The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-12-16

slightest Indication Of insanity abou
him; he is a little impatient Of restrain
at times, a little as men In hi
position would naturally be, but pei
fectlY sane.
Mrs. Scoville suddenly rose IN he
place and said: Your honor, I woul'
like to ask a question Of the witness,
consider 1t of vital Importance to tn
case.
Guiteau (impatiently) Now, don't
sister, 1t is all these people can do t.
stand me without your talking, you ar,
no lawyer. Mrs. Scoville's question Il
OF vital Importance.
Scoville: 1 prefer, your honor, per.
mission should not be given.
Davidge: Let Mrs. Scoville suggest
the question to her husband and we will
not object.
Mrs. Scoville (sotto voce) Well, he
don't know how to ask any questions,
any way.
Scoville asked IL 1t were possible to
place in the prisoners coffee any drugs
that would make him appear brighter or
more quiet, as the case might be.
Guiteau with contemptous express
ion) exclaimed, You are examining the
witness for the other side, amt you,
Scovillep l never saw anything so stupid
as you name of examining witnesses
this morning. 1 think your lecture last
night must have been to much for you.
Mrs. Scoville wrote her question and
reached over to hand it to her husbaGd
when Guitdau said to her: Now. you
just mind your own business and at
tend to your own affairs; you are max
ing yourself altogether to oficious in
this case.
Pending the ~colloquy of Guiteau and
his sister, witness was permitted to de-
part, much to the disappointment, ap-
parently to Mrs. Scoville.
Gen. Joseph S. Reynolds, a lawyer of
Chicago, knew the prisoner first, about
May 1853, in Chicago; witness visited
the prisoner in jail twelve days after
the assassination: prisoner asked me
where were you on the day Of the as
sassination.
Corkhill: Did he use the word assas-
sinationp
Witness: Yes, that Is the precise
word he used.
Witness made memorandum notes of
his conversation with the prisoner at
this interview, and to refresh his men,
ory, was allowed to read from them.
Witness read two or three times,
quoting the prisoners words, and used
the word assassination"
Corkhill: Did be use that termP
Witness: He used that word, and
never spoke in reference to any Divine
inspiration at this interview; after this
at subsequent interviews he always
spoke of the murder as the removal"
of the president.
At this point Guiteau shouted: This
man came to me as an old friend from
Chicago, when really he was nothing but
a spy employed by Corkhill. 1 want to
thunder this to the American people, to
let them understand what this mans
character is. Then turning to Corkhill:
This is YOU work, Corkhill, and God
Almighty will damn you for it. You
have deceived me all through and stolen
my thoughts and betrayed them.
Witness continued to read from the
notes he had taken at the second inter-
view with the prisoner.
Alluslon being made to something
which appeared in the Washington Re
publican, Guiteau pounded upon the
desk and shouted out: That is just
what that - whelp Gorham WAS
writing at that time. now he Is ready
to cat his own words. He is hanging
around Arthur nov and lying to get
some little office; ne ought to be
ashamed Of himself If he has any de-
cency. l have got u speech on this
fellow Gorham; 1 only want to get a
chance at him.
Witness stated that he read to the
prisoner what Grant, Conkling and
some Of his ~(prisoner's) alleged friends
said of HIM (Guiteau) and his crime,
aud he, walking the floor excitedly said
What does it mean2 L would have
staked my life that they would have de-
Tended me; they knew they wanted
Garfield removed, and yet they de-
nounce me and can only see it as a
bloody act.
Witness also showed him some papers
in which he (Guiteau) was bitterly de-
nounced for the crime; aud his (prison-
er's) comment was that the true facts
had been suppressed and that had not
had any defense.
Witness continued: He asked me, re-
ferring to Grant, Conkling and other
prominent stalwarts, Do they know l
have stated that l have no accomplish.
l told him yes. He seemed daZed, and
said, repeating the words several times,
Most astonishing, most astonishing,
Guiteau here broke in and said with
a sneer: You was a pretty smart de-
tective, wasn't you, g%eneralp You. will
probably get more business In this line
now.
Recess.
A number of letters written by Gut
teau since his incarceration In Jail were
read by the district attorney, and were
offered in evidence to disprove the
theory Of insanity.
After the reading was concluded,
Guiteau turned to the district attorney
and inquired: Where are the rest of my
letters, Mr.. Corkhill, that you inter
copied. l think the American people
ought to know what a miserable SNEAK
that you are.
Scoyille questioned the witness, Gen.
Daypoldo until the hOur Of adinurn