Morning journal and courier., 1881-11-28
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. HOPING FOR ACQUITTAL. Because of Being Inspired
 By the Deity. GUITEAU AS CONFIDENT AS EVER. Experts Agree in PrOnOunc-
 ing Him Insane. THE STORY TOLD BY HIS SISTER. An interesting Account of His
 Career.
GyITEAU AS CONFIDENT AS EVER.
THE STORY TOLD BY HIS SISTER.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.


 an Appearance.
 WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.-The Guiteau tria was made interesting yesterday by the ap pearance in the witness stand of Senator
 Logan, of Illinois, and Mrs. Scoville, tn, sister of the prisoner Much interest at
 tached to their testimony, and the crowded court room was stilled in the expectancy o the attendants. Mir. North first answered tG
 the witness call, and testified concerning
 Guiteau's peculiarities, as seen in a lonl
 acquaintance, which went to convince th,
 witness that he was not properly balanced il his mind. Senator Logan then gave hi
 knowledge of Guiteau, which was principally in relation to Guiteau's calling upon hin
 last March to secure his influence in procur
 ing an appointment for which he was seek ing The witness thought thele was som. Arrangement of his mental organization, ant gave him no countenance.
 Mrs. Scovi1le testified as follows Sht
 stated her age as forty-fve. Her father wat
 Luther W. Guiteau, of Freeport, Ill, and
 her mother Jane Howe Guiteau. The pris
 oner is forty years old. He was about sever
 years old when her mother died. She re
 membered her mother from the time the wit
 ness was three years old. She was sick g
 very long time, at the time that Charles was
 born had been told that her sickness at that time lasted year and a half remember see- ing her head shaved perfectly bald; this was before Charles was born her aunt had sub- sequentIy given her (among other keepsakes) the hair then shaved from her mothers head; after that time her mother always wore 8. cap; never saw her mother walk in the street after that there were two children born subsequently Luther Theodore, who died when he was two foot and limb, and Julia Catherine, who died when twenty months old, six weeks after her mothers death her mothers sickness was attended with very severe pain in her head and her hair never grew again her first recollection of Charles was that he was 8 troublesome child because he was very active and smart; he was sent to school quite young-when six years old-to learn to talk :; he could make noise, but could not talk he used the word ped" for s'come" and the word 'tpail'' for s'quail'; his father punished him for 1t, but that made no difference she thought that he could not comprehend the difference; after his mothers death he lived for year or so with his grandfather and then came back to his father witness was married in January, 1853, while Charles was with his grandfather subsequently, when he was twelve years old he lived with witness for year in Chicago, where he went to school; she recollected nothing pecul- far about him then except that he was very afectionate, and she was very much attached to him; then he went to his father, and subsequently,, when ha Savanfaop n1d ha f0 live with witness at Oak Park, near Chicago ; he attended school at Commercial College. Chicago, and after that he went back to Free port, and from there he went to Ann Arbor to attend school she went to Ann Arbor to see him, as she had been informed that he was going on worse than her father had ever done she found that he had abandoned his studies and was giving his whole time and at tention to studying the Bureau and the publi- cations of the Oneida Community; she ar gued with him for whole evening, appeal ing to him to go on quietly like other young men and to give up all that stuff her ap peals had no effect upon him, however, and she made up her mind that he was crazy :; she told her uncle, who lived at Ann Arbor, to pay no more attention to him, but let him go on his own way, as he was "clear gone daft;'' she afterward visited him at the Oneida community. but could hardly have any conversation with him, as they were not left alone moment together; she noticed that he acted like person who had been be- wlldered, struck on the head or had partly lost his mind; she could not learn from him whether he wanted to leave the Oneida com munity or to stay there.
 The prisoner-I had been there three years at that time, and was right in the heart of their fanaticism.
 Witness went on to relate the prisoner s history, including his admission to the bar Io& NrzzE1 marriage and his separation from his wife, down to the time he visited her in Wisconsin in 1875; she noticed then great change in his personal appearance; he was also very hard to get along with, and he used to get in 'highfalutin" state; he seemed willing to do anything that he was told, but he got very much befogged and could not do it She re- lated the incident of his attacking her with an axe; she had given him no provocation, but had got out of patience with him; it was not the axe that frightened her so much as it was the look of his face he looked like wild animal she retreated into the house and ran up to her daughters room then she called Olds the hired man she said 'tHere, take this boy and put him of the place." Olds took hold of him and brought him to the dining room.
 Alter her testimony the court adjourned.
 The jail was visited by many people to day, but no reporters were allowed to see Guiteau because he was engaged nearly all day with the experts of the defense These gentlemen have been watching hip closely all day, and one of them stated to night that they have unanimously agreed that the man is insane. Further than that they claim that several of the government experts agree with them A conference of experts of both sides was held on the subject to night. The examination of Mrs. Scoville will be suspended to morrow to allow some witnesses from distance to be heard After Mrs. Scoville the prisoner will be put on the stand He said today that he confidently expects an acquittal, because he is sure of convincing the jury that he was in- spired by God.