Daily Republican., 1881-12-01
GUITEAU'S TALE.
HE TELLS HOW NE TRAMPED
AROUND THE COUNTRY.
HIS Failure aS q Lecturer =
Couldn't draw Houses IKE
Brain Didut wOsk right
GulteAu Compares
Himself with n.
Paul.


: the rain this morning there was scarce
, ly any perceptible diminution in thu
: crowd that thronged tie corridors 0
> the Court House. Guiteau's dramatic
recital yesterday of his varied anC
: thrilling adventures as religious tramI
and dead beat, seems to have whetted
the interest in his story as it nears the
great eliminating tragedy. Long be
tore ten O'clock, the doors of the courl
: room were barred against the al mission
OF any save those Immediately inter
ested in the trial, while within the hun
of feminine voices was almost deaten.
ing. Several new faces appeared thi,
morning i'll the seats reserved for tht
, experts, among them Doctor Nichols,o
the BIoomingdale Insane Asylum; Doc
tor Gray. Of the asylum at Utica, N
Y, and others.
AT 1910, Judge Cox having arrived,
the court WAS formally opened, and
Guiteau was taken directly to the wit
ness box. Witness was asked by Mr..
Scoville to identify some papers. The
first shown him was y haudbill an
nouncing il lecture a. Evanston, III.
"les," sad Guiteau, turning it around
to the jury, and with au air OF satistac-
tlon, THAI was an announcement of
one of my lectures. Shall | read it,"
Mr.. Scovllle-"No, | will put these pa
pers in evidence, but do not care to read
them now"
Guiteau was questioned as TO the re-
ligIous tenets of the Oneida Communi.
ty. At that time he had the same be-
lief a> was entertained at the COmmu-
nifty. They believed that Noyes was
inspired Of God aud that the Commu-
nifty was the kingdom Of God. Wit
ness belivei in inspiration from God;
believed God could inspire hun to do a
certain act, and that he must obey the
inspiration. AT the Oneida Communi.
ty he read mostly church histories,
works on theology and the Bible. He
"dus them all out"
Witness continued to say 1868 in
stead of 1873, and his attention being
calle to it explained, 81 dou't feel
very well to day,
NY BRAIN DOES NOT WORK JUST
| RIGHT,
probably owing to the rain" Guiteau
i then resumed the narrative Of his ex-
periences from February, 1873, when
ne spent some time in Boston. He
tried 10 lecture against Bob lngersoll,
who was to deliver lecture against hell
while he (witness) proposed to lecture
on the existence OF he'll. He found,
however, people were very ready to pay
fifty cents to hear that there was no
he'll, but wouldn't pay cent to hear
that there was hell. For two months
he was running around the country
trying to deliver his lecture. In April,
1878, ne went to Philadelphia AID got
his lecture printed again and then
travelled West, selling his lecture, and
when he couldn't sell it, talking to peo-
pie and setting them to thinking about
the salvation of their souls. He spent
about three months in this way ana got
thoroughly disgusted with ts.o business.
In August he settled down to his la e
business again in Milwaukee, but kept
thinking about theology, aud in Sep
TEN Der stared out again lectIIring, but,
as usual, he didn't draw aud came back
in November 1873, and started ngain at
law, but again got restless and started
out again. He felt that he must preach
the gospel as he understood it, but
couldn't get anyone to listen to him,
and had u pretty hard time.
Witness was asked then to identify u
book which was handed him and said
| "Oh, yes, that is my revised work call
ed 'lrulh, q companion book to the BIZ
Die. haven't seen it since it wds ia
ken from me when | was arrested"
| Witness then desired to read passage,
and read a page or two descriptive OF
the trials OF the Apostle Pau i'll en-
deavoriug to Introduce Christianity.
"rhat was lust my cast, said uui-
teau, striking his fist urUn the desk,
II strovc u cLlignten the world just as
Paul did. | had no money and not IA
friend, and had just as rough d ume
as the Apostle Paul had"
Witness then passed to his expert
cnce i'll New York during the lresi-
Dental campa. gn. He went to New
| York from Boston on the steamer StOn-
ingtOn when it struck tho Narragau-
seIt. "Thought his time had come
then, but it hadn't" Witness wrote
his speech, "Gariield against llancuCk"
in the pubic library at Boston. 1t was
originally intended for Grant, as he
| (wltness) supposed Grant would be
nominated at Chicago, but after Gar
| field was nominated 1t all had to be
worked over.
| Witness maze two attempts to speak
at Saratoga,N. Y. Was well advertised,
| but as usual no one came to hear him.
Returned to New York and called on
Gen. Arthur To offer his services; also
called at Republican headquarters; saw
all the big men; they were all glad to
see him. He only had one assignment;
that was at a IneeJlngo Of ColOrcd people.
| He didn't speak over five minutes, ~
| he didn't like the crowd. He consults I'd
with Governor Jewell, General Arthur
and others. They We're very friendly,
but told him they must have men OF
big reputation Ike Grant and Conkllng
to do the speaking. Witness added: 81
was on free anu easy terms with Arthur,
Jewell and the rest of them. They
always treated me delightfully."-.
Thought was good fellow, and com.
mended my zeal Tor the cause.
Witness made his first application
for utlice soon after General Garfield 5
election. He wrote to Gen. Garfield at
Mentor intimating that he would pro-
baby marry a welthy lady shortly land
thought he could represent the Cover
menJ at Vienana gracefully and worth
lily. Witness called on Gen. Garfield
at the White House. Met Mr.. Morton,
who shook hands with him (witness),
and inquired about his health and how
he was getting on.
"Alter Mr.. Garfield was at leisure
said Guiteau, :" | shook hands with him
and handed him my speech, on which
was written Paiis Consulship. He
knew me at once, | left him reading
the speech, and that was the only inter-
view ever had with President Gar
field. | wish to state here that my
getting Office or not getting Office had
nothing whatever to do with my re-
moving the President, that was the act
of an inspiration and was done as a po-
litical necessity"
Witness then desired to read from a
printed slip pulporting to be an inter-
view with the prisoner, giving his
theory on the subject. Counsel for the