The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1881-12-24
TRIAL OF GUITEAU.

Inc nrst witness called by the prosecution on
the twenty-ffth day was the Rev Tr Iobn 4
nltnron, pastor Of the Park Street Cona-eps
tlonai church, Boston He knew the 1,r;so4er
IN the years 1878 and 1879 in Boston the
prisoner introduced himself to witness "a
coiAOoler with MI Moody, and wanted to lecture
IN witness church in answer tn Crlonaf pr
EFT lngersol be saw the prisoner fre1,,ertIx,
at the prayer-meetings and social ca.I,er1-c,s ~
the church, and marked him part5cnlarlre bis
opinion was that Guiteau was in no resr,ac. IN
sane, but very shrewd or cute man. s i1ror
having been granted brief absence from the
room, the prisoner entertained the audience
Win oeeiamstory remarks, saying that ii
WAS evident that the prosecution intended
to prove that he knew right from wrong When
he shot the President. He wished 10 saw tba.
It made no difference whether he did or not a.
bus free agency was destroyed. He rested his
case on that, not on whether or no. he was in
sane or fool. Charles 4. Bryant. of the For,i-
table Ate Insurance company, next told
Characteristic story illustrating the prisoners
method of borrowing money from aeouaint-
snces and his real or pretended expectations az
getting the Paris cons1lship. This testimony
being distasteful to the prisoner. he revilad
the witness indnstriouslv. The latter never
thought Of Guiteau's being insane, when
Henry n. Collier. counselor at law. of New
York city, took the stand, Guiteau at once
Herald business on me- I'll dispose of you.
sir p Witness related an instance of Guiteau,s
collecting s175 and failing TO pay ii over. The
evidence proved extremely damaging to
the prisoners oft-asserted claim of having al
ways lived an upright, Christian life, and Gui-
teau wriggled and expostulated, and vainIv
attempted 10 explain the transaction. Witness
at one point said: " I informed Judge Dono-
hue st the time that I considered Guiteau
thief and scoundreL" Guiteau broke in ex-
citedly: "You did not dare say so to me. |
would have knocked you down" One of the
jurors, who had complained. early in the day of
feeling unwell, here stated to the court that he
could not possibly concentrate his thoughts
upon the evidence, feeling as he did, and the
court was accordingly adjourned.
Guiteau opened the proceedings on the TWEEN
ty-sixth day by eulogizing the jury and e1hort-
ing the court to look after their health By
giving them plenty Of exercise. He announced
further that he proposed to fire of three or four
other speeches in the course of the day. Mr..
Bryan resumed his testimony, and the prisoner
at once began series of interruptions and took
Mr. Scoville to task for his method of conduct
ing the cross-e1amination. J. N. Justice, an
attorney OF Logansport, Ind. was called for
the prosecution and told what he had known
OF the prisoner in 1878, remembering him IS
book agent, trying to sell a life of Moody. The
prisoner was greatly angered by this testi-
NAS-s, oA0 sIOitlLif tu6 tOSc VI
ever having been book agent. Wit
ness saw no indications Of insanity in
the prisoners expression; he thought his eye
now mad more suppressed and fearful ex-
preston Guiteau broke out at this, and de-
Ivered long and loud rhodomontade about
his being backed up by the Almighty, ETC., and
accusing Colonel Corkhill of stirring up the
American people against him. The Rev. DR..
Shipper, of Washington, next testified that the
prisoner came to board at the same house with
himself, and he saw nothing remarkable in his
conduct or conversation, nothing that suggested
insanity. Mrs. Dunmire, at one time Guiteau's
wife, next testified that her acquaintance with
the prisoner began in 1868. while she was
librarian OF the Young Mems Christian associa-
ton In Chicago; she was married to the pris-
oner on the third of July, 1869. Mr.. Scoville
objected to her testimony and she was with
drawn until the record of the court in proof
of her divorce could be sent for. DR.. Noble
Young, physician at the jail where Guiteau has
been confined, testified that he considered the
prisoner perfectly sane man. Guiteau
had told him that if the President should die
he would be confirmed in his belief that the
Lord had inspired him. Mrs. Scoville the
prisoners sister, wished to ask the witness q
question Of vital importance. Both Mr.. SEQ
vile and Guiteau objected. Mrs. Scoyille then
wrote out the question and handed it to her
husband. but he refused to put it to the wit
HESS llTs. oCONl11c was EuIONcu. dIQ objected
to letting the witness leave the stand. Joseph
A. Reynolds, Chicago lawyer, testified that in
July last he had three interviews with Guiteau
in Jail. He read his notes Of Guiteau's CONVEX
sations. In the first interview, on July IA, the
assassin said that after the American peo-
pie had come over TO his SIDE ne would
be discharged. On July Is he said he expected
his friends whom he had placed in power to
save him from punishment. On July IL he
seemed astonished to learn the men on whom
he had counted as his friends cond emned his
act. On July 10 he gave the witness an address
TO the public in which he said that if his act uni
ted the Conkling and Blaine elements, he would
be delighted to hear of Garfeld's speedy re-
covery. Guitean frequently interrupted the
witness, and while admitting the truth OF his
statements, declared that he had deceived him
in order to obtain such information. He was
at times very violent. He scolded Mr.. Scoyille
and his sister, and denounced District Attorney
Corkhill.
General Reynolds resumed his testimony on
the morning of the twenty-seventh day. He
found the crime was purely private enterprise
on Guiteau's part for patriotic reasons, as
Guiteau said, caused by reading the news
papers. Colonel Corkhill read communications
on the subject of the assassination, written in
July, by Mr.. Conkling, General Grant and
Senator Logan, and editorials from the Chicago
Inter Ocean, all expressing adherence of the
deed and the doer OF 1t Mrs. Grant, OF Wash
ington, in whose house Guiteau boarded last
June, next told Of her attempts to collect the
amount of the months board. She never sus-
pected that he was insane. Guiteau compli-
fnented the lady, acknowledged the debt and
berated Mr.. Scoville for cross-examining her.
Mrs. Dunmire, Guiteau's divorced wife, again
took the stand. A few ladies left the room at
this moment, whereupon Guiteau famed out
against Colonel Corkhill :" for attempting to
stir upa scandal" and called upon President
Arthur to kick Corkhill as personal favor to
himself, "the author of his present greatness"
Mr.. Scoville objected to the admission of Mrs.
Dummies testimony, she having been the
prisoners wife; but the court ruled that the
examination might continue. Colonel Cork
hill asked her very few questions, and she
gave her opinion that Guiteau was sane. Mr.
Seoville's method of conducting the cross
examination excited Guiteau's wrath, con-
tempt and ridicule, which he freely poured
forth, calling lir. Scoville "eonsummate
lackass, - p" stupid fool" etc. DR.. F. B. Lor-
Ing, an eye and ear specialist of Washington,
testified that he examined tho prisoners
eyes on November 80 and December
. with reference to disease of the
heir J.