The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-11-19

merely caught q glimpse Of the prisoner
after be was arrested.
During the rest of the examination of
these witnesses. Guiteau was apparent
ly absorbed in his papers. and when al
lusion was made to his looking like a
man that was about to visit the graves of
dead friends, he glanced quickly at the
witness and allowed q faint smile to
linger for an instant about his gutta
percha hned lips.
VIM. r. Barker. called, but failed to
to appear.
VIM. 8. Crawford. . wagon driver,
saw the firing; could not see the presi-
dent. but distinctly saw G Guiteau aim and
FIRE, and saw his arrest He was ques-
toned BY Scoville at some length, par
tlcularly as to how Guitean wore his
hat on that occasion
Guiteau put his hat on, remarking,
they are all mistaken on that hat busi-
ness, this is the way wore my hat.
Witness: Well, perhaps that is the
way be had it on, only not quite SO far
back.
John r. Scott, special officer on duty
at the depot. was At the south gate when
the flrst shot was fired; at the second
shot ran in the gate and across the hall
and saw Parke holding man. 1t was
Guiteau. He tGuiteau) said: will 60
to jail, but want Gen. Sherman to
have this letter. Assisted in taking the
prisoner to the police station. On the
way Guiteau said: lam stalwart, and
Arthur is now president. The witness
then detailed the incidents attending
the searching of the prisoner at the sta
tion and the finding OF the pistol upon
his person.
DistrictAttorneyC Corkhill then handed
the pistol to the witness, who identified
1t as the one taxed from the prisoner.
There was noticeable stir in the
court room and the craning Of necks in
every part Of the room, with the whis-
pered exclamation. there is the weapon
that killed poor Garfield. The pistol
was handed around and examined by
the jury, their attention being called to
the fact two barrels were empty and
four still loaded.
The witness said, there were two
shots. and you are running from the di-
rection of the shooting, I will arrest
yon. Some gentle man said that is the
man who shot the president. had
my club in my hand and thought of
hitting him, then thought about the
grand jury and did not hit him.
After few questions asked the wit
ness by Scoville. Guiteau who had been
closely the evidence, exclaimed, your
honor, will you allow me to ask this
witness a few questions, he comes
nearer to the truth than any of them?
A whispered consultation between
Scoville and Guiteau ensued, when the
former asked the witness. were you at
all excited when you made the arrestY
The witness began to make q state
ment or repetition Of his evidence, when
Guiteau interrupted him, saying, you
are the first man who took hold Of me,
Mr.. Officer, I had not moved, l had
just put my pistol up.
A colloquy then ensued between Gui-
teau and the witness which created
some amusement, but was not inter-
rupted by the court. The witness in
reply admitted that Guiteau did not try
to run away. Recess.
Upon reassembling, Guiteau address
ed the court with, your honor, Judge
Magruder, Of Maryland, has offered to
assist me in this trial, and want to in
vite him to meet me here Monday
morning; don't know If Scoville
knows about it. but l want to have him
in the case. Scoville is doing splendidly.
but want him to have assistance. This
is the only way can get anything be-
fore the public, is to announce it in
court.
No objection was offered. and Gui-
teau, apparently satisfied, busted him
self with writing. occasionally turning
to Scoville to assure him that Judge
Magruder was . splendid man and he
wanted him in the case.
John Taylor and Aquilla Barton,
colored hack drivers, testified relative
to Guiteau's wish to hire a hack to
take him to the cemetery.
Barton said that the prisoner did not
look at all excited or peculiar; was per-
fectly cool; told me to keep cool and
not to get excited; that be knew what
he was looking for. Answering u
question, the witness replied, think he
looks little thinner than he did.
Guiteau, who appeared both inter-
ested and amused at the witnesses' re-
plies, said, just here it might be well to
say, I have had to-day the first square
meal since the I'd of July.
This sally raised q laugh, in which
Gulteau joined heartily.
Byron Andrews was called to the
stand simply to identify himself as a
correspondent of the Chicago Inter
Ocean. He has received no papers
from the prisoner and did not know
him.
While waiting for another witness.