New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-11-24
WITNESSES FOR GUITEAU.
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seoville called him to the house and said, in
the presence Of the prisoner. that he was crazy
and had attempted to kin her and told witness
back Kitchen and talked with him. He seemed very
much excited about Mrs scOvilles saying that e was
that If she taken away and put in insane asylum
eyerythng would go along nicely on the place witness
also reiatel now Guteau when he was set 10 WORK I'D
weed turnps and strawberries pulled mp more nrnpS
and strawberries than he did weeds; and how. when he
Wis sent our win pan OF soft soap 10 soap some Young
apple trees, he set to work sOapng grove OF hickory
trees and persisted In saying that they fruit trees
tnS Phr0hcr-l THINK we have had enough OF this ku
OF talk Go Mr. ScOye, who tried 70 keep linn quletJ
heeP qsi yourself Cro the Conrtl the tact Is tnt our
ing he ta or 1879 spent several months trying 70 get
hold OF The Chicago Inter Ocean, exhausted myself on
that ana along IN the spring had not much law business
Mr seoylue had very fine farm aud country seat 1a
WISCONSIN, and went out there in the summer OF $50
ingwork to pay for my board That's ali that is
that kind OF talk went back to Chicago and opened
law Office and did well there. always did well win the
law her stuck to my business.
The District Attorney objected to question put ny
The prisonc ito the District Attorney)-T hope that
you gentlemen win insist order In this matter @nd
on this case at all and win not have 1t.
The witness detailed incident, which occurred in
sailing boat Beaver Lake, where the prisoner eX-
hbited great fear because buckets of water had
been shipped although the BOAT was in only about two
TO Guiteau's trouble with Mrs Scovile.
The prisOner-It ia not true made trouble
with anybody. want absolute truth, and when the de-
renee comes in with sucn nonsense l want TO protest
against H. and want you gentlemen addressing coun-
Mr.. Davidge-We will get IL alright
The prisOner-Nery well, sir.
MI. ScOyille to the witncss)-FrOm what you saw or
the prisoner while there did you form opinion as to
whether ne was sane or insane
The prisODer-I object. The witness il not expert
The wness.-FrOm the time that made any remark
about him. SAID he appeared Ike crazy man. That
was nay opinion. That when lie first came there
never changed that opinion.
on Examination by Mr. Dayidge witness said he
could not tell whether the prisoner did not know the
difference between straw berries and weeds between
turnps and weeds He merely knew that he could not
make the prisoner pull the weeds separately from the
strawberries the turnips. He seemed always TO be
willing 10 do what he told. His opinion was
thHt the prisoner did not know the difference but stu
ne thought IL good joke on Mrs. beOye. The cross
examination very searching, ana the story OF
the having again been alluded To, the prisoner de-
clarcd lie. That the short way to put H.
He had never had any anger toward MS sister az al
though doubt she thought As matter OF faet IL
all nonsense.
In the redirect examination reference made 70 The
Incident OF Guiieaus soaping the hickory trees the wilt
ness stating that he believed Guteau to have been non
est IN hs belief that they were fruit trees.
That was rom ignorance" broke In the prisoner 81
remember hearing Of that soap business but didn't care
nythng about il. studying theology at the tine
At the close Of the redirect examination the case went
over until Friday.