The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1881-12-01
BENTON, MONTANA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER !, 1881


| deadheaded from Toledo to Chicago on til
Impression my appearance made with th
: conductors. [ got put off twice, though.
scoyille then alluded to Guiteau's susceD
tlbility to the influence of women, and sait
it was his disposition in that respect tl1a
he would talk TO any woman so long a
she would listen to him. '"rhat's not true. ,
shouted Guiteau, I put notice in my au
photography that any lady who wanted tt
correspond with me and who would sen(
her address, If she was all right, would bt
received, and to this notice I got aresponst
/ from a lady worth SIC, 900. That wasn'
bad, was it?'' daughter was generally
INDUCED in.
/ Scoville continued: s:Tt is. true, as he
says, that the notice brought response
Which shows there is one woman in the
United States that probably has lost he1
reason also.o This remark elicited d great
deal OF applause, but not from the prison
e1, who angrily exclaimed: 'sI wrote he1
two letters and she wrote me two. You
! (ScoyilIe) suppressed the rest. I have
been looking for a response to my last let
ter for three weeks. Iknewyou had been
lying; you told me you sent those letters,
and now you have not,,'
The Court-(sternly)-"Be quiet.''
District Attorney--ssScoville knows ii
there were any such letters they never can
reach the jury and this attempt to get in
TO public colloquy with this man is repre-
hensible. Let this man play his part when
the time comes"
Il am not playing part, cried the pris-
oner eXclJedly and gesticulating wildly.
| Il knew Scoville was lying. understand
this evidence that is coming; that it is per-
fectly competent. AS q general thing testi-
mony obtained from lying is not compe-
tent letorted the prisoner.
Scoville-"I will not reply to Corkhill
for his insinuation. When the time comes
for the argument he will get his answer.n
(Ihe significant tone in which this was
said brought down a storm Of applause
from the spectators.) II had considered, :"
continued scoville, 'sths evidence was
competent"
The prisoners OH will not have anV
success from the Lord BY lying. You lie!
You lie! I've found you out. When man
lies to me once I never believe him again.
You have lied to me- once and that's PLAYED
OUT
The prisoner in making this speech
appeared to be convulsed with passion and
It was in vain that his brother aud sister"
attempted to quiet him.
seoYille proposed to read a bundle of
lebtoEs@.sVaitteh by the. prisoner, slatissa
back to 1858, as showing the bent Of his
mind. The District Attorney objected to
their Introduction as not connected with
the crime.
The prisoner-ssYFe will show they are
authentic =
The judge admitted the letters, most of
them being addressed to Mrs. ScoVille and
some TO himself. Those Of the earliest
date, 1888, showed nothing peculiar. but
laA1issiiy ti1Cy VI III aillV u IGllSfOuS LuEit.
quoting texts Of scripture and appealing
to his sister to turn to God. This feature
of them is marked after he had gone to the
Oneida Community, the first letter from
which place is dated February, 1864. Tn
this he lays down and supports the doc
trines Of the community.
When Ilissletter was read, the prisoner
said: II forgot that letter; it is a very
good representation Of the influence under
which | lived for six years. I was not
aware that it was III existence"
The last letter from Oneida was dated
October, 1855, and stated that his views
had changed, and that he desired to leave
the community and go to New York to
qualify himself for q position in some
bank, and asking SeoVille to send him fifty
dollars.
The prisoner was getting myseyes
opensthen- I had been six years subject
to their fanaticism.
scoville explained that others Of the
letters had been burned III his
office in the Chicago fire. After some ref
erence to other letters, court adjourned.