The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-09

gave the substance of conversations ha
had in Boston with J. w. Guiteau, in
which the latter had said the 4disgrace of
this crime is hard enough for the family
to bear without endeavoring to prove
hereditary insanity, for there is no authen-
| ticated case on which to base it. -
| Guiteau, greatly excited shouted out,
That's the way he feels and I desire to
repudiate him on this business He has
never been brother to me in any sense,
| and that's just the ridiculous view he takes
on this insanity business. /" A moment after
| he shouted angrily: That's false. There
are two of my cousins in lunatic asylums
now and that's where I'll probably be very
SOON"
! John Balmer, of Saratoga Springs, tes-
| titled that Guiteau boarded with him and
had run away without paving his board,
| Guiteau.-"Well, I right here confess
| that and save the government $100."
| 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 SEQ
| vile with the remark that the paper con-
/ tanned the Presidents answers to his (Sco-
ville's) interrogatories.
| The prisoner-"I had sent the President
note this afternoon, requesting him not
| to appear in this case and saying i did not
want his answers to the interrogatories. L
presume he sent them before he got my
note" Scoyille read the answers of Presi
| dent Arthur to the interrogatories To
the first aud second questions, whether he
knew the prisoner and how often he had
seen him, the President replied that he
knew him and that he had seen him at
least ten times, and possibly twenty times.
To the question as to whether he had ever
| conversed with him, he replied: None
| excepting to return the ordinary saluta-
| tions of the day and once or twice in
answer to his request to be employed in
the campaign as a speaker by the republi-
| can state committee, of which he was
chairman.'' To the question what politi-
cal services the prisoner had rendered the
republican party during the last Presiden-
tial campaign, the answer was, .'None that
! I know Of" The fifth question was
whether there was anything in the personal
relations to himself or Gen. Grant or SEN
ator Conkling or any other of the republi
can party, socially or politically, to furnish
him with any ground for supposing he
would receive any political influence.
Answer, mo"
! The prisoner-That is matt0eof opin-
ion, That last question: Did you ever
give him any reason to think he could have
any political or personal influence with
your" the answer is 81 never did"
The prisoner-'tHe never had occasion
to. The president added to his answers
the following: / have been requested by
the counsel for the defence to produce q
letter written by the prisoner since his
indictment. That letter was received by
me in October last and was not preserved
Do not recollect its contents particularly
excepting it contained some claim of his
ropdorod c0rpo services
to the republican party during the Presi
Dental campaign and an appeal for post
ponement of his trial to give him time tc
prepare for the defence.
The prisoner:-'That is all there was tC
it,.
The next witness was the Rev A. X
Macarthur, pastor of the Calvary Baptis
church, New York As soon as he was
sworn the prisoner remarked: 81 know DIR
! Macarthur very well. He is nice fellow
ve,~y high toned in every way. l owe hin
s95." Witness began to relate how the
4 prisoner introduced himself and wife tt
him (witn ess) at the close OF the service ONT
Sunday, and at the same time presented &
letter of dismission from the First BAptis
church. Chicago. The prisoner stated tina
at the time in Chicago he had lucrativ,
! practice of law, but owing to disasters fol
lowing the fire his practice failed entirely
or in good part and now he and his wifi
had come to New York to start life afresh
NV heart went out to him, kindly 1ntrodu
ced him and wife to a man OF prominence
, in the city and in the church; knew / wa
of service to him. The letter that In
r brought was referred, as our custom is, u
. | a committee The chairman OF the com
: mittee was gentleman of very high stand
! ino at one time Indian Commissioner un
J der u. S. Grant, who took an interest IN
3 Here witness was interrupted by SEQ
: vile. who remarked that all this was yer,
. | interesting, but entirely irrelevant. III
B did not want this whole history In
Y | District Attorney-"Bus do want tn
a whole history connected with the pris
aner"
The prisoner-"It is all interesting an
~tant. DIR. Macarthur is very fin
lmpo4 IN. ] owe him sos and / ar
gentlem, It pay him now" Then address
sorry cal ess. he said: ALLOW me
ing the Win, 4 there is some possibiiit
say, Doctor ina 90 from James Gordo
OF my getting so'O1 uld disability matte
Den nedneso rnoos nof snat - @ sena you check 70
s12o the moment get H. witness seosl sta
remarked that he objected to t,airman c
ing the qualifications of some c.. far Il
a committee not knowing how
might go in that history. .~s
The prisoner-.'Dr. Macarthur is an o.
tor as you may see by the way he talks.
/ Laughter Witness resumed his story
and told of the prisoner and his wife being
received into the fellowship of the church
and of the wife of the latter asking urgent
ly for money. handing him promisscry
note of the prisoner for $780,
Scoville Have you got that proinis-
sorry note?"
Witness-s'No did not think it negoti-
able and have not preserved it. During
the political campaign that fall the prison
er was not seen at our meetings SO often
and the reason assigned by him was. using
the phrase which he used, he had gone to
some degree into politics and he expected
ar Office as the result of this political ex-
citement. remember he was arrested
and thrown into Jefferson Market Jail be-
cause of some difficulty with hotel. |
! saw prisoner in corridor of the Jail and
although called very piteously by him to
intercede in his behalf and procure bail for
him il possible, / shut out the natural
promptings of my heart and told him /
feared he was bad man and that he must
allow the law TO take its course. In the
meantime it came to the knowledge OF the
i church officers that he had been guilty OF