6ra.lciI Of the % caso to te court; bit Io @ saia @
MI lin r. fni:t, a., nmrt i, tha afaneo
next' uiisr iustruetlonsI I Of dsfsnJaat, ID.
p4e" 10 nrv,Av,x r. p,,r,ru
but nv ,mnresson Ia ti,s H Is,tsr MIA r.s,e, n
i!ia s. mius! haye ntissarrIed: T. was lnailea by
nMs,Hsr my @ sa ,at o az IT, ye - reseyea @
9rnpli!c dispatcl, from ltytler 70 so1lIe one y!
tnas 81 hey, Hatea as1 WsnSsany' esy at iostoi,, my
lilE ill., t,aA tint nehf;l from ne. hnvt not
Miatssstvl .i mt1ll litI,tnef, h9hihg ~ has IT,
Eeea ~, a ~ VII ttI teeI1Sn y VIZ s!tHF. ia ~ conrst:
iIe ea!!'iot Attctltt 10 ltit VIII % my t!nty
~ ontath otlef counsel: i3!fi,tlon @ tllests
siitnh5 ~ ttt ~, ~ tSi.sns a, Wllscia t!lhk
SHOULD Dpetnte Will the Court aud Influence
" kihHt InilueE t1li'e III liz citss. ~ re-