The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-12-02


from me under penalty Of instant death. HI
would have been shot dead Saturday but fol
the rearing of the horses in the van. As tht
officer was shooting, the horses shook the val
30 he lost his aim, and, though the van pursued
him. he temporarily escaped ! waste nv al,
guments on cranks. AL they can see In Till
case is q; peltcenlang revolver. Again l say, i
they value their lives they must keep away from
me. desire the court and jury to dispose O
this case on facts and law, and leave all re
sponsibility about it to the verdict"
The assassin retained his seat while reading
his statement, evidently dreading that Bomt
member of the crank fraternity might not heet
his warning. Scoville tEen asked for sons
printed slips taken from Guiteau after he hSC
been arrested, and he and Corkhill had
wordy war. Senator Logan was called as a wit
ness, but did not appear, neither did Emery
StorTs, of Chicago, or Mr.. Joseph B. Smith, Of
Freeport, Ill. Charles II. Reed, ex-Prosecut
ing Attorney of Cook county, was the first wit
ness examined. The general tendency of hil
testimony went to show that Guiteau war
somewhat insane, though not incapable OF
was interrupted by the prisoner several
times, and Guiteau could not be even
suppressed by the Judge, who threatened to
have him gagged One Amerlfig Pennsgl-
vania lawyer, and Tom North, Of Chicago.
were examined to prove that members Of the
|
Judge Cox has received several anonymous
letters of a threatening character, containing
reflections upon the manner of conducting the
trial
ELEVENTH DAY.
The eleventh day of the Guiteau trial was
not a very eyentful one The line of testimony
related entirely to the proof of Guiteau's in
sanity. The prisoner was, as ever, beyond the
control of the court, and kept up his continual
comments upon proceedings. One Of his
speeches related to the Plymouth Church pas
tor: He said
is doing some cranky work on this CASE
Used to attend his church and prayer-meetng
and If your Honor knew him as well as I do
you would not pay any attention to him. There
are good many people that think he is badly
cranked socially, and have No doubt that Mrs
Tilton told the truth and that he lied about it,
and told him SO publicly"
sob, well, well, prisoner, that will do for
you,' said Davidge.
Guiteau was apparently satisfied, and nodded
! with smile, saying "Ihat's all right,
Judge ); | have had my say on Beecher. I'm
Gen. John A. Logan then took the stand and
was asked: "Do you know the prisoner
son, yes, of course you do, General, broke
in Guiteau "you know me very well. I'm
very happy to meet you again."
Witness had frequently been besieged by
| Gulteau to Endorse his application for Office,
bnt had invariably declined for the reason that
! the prisoner did not seem to be such q man as
! he would care to recommend for any Office. He
had never known him in Chicago. The first
J time he ever saw him was when he (Guiteatl1
called upon him to sectfe his Influence The
general impression he formed of Guiteau was
hi1Nns ~
rangements.
Edmund E. Smith, employed in the Repu',li-
can National Committee rooms during the late
| Presidential campaign, thought Gulteau very
! peculiar, Eighty and rambling in conversation.
Guiteau here interjected his customary com
ments. "This gentleman wasn't i'll position to
know about matters there. He was only clerk
! any way. Gov. Jewell, ex-senator Dorsey, and
the rest of us boys were the ones that did tie
work there"
John A. Morse, colored, attorney at-law. saw
! Guiteau at the White House during March aisi
| April took him to be crazy man:
Mrs. Scoville then took the stand and gave o.
biographical sketch of Guiteaus life, COM
| mencing with his early childhood. Her lady
/ like manner and simplicity in telling the history
of her unfortunate brother made good M
preston upon the jury Her evident grief an
distress, too created universal sympathy for
her.
/
Mrs. Scovile resumed her testimony. She
described Guiteau's actions during his visit ia
her in 1878, and said she was then convinced
he was insane and should be put in On asylum.
| Frequent objections were raised by counsel for
the prosecution to the character of questions
| rroPounded by Scoyille, and continuous s.
| crsson ensued between counsel upon the ad-
instability of certain evidence.
q OrCn n RI1rToT7phS ond LForoo,,Io To,.a,
both of Chicago, testified to their belief in the
insanity of the prisoner
G. S. Joslyn, of the Oneida Community
! thought Guteaus marked characteristic was
! intense egotism.
The prisoner interrupted the court long
enough to deliver the following speech:
+" / desire to tell all those crank newspaper
men that l appear here as my own counsel
| That is my answer to all the silly stuff they
have been delivering themselves of for some
! Gays past Some OF these newspaper men have
gone crazy. | appear here in part as my own
counsel, as I have right to under the law and
! the constitution of America"
john w. Gulteau, the prisoners brother was
next examined. He had not been on good
! terms with his brother for some years, but had
not doubted his sanity until he received some
letters in October. Since he had come on
! here and had seen his brother IN the
| courtroom and at the jail he had become sats-
|
witness admitted that before he had come to
Washington he had always, in talking of the
case, said he believed his brother was RESPONSE
bic. He believed him responsible but not
sane-reaponsible, because, as he thought, at
some period of his life the prisoner had vollln-
tary surrendered himself to evil practices rather
than good Guiteau WINGED under these state.
ments, evidently fearing his brothers candor was
injuring the case, and with considerable bitter
ness interrupted; "My brother and have not
been on good terms for fifteen years. He always
sympathized with my father on that Oneida
community business, while Scoyille and my sis
/ ter sympathiZed with me. The last time saw my
brother we had some angry words, SO he does
/ not come here to testify for me with the ordi-
nary force a brother usually does come, and
I'm glad to find he has changed his views,
| however, in my case. want the public to IN
| derstand about this" Guiteau continued to
interrupt, explain and correct Witness Once
! Judge Davidge attempted to stop HIM, but he
waved his hand imperiously, saying: "Yo1
keep quiet, Judge, if you please" Shortly
/ after witness was asked, in connection with
an incident he had related, if be at
that time thought the prisoner insane.
! Guiteau quickly anticipated his reply by say
! ing "Why, of course, he has always thought
| was badly cranked." Witness said he neye.
detected the slightest traces of insanity IN his
/ father.
!
/ and three bsIliifs, walked to the stand and
| identified bundle of letters written by himself
! to various members of the fanny.
THIRTEENTH DAY.
| Immediately upon the opening Of court
/ Guiteau was called to the witness stand and
took his place, closely watched and guarded by
policemen and court officers. He was asked
| by Scoville to give some incidents from his
| earliest recollections of his mother.
Guiteau asked "Am to be put on as
| regular witness to-day, or only to identify some
! letters +? l suppose the latter. 1 anu not feel
ing at all well to-day, but shall be much better
J in a week or so.'
i Scoville-"I had arranged to examine you
/ to-day, and there are no other witnesses pres
/ ell"
Guiteau-"Yeu should have had your wit
nesses on hand. Iobject to going on the stand
when am not feeling well, to be subjected to
] cross-examination by counsel for the prosecu-
I ton. have got good deal to say. want to
go over the whole business carefully and scien-
tiically, so to speak, and want to be in good
/ talking condition"
| scoviIle-''The court will relieve you if you
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