National Republican., 1881-11-23

themselves aud when 1t became a question of
whether or not they should be sent to The asylum.
Dr. Rice observed him, or had observed him, and
told his sister that there no question about his
insanity to such n degree that there would be no
difficulty iu having him committed to an insane
asylum II thought best; hut inasmuch MS he had
before that time been harmless, and innsmuch rs
u was probable that he would continue 20 be
harmless: that the immediate occasion of that
trouble having perhaps been the heat. or somo-
thing Of that kind; that he would continue proba-
by to be harmless, and that his mind would grow
therefore, II might he as well to let him 30. At
any rate do not understand that he advised
specially, one way or The other; When came ont
home the matter was presented to me by my wife.
said TO her that Thought we had better let him
go for the present
lie was talking about this matter with everybody
he met lie was studying the Testament It is
true he did not pay his board bill
regularly, but Thought that he would
do very little harm If len alone. did not think
he would convert anybody. was not at all nfraid
he would organize any new sect, and | did not
feel lie would hnrt anybody, because his temper
ana disposition had always bcer gentle 60 an eN-
trcmc, Besides, told Mrs. ScOvillc that the law
IN Wisconsin was different irtm what 1t was in
Illinois. In Wisconsin patient could be com.
mittCd to nm asylum upon the certificate Of
two physicians In Illinois IL could not be done
except uitcra jury trial. No matter how insane
the person might be; if there was not vestige OF
reason left in the mind, under the laws Of Illinois,
every person must bo called before jury and the
proof produced; and the jury must iiud u verdict
before an asylum, public or private, could receive
the candidate within its walls
My advice was that the matter be loft md that
he 60 to Illinois " there were any further canvass
of the matter; that his father aud his brother be
notified aud tlat jury trial be had so that there
should never be any charge by the relatives
against us of having proceeded IN any manner
indirectly secretly, or IN any way, except where
everything was open To the inspection OF the
world, Therefore no further steps were taken at
thnt time He went to Chicago he remained u
short time nt our house and then lCit. About that
time the MOodyUnd Sankcy meetings were opened
In Chicago. He became very much interested
In them; went there aud became an usher, be-
came moEe and more excited aud Interested
nS they progressed. His mind seemed entirely
absorbed IN those religious subjects Que day at tho
MONDAY prayer meeting, which was held every day
In connection with the Moody meeting, Il was re-.
marked 10y clergyman In Chicago that there was
something IN relation to the second coming of
Christ that hc was uncertain in his own mind
about. This struck upon the mind Of the prisoner
IN peculiar manner. suppose he sort OF won
dered that n PR sbyterian minister, in charge Of
| Tthe'prncipnl society of that denomination IN the
city OiChicago, should be ignorant upon that sub
went to investigating the subject lie immedi.
ntely went 70 the public library Of Chicago,
buried himself, as It were, In books, studying
| every hour the library was open until about the
middle of January of The following year,
| 1871. He then thought he had mastered the sub
| jeCt, aud had discovered the truth. Having found
out the truth upon that subject. hissieNt impulse
| was to make II known TO the world as "A duty, as
being inspired, commissioned, or instructed, what
ever You may have the mind TO call II, by God, on
| ihut subject. lie conceived II was his duty to
make II known to the world. AS n first step in
| that proceeding ne engaged the audience room of
| the Central Methodist Church In he city of Chicago,
| aud advertised lecture on the second
| coming of Christ-advcrtised in the daily papers,
| aud hud them circulated all over the city He
went there, and quite respectable audience at
| tended. Tho reporters of the daily pay crs went
there aud he made his first effort as lecturer. 1t
is needless TO say that the effort an absolute,
| decided iailuro from beginning to end. They
laughed at him. they questioned him, they rdi.
| do not know but what they did. II was too good a
| thing for the reporters 10 allow TO pass without
noticing, and so all the papers the next morning
| had notices showing how ridiculous the whole
| Thing was from beginning TO end. regret that
have not a copy of that report present, perhaps
may have 1t before we get through. II will show
| how II was looked upon By the public. But the
actor himself, the lecturer, came to the conclusion
from the result of that that he was all right, and
that the public were all wrong. The simple fact
| was that he had in his own opinion made com.
pctent, perfect exposition Of that subject Another
| mct with which he was impressed was that he was
competent, perfect orator, capable of laying the
! muttcr III proper manner before the people. But
the other fact still existed thnt the people were moi
prepared for 1t, aud could not understand or COM
| ptChcnd this subject or the speaker.
