The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-11-26
day, and was boarding at the same house

'diu' W tilt ltli Hirt SituTu0l.|
TIE witness explained that they had had
debate in the Lyceum in Freeport, ILL.,
Guitcau Interrupted the witness and
said: at must have been when was
boy. | haven't been in Frceport for
twenty years"
g | am not talking to you, sir" said the
witness.
II am talking to you," SAID the prisoner
emphatically.
81 don't want you to talk TO me. You
are not tit to talk TO me-" responded the
witness.
Mr.. Amerling then described ;he scene in
the Lyceum, where they had debate on
the taxation OF bonds, and he (the witness)
offended J.. W. Guiteau, making the old
Gentleman very angry. Afterwards lie met
him Ohe prisoner on the street, and he
said his (the witness's) life ought to be
taken for what lie had said to his father.
The prisoner here looked up and in
quired, care YOU referring to me or to my
iathcrl" The witness rot replying, he
said, slapping the table: "Ii you refer to
me it IS absolutely false. II you refer to
me know nothing about it,"
The witness said the conversation with
the prisoner he referred to took place OIL
the streets OF Chicago.
"You pretend that this conversation took
place in the city Of Chicago, do you!" in
quircd the prisoner; but the witness did
not deign TO reply.
GUlTEAU ENCOURAGES Mr.. DAvIDGE.
Mr.. Dayidge here rose to asl, some ques-
tions, and Guiteau encouraged him by say
ing. "Fipd ont the facts, Judge"
~ will bring them OUT said the law
yer.
Il never heard Of that story before" the
prisone- remarked, as he settled back in his
chair.
The witness having testified to being in
troduced NJ one time 10 the prisoner, the
latter looked up and said: "Amcrling
seems to be a good fellow, but never had
the pleasure OF his acquaintance before"
MORE OF GUITEAU's FATHER ECCENTRIcITIES.
Thomas W. North, an elderly gentleman,
who formerly Iracticcd law in Frccpori.
H., was the next witness called. lie teSt.-
ted 70 the ecccntrictics OF i. W. Guitgau.
lie related q scene in l.. ". Guiteau's
house, where the old gentleman bad or
dercd doctor, who had been summoned
20 attend his sicl, child. 70 leave The house;
he tGuitcau) then bean 10 manipulate the
child. and commanded the disease - diSap-
pear in the name 81 Christ; m appeared 10
be in frenzy.
The witness related another incident Of
the same kind, which had occurred in his
own house. and described 40 length the
ircnzicd appearance OF l,r. GuiJcau. Wit
ness did not think the old gentleman was
in his right mind; did not think he was
feigning.
The witness was asked how tho prisoner
compared with his father in mental chmac-
teri>iics.
The prosecution o. iectcd.
Mr.. ScCyillc said lac expected 10 show
that the prisoner was almost an exact coUa-
tcrpart oi his father.
That's tue, they say interrupted the
prisoner. MIR. North haS given q very
good statement Of how my father used 10
carry on in his family. 1t is the best state
ncnr | have heard in many years. That
just the way he used 70 90 on without pro-
vocation about religion
~ should say said the witness, " that
the prisoner is an exaggerated fac 'imilc of
his father, physically"
~ little larger than he was interrupt
cd the prisoner.
And should say" continued the wit
ness. "reScmbicd him great deal in his
mental characteristics"
"What do YOU mean by an exaggerated
fac SimHe'" asked Mr.. Scoyille.
" \ chip Of the old block" said the pris
oner.
Mr.. North explained at length what he
meant.
1--WE were very much alike" broke in
the prisoner. lie couldn't bear psalms
and | can't"
At the request OF the prisoner the wit
ness described the manner in which the
Guitcau family used TO "cOnfcSs Christ
instead Of saying grace at the table. lie
described at some length n fight between
the prisoner and his father. The witness
explained what the belief Of the Oneida
Communists is regarding marriage. l.. W.
Guiteau wanted the children to join the
Community, but witness believed his wife
objected to going there or having the chill
drcn 20 there.
GUITEAU's sTEPMOTHER.
"That i, my Stepmothcr," sad the pris-
oncr. My mother had been dead a good
many years. III she had been alive | would
never have got into that hole
The witness described other scenes Illus
trating the elder Guiteau's religious pecu-
liaritics. The witness having testified that
Mr.. Guiteau went at different times TO dif-
ferent churches, the prisoner said: His
idea was that he was so good that he
needn't go to church; he thought he was
church by himself"
Witness noticed in the prisoner an oilen-
siye egotism; he never seemed 10 have a
TOT - tfh,r fItn tt-it-
ness testified that he never approached the
prisoner without feeling. the pOrcupine-
quilts sticking out.
This interested the prisoner, and he said
"You and didn't agree very well then.
That is the reason. | didn't like you then.
like you better now than | ever did be-
fore i'm my life"
The witness was cTOss-cXamned at con-
siderable length by Dir. Daydge.
The court at 3 o'clock adjourned till to-
morrow morning.
GUITEAU's DIVORCED WIPE.
Mrs. Theodore Dunmire, Of Leadyille.
Col. (Guitcau's divorced wife, who has
been summoned here as Il witness for the
prosecution. arrived here Wednesday
evening. She Is accompanied by her hus-
band, a typical frontierSman, who wears
his pants tucked i'm his boots. They ell
gagged quarters in a clearinghouse near
the courthouse. Mrs. Dunmire Is a wO-
man Of slender figure, with dark hair, blue
ewes, and a Roman nose. She says that
she does not think Guiteau insane, and
never thought so.
Jones, the Avcnger. Indicted.
The grand jury this afternoon returned
an indictment against William Jones for
assault and battery with intent to Kill
Charles J. Guiteau "with certain pistol
loaded with powder and ball, which said
Jones then and there held in his hand,
&C., on or about the 18th day OF November.
1881. The witnesses named on the back Of
the indictment are Charles j. Guiteau,
James Leonard, Perry II. Carson, Charles
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