The National tribune., 1881-12-17

alone.
Edward p. Barton, A. p. Green, and G. w.
Tandy, all of FreepOrt, H., testified that they
had known the GuiteaU family for many years,
and never thought any of the members insane.
DR.. Benjamin Buckley, of Freeport, Ill, next
took the witness stand Witness is physician
and surgeon, and has practised there since 1864
was family physician to the Guiteau family, and
necessarily intimate; Mr.. Guiteau stood very
high in the community honest, upright,
public spirited man; had fine intellect and
logical mind; was very benevolent and exceed
ingly earnest in the cause of education; witness
atten ded him during his last illness; he had
been failing for two years, his system gradually
breaking down; he was always mild, pleasant
and confiding patient; never saw any indication
of insanity whatever in the father of the prisoner
never knew him to be peculiar in any respect !;
never knew that he had any peculiar views as to
the treatment of the sick; knew Abraal Guiteau,
the uncle of the prisoner; he was perfectly sane
nevew knew of Flora Guiteau having been sent
to st. Louis for mental treatment; never heard
of it before.
Mr.. John w. Guiteau here arose and demand
ed from the Court that the prosecution should
ask the witness the reason why his sister was
sent to st. Louis. 81 regard it, your Honor, as
burning shame that my sisters name should
be introduced by the defense and the imputation
of insanity be left upon her"
Mr. Corkhill-"I agree with Mr. Guiteau.
have letter from the lady Oh that subject Iti
a shame to bring up the name of an estimable
young lady in Court in such a vague manner.
Doctor, state the reason why Miss Flora Guiteau
was sent to St. Louis"
Witness" She was suffering from gotre, a
swelling of the throat and her eyes were some
what affected. She was sent there to be medically
treated for her eyes. She is remarkably brilliant
and cultured young lady; most eminently So
Smith D. Atkins followed-Is a resident of
Freeport; is editor of the Republican of that place
has lived there since 1913; knew the father of the
prisoner from that time up to his death regarded
him always as man Unmarked ability and perfect
sanity; knew the prisoner at the bar slightly as
a boy; were not intimate, because the Guiteau
family Were socially, rather cher than he; knew
Abram Guiteau; never saw anything about him
savoring of insanity; knew Rev. Thomas North
one of Guiteau's witnesses. He was formerly
Methodist preacher; was expelled from the church
for lasciviOts conduct and went to Texas; witness
knew Amerling, another witness; he is not the
sort of man Luther ". Guiteau would have
associated with never, in his life, and after long
acquaintance with the Guiteau family, witness
had heard or known of insanity existent in it.
By Mr.. Scoville-Isan EpiscOpalian in religion;
knew North, and had heard him preach frequently;
was there about two years; did not know, of his
own knowledge, why North was expelled from
the conference, but from hearsay.
(On this account, his testimony as to lascivious
conduct, was excluded
Witness knew Abram Guiteau; always regarded
him as sane.
James W. Cochran, George W. Oyler, and
David II. Sunderland of Freeport, Ill, testified
to an acquaintance with the Guiteau family of
more than twenty years, and that they never de-
tected any signs of insanity in any of the mem-
bers.
Horace Tarbox, capitalist, of Freeport, testified
to the sanity of the Guiteaus, and stated that
l.. W. Guiteau was the third smartest man in the
county. He mentioned the names of the men
who were smarter, upon which the prisoner, snil-
lHgly said that those two men were dead, and so
his father must have been ahead of the county
The witness stated that Abram Guiteau was
drinking man, whereupon the prisoner stated
that he was the only Guiteau who ever drank
They were all high-toned folks.
The District Attorney inquired whether wit
ness had ever heard of there being insanity in
the Guiteau family before the assassination.
The Witness-No
The Prisoner Ito District Attorney THAT
would not have been, Colonel, if could have
got out of it. 1t is the only bad thing the family
ever did.
The witness stated to Mr. Scoville that the
slnartest man In the county was nj. Z. Sweet, and
Mr. Scoville was about to ask him in what the
smartness consisted, when he was interrupted
by the prisoner, who resented Mr. Scoville's at
tempt to silence him, with an angry don't
punch me under the table when Pm talking !
sweet was an Oneida Community crank and |
father got his tanatcism from him" Subse- !
luentIy he interrupted his counsel with the |
remark, that he (Scovile) had got to abandon his
theory. That was all there was about it.
when the last witness concluded his evidence. |
the time of adjournment arrived and in a few
minutes the court room was deserted Nearly all
.he spectators remained in the vicinity of the |
City Hall TILL the van arrived to take away the |
assassin, and as he entered the vehicle he was !
'aluted with storm of jeers, Kisses, and execra-
ions