Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-11-30

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his case, and l intended to do so, but
probably in a different way from what
he supposed would"
Q.-''From what you saw of the
prisoner on those occasionc, and from
what was said and done by him, did
you form any opinion as 10 his mental
soundness Or unsOundncssW Al
am not an expert, and do not krow
whether | should answer the question >
The Court. may give an
opinion in accordance with your obser-
vation.'
The Witness. ~ thought there was
some arrangement Of his mental organ
izatiOn, but to what extent l could not
say. When | went down TO breaktas /
that morning | saw him at the table as
a boarder. l called the laudlady, aud
asked her if she knew that gentleman.
She mentioned his name and said he
had told her that he was constituent
of mlne."
Q.-"What was your expression o.
opinion to the landlady at that time ~
Al said this: 4 do not think thai
he is a proper person to have in your
clearinghouse. She asked why, l
said: Il think be IS little off 10 his
head or SEINE language of that kind.
She asked me what | meant, and l
said thought he was kind of crazy,
and that she had better not have him
in her clearinghouse That is about
tie conversation we had at that time
A FARMER FROM ONEIDA.
This closed the examination Of this
witness, the next being George d.
Hubbard, farmer OF Oneida county,
Ny. He lived less than halt mile
from the Community, but Indignantly
was never connected with 1t as a mem
Der. In 1868 he worked for three
months tor the Community, TO which
the prisoner at that time belonged. lie
worked in the same shop with witness.
He was anervous, Quick-temrercd man
If anything was SAID TO disturb him he
would get wild, and would gesticulaIe
wildly aud talk in mysterious manner.
He would sit for hours IN corner say
ing nothing TO anybody. At other
times lie would be cheerful. On one
occasion be told witness that he aspired
to be the leader Of the Community.
On cross-examination witness stated
that all persons were free to leave the
Community when they pleased.
On redirect examination, however,
he stated tlat au aunt OF his was con.
fined in tie Community, and when she
was finally found by his father she had
been horsewhipped with rawhide. She
was afterward sent to an insane asylum,
but afterward recovered.
The prisoner.--'I remember that
case myself. There is no physical re-
straint there, but it is all spiritual and
social. That is q good deal worse than
physical restraint. If a man left there
he was led to believe that he va toreye r
damned. That IS the way the Com
munity was kept together"
Mr.. Scoville then read the deposition
Of J. W. Turner, of Dakota Territory,
who deposes to having known Mrs.
Maynard and Mrs. Parker, sisters Of
Luther W. Guileau. and TO having re.
garded him insane.
GUITEAU's SISTER on THE STAND.
Mrs. Frances Scovlle, sister TO the
prisoner and wife to his counsel, was
next called 10 The witness stand, She
stated her age was 45. Her father was
Luther ". Gulteau, of FIeepOrt, ILL.,,
and her mother Jane Howe Guiteau.
The prisoner ia 40 years old, He was
vbout ! years old when her mother
died. She remembered her mother
from the time the wiln0ss was 3 years
old She was sick very long time at
the time that Charles was born; had
been told !hat her sickness at that time
lasted year and half, remembered
,eeiug her head shaved perfectly bald.
This was before Charles was born. Her
aunt had sutquently gwen her, among
other keepsakes; the hair then shaved
from her mothor's head. After that
time her mother always wore cap.
Never saw her mother walk in the
street after that. There were two
children born Observation-Disclosures
Theodore. who died when he was 2
wears old, and who was born with
crooked fool aud limb, and Julia CATH
crime. who died when 20 months old
SIX weeks after her mothers death.
After his mothers death Charles lived
for year or so with lis grandfather,
and then came back TO his father. Wit
ness was married in January, 1853.
while Charles was living with his
grandfather. Subsequently, when he
was IL years old, lie lived with witness
for year In Chicago, where he went
to school. She recOllected nothing
peculiar about him then, except tina! he
was very aRcctionate, AMI she was
very much attached to him. Then he
| went 10 his father, and subsequently,;
when he was seventeen years old, he
came again TO live with witness at Oak
Park, near Chicago. He attended
school at o commercial college in
Chicago. and after that he went back
to Freeport. and from there to Ann
Arbor to attend school. She went 10
Ann Arbor to see him, as she had