Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-11-23

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he would talk to every. woman as long as she
would listen to him. "That's not true!"
shouted Guiteau, 81 put notice in my auto
biography that any lady who wanted to cor
respond with me who would send her address
if she was all right would be well received, and
to this notice l got response from a lady
worth S1U0,000. That wasn't bad, was it?"
| General laughter.)
| Scoville continued, cit is true, as he says,
that the notice brought one response which
shows there is one woman in the United
States that probably has lost her reason also" :"
This remark elected good deal of laughter,
but not from the prisoner, who angrily ex-
claimed, 81 wrote her two letters
and she wrote me two. You (Scoville)
suppressed the rest. have been looking for
| response to my last letter for three weeks,
and am certain you have lied about it. l tell
you so publicly, he continued, raising his
voice, "You can't fool me. 1 am going to
follow her." Uaughter.)
Scoville-"The letters Guiteau wrote I did
not send''
"No, you didn't send them. l knew you
had lied about it. That is not the first lie you
have told,'' cried the prisoner, emphasizing
his words with blows upon the table, 81 knew
you had been lying. You told me You had
not"
The court (sternly)-"Be quiet"
District attorney-"Scoville knows that if
there were any such letters they never can
reach the jury, and this attempt to get into
public colloquy with this man is reprehensi-
BILE. Let this man play his part when the
time comes.''
II am not playing part cried the prise:
ner excitedly, and gesticulating wildly; 81
knew Scoville was lying"
Scoville-T understand this evidence is
coming that Is perfectly competent
Gas general thing testimony obtained
from lying is not competent" retorted the
prisoner.
Scoville-"I will not reply to Corkhill at
present for his insinuation. When the time
comes for argument, he will get his answer"
The significant tone in which this was said,
brought down a storm of applause from the
spectators. 81 had considered" continued
Scoville, "that this evidence was competent"
The prisoner@'You will not have any sue
cess from the Lord by lying. You lie; you
lie; I've found you out. When man lies to
me once, never believe him again. You
have lied to me once, and that is played out"
The prisoner in making this speech seemed to
be convulsed with passion, and it was in vain
his brother and sister attempted to quiet him.
Scoville-"All I want in this case, is that
the truth shall prevail
The prisouer-"That is what want, and 1
am going to have it too"
Scoville Ito the jury)-"All want is that
the truth shall prevail, and if you believe I
produce an item of evidence for theatrical eff
feet, without the earnest conviction that it is
just and proper to be done, want you not
only to reject it but to charge it against me
with tenfold effect in your final verdict. Zap
plaHse.) The prisoner had been called when q
boy
The prisoner-"Julins Cesar! never liked
the name and do not now. 1t has too much
of the negro about it,
Scoville-"The name as I understand was
Julius Charles"
The Prisoner-"My legal name is Charles
GuIteau."
GUITEAU's OLD LETTERS.
Scoville then proposed to read a bundle of
letters written by the prisoner, dating back to
1858, as showing the bent of his mind.
The district attorney objected to their intro
duction, as not connected with the crime.
The Prisoner-"We will show that they are
authentic
The Judge admitted the letters.
Scoville then read the letters, most of them
being addressed to Mrs. Scoville and some to
himself. Those of the earliest date, 1858,
show nothing peculiar but gradually they
drift into religious turn, quoting texts of
scripture and appealing to his sister to turn
to God. This feature of them is worded
after he has gone to the
Oneida community, the first letter from which
is dated February, 1861. In this he lays down
and supports the doctrines of the community
When this latter letter was read the prisoner
said: 81 forgot that letter. 1t is a very
good representation of the influence under
which lived for six years. was not aware
it was in existence" The last letter from
Oneida was dated October, 1866, and Stated
that his views had changed, that he
desired to leave the community and go to
New York to qualify for a position in some
bank, and asking Scoville to send him $50.
The prisoncr-"I was recovering from my
then. l got away from those miserable peo-
pie. I had been six years subject to their
fanaticism,''
Scoville explained that others of the prison
er's letters had been burned up in his office in
the Chicago fire. These letters happened to
be kept at home. The next letters read were
from New York and Brooklyn in 1867 and 1868.
There were no striking peculiarities in any of
these letters, except where they dealt with
religious subjects.
Court adjourned till tomorrow.
JONES RELEASED.
Wm. Jones, committed to jail yesterday on
charge of assault with intent to kill Guiteau,
was released this morning on $4,000 bail, E.
G.. Wheeler and Sebastian Anon, becoming
securities. Jones' case, it is understood to-day,
came before the grand jury. 1t is understood
the guard and driver and small boy running
after the van at the time, identify Jones, but
Officer Ed. Edelin, reafirms that Jones is not
the person who did the shooting
GatiteaW's Former Wife Interviewed.
CINCINNATI, Nov. 22.-Mrs. Dunmire,
formerly wife of Guiteau, and Mrs. Julia
Wilson, of Leadville, said to be well acquaint-
ed with Guiteau, were interviewed here to-
day. These women are on their way to
Washington as witnesses in the trial and have
escaped till now, all newspaper attention. The
reporter took the train here and rode out far
enough to obtain the facts. He says Mrs.
Dunmire is accompanied by her husband
and two children, one eleven months old.
She is described as of small stature, with
pleasant, but worn look, large dark grey eyes,
aqulline nose, and a mouth which indicates
sensitive disposition. She was wearied
with the journey which began last Saturday
night, and could not talk at great length. She
said she had been twice summoned to 90 to
Washington, and obeyed the first and
second summons. She was sent for by the
prosecution. To questions whether
She regarded Guiteau as insane when he was
her husband (from 1869 to 1S76), she answered,
"Oh no. He was OF peculiar temperament,
very irritable when he could not have his own
way, but he is perfectly accountable for all he