The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-11-29

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The witness saw him In Boston iu 1871.
lie had seen him In the court aud al lail
since coming TO Washington. lie had OBJ
potVnities OF noticing him. When wit
ness hrst went to Jail the prisoner shook
hands with him and kissed his sister. who
was present. The prisoner, who was nart
OF The time very excited. insisted upon
having the management Of the case. lie
said he would not allow witnesses 90 be
examined on some topics.
"GUITEAU THE PATRIOT"
The prisoner then talked 20 Mr.. scoviIlc.
who was also present. The witness had
had difficulty with the prisoner. and know
ing that he had shot the President, man.
aged 10 keep him In front OF him. when
witness talked TO the prisoner, the latter
said, among other things. the name OF Gut
ieau would become honcred; that he
would he called "Guiteau, the pitriot.v
instead OF Guitcau, the assassin: he said
he bad acted under inspiration, and was
willing TO die for the principle Of inspira-
ton; witness remarked 10 him that he be-
licyed he was honest; the prisoner replied
that he was; he said he was willing to be
sacrificed for this principle; he said II the
jury failed to agree with his view he was
willing to abide by their decision; he said
he did not care a snap for his life; witness
then asked him suddenly: (Which do
YOU prefer, TO be hanged by the verdict of
4 jury or shot by mob" He said imme-
diately, 81 don't want either" and became
suddenly greatly alarmed, evidently, and
he crawled behind the stand in the room;
witness believed the prisoner insane.
The witness was then turned over to the
for cross-examinatiOn. He be-
lieved then that his brothers ease was a case
OF demOnism that he was possessed OF the
devil, and he so stated 10 Mr.. Barron.
Witness knew DR.. CharlisS Golfers, of Bos-
ton; had attended q meeting over which
the Doctor had presided after the shooting.
Il used 10 attend these meetings my
self" said the prisoner, "when l was in
Boston. 4 very nice man."
The witness thought he said then that the
prisoner was insane, but responsible; he
always said that he believed before God
that lie was responsible; but as 10 his re-
sponsibility before the law he could not
Judge. He held this view until he received
the letters written by his brother to his
father.
NlllEAA SfEAhN " ANAfNs
at should be stated here" said the prls-
oner. interrupting his brother. "that there
has been no fellowship between my bro
ther and me for some years. offended
him by something / said in the last inter-
view | had with him in Boston. Ny
brother he doesn't come here with the or
binary feeling that brother does come"
The witness said, in reply TO Mr.. Da-
vidge's question, that he had taken out
several policies on his life at various times;
in response TO the usual inquiry as TO who
Their there was insanity in his family, he
had replied, "NO." The last time he took
ont policy was in September or October
last, since the President was shot. The
witness having been questioned rs to the
note given by the prisoner to Mr.. Scoyille,
the prisoner looked up and said:
ii owed Mr.. Scoville $500, and paid 1t
while | was practicinS law in New York.
That's all there is to that"
The witness was asked il at that time he
considered the prisoner OF unsouud mind.
lie said that he did not think him crazy,
but thought he did not have much sense.
He always thought l was badly crank
cd" spoke UP the prisoner.
"Yes, that was true said the witness.
At 12:35 L. VI. the court took recess for
half an hour.
AFTER RECESS.
The court was not called to order until
Loo p. NJ. Mr.. GuiteaI was called back
TO the stand. Mr.. Dayidge proceeded with
his croSS-eXamination.
When Mr.. Dayidge finished his cross
examination, Mr.. Scoyille asked the Wit
ness il he had any feeling against having
insanity i'm the family.
The prosecution objected to this ques-
ton, and the objection was sustained.
Mr.. Scoville then proceeded to examine
the witness, to show that since leaving ms
father, when a young man, he had ony
seen his father at rare intervals. Mr.. SEQ
Vile asked, What is your opinion now as
to your fathers sanity"
II think he was sane" said the witness,
promptly. .u
"How?" inquired MIR. Scoville, as
though nc did not understand.
81 think he was sane" repeated the Wit
ness.
apo YOU say that, including, in making
up your judgment, the testimony that has
been heard here:"
The Court prevented the witness from
saying that he could only an
swer as TO facts that had come under MS
own knowledge.
$50 far rs any facts that | know" SAID
the witness, "he was always sane"
Being asked by Mr.. Scoville to explain
what he meant by saying his brother was
under the influence OF demon, the WIZ
ness said that he and his father believed
that there were two forces In the world
one under Satan, or the devil, ana tue
other under Jesus Christ. These two forces
were at war, and ut present Satan had 10
great extent dominion over lle WoIld:
At some time in his brothers life ne had
allowed his nature to gain such cohtroi
over him that he was under the control OF
the devil. This was what he meant when
he said he believed his brother was respoh-
sible before God, though he might not be
responsible before the human law
A FEMALE WITNESS PROM CHICAGO.
When Mr.. Guiteau was excused from
the stand. Mr.. Scoyile called Mrs. Angus
fus Parker, OF Chicago. She was 4 slen-
der, delicate, middie-aged lady, dressed in
black. with black hat, covered with black
feathers.
Mr.. Corkhill asked il the witness had not
been i'm the courtroom.
Mr.. Scoville said she had, but was so
leaf that she had heard nothing. He then
applied TO the witness, raising his voice,
md asked il she had heard anything.
She said she had not. !
The witness testified TO the insanity OF
her deceased husband, Augustus Granville
Parker. who had been insane three years
in the Elgin asylum before he died. She
thought the cause of his insanity was dis
appointment caused by not getting an
agency for the Decker pianos. Her hI!s-
band was a cousin TO the prisoner. The
prisoner had come to her house in Chicago