Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-12-09

he was behind with his rent, and witness dit
not like the style of the man, he requested hin
to surrender his key. The prisoner told wit
ness there was no money In theology and h
was going to practice law. Col. Corkhil
then offered letter written by Guiteau tt
witness last June. Scoville objected OF
the ground that the burden of the proof rest!
with the government. The plea of insanity
having been set up by the defense, the prose
cution cannot at this time introduce evidence
to establish the sanity of the prisoner. II
should have been introduced in the evidence
in chief.
Judge Cox-"Well, I overrule the objec
| tiOn."
Scoville-"I desire to note my exception
and generally to all the evidence of this kind. Vi
Davidge-"From this time out''
Guiteau-"Running away back all through
the case, judge"
The letter was then read. It was dated
Riggs House, June s, and contained request
| for a copy of his book, "Truth," which he
out revised edition. The witness stated that
in all his conversations with the prisoner,
through all his relations with him, and his
observations of his conduct, he never suspect
ed any insanity in the prisoner.
| Guiteau-"You thought I was badly
cracked on my book, though" Then to the
! audience he added: "This man is Methodist
minister. That's what is the matter with
him. did not pay my rent, and 30 he didu't
| like me-" Witness then gave In substance
the conversations he had had in Boston with
Guiteau, in which the latter had said eDis-
grace is crime enough for family to bear
without endeavoring to prove hereditary in
sanity, for there's no authenticated case on
which to base it."
Guiteau, greatly excited, shouted out:
"That's the way he feels, and desire to repu-
diate him on this business. He has not been
a brother to me in any sense, and that is the
ridiculous view he takes on this insanity
BUSINESS" a moment after he shouted,
angrily, "that's false. There are TWO of my
cousins in lunatic asylums now. and that's
where / will be very soOn."
John Palmer, of Saratoga Springs, testified
that Guiteau boarded week with him and ran
away without paying his board.
Guiteau-"Well, I might have confessed
that, and saved the government $780,"
The district attorney here sent Judge Cox a
ident of the United States. The judge, after
reading it, sent it to Scoville with the remark
that the paper contained the presidents an
swers to his (Scoville's) interrogatories.
Guiteau-'I had sent the president note
this afternoon requesting him not to appear
in the case, and saying did not want his an
swers to the interrogatories. I presume he
sent them before he got my note.
Scoville read the answers of President
Arthur to the interrogatories. To the first
and second questions, whether he knew the
prisoner, and how often he had seen him, the
president replied he knew him; that he has
seen him at least ten times, possibly twenty
times. To the question whether he had ever
conversed with him he replied, "none except
ing to return the ordinary solutions of the
day, and once or twice in answer to his re-
quest to be employed in the campaign as
speaker by the republican state committee, of
which l was chairman" To the question
as to what political services the prisoner
rendered the Republican party during the
presidential campaign: Ans-"None that
I know Of" Thefourth question was wheth-
er or not there was anything in the prisoners
relations to himself or Gen. Grant or Senat
Conkling, or any other of the Republican
party, or politically, to furnish him with any
ground for supposing he would receive po-
litical appointment. The answer was ''no."
Prisoner-"That is matter of opinion"
The last question was: "Did you ever give
him any reason to think he could have any po-
litical or personal influence with you?" The
answer was: 81 never did,"
Prisoner-"He never mad occasion to-"
The president adds to his answer the follow
ing: 81 have been requested by counsel for
defense to produce letter written by the pris-
oner since his indictment. That letter was
received byme in October last, and was not
preserved. Don't recollect its contents par
ticularly, excepting it contained some claim
of his having rendered some important SER
vices to the Republican party during the
presidential campaign, and an appeal for the
postponement of his trial, to give him time
to prepare his trial."
Prisoner-'That is all there was to it.'
The next witness was Rev. R. A. Macarthur
pastor of Calvary Baptist church, New York.
As soon as he was sworn, the prisoner re-
He is nice fellow and very high-toned in
every way. owe him $685." Witness began
to relate how the prisoner introduced him
self and wife to him (witness) at the close of
service one Sunday and at the same time pre-
sented letter of dismission from the First
Baptist church, Chicago. "The prisoner
stated that at the time of the fire in Chicago
he had had lucrative practice
oowT daw the but fire during bsg nTasce tas sas
entirely. or in good part gone, and now he
and his wife had come to New York to start
life afresh. My heart went out to him, and
/ kindly introduced him and his wife to men
of prominence in society and church relations,
and know was of service to him. The let
ter which he brought was referred, as our
custom is, to committee. The chairman of
that committee was gentleman very
high standing, at one time Indian commits.
sioner under the United States government,
and who took an interest,""
Here the witness was interrupted by Mr..
Scoville, who remarked that this was very in
teresting but entirely irrelevant, He did not
want this whole history.
District Attorney-"But 1 do want the
whole history connected with the prisoner.
1t is all interesting and important"
Guiteau-"Dr. Macarthur is very fine gen.
tleman. owe him s95, and I'm sorry can't
pay him now" Then addressing witness, he
said: "Allow me to say, doctor, there is some
possibility or my getting 1000 from James
Gordon Bennett, for that Herald disability
matter. I hope to send you check for Sl25,
the moment get it.'
Scoville remarked thats he objected to the
| witness stating the qualifications; some chair
men of committee, moi knowing how far he
might go in history.
Prisoner-"Dr Macarthur is an orator. AZ
you may see by the way he talks" (Lauph-
| ter.''
Witness resumed his story and told of the
prisoner and his wife being received into the
fellowship of the church, and of the wife later
asking him urgently for money, handing him
promissory note of the prisoner for S1OO.
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