Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-12-15

York gave Mrs. Garfield and her family e2oo..
COO or eSo0, ,o00 IL was q splendid thing-a
noble thing. l want them now TO do something
for me- don't want anything for the defence
but Mr.. Scovlle and his family are poor These
fellows who have been benefited by the inspir.
alton and are ashamed 10 give their names can
send IL on the sly and We won't give their
names"
THIS EXAMINATION OF GEN REYNOLDS
was then resumed. He identified. as being In
1uiteaus handwriting. the answers To the In
terrogatories In the two applications for insur.
ance heretofore introduced in evidence. The
witness also Identified Guiteau's handwriting
on other documents in evidence
The district attorney then read the first appll-
cation OF insurance which was for So 500 for
| the benent of his wife. This application was In
aorsed oy Guiteau. to the effect that the family
was subject TO no mental arrangement This
Endorsement. however, was not admitted as evil
dence.
Gen Reynolds then ontnued his narration az
his interview ofJuly 18th with the prisoner. The
prisoner wrote the statement while he was pres-
ent and very rapidly he requested witness 10
take the paper To Mr. Gorham of the National
RerH'bhcun. and insist that IL should he pub
lished Witness said if he made anything pub
lie. he would violate the privileges accorded to
him by the officers.
The witness fourth visit TO the prisoner was
made on the morning OF July 18th: he repeated
to witness what he proposed TO say i'm an ad-
dress TO the public he copied il for the witness.
The witness, though calm seemed dispirited
and detected; he said that whenever his mind
would turn from the subject he would read the
papers. and that brought his mind back TO IL.
p,strlct Attorney Corhhill then read the ''ad-
dress TO the public. which referred to the at
tempted assassination as a dispensation OF
Providence. and that IL il united the factions OF
the republican party. he should be delighted TO
hear OF the Presidents recovery. otherwise It
would be better that he should 60 The pris-
oner protested against the idea that he Was a
disappointed oflice-seeker: that his act was
patriotic. &c. Mr.. Corkhill. reading from the
address. said: Whether he lives or dies. 4
have got the inspiration worked out Of me- and
should he recover and meet him on the street
never Won Id attempt 10 remove him again"
THE DAY THE INSPIRATION IDEA STARTED.
Judge Porter here rose and remarked that on
that day. the 18th of July, the idea of inspira-
ton originated.
This brought out a warm alteration between
counsel. I'm which Mr.. Scovile claimed that Mr..
Porter was arguing to the Jury and requested
that he should withdraw his remark unless he
referred TO the evidence on which he based his
remark.
81 shall. said Judge Porter solemnly. with
draw no urterance have made in this trial.
The court remarked that Judge Porter's
words were premature.
During the alteration Guiteau kept up a con-
tlnual cianor. The mills of the gods grind
slow. he said. but they grind sure. They will
grind you down TO atoms Corkhill"
The district attorney read the various letters
ldelltined 10y General Reynolds. a. ben. i'm the
handwriting of the prisoner. One was from the
prisoner 10 the district attorney and had a por-
tion cut out. The prisoner accused the dstrict
attorney ol having cut out part OF the letter.
None kot the letters were important Most of
the letters were requests made TO various peo-
pie for loans.
Guiteau. during the reading. when some SEN
tlment occurred which pleased him. shouted,
Correct" One of the letters. dated July lltb'
was to the New York Herald. offering To LET that
paper publish his book and autobiography; one
was 10 Harper Bros, requesting them to
print his life, &c, in book form.
LETTER READ BY Mr.. sCovILLE IN HIS LEG
TuRE DENOUNCED As a FORGERY
District Attorney Corkhill to-day received the
following dispatch:
WARREN Co. New JERSEY. Dee Is
District At6rney CorLsW. HGSiiaqton. DC:
In to-day's papers find letter which. il In
stated was read by Mr.. Scoville counsel for
Guteau. in his lecture last evening on the Gui-
eau case. SAID letter purports TO be signed by
me. and is dated December 10th. The letter is
forgeiy, and ! hereby offer rev ard of five
hundred dollars for information that will lead 10
ire discovery and conviction of the writer
lSlgned) DAHL L. BEATTY.
GUIrEAUs INSPIRATION THEORY or RECENT DATE.
1t is stated that i'm no interview of the olilcials
with the prisoner until about the latter part Of
July did he make any reference TO being in
spired, and that the short hand notes up 10 this
time do not show the word to have been used
but once and that was a lapstis GAquae The
opinion is expressed 10y many that il was not
until after the prisoner found that his political
friends would not aid him did he adopt the in.
spiration theory.
A LETTER FROM CRANK sHIvELEY
Sanitary Officer Connell. Metropolitan police
department. this morning received letter from
the crank, J. W. Shiveley, at Saratoga Springs.
who was recently in the cells of police head
quarters i'm this city. and was expressed TO his
home 10y through ticket at the District expense
He states that his arrest and lookup in the in
sane asylum in this city was all religious and
political malice, and the reports about his being
a crank. lunatc. &C.. were ',al false-an Imposi.
tion-a lie. lib!e." He proposes to prosecute
the party ''whO ordered him locked UP. ol the
government of the United States for 500 600
for llble." He proposes TO bring suit as soon al
that internal wretch, william. miscreant Guiteau
is hanged or locked up for life. He signs him
self PROF. j. w. Shiveley, the true Messiah
TRIAL NOTES
Representative Hendee, of Vermont. was
among the spectators in court this morning
Secretary Folger arrived i'm the court room
about ll:30 o'clock this morning. and was in
vited to a seat with Judge Cox.
Representatives McCook New York: Tucker
Virginia; Mutchler. Pennsylvania, and Holman,
OF Indiana, were present i'm court this afternoon.
Bailif Hughes says, in correction of a para
graph that appeared in The STAR yesterday,
that the Surratt jury. while not taken to any
place OF amusement We're taken out for ride
every day.
Yesterday afternoon the prisoner stated TO tho
officers at the Jail that he had come to the con-
clusion that if people wished his autographs
they must pay for them and no applications need
be made unless twenty-five cents is paid for
each autograph.
The sick juror. Gates, was an object of inter.
est this morning. He looked quite fresh. and
said to the deputy marshal that he Was much
better; that the trouble with him was indiges-
ton. and that he was sometimes subjected to
such attacks.
Crowd At the White House.
DELEGATIONS, CONGRESSIONAL AND oTHERwisR
There was another big crowd at the White