Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1881-12-07
TRYING THE ASSASSIN.
GcoNTINUED FROM FIRST PAGE
THE PRISONER AS A WITNESS.

THE PRISONER AS A WITNESS.
The reading of the letters was I'm
ished at noon, and Guiteau resumed
the witness stand.
Mr.. Scoville began to question him
relative to his early life. Guiteau re.
sponded promptly, iutelligently, and
with perfect GOODNESS, for some minutes,
apparently enjoying the situation and
his freedom of talk Abiding to his
fathers second marriage, he said smil-
ingly: He went off one day, without
consulting me at all, and got married
| thought that was funny way OF do
ing business, and got very mad over
it,
Whenever allusion was made to the
Oneida Community Guiteau became
very much excited and denounced the
Community and his fathers course in
persuading him to go there.
why do you blame your father !!
asked Mr. Scouille.
Because if he bad been out OF the
way never should have gone under
the influence of that miserable fanati-
cism. There never Was such spiritual
fanaticism in the world. The amount
of it was to speak plainly, Noyes'sole
idea was to get chance to sleep with
the young girls. Nobody else could,
though. All the time | was there
was practically Shaker. Pm glad the
miserable, sinking community Is bro
ken up, and l hope the United States
Government will break up that miser-
able Mormon community in Utah
Guiteau gave his views Cd his fatb'
er's religious belief, and was asked il
he (his father) had any peculiar views
on healing diseases. He replied: 'Oh,
yes, father was an awful crank on
that subject
Mr.. Scoville-What do you mean
by crank?
Guiteau-Well, that is short. way
of putting it when you want to say
is pretty badly crazed.
Guiteau, in reply to the question
said he did not believe in any religion
until his convention. That's the
word they use, you know which was
in 1859, when he came under the in
huence of Beecher and the Young Mems
Christian Association. Beecher up tc
that time, said Guiteau, was supposed
to be virtuous man.
HIS STORY CONTINUED
to- ,oao., nn;taan racrpnaH fh<
stand, and told the story of his connec
tion with the Oneida Community, his
attempt to buy paper in New York
his legal experience in Chicago, etc
When you get down. said Guiteau
every one is ready to give you kick
/ was three days in the Tombs. Have
been in Jail several times, but never
for crime. Never was indicted before
this time in my life.'
Guiteau then related mis- efforts TO
secure the Chicago Inter Ocean.
Quetion-What was your idea in
buying the Inter- Ocean?
Answer proposed to make it the
great newspaper organ of the west
proposed to put into it the advertising
patronage of the Chicago Tribune, the
republicanism of Horace Greeley, and
the enterprise and snap of James Cor
don Bennett | suggested it to some
first class newspaper men and they
said 1t was brilliant idea and they
thought it feasible If | had got hold
of the money it would have been FEAST
BILE. l consulted several parties about
it, and they all thought it a grand
scheme, but would not put money into
it, and SO it fell through. Among 9TH
ers l applied to Mr. Adams, President
of the Second National bank, at Free
port, supposed to be worth a half a
million dollars l told him | would
make him Governor of Illinois, and he
said he did not want to be Governor
He was State Senator and was a
man of reputation and character, but
he did not pan ont very well after my
interview with him. He did not have
any political aspirations. | wanted to
get hold of those fellows who had both
aspiration and money. They were the
kind of fellows to help me- Adams did
not seem to care anything about being
Governor. He was man of about GO
years old, and he preferred his old
simple way of living and did not care
to go into politics. | also consulted
my old friend Charlie Reed on the
matter. | believe he put S25 into it,
which be has not got back yet (laugh-
ing.) | went to theology after that,
and that was worse than the newspa-
per business. The idea of publishing
the New York Herald simultaneously
in Chicago was part ofthe Inter- Ocean
scheme. l looked about the building
and presses. | consulted the manager
of the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany and also the manager of the
Atlantic amp Pacific Telegraph Compa-
ny. The Atlantic and Pacific was
JUST starting at that time, and its man.
ager was an active young man who
wanted to get business. | said pro-
posed to duplicate the New York Her
ale dispatches, and he thought it an
immense thing, and so it was. |
wrote to James Gordon Bennett about
the dispatches Think l told him if