The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-12-06
THE GCITTEAU CASE.

anu incomplete manner, anu our
readers will have to make what they
can of it.
Washington, 5.-Speaker Randall
appeared-He said he did not under
stand why he was subpGned. SEQ
vile will this afternoon call on the
President and try to get him to as
sent to appear. Guitteau says he
had several interviews with Arthur,
and it is known that he has written
severals letters which the defense
want to have go on record. Cult
teau was unusually scared and
begged the officers to take him into
court to-day by the back entrance,
and with trembling and cringing
gait he shuffied through the angry
crowd with abject fear depicted
upon his face, and he did not regain
his composure for several minutes.
Scoville told Randall that he only
desired his opinion as to whether
the democratic party would not
have disrupted the country; but
inasmuch as Davis had spoken on
that point, he excused Randall till
Wednesday.
Guitteau said he wanted ex-
perts to decide whether it was in
sane to be impelled by the Deity.
DR.. Kennon, managing editor
of the Chicago Medical Re0iea0,
testified that he believed the pris-
oner insane. The prosecution ex-
amined him at length.
The witness had stated one thing
right. The Lord injects inspiration
and then let's man use his own judg-
ment to work it out. That is just
my case. That is the way [ get my
Inspiration. The Lord don't employ
fools to do his work. He gets the
best material"
Davidge then put a hypothetical
case, using the term, like a COM
men vulgar criminal" Guitteau
turned to Davidge and with all air
Of immense superiority said; "There
is nothing vulgar about this case
its all heightened" daughter quickly
suppressed by court.)
Guitteau suddenly interrupted the
examination and despite Scoville's
efforts to restrain him, broke out
into a severe denunciation of his
late wife, saying he had just no.
ticed discourse from her which
was full of misstatements and if she
came into court to testify against
him, he would show her up. He
ratified en- some minutes, but was
finally quieted down. The witness
was about to be dismissed, when
Guitteau detained him and said,
with an air of great seriousness
Doctor, l want to ask you, where
hereditary nimbus of brain exists,
won't a man sho " it whenever there
is cause?" Witness responded in
the affirmative.
"That will do" said Guiteau, with
the air of lawyer who has made a
decided point.
Recess.
Richard |. Hunter, editor of the
Washington Gazette, had seen the
prisoner at the republican head
quarters, New York. He thought
him egotistic and exceedingly i'll
balanced. His speech was a ridic-
ulous affair.
Guitteau. (excitedly)-It was moth
ing of the kind. You don't know
what you are talking about. The
best men of the country endorsed
it.
Witness resumed-The prisoner
got to be perfect nuisance about
the committee rooms.
Guitteau You were a nuisance,
you. I'd rather be hung as a man
than acquitted as a fool, and l don't
want to have any more Of this kind
of evidence.
The witness said he was a laugh
ing stock as far as he could see.
Guitteau Violently to Scoville)-
If you put'any more of these cranky
fellows on the stand I'll square you
again. 1t was a great piece Of impu-
dence OH your part to put Judge
Davis on the stand without consult
ing me- [ am no fool and l won't
allow you to make me out one.
Dr.. Chas. Nicholas, of the
Bloomingdale Asylum: If the evi
dence to which | have listened is
correct, l should say Guitteau is in
sane. DR.. Folsom, of Boston, made
the same answer. To a similar hypO-
thetical case, stated by ScOville, DR..
VIM. Gedding, Of the government
insane asylum, DR.. Jas. NJ. Mcbride,
Of Milwaukee and Dir. Charming, Of
BroOkline, Mass, agreed in the same
opinion. DR.. Theodore NJ. Fisher,
said if confined to the hypothetical
case, he would say Guitteau was in
sane, but would dislike to be so con
fined. The prosecution informed
him they would want him as wit
ness. Scoviile announced that he
had only two or three more wit
nesseS before closing his cease.
Guitteau here demanded subpGnas
for Conkling. Grant, Jewell, and
others, and made an incOherent
barangue, which seemed to please
his counsel vastly.
Judge Cox finally silenced him.
Scoville read from Guitteau's book
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