The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1881-12-01

tillllh OF IGs 11 kept me OHt or Tell0Wsnl
with my father up to the time of hi
death.''
i scoville, resalning, referred to Guiteau'
career as a politician, and drew the conclu
/ sion that bis. intellect was deficient Thi
aroused the prisoner at once, and he begal
series ofinteTFalp lptions, protesting agains
scoVille's conclusions as false. When ref
e1ence was nIaaE to his running aroun(
| from one committee room to another to b
employed asa campaign speaker, ant
when his failure 10 obtain recognition wa
mentioned, Gt1iteau shouted angrily: ssI
wasn't becauseasI had no ability, but be
cause [ was not known. [ had ideas, bu
no reputation. They wanted big guns like
General Grantand Senator Conkling-meL
who would draw" Then he looked uE
with an amused smile, and added: 81 pre-.
sumo I'd draWxIloW.''
scoyille criticised Guiteau's speech, en-
titled: Garfield vs.. Hancock" He said
| it was mere tumble of ideas collected
from newspapers and from the speeches OF
others. No one but a crazy man would
have imagined u Guiteal did, that this
speech possessed any merit.
Guitean became more and more restless,
until, in the most excited manner yet
shown by him, he shouted to Scoyille: 81
object to your theory on. that score, and
fYFs#T
I'm down oIlyoII. [ want you to tell the
truth; but you needn't try to make me out
a fool. / say the Deity inspired my act,
and He will take care Of it. I want the
truth, and that'saII there Is about it. y
COL Corkhill roseto protest against these
interruptions Of the prisoner, when Gui-
teau waved his hantl to him patronizingly,
and said: s'ris not necessary to make any
remarks, Colonel; just let the matter
drop"
Dayidge desired TO suggest way to pre-
vent these outbreaks. lie attributed them
entirely to ScoyilIe = course in commenting
on the evidence already submitted, and
his attempt to argue from it the mental iu-
trinity Of the prisoner.
scoVilIe concluded his opening address
without further interruption on accident.
The first witness for the defense, H. N.
Burton, was then examined. He testified
that he didn't think the prisoner so de-
ranged as to be irresponsible. He thought
him not deranged, but very badly ar
ranged.
Il. NJ. Davis, Of Trie, Pa, testified to
knowledge of the insanity of one Of Gui-
teau's aunt's.
Thompson NfEcaNsoll, DC Freeport, ILL.,,
knew esttiteau ! 4atI1er a11sI described his
peculiarities.
John 4. Rice, of Mentor, Wis, prac-
tising physician for tWenty-six years, tes-
tilted that he examined the prisoner in
1876 and came TO the conclusion that he
was insane. His insanity was emotional
rather than of the intellect; there appeared
to be an impairment Of judgment, but not
much, if any, impairment Of the intellect.
He told his friends that Guiteau ought to
be secluded. The witness treated Gui-
teau's father, and did not consider him in
sane.
Frank T.. Union, Of Boston, testified to
hearing Guiteau at Investigator Hall. His
bills procIaimed: ssDo not fail to hear Hon.
Charles j. Guiteau, the little giant from
.he West. He will show that two-thirds
If the race=are going down to perdition.
The prisoner-lsThat is a liberal esti-
mate daughter.
Witness-'sThere were about fifty per-
sons at the. lecture. At the end Of half an
nour the lecturer evidently became disgust
ID with himself and left in i great hurry. =
The. prisoner-1I was disguised with the
ardience.'
Witness After he had gone the audi
ence agreed that the man was crazy. Gui-
eau. came next day and asked for the hall,
md said he was not crazy but inspired
hat God was his father and direct COUNSEL
or, and that he did nothing wrong. He
'aid III a serious manner that he belonged |
o the firm Of Jesus Christ & Co.; he was
,ure the witness was doomed. daughter.
Ie said he knew the way to heaven and
he way to hell, and if the witness did
what he told him he would 60 to heaven;
t not, to hell.
The witness said he appeared as 4 wit
less, impelled by reading Seoville's appeal
or witnesses.
Norwood Damon, OF Boston, Whoattentl-
@ the lecture III Investigator Hall, said
hat all be could understand from the lee
ure was that the people Of Boston and the
est Of mankind generally would go down
Q perdition. He supposed the man in
ane.
Geo. W. Olds, Of Michigan. testified to
Irs. seoyille charging Guiteau with being
razy, and saying he had attempted TO kill
ler, and asking witness TO put him off the
,lace. The witness returned home and re-
ated how =Guiteau had soaped the hickory
rees, insisting that they were fruit trees,
nd how, when wedding, lie. pulled up
more strawberries and turnips than
Weeds.
The prisoner: Il think we have had
nough of this kind Of talk = To ScoYille,
fho tried TO keep him quiet: Keep quiet
ourself.' TO the court: The fact is.
bat during the fall of 1875 i snent.several
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