The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-09-15
auiteau's Sisters Statement.

Mrs. Scovillc, who is a sister of
Guiteau, entered the room while Mr..
Scoville was talking, and took part
in the conversation. She COM
planned that she had written a letter
to Guiteau which he had never
received.
"All 1 want" said Mr.. Scoville, sis
that Gniteau should have fair trial,
and If it is established that he was
insane at the time he committed the
act he should be acquitted and sent
to the insane asylum"
Mrs Scoville here remarked: 81
am his sister, and know that lie is
insane. -Four years ago he raised an
axe to kill me, and we had him
watched for days afterwards" The
lady went ON to state that it was a
fact that distant relationship ex-
isted between her and Mrs. Garfield,
who was cousin of her cousin.
"What do you think of the McGill
AFFAIR."" the reporter asked Mr..
Scoville. He replied:
"My conclusion as to this matter
is that MeGill sought to bring about
a seeming assault from Guiteau in
order to get a chance
TO KILL HIM.
l wrote to the warden that it
looked that way-that McGill
wanted to gain notoriety by killing
Guiteau."
Mrs. Scoville here remarked: 81
see by the papers that all the guards
in the Jail are old Union soldiers.
They want to kill him beyond a
doubt. They are nice guards to
have over a man. l have had two
paralytic strokes, and all this excite
ment over the presidents assassin
alton makes it very likely that q
third one will occur. Well, well. |
would be very willing to die fonIy
Garfield would get well. AS to my
poor brother, his shooting of the
president was in keeping with his
general conduct. He was always
hifalutin and has some great scheme
on hand. He always wanted to do
some big thing, and it was this
which led him to the crime which he
committed. We Guiteaus are strange
in some respects. We are not
clannish family, but we are
very fond of the name and
we do not want to see it disgraced.
We can easily establish the fact that
there is
INSANITY IN THE FAMILY"
have never felt safe," said Mrs.
Scoville, 1" in the last ten years, until
he was locked up. 1t never OccGr-
red to me to take his part until
saw that everybody's hand was
raised against him. He is crazy.
There never was a Guiteau who
went into an insane asylum and
ever came out again. | believe that
in this affair my brother was made
tool of by somebody, and l be-
lieve Colonel Corkhill knows all
about the affair. If 1 could only see
my brother, he would tell me
all about it. l would like to know
why he was continually 60
ing in and ont of Arthur's
office just before the shoot
ing. There is no doubt that the
stalwarts were so desperate that
they would not hesitate at murder
to accomplish their ends, and if only
L could talk with my brother /
would find out all about it,"
Mr.. ScOville said that he did not
think he would conduct the defense
of the assassin. If he did, he would
not need more than a couple of wit
nesses in addition to the defendants
self to prove his insanity. The hal
lucination that he was acting under
Divine direction, and this hallucina-
ton was of type with many others
which Guiteau had previously la
bored under.-InteTUietc an Chicago
Tribune.