The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-12-08

!. down" said dniieah, VevepGody y
: | ! was thirty daysln The Tombs, have bcsf
I Ia jnll several times, bat never for crime
never was Indicted before this time In m,
Gulioap then related his efforts tc
, secure tho Chicago Ihtor.Occau. II,
I make him Governor of Illinois II he would
J advance money; did not make any prom
ises of political prcfermcnt TO others con
suited Ills old friend Charlie Reed on tn,
scheme. Reed put In twenty-five dollars
and"l amn sorry he has not got II yet" said
Guiteau."
Among others applied to was Mr.. Adams
President of the Second National Bank OF
Freeport, supposed TO be worth $500, 600.
told him / would make him Governor oil
Illinois, and he said he didn't want to be
governor. He had been State Senator and
was man ofreputation and character, but
he did not pan out very well,
after my interview with him. He did
not have any political aspirations. meant
to get hold Of some of those fellows who
had both aspirations and money.
They were the kind of fellows to help me.
Failing to get charge of the Inter-0cean,
| went into theology; that was
was worse than the newspaper business.
The idea of publishing the New York Her.
aid simultaneously in Chicago, was
part of the Inter-Qcean scheme. |
and consulted the manager of the Western
Union Telegraph Company, aud also the
manager of the Atlantic & Pacific Tele-
graph Company. The Atlantic & Pacific
was Just starting at that time. Its
manager was an active young
fellow who wanted to get into businesses |
said | proposed to duplicate the New York
I ,frI, -
thing, and so it was; wrote James Gordon
Bennett about the dispatches. Think |
| told him if he helped me out in the matter
l would consider the old Herald suit at an
end.
WASHINGTON, November 3O-The court
| room was packed this morning as usual.
| Guiteau resumed the stand and identified
several papers. He was questioned as TO
the religious tenets of the Oneida Commu-
nifty, and said lie had the same belief as
was entertained by the Community, and
also stated what was the belief
of the Community. He then gave his ex-
perience for the past, twenty-four years,
how he tramped around trying to lecture
and sell his book. He also gave an account
of his visit to the White House and State
Department. in search of consulship, and
stated how he received the inspiration to
remove the President.
AT - O'Clock a recess was taken for one
hour.
After recess Mr.. scoville finished the ex-
oner was subjected to a long and rigid
cross examination by Mr.. Porter.
WASHINGTON, December IA heavy
shower, which passed over the city about 8
o'clock, served to deter many. from going
to the courthouse to-day AT the opening
of the court, however, every available
spot in the courtroom was occupied.
Tba ,,o;nritu of tho visitors fn.1au w
males, but still quite a number of ladies
| were present. Upon entering the witness
box Guitear, before resuming his evidence,
made an appeal to the public for more
money to conduct his defense. Judge Por
ter then began rapid fire of interroga-
TOTES, eliciting from the prisoner that
he was physically coward and always kept
away from personal danger; morallyhe was
brave as lion, when he thought Deity
was back of him. Deity influenced him to
remove the PRESIDENT in his opinion the
doctors killed the President, not he;
the acts of Jones and Mason in attempting
to kill him were wrong and they ought
to be punished, unless they can
show they were influenced by the
Deity. The witness soon showed
signs of impatience and excitability,
striking his open hand upon the desk,
emphasizing every sentence uttered. When
pressed for answers, he finally became
obstinate, and shouted to Judge Porter,
81 know you well, and l know bigger
s msn ' yon shake SHa are your f nsss
at witnesses in New York, but you can't
scare me-" and shortly afterwSrd when
asked if he believed in the Ten Command
ments he replied in the affirmative, and if
he believed that commandment, "Thou
Thou shalt kill?7 he became
excited, violent, and refused TO discuss that
matter at all; there was no murder in his
case and no killing; it was not his account;
killing the President was inspired by
Deity. 1t was all nonsense to split
hairs any longer over that word; it must
be distinctly understood that the removal
of the President was an act of Deity. Wit
ness proved decidedly obstinate, and after
fatty contradicting the testimony of
General Logan and others, posi-
lively refused to answer several
questions, his invariable response being II
decline to discuss that with you" The
witness seemed greatly annoyed at Judge
Porter's habit Of pointing his finger at
his heterogeneous, ana brake
out angrily: "You need not point your
bony finger at me, Judge Porter; | have
seen you do that before, but you can't scare
me-"
The witness was closely questioned
Win regard 10 UilleTeuL DOdTuliiB-uOuscS
at which he had lived and
became very uneasy at the bad showing he
was making by his own evidence for hon
est dealing with his landladies, and declined
TO 90 further into the hoarding-housc
business, as it had no bearing in
the case. The court decided he must
answer. The witness was readily driven
from one position TO another, until con-
fronted with the evidence of his own wit
nesses, when he would unhesitatingly pro-
nouncc their evidence false.
Once he emphasized his contradiction
By saying: Anything that swear TO,
Judge, is true. You can put that down as
fixed fact" Beinepressed as to how he
had said he was expecting to
receive, witness replied; 81 INTENDED 20
borrow It from one Of my friends" and told
how he borrowed money. The witness was
questioned as TO the purchase OF
the pistol. Guiteau became very
indignant at Judge Porter's
fiercely: "You seem to delight in the use
Of the word murder, there is no use Of
your whining in that way; the mere
fact of how ] removed the President
has nothing whatever 70 do with
the case" The prisoner, with flushed
cheeks, and an air Of tiger at bay hurled
his replies at Judge Porter for two hours,
continually interrupting, however, the
course of question and reply
TO insist upon his position in
regard to the Deity being thoroughly
understood, and his shrewdness In detect
ing and anticipating any point which
might be made against him wnsthe marked
feature Of the investigation. Judge
Porter pressed him very closely 70 TX
the day when he received his alleged
inspirafion 70 remove the President, and
Guiteau finally shrieked: "To remove all
this loose talk, want you 70 know that
would have removed the Presi-
dent at any time between the nIid-
die Of June and second Of July, If i
had found an opportunity; j would have
done It for the good Of the American
people. -