St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-11-25

an excited scene followed, in which
Guiteau told the court he should do as
he pleased about counsel, and he also
invited the bailiffs to mind their own
business.
Some thirteen witnesses were exam
med on this day, including the officer
who arrested Guiteau, the coachman
whom he had engaged to carry him
away, and other persons who were
about the depot when the shooting oc-
CURED. The evidence of these wit
nesses simply rehearsed the story of
the tragedy as they saw it.
j. Stanley Brown, private secretary
to President Garfield, testified about
Guiteau's visits to the White House.
His first visit was very early in March,
and his visits were repeated ut inter
walls of two or three days until the LIST
of June. The witness identified sew
eral letters and notes handed him by
the district attorney as those which
had been left at the White House by
Guiteau. The question of identifying
the letters being discussed, Guiteau
broke in again with "They're all
right | wrote them ALL" When Mr..
Brown was asked if Guiteau was al
ways treated with courtesy at the
White House and replied i'll the affirm
alive, Guiteau added, "You should
rather say, cordially"
Saturdays Proceedings.
There was a fearful crush at the
court doors Saturday morning. 1t
took some time even for Judge Cox to
fight his way into his own court. The
larger part of the audience were ladies.
The announcement that Swain, Rock
we'll, Bliss and others connected with
the Presidents illness were to testify
no doubt contributed to bringing peo-
pie to the court. Mr.. Maynard was the
first witness. He was the man who
loaned Guiteau the money with which
he bought the pistol. His testimony
made Guiteau very angry, and he in
terrupted witness several times i'll a
very sullen and disagreeable manner.
Col. +. Rockwell came on the stand at
1920, buzz of expectation going over
the room as he took his place in the
witness box. He gave an interesting
account of his part in the tragic scenes
at the station. Mr.. Scoville thought
the repetition of these accounts unnec-
essary. ave do not deny the killing,
the shooting" he added, quickly, cor
recting himself. ayes, your Honor,
we deny the killing" exclaimed Quit
eau. Col. Swain came next. His tes-
timOny was of special interest because
of his association with the President
during his illness. An impressive scene
occurred while he was testifying.
"What were the Presidents last
words 7" asked Mr.. COrkhill. ellis last
words" replied the witness, with emo
ton, "were, 20 Swain =" DR.. Bliss
followed. His appearance made quite
a sensation.
DR.. Bliss was crOss-eXamined by Mr..
Robinson. Guiteau made no objection,
a rather illogical line of conduct on his
part after his formal dismissal of Rob
insOn from the case. The questions
were mainly framed to bring out what
ever facts might exist on which to base
defence on the ground of malpractice.
This cross examination was resumed
after the recess. Mr.. Robinson insist
ed on the doctor giving details and a
complete record of the symptoms
through the whole case, based upon
the physicians notes. The prosecu-
cutiOn were annoyed at RobinsOn's
persistence in bringing out this mass
of evidence through DIR. Bliss, and the
audience showed signs of relaxed at
tentiOn.
A SENSATION.
Quite the sensation of the trial was
produced when the district attorney
S111a11lNr HraNu fran. Sfahnar I hnv
upon his table a section of a human
backbone, and holding it up, inquired,
''Do you recognize this, Doctor 2" The
audience hung breathless upon the an
swer as the witness in measured tones
replied, 81 do, it is a portion of the
vertebr9 of the late President James
A. Garfield" The vertebrH were then
handed to the jury and the character
and extent of the injury to them was
explained by the witness, who was fol-
lowed with the closest attention on
the part of the entire audience with
the sole exception of Guiteau, who de-
voted himself to his papers, only oc-
casionally glancing up with the air of
man being bored with a recital in
which he could have no possible inter
est.
AN ATTEMPT TO KILL GUITEAU-HE is
SLIGHTLY WOUNDED.
An attempt was made to kill Guiteau
on Saturday afternoon. AS the van
was returning to the Jail with him a
man rode quickly up by the side of it
and discharged two shots from pistol
point blank into the van. He seemed
to know just where Guiteau sat or re-
clined, and took a good aim, for one OF
the balls passed through the coat
sleeve of the prisoner, intiicting IA
slight flesh wound. The assailant then
put spurs to his horse, very fleet one,
and dashed off. No mounted guard
accompanied the van, and pursuit by
those in charge of the prisoner was
plainly useless. The alarm was given,
therefore, and the van proceeded to-
ward the jail as rapidly as possible.
| The description given of the man
who did the shooting was so very mea-
gre that the police had very little to
work upon. An alarm, however, was
sent out and the mounted police were
instructed to scour the country and
bring in all suspicious characters. The
officer who patrols near the Soldiers
Home finally saw man answering to
the description that had been sent out,
and cried out to him to halt. He got a
blast of profanity in reply, and the man
rode off as fast as possible, the police
man following in hot pursuit. The
chase was continued beyond the dis
trict line, and several shots were fired
during its progress, the man finally
disappearing in the woods. The off