Morning journal and courier., 1881-12-10

duct; he brought number of collections from New York, and acted as any other young lawyer might. Witness related an in- cident in connection with the prisoners pur- chase of an office desk, and spoke of the scheme to buy the Inter: OceG7. He never saw anything in the prisoner that indicated insanity, but simply vanity and conceit. He thought the prisoner's project of going into theology was crude in conception and mer- eenary in policy. Mir. Hummer proved 8 ssbrought down the house'' several times. Being continually interrupted by Guiteau he finally said to him Ut seems that your close relations with the Deity of late have corrupted your manners"
 Granville P. Hawes, a lawyer of Philadel- phia, testified that the prisoner had desk room in his office for eight months and went little about the man He did not think at the time of his being insane
 Stephen English of Brooklyn, editor and proprie- der arrest for Ibel under The prisoner acted as his attorney, to whom he gave preliminary check ed in getting the witness of jail But the latter afterward learned that money had extracted how prisoner was accused by other inmates of Lud- low street 1a1t poor people, Of obesining calling cal Mr English a fraud, liar and scoundre1 and threatening to show him up by Mir. Winston, president of the Mutual Life and other high-toned insurance men. The witness spoke highly Of the prisoners brother John He identified several let ters written by Guiteau which were read to the jury by MT. Corkhin. and were those of sane man indications of insanity of the prisoner on the con trary, he thought him unusually shrewd and acute, experience was in 1874, and his personal acquaint- ance covered period of nine months. MT. English's testimony was frequently interrupted by the prisoner in his worst manner.
 Warren c. Brown, lawyer of New York city, WAS called. He became acquainted with the prisoner in vvh hon a atk0rnav ho rlriao uar1a wifi in her suit for divorce. He never indica- tions of insanity in the prisoner.
 MT. Thomas Darlington of Newark, practising law in New York city, had to do with the case of Mr. English, assisting him in his efforts to from Guiteau the money paid to him. as Mir. English be- neved, fraudulently By his advice MT. English had ten by Guiteau, which MT. Corkhul read the jury and which certainly indicated sane mind. He nev- CT saw signs of insanity in the prisoner but thought attainment The current of the testimony, like that the theory of the prisoners insanity At ia ocIock the court took an hours recess.
 At the afternoon session, after several witnesses who had business transactions with Guiteau which gave them no reason to consider him insane Mclean rented an office from him in 1871. He considered him perfectly In answer to questions witness said he always regarded the prisoner as vain, ego tistical man with craving for notoriety. 'sThats false" exclaimed Guiteau. ssI never claimed noto-
 % well aas sna5 s stated that occasion Guiteau said to him that the world owed him living, and he intended to have it. 'T am bound said the prisoner at this sation ito be notorious before die, and if can't get notoriety in any other way will shoot one of our tion in court Guiteau got up wildly and pounding on the desk declared that he never said anything of description of evidence. ''What ese' asked Corkll ''dd the prisoner say in this connection 2" well Booth if necessary suggested that he might get hung and he remarked, well that is after consid- eration will get notoriety anyway The prisoner again became furiously excited, pounding the table with his clenehed fist. He bawlsd to the witness,
 fVfn 1frfv ata is false from beginning to end You profess to be churchman, but will publish you to the world liar. When you go back to New York you will be the laughing stock of your friends, if you have any"
 When did this conversation asked scovi1le in the witness. "but it in my office sometime in 1872." sNo of course you can't fix the date you
 Other questions were propounded to the witness who, however, persisted in the statement that the his determination necessary it stated before. The prisoner could not contain himself du- it made on the audience and tried to counter act its effect by denouneing the witness. his rage but he kept exclaiming at every break in witness statement that he was miserable, con- chance to reply to Scovlle, said this conversation probably cause why he requested prisoner to did not pay his rent and clients came round charg- ing that he defrauded them out of money. He had of whom might told the prosecution of it. The prisoner, interrupting again-"-Then you kept your mOnCn SnuG TOT 61BnC yeArs You are cOlOSSa1 uar
 MT. Scoville-Dtd this conversation recur to your mind until after President Garfield shot :? don't know, replied witness. Perhaps I would have recalled it if the prisoner had not shot President Garfield. This evidence was attentively listened to. The prisoners squirming antics during it's delivery of the curiosities of the
 Judge Hawes recalled by Mr. Scovine to an- whether the last witness recommended Guiteau for desk room in his office. Witness answered that he had no recollection to that effect.
 The court, at the request of MT. Corkhi, who said there other matters requiring his attention to- morrow, adjourned to Monday at II a.