The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-07-20
Guiteau again smiled. Said he !:
II am not afraid of that !; the Stall

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81 am not afraid of that the Stal
. warts will protect me. Gen. Arthur
will be President, and he is q par
ticular friend Of mine, and others o.
the Stalwarts are friends of mine
and they are not going to see me
suffer, when, by an act, placed
them in power. But this whole af
fair will be blown over in 80 days,
Just as soon as the people become
accustomed to the change and the
Stalwarts are in power and when
they get my version of it and un-
derstand the reason for the act, they
will be satisfied, and there will be
7 no further complaint about it."
i Guiteau here recurred again to
Attorney General MacVeagh's con-
duct. He said ''Gen. Macveagh
has done me great wrong. It may
be that he has q prejudice against
me. l recommend Emery A. Storrs,
of Chicago, for Attorney General.
Mr.. Storrs is particular friend of
mine. He was my candidate, and
that may be the reason why Gen.
MacVeagh has not given my version
to the public. If my reasons were
made public the people would feel
very different about it."
| Mr.. Scoville interrupted Guiteau
here, saying: "But the President
may not die. He may survive, and
even then your punishment may be
capital, on account of the enormity
of the crime"
Guiteou answered "The Presi-
dent will die I know he will die.
hear reports every once in while
to the effect that he is better. But,
mark my words, he will die. The
Lord intends it. The Lord directed
me, and he means that the Presi-
dent shall die"
Mr.. Corkhill, the prosecuting at
torney, here asked "But suppose
the President should live, what will
you say about the Lord and His
will ?"
Guiteau answered by saying that
if such was what happened it would
be because the Lord does not intend
the President shall die.
"In thatevent," pursued Mr.. Cork
hill, would you shoot the President
again ?"
Again Guiteau laughed blithley,
and said that he would go accord
ing to the will of the Lord. He
would have no more to do with the
matter, and would not again shoot
the President if the Lord did not in
tend the latter to die.
Mr.. Scoville told Guiteau that
every man felt about the deed as if
he (Guiteru) had shot that mans
brother, so much were they wrought
up about it.
Guiteau again said that they did
not understand his view of the case
and his reasons. Ifthey did they
would not feel so.
This practically closed the inter-
view. During its continuance, Mr..
Scoville says Guiteau's manner was
quite natural, but that he would get
excited every little while in speak
ing and bring his fist down forcibly
on his knee. His eyes, and indeed
his whole appearance showed his
present insanity. II don't think"
continued Mr.. Scoville, shat there |
is the shadow of a doubt about it,
and / believe he is in earnest and
sincere in his view. 1t is the case
of an Unbalanced mind and def !
cient metal capacity in certain di-
rections. There is about him an in
tense application to a single idea
that he happens to be possessed Of,
and he will pursue that idea to the
exclusion of everything else. He
would go without eating or drink
ing while he was intent upon some |
idea, but he lacked the mental ca
pacity to arrive at any great result |
in his thinking"
Among other things about Gui-
teau is the fact that what statements
he has made to Mr.. Corkhill have
on investigation turned out to be
correct. One of these statements |
was concerning the purchase of the
pistol with which he committed his |
horrible deed. He was known to be |
in very straitened pecuniary circum-
stances at the time, and much curl
osity was eyinced to ascertain where |
he obtained the money with which |
to buy the revolver. He said twas
part of q loan, and so it was. He
borrowed S25 of an acquaintance,
and with $11 of the amount made |
the Durehase.