Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-12-15
the prosecution will introduce their evi
dence in rebnttal.

the prosecution will introduce their evi
dence in rebnttal.
DECEMEBER THE Criminal Court
was densely crowded this morning
| Among the audience were Gen. Sher
man and Rev. Dewitt Talmadge.
To-day the prosecution commence in
rebutt;ll. to deln0lisll the theory of in
sanity as set up by The defense. In do
ing this they viii retraverse the ground
gone over BY the defense, and from tie
standpoint of the prosecution will thor.
oughly ventilate Guiteau's past life and
habits, beginning with his early life iI
Freeport, and concluding with a vast
amount of the best expert testimony OBJ
tainable in the country.
As soon as court was opened, Guiteau
addressed the Court in rather imperiOus
tones as follows: MAY it please your
Honor, the American people don't de-
sire that this case shall be tried again,
and don't desire it. | say with the ut
most respect to this Court and jury and
my counsel, Scoville, that am not salts
| fed with the political situation as deyel-
oped in this case. This is the gist of
this alleged offense. The President OF
the u. States would never nave been shot
if it had not been fer the political situa-
tion which existed last May and June,
and say have the right, as a matter
of law, in appearing as my own counsel,
to ask your Honor that Gen. Grant, SEN
ators Conkling and Platt and President
Arthur, and those kind of men. who
were so down upon Garfield that they
would not speak TO him on the street
and would not go to the White House,
shall be put on the stand. have the
right to show my personal relations to
those gentlemen that l was cordially
received by them, and that l was well
dressed and well fed at the Fifth Ave
nue. Hotel 1 want to show my person.
al relations to those men. l don't want
to except to your Honor's rulings, but l
shall be obliged to do SO, and have no
doubt the court in banc will give me a
new trial" i
Judge Cox-Your exception has been
noted
Scoville then called up the subject of
President Arthurs testimony, and said
he had not received any response to his
interrogatories that the Presidents ev-
idence was absolutely essential to the
defense, etc.
Guiteau interrupted him excitedly
with: Il don't think it at all necessary for
Gen. Arthur to be here" To Scoville:
II don't care what you want. l am do
ing this myself. ask as personal IA
yor that he shan't be dragged into court.
i think good deal of Gen. Arthur. He
is President of the United States and /
made him so, and think should have
something TO say in this matter"
. 1t was arranged between counsel that
the Presidents answers should be put IN
as evidence at any stage of the Irial,and
Scoville called Gen. W. 7. Sherman. The
witness simply reeited the orders he had
issued for the disposition of troops at
the time of the assassination. He iden-
titled letter written by Guiteau, and
said he suspected at the time that there
mightbe conspiracy, but he afterward
concluded that the shooting was the act
of one man.
AS ne left the stand Guiteau said: 81
thank you, General, for having ordered
out those troops that day. If it had not
been for you l should not be here to-day.
1 owe my life to the protection which
you and Gen. Crocker gave me during
that period when the mob spirit was
rife" At this the General smiled grimly.
Edward p Barton, lawyer; A. T.
Green and G. w. Tandy, all of Freeport,
Illinois, testified that they knew the
Guiteau family and considered them all
sane
DR.. r. p. Buckley, of Freeport, testi-
fed that he was L. w. Guiteau's family
physician. Never saw any indications
of the slightest mental arrangement in
him nor in Abram Guiteau.
Mr.. Atkins, of Freeport, q Republican,
confirmed the testimony of the previous
witnesses as to the sanity of various
members of the Guiteau family.
just before recess, some one IN the
audience behind Guiteau, made a re-
quest for his autograph. Guiteau did it
with a flourish, and as he tore off the
slip. said: 81 want to call attention to
this autograph business. A great many
people want my auto, and give it them; ;
but there is no vanity in me or egotism.
notice the newspapers are taking it
up again. There is nothing in IL at all.
j. S. Cochrane, lawyer, who had re-
sided in Freeport since 1858, testified
that he never saw any indications of in
sanity in any member of the Guiteau
family. When the witness finished, Gul-
teau shouted to him: "HOld on /; haven't
YOU heard him discuss free loyism and
all that? Don't you know he was the
laughing stock of all Freeport for 25
wears, for his crank ideas ?"
Sooville, whispering to Guuteau, tried
to restrain him, but he shouted at him:
"You keep quiet; am doing this. Don't
VOC know enough to keep still? l am
Questioning the witness" Then with a
wave of the hand: "Go on, Mr.. Witness,
and answer these questions separately
The witness was told that he might
answer, aud he replied: 81 know Just
the reverse to be the Case" 30 81
Guiteau-Well, that was the fact, any
way. We don't want any more of this
kind of evidence. These people don't
know anything about my fathers social
life and character. There is no contro-
versy about his business character.
Geo. w. Oyler. Justice of the Peace,
had lived in Freeport since 1S4S, and
never saw any indications of insanity In
the Gniteau family.
Ansan b. Bsbcock, farmer, had
known L. w. Guiteau since 1s40, and