Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-12-16
TRIAL or TIE ASSASSIN.
Yesterdays Proceedings Continued
- Guiteau Calls Judge Porter Q
Liar-Mrs. Scoville Takes q Part.
In the Case.

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- Guiteau Calls Judge Porter o
Llar-Mrs. Scoville Takes q Part
In the Case.
WASHINGTON. December Is. - Rev.
Mr.. stoppen, pastor Of All Saints Church
in Washington, was placed on the wit
ness stand. Mr.. Stoppen testified that
he boarded at the same house and occu-
pied q seat OF the same table with the
prisoner. from April last until the day
before the murder Of the President, when
hs (ths prisonsr) disappeared. Witness
had frequently convsrssd with the pris.
onsr. Both bad lived In Chicago, and
that formed the basis Of Q conversation
which led to quite . familiar sequsins.
anes. At the time he asksd the prisoner
why be removed" (using the prisons's
tsrm) the President. and his reply was:
because I was inspired to do So" and
q little after he said: "If the President
should die. I wsuld be convinced that
my inspiration was from the Deity; but
IL hs should recover. I would be In doubt
about it." Witness was asked II he con.
sidered the prisoner sane, and replied.
"a perfectly sans man. sir, and Is as
bright. quick and intelligent q man as
You would see In o summers day. There
was not the slightest indication Of insan-
ity about him. He was o little impa-
tiept Of restraint at times, Q little nsrv.
ous, as men In bis position would natur-
ally be, but perfectly sane"
Mrs. Scoville suddenly rose In her
place and said: "Your Honor, I would
like to ask q question OF the witness. I
consider 1t OF vital Importance to the
CASE"
Guiteau (impatiently)-Now. dent.
sister. 1t is all these people can do to
stand mo. without your talking. You
are no lawyer.
Mrs. Scoville-- The question Is Of
vital importance.
Scoville-I prefer. Your Honor. that
permission should not be given.
Davidge-Let Mrs. Scovills suggest
the question to her husband, and We
will not object.
Mrs. Scovills (sotto voce)-well. he
don't know how to ask any questions,
anyway.
Scoville asked II It were possible to
place in the prisoners coffee any drugs
that would make him appear brighter or
more quiet, as tho case might be.
Gui:eau with q co%ntemptuous expires.
sion) exclaimed : "You are examining
the witness for the other side. ain't you,
Scoville? I W saw anything so stu.
pid as your manner OF examining wit
nesses this morning. I think your leo.
turo last night must have been too much
for you"
Mrs. Seville wrote hor question and
reached over to hand II to her husband,
when Guitoau sharply said 10 her: "Now
you Just mind your W affairs. You
are making yourself altogether too ON.
cious in this case"
Pending . colloquy between Guitsau
and his sister. the witness was permit
ted to depart, much to the disapPoint.
ment apparently Of Mrs. Scoville.
General Joseph s. Reynolds, . law.
yer Of Chicago. knew the prisoner first
about May. 1868, In Chicago. Witness
visited the prisoner In jail twelve days
after the assassination. The prisoner
asked me, "whers were you on the day
Of the assassination?"
Corkhill-Did he use the word "as-
sassination?"
witnsss-Yes, that is the precise word
he used.
Witness then made o memorandum
OF notes Of his conversation with the
prisoner OF this interview, and to refresh
his memory was allowed to read two or
three times. quoting the prisoners
words and using the word "assassina.
tion."
Colonel Corkhill - Did he use that
term2
witness-Hs used that word. and
never spoke In reference to any divine
inspiration OF this interview. After this
OF subseqent interviews, be always spoke
Of the murder as the removal" Of the
President.
At this point Guitesu shouted: "This
man came to me as o friend from Chioa-
10, when really he was nothing but Q
SOW engaged BY Corkhill. I want to
thunder this to the American people,
to let them know what this mans char
ao.er is" This Ii your work. Corkhill.
and God Almighty will damn you for II.
You have deceived all through. and
stolen my thoughts, and betrayed thsu."
Witness continued to read from the
notes he had taken at o second inter.
view with the prisoner. Allusion being
made to something which had appeared
In the Washington Republican. Guiteau
pounded upsn the table and shouted out;
''That's just what that whelp Gorhan
was writing at that time. Now he ID
ready to eat his own words. He Is hang
ing around Arthur now, and trying to
get some little Office. He ought to be
ashamed Of himself. II he has any de-
cency. / have got q speech on this fel-
low Gorham. I only want 10 get q
chance at him."
Witness stated that he read to the
prisoner what Grant, Conkling and some
Of his (ths %prisoner's) alleged friends
said Of him and his crime. and he. walk.
ing the floor eIcitodly, said: What does
Il mean2 would have staked my life
that they would have defended me. They
knew they wanted Garfield removed. and
yet they d~snounes me and can only sec
in It the bloody aot." Witness also
showed the prisoner some papers In
which he was bitterly denounced for his
crimo. and the prisoners comment was
that the trus facts had been suppressed
and he had not had any defense. The
prisoner asked me. referring to Grant,
Conkling and other prominont Stal.
warts: "Do they know I have stated I
have no accompliessf" and I told him
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