| The Prsoner-Ihey were new ideas on that sub
iect, and they had not gotten to them yet Laugh
Mr.. scoville-Now, from that time on he dis
| played Tor long time-twO orthrce years-an in
| tense, indomitable perseverance upon that sub
ject. Nothing would turn him from II; nothing
that his friends could say; nothing that his bust.
| ness UcquaintunCcs could say. No Tidiculc. no
Judgment OF the people or Of The press; nothing
whatever had any Influence with him. lie started Oh
| on his lecturing tour; went up north toward Mil
| wnukee, crossed oyer from Milwaukee into Michi-
gan, and along the Michigan Central road until he
reached Detroit: OF course, in most cases he got
| nothing. lie might have gotten two or three dol
lars probably. lie never got enough to pay hall
rent; he never got enough TO pay for lights or fuel
got nothing In going from place to place until this
| lecture. He met with the same reception every
Time, and yet vita the same faith the same conf.
dence that the Lord had called him with the per-
| Severing determination that the people should
hear the truth ne went irom place to place until
to leave every place without being able
was tia that the Lord had called him to do, do
this work, and II he did not have money
to pay his bills no more did the Lord Jesus Christ
| have money to pay His bills. If he could not pay
his board, no more could the Apostle Paul pay his
| board and there was the parallel and there was
| the justification. And SO he had no computations
a. conscience about not paying his board ABOUT
the Lord. He had to have a place to serve Him
in; he had to have fuel and lights; he was doing
his best, and If the people would not come and
hear and pay the expenses, it was the fault
Of the, people, it was not his fault.
Finally he was arrested in Detroit. He had stopped
in Ann Arbor and tried to lecture there but, iail-
| ing and not receiving anything, he LEFT owing u
| few dollars, and went to Detroit Immediately after
| the lecture. think he made more there than he
| did in any other pace-it was about 81. Immedi.
atcly after the Lecture as he was leaving the hall
lie was arrested. The hell proprietor, with an
Ann Arbor detective, had gone To Detroit to arrest
him, seized him on the train about eleven o'clock
nner his lecture, and started with him back tC
| Ann Arbor. The officer in custody of him on the
| train began to nod, and Guiteau, observing IL
| stepped out of the door, stepped oil the train
| aud started back on the track on run. lie Wen
back to a railroad crossing few miles, aud thei
| took another train and went TO Toledo. The frs
| place was Monroe Michigan, and then Toledo
| l3y the time he got to Toledo aud got ready fol
another lecture, his four dollars were exhausted
| Then he failed there. Immediately starting OF
| aud following the line of the Michigan Southern
road. he stopped ut different places, until he go
| through Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York, clea
| n AlhunN fai n rl
every time, We have some witnesses here to this
The prisoner-l had ideas, but no reputation
| aud could not draw [Laugher.l
Mr. sGoviile-More reputation than some people
| would think guess. Now, fact or two as to thI
manner in which he travelled. When he lcf
| Toledo the conductor would come along and ash
him for his fare. "l am travelling for the Lord ;
pc would say, ~ am ,r ,riScturing for the Lord.
at him n moment and pnss him along and SO hI
passed all the way to Albany. II seems to me tha
Is II circumstance 10 be taken into account by yoi
as the opinion OF these men as TO his unsoumdneS
of mind from his appearance, 1t is not usual,
believe, on any railroad To pass sane competent
able. bodied man in that manner from place Il
place. At any rate, he went in that way.
The PrisOncr-l dead headed from Toledo, Ohio
to Washington on the strength of my appearance
with the conductors lLgughturl
Mr.. Scovllle--Aiter arriving at Albany he wen
| from New York to Newark
The Prisoner-I got put or twice, [Laughter.l
| Mr. ScOvillc-On the way, before reaching New
| ark, the conductor came nlong-Rnd IN that cas-
the conductor was not so civil TO him ms some o
the other conductors had been-and asked him 70
his iGrc. 81 have not any money am lecturini
Tor the Lord" he said, ana this man, not takinI
much stock in that sort of thing, turned to th
bNkcsmannnd said when you get to the mex
station put him in charge of the officer.
lie then went on about his business
That frightened Guitcau considerably. lie watche,
the brakeman when ho was attending the stow
ana liking The fire, and then stepped quickl
ont of the door down ON to the step while III
train was going at the rate of twenty five thlr
miles an hour, and let himself oil on the ground.
is wonder he did not killhimself. In his fall h
rolled over aud over tore his OyGrcoat aud cut hi
forehead In that connection / want to mention
to You one peculiarly which you will find In hi
case, but that is In common with other
That Is the emotional nature of the maj