Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-12-07

, speech on the 10Th OF March he wrOt,
v pressing his claim to the Consuship {
2 Paris; on April Sth, he wrote in
/, similar strain; on April Goth, he wrote
+ saying: 81 am very sorry you have go
Senator Conkling down on you" an,
q advised tho President to Withdraw
? Judge Robertsons nomination an,
I leave Mr., Merritt in the New YorI
q collectorshipj on May sth he expressel
4 his determination to stand by th
President in his fight with Senator
Conkling; on May 10th, be wrote: g.
have got new idea about 81, If yor
q work your position for all it is wortl
, yon may be renominated in 1884,"
/ GUITEAU PROMPTS THE DISTRICT AT
ToRNEY.
J Col. Corkhill proceeding to read
hesitated over the following sentence
! Two National Conventions hav,
} slaughtered Mr.. Blaine on account
. "ol his"--"on account of his
"Railroad, said the prisoner, prompt
ing.
r With this help the district attorney
proceeded to the next letter. dated
, May 18th. Guiteau advised the Presi
, dent to popularize himself by taking {
, trip around the world. On the 16tl
of May he wrote, denouncing Mr.
Blaine.
GUITEAU EXPLAINS HIS PREDICTION THAI
GARFIELD WOULD CONE TO GRIEF.
Tho last letter was dated May 23i
and was the one in which Guiteau
spoke of Mr.. Blaine as vindictive
man. In reading the prediction that
General Garfield would come to grief,
the prisoner interrupted and said
political grief, | meant"
That's all could find on the flies, -
said Mr. Brown, when the letters had
been read.
"Thars all ever wrote said Gui.
teau quickly,
Mr. Corkhill submitted other letters
written by Guiteau to Mr.. Brown,
simply for tho purpose of identifying
the handwriting.
"That is all correct, said Guiteau,
81 recognize them every one"
The witness said everybody was re.
ceived courteously at the White House
Cordially you may say" interrupt
cd the prisoner.
Mr. Seville, speaking OF letters re.
ceivod by the President at Mentor,
from Guiteau, said he did not like to
disturb the Presidents family to get
/ them
"They are unimportant," said Gui.
teau, 81 can give the substance of them
if necessary"
Mr. Brown testified that all the late
Presidents private letters had been
hurredly placed in boxes, sealed up
and deposited in the departments for
safe keeping,
GUlTEAU CHECKS MR, sCovILLE.
MrScoville here attempted to repeat
from memory the letter written to the
President and published last July, in
which Guiteau applied for the Aus.
trian Mission, and said ho was about
to marry lady OF great wealth. The
prisoner here interposod "That is
wrong. | object TO his stating my
letters from memory. By referring to
the files of the papers of last July you
will find them"
Subsequently the prisoner said the
letters were unimportant one of them
was written in October 1880, and the
other in January, and referred to bis
application for the Austrian Mission.
GUITEAU's PACKAGE OF LETTERS AT THE
NEWS STAND.
James l.. Denny, who attended the
news stand in the depot was the next
witness examined. lie testified to
Guiteau's leaving package of papers
at his stand in the depot, Mr.. Denny
identified the papers, and they were
then read by the District Attorney
When Mr.. Dennv's examination was
concluded, the court adjourned till the
next morning.
Guitcau was soon Afterwards taken
back to Jail.
BITTE0 FEELING AGAINST GUlTEAU
OUTSIDE.
Among those outside this morning
were some whose appearance was sus.
plciOus, and on more than one a pistol
was seen in the hip pocket. One man,
an ex-Union soldier, was heard to say,
ave don't want any d--d foolish.
ness about this case. If they play
malpractice and insanity the case will
end d----d soon" Another, also an
ex.sodier and minus an arm, very
coolly asked one of the employees OF
the court if he could give him a look
at the. prisoner, somewhere between
the jul and the court room, A by.
stander suggested that he ought not
to have q pistol, and the OK soldier re.
piled, "Well, | carry one and mouth
full Of tobacco juice for the --- Of q
-" Tho officer suggested that he
did not want to have him about and
he retired saying that it there was
any id legal sentimentalism about
the case he would end il.
One Of the ladies who, during the
morning, sat IN the court room taking
notes, during the recess gave vent to
her feelings on the cast portico. She
remarked that the court would clear
Guiteau. Inc uoverumunu voro spvi,J
ing all this money and making show
of him when they could kill him and
get rid of him. What was wanted
here now was less freedom and more
despotism.
GUITEAU's NEW BRACELETS.
Perry II Carson, the officer of the
van, had new pair Of hand cuffs, hold.
ing them for the prisoners hands, as
he came into the front office Of the
Jail The eyes Of the prisoner glisten-
ed with pleasure, as ho noticed their
lustre, and he said to Carson 81 am
much obliged for these bracelets they
Just suit me. Say to Mr.. Williams |
am much obliged to him, too" And
he jumped into the van in more
sprightly manner than heretofore.
A certain minister invariably forgot
to give out the notices at the proper
time. One Sunday he announced them
just before the last hymn, the first line
Of which CHANGED TO be, "Lord, what
a forgolful wretch am p and the poor
man was even puzzled because a uni.
versal smile spread over his congrega.
tion.