The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1881-12-13
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Witness never saw any indications OF
insanity in the prisoner. a.. ..
On cross-examination Scoville asked
Do you remember oeCe, at the table, a
upon some religious topic
arose, and Guiteau took part and became
80 violent they all left him9 -
A-No, I don't.
Guiteau-Tbey all got through tala-
ing, and 80 they lett, that's all there vac
to that. s...s.
Howard Durham. OF Boston, took the
stand, but Guiteau forestalled his evil
dence by shouting: Il had desk room
with that man a few weeks in Boston,
and that is all he, knows about it. II
cost your government 500 to get him
here" The witness stated that in No.
vember, 1879, the prisoner secured desk
room in his Office, and remained there
nearly two months. when, as he was
Behind With His Rent,
and witness did no. like the style of the
man, he requested him to surrender his
key. The prisoner told him there was
no money in theology, and he was geing
TO practice law.
The witness then gave the substance
of q conversation he had had in Boston
with j. W Guiteau, in which the latter
had said: The disgrace of the crime is
enough for the family to hear without
endeavoring to prove hereditary insani.
ty, for there is no authenticated case ON.
which to base it."
Guiteau, greatly excited, shouted out :
That's the way he feels, and l desire to
repudiate hin in this business. He has
never been a brother to me in any sense,
and that is just 90 ridiculous as the view.
he takes on the insanity business" A
moment after he shouted angrily !:
That's false. There are two of nv
cousins in lana,ic asylans, and thate
where
I'll Probably be Very Soon.
The District Attorney here sent Judge
Cox a communication received By him
from the President of the United States
The Judge, after reading it, sent it to
-Scoville with the remark that the paper
contained the Presidents answers to his,
Scnville's interrogatories.
The Prisoner-"I had sent the Pres-
dent note this afternoon, requesting
him not to appear in this case. saying
that l did not want his answers to the
interrogatories. presume he sent them
before he received my note"
Scoville read the answers Of
President Arthur
to the interrogatorie-. To the first and
second questions, whether he knew the
prisoner and how often he had seen him,
The President replies, he knows him
that he has seen him at least ten times
and possibly more times To the ques-
tions as TO whether he had ever con-
versed with him, be replies, no, except
to return the ordinary salutation of the
day, and once or twice in answer TO his
request to he employed in the campaign
as speaker by the Republican Stale
Committee, of which | was chairman =
To the question, what political services
the prisoner had rendered the Repuhli-
can party during the last Presidential
campaign, the answer is:
None That I Know OF"
To the question whether there was
anything in the prisoners relations to
himself, or General Grant, or Senator
Conkling, or any other of the Republi
can party, socially or politically, to fur,
nish him with any ground for supposine
he would receive any political prefer
ment, the answer is "no"
Prisoner-That is 8 matter of opin
ion,
The last question was, "Did you evel
give him any reason to think he coult
have any political or personal influence
with you" and tie answer is, ~ never
did"
Prisoner--He never had occasion to
The President adds 10 his answers the
following: 81 have been requested bi
counsel for the defense to produce let
ter written by the prisoner since his in
dictment. That letter was received by
me in October last, and was not pre-
served. | do not recollect its contents
particularly, excepting it contained som'
claim of his having rendered some
Important Services
to the Republican party during th
Presidential campaign, and at appea
for the postponement OF his trial, t,
give him time to prepare for his de
fense"
Prisoner-That is all there was to it
The next witness was Rev. R. A. Nc
Arthur, pastor of Calvary Baptis
Charch, New York. AS soon as he was
sworn the prisoner remarked, 81 know
Dr.. Macarthur very well; he is nice
fne fellow. very high-tonsd, in ever
way. Lowe him $95." Witness begai
to relate how the prisoner introduced
himself and wife to him witness1, a
the close OF the service one Sunday, anr
at the same time presented letter o
disnission from the First Baptis
Church, of Chicago.
The Prisoner-."I stated at the tim
that In Chicago be had had Iucrativ,
practice of law, but owing to disasters
followed by the fire, his practice had en-
tlrely, or In good part, gone, and nov
he and bis wife had come to New Yorl
To Start Lite Afresh.
"My heart went out to him kindly
and introduced him and his wife t,
men Of prominence in society and il
church relations, aud ] know was O
service to him. The letter which b
brought was referred (as is our custom
to COMMITTEES. The chairman OF tha
committee was agentleman of very hig
standing, at one time Indian Commits
sioner under the United States Govern
ment, and who took an interest"
Here the witness wssinterruptfd- b
Scoville, who remarked that all this wa
very interesting, but entirely irrelevant
He did not want the whole history
District Attorney-"But / do wan
the whole history connected with th
prisoner"
The prisoner-"It is all in,erestin
: and important DR. Macarthur is yer
fine gentleman Lowe him S95, aud
am sorry 1 cannot pay him now" The
addressing the witness, he said Gallo,
me to say, Doctor, -a
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