Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-12-08

| leisure, Saul Gulteau, Il shook
hands with him and handed
him my speech, on which was written
PARIS CoNsUIsHIP.'
he knew me at once; | left
HIM reading the speech, and
that was the only interview | ever
had with President Garfield. wisn to
state here that my getting office or
not getting Office, had nothing whatever
to do with my removing the president;
that was an act of inspiration, and was
done rs political necessity"
Guiteau continued: GA few weeks
ago, | addressed to Bennett a note,
suggesting he send me So 900. | think
1t very likely he will send it. l owe,
probably, one thousand dollars, and
that is every cent | do owe in the
world, and if Bennett sends me the
money, | shall pay off some of my
boarding bills. The Herald did me
great deal of damage in 1874; but
Bennett is good hearted fellow.
have had the idea in my head, for 20
years, | should be president Of the
United States. | suppose the people
think have been badly cracked about
it; had the idea in the Oneida com.
munity; went to Boston with the feel
ing was on the way to the white house;
l shall make it." A laugh ran through
the audience at this prediction. "IfI
am ever president" continued the wit
ness, sit will be by the act of God.
shall get the nomination as Lincoln
and Garfield did, and shall be elected
as they were. | anticipate q decided
change in public opinion in regard to
me. The idea has been in my head
for twenty years that | would be presi-
| dent. | did not want to get the Her
aid down on me, that is the reason
| did not press my suit against it. |
don't care now, a snap of my fingers,
about being president. I don't care
about it. don't know as / should
take it il | we're nominated and elected.
Witness related the story Of his per
sonal" inviting correspondence with
views to matrimony, and said:
81 want to say word now in refer
ence to my divorced wife"
The court-"No, not now"
The prisoner-"I do not know any
thing about her, nor have | known her
| for years past, but she had no business
to come here for the prosecution
Questioned about the revision of the
edition of the Truth, witness answered
There is no money in that
business in any way, shape or
manner, and there never has been.
When Col. Corkhill came to me in July,
and talked to me of some great lot OF
of money, and of some great men back
ing me with money and all that kind
Of nonsense, told him about my cir
cumstances and convinced him | had
no money.
FIFTEENTH DAY.
WASHINGTON, Dec. l.-Guiteau occu
pied the witness stand again to-day
! He proved decidedly obstinate anC
after finally contradicting the test
mony of Gen. Logan, Col. Reed anc
several other witnesses, he positively
refused to answer several questions, his
invariable response being, 81 decline
to discuss that with you"
Witness seemed to be greatly an
noyed at Judge Porter's habit of
| POINTING HIS FINGER AT HIM,
as he frequ' ntly did, in way of en-
phasizing his interrogations-and broke
out angrily: you need not point youl
long finger at me, Judge Porter. I've
seen you do that before. but you CAM
scare me-"
Witness declined to converse iegard
ing the boarding houses, al it had nc
bearing on the case. He supposed he
owed $3.50 to various landladies, and
some time or other he expected to pay
them.
Judge Cox directed witness to reply
to the questions.
Witness was readily driven from one
position to another till confronted with
the evidence of his own witnesses. He
would unhesitatin2iy
Shortly afterward Guiteau become
very indignant at Judge For
ter's use of the word muir
der, and
| SHOUTED FIERCELY:
"You seem to delight in the use OF the
words kill and murder. There Is no use
in your whining in that way. The mere
fact of how | removed the president
| usio DotiiiilS NhoeCNCl w y" "''' wv
case" Gulteau's shrewdness in de-
tecting and anticipating any point
which might be made against him was
a marked feature of the investigation.
Judge Porter pressed him very closely
to tx the date when he received his al
legged inspiration to remove the presi-
dent, and Guiteau finally shrieked out
| to
"REMovE ALL THIS LOOSE TALK.
want you to knoW that | would have re-
moved the president at any time be-
tween the middle of June aud the ID
of July if had found an opportunity,
| would have done it fer the good of
the American people"
Guiteau was permitted to indulge In
passion for talking on the pending po-
litical situation at the time of the shoot
ing, until speaking of the presidents
ingratitude to Grant and Conkling.
He was led by Judge Porter to adj
nit that "ingratitade was the base7t OF
crimes.
Judge Porter:
STOP THERE.