Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-11-30


| say So / always thought Col Corkhill was very
| friendly to me. He said the first medical expert
who called on him was DR.. Godding He then gave
accounts Of his interviews with the various experts
| with wonderful minuteneSS
| THE PRISONER WANTS A REST.
The prisoner here complained that he was tired
81 will feel better after have had my dinner" he
said; 81 always feel better after dinner did not
eat much breakfast"
The counsel agreeing, the court, at II AS. took
recess to O'Clock, in order to allow the prisoner
| time to rest
| THE LONG RECESS
! was very tedious to those who remained indoors
and three-fourths of the spectators did remain in
doors. After lunch they had to amuse themselves
| as best they could with newspapers and opera
glasses. The jury was taken out. and the prisoner
| was conducted to his room, where he had the din
| her which was to brace him up for his afternoon
| campaign.
| Afternoon Session.
The court was not called to order until 10 o. m.
| The prisoner was as in the morning, brought In
by his guards and placed at once in the witness
| box.
Mr.. Scoville said there was witness here from
columbus, Ohio, a physician, who wanted to get
| nome, and asked permission to interrupt the
| present examination and place the gentleman on
| the stand.
The prosecution objected, and the examination
OF Gu1teau was continued.
| GUITEAU ON SPECIAL PRovIDENCEs
The prisoner said that he had always been a be-
lever in special Providences; there were four dis
Unct times In his life when he claimed special In
| spiration; one was when he went to the Oneida
| Community; another when he went to New York
TO start a theOcratic paper; another when he left
good law business to go lecturing; and the fourth
time when he undertook to remove the Pres
| 1dent. He thought there was abundant evidence
| OF the care the Lord had always taken of him: he
| referred to his experience since he had been I'm
| Jail; he spoke OF his Newark trip and his steam
poat experience. "When was shot at and missed,
when the mob howled at me last summer" said
tne prisoner, VI 1elt perfectly cOmpOSed had no
anxiety about this trial; felt the government
| and the Lord would protect me-"
| HIS THEORY OF DIVINE PROTECTION
"My theory Of protection is this" said the pris-
oner The first thing, the Deity himself will pro-
tect me- Then he uses these guards, and this
| jury, and these experts and this honorable court
! TO protect me. The Lord is no fool, and when he
has got anything to do he uses the best material F"
The first instance OF divine interposition in his
DehaIf In Jail, he said was when one of the keep
ers attempted to shoot him. "The fact about that
matter, as understand it," said the prisoner eis
Inat [ the man came to my cell to shoot me-" The
next case OF Provident1al Interference was when
sergeant Mason shot at him. The prisoner gave a
very full account from his standpoint of both of
he said, sIt was most decided Providence that 1
happened TO be In cramped position at that
minute"
JONES' ATTEMPT ON HIS LIFE.
Jones case. 81 was standing" he said, Sin a
cramped position directly behind the driver In the
van. 1wasfeelng happy and congratulated my
sell on having good trial and fine jury" The
providence was that the ball did not hit him. 81
mink the fellow was an exceedingly fine shot," he
added, 'but the Lord saved me-"
INSPIRED BY THE LORD TO REMOVE THE PRESIDENT
"Ihe Lord inspired me to remove the President -
declared the prisoner. s'He has taken care of me
up to this time, and will continue to take care OF
me. Ii had not been absolutely certain that the
Deity had inspired the act would never have shot
the President"
Ibid you have any ill-feeling against President
"No, sir, I never had" The prisoner added, 81
"Any malice at all?"
mo S1r' (emphatically).
HaVe you changed your opinion SINGER"
.., mo, sir," Npounding the railing before him),
sity Of this act and the divinity of this inspira
tlon." proceeding like stump orator the prisoner
said: II undertake to say that this nation some
say Guiteau the pctriot'" The prisoner said that
after conceiving the idea of shooting the Presi-
dent, he felt pressure on him all the time.
HAPPY AFTER SHOOTING THE PRESIDENT.
"After shot the President" he said, "I felt re-
neved. felt happy. hadn't been so happy for
weeks, as when got into my cell on the I'd Of July
said THANK God! It's all over'"
"Have you distinct remembrance OF what
occurred cur DO on tn the I'd OF July7"
The prisoner testified to some OF the circum-
Stances OF MS arrest and transfer to JAIL but Mr.
scoville did not question him as to the act of
shooting. He had sent no recommendations with
ms, ms application ] for the Austrian mission. He
uons with the President and Mr.. Blaine
REGARDS PRESIDENT ARTHUR AS HIS FRIEND
Mr. Scoville asked if he did not consider Presi-
dent Arthur his friend.
81 haven't" said the prisoner, {" had any occa.
sion to test it."
"Have you written any letters to him?"
81 have addressed two or three letters to him.
I don't know whether they have been delivered or
not From the way have been treated in other
After some discussion between counsel, as to the
relevancy OF such testimony, the prisoner said: 4:
=" I want to say here that presume that President
Arthur is my friend. / have never asked any
favor from him, either for myself or nv trends.
although am the man that made him, or at
least my inspiration did"
PROTEST FROM DISTRICT ATTORNEY ceRKHILL.
District Attorney Corkhin protested against In
terrogatories that elected such replies.
II have got nothing more to say" said the pris-
oner, excitedly, "on the subject. simply wanted
TO define my position. have not asked the Presi-
dent for any favors, and probably shall not"
sPECULATIONs AS TO THE VERDICT.
AS the trial progresses the faces OF the jurors
become objects Of interest, and there are many
speculatiOns as to how the testimony is affecting
them Some persons have paid SO much attention
to the Jurors countenances that they profess to be
able to tell how they are impressed The most
common prediction Is that the jury is already di-
v1ded. This prediction is based to a considerable
extent on the supposed fact that in the families of
two OF the jurors there has been insanity and that
they will therefore readily accept the theory of
the defence. There being but little idea that all
the others can be brought over to this view the
opinion is that the jury will disagree The two
jurors indicated, however men OF the strictest
integrity, and doubtless went into the Jury box as
fair minded as Il is possible for men to enter it.
leaving all past experience behind them, and with
the full intention TO be governed solely by the
evidence and the law as it shall be given them.
CRANK WHO WANTS TO SAVE GUITEAU.
Last night Lieutenant Austin took in charge q
crank, who gave his name as Elias Fits, alias p
Paul, from Niagara Falls He said he was some
times called the Apostle Paul He carried a Bible
and some tracts under his arm, and on arriving
here went direct to the fremont House and hunted
up Mr.. Scoville, and told him he had come here to
save Guteau. He says he at one time was under
the charge Of the expert, Dr.. Gray, whom he said
had caused every man to be hung against whom
he had ever appeared as an expert witness and
that Dr. Gray meant to hang Guiteau. He said he
had come here to show up DIR. Gray. He sub
scrtbeS himself as "JeSus' AnointedL"
TRIAL NOTES
Towards the close of the day yesterday Guiteau
narrated his experience in Washington when he
visited this CITY in the midst of his ecturnp tour