Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-10
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Court opened promptly NJ ten, anu DT' Mc-
Arthur again took the stand.
Guiteau shouted out-Iour honor.
ScOvillc-Keep still, please.
Guiteau-Well then you state II at once
Ii YOU don't ] will
Scoville then addressed the court and OBJ
iectcd to the character of the evidence
which had been given by witness, on the
ground that the evidence rs 10 any other
crimes could not bc introduced here, when
prisoner is on trial for this particular
offence. He desired all such evidence TO
bc stricken out.
Guitcau here broke in eXcitcdly, and
shouted Quit is purely in the nature
Ofa Confessional.
Macarthur is not an expert or lawyer, AMI
| object to his telling the jury and the
American pcOplc facts which | told him
years ago in regard to my history.
The Court ruled the evidence could be
admitted, as tending to show the seneSci
character of the prisoner.
Col. Corkhill-Did you ever see anything
in the prisoner to Indicate insanity.
Answcr-NO, sir, never did.
Guitcau broke into one Of his noisy
harangucs, and despite the caution or the
Court and expostulationS OF counsel, pro-
Ceedcd to express his opinion of DR.. Me
IL,
Turning to the reporters table, he dc
claimed for several minutes against the
scandalouS reports OF his character, and
Singing out the reporter Of the RcpubhcdH,
shook his fist nj him thrcatingiy.
Corkhill desired the Court To restrain the
prisoner, when Guittau turned on him and
said:
You 60 slow, Corkhill; you are spotted,
and as soon a. this business i over. the
President
will Remove You.
Scovillc crosse eNamincd the witness. and
became very angry and much excited at
some OF his replies. The testimony i'll
chief was not shaken.
W. s. Caldwell, n physician, treated l..
W. Guiteau during his last illness; never
detected any evidence OF mental unsOUnd-
ness.
Geo. w. Plummer was Called.f
Guiieau Immediately shouted: Il owe
this man twenty dollars, and sit has cost
the Government two hundred dollars to get
him here. | think the Presidents attcn-
ton had better be called to the way you are
s0uandering the Governments money,
Corkhill. He might
Bounce You nj Once.
You will cost the Government two OF three
hundred thousand dollars at this rate.
Witness allowed the prisoner to occupy
q desk in his law office at Chicago for sOue
months He seemed to have good deal of
collection business. and went in and out
like any busy man.
Guiteau continually interrupted, anil
finally the witness said to him: 1T seems
that your close relations with Deity Of late
have completed your Manners
The prisoner laughed heartily at this
sally, and said: well, that ain't 50 bad
Plummer, for a Western man"
Did you ever see anything in his con-
duct that indicated unSOundnCss OF mini
was the next question.
No, sir" replied the witness. Nothing
whatever. He seemed to be man OF ability,
vain and conCeitcd; but then he had late
from New York city on his card and we
expected the rest
This cOnyulScd the court.
Stephen English. editor and proprietor
of the L!Nrgarc Times, OF New York, took
the stand.
Guiteau called out-This man was in the
Ludlow street jail and got him out for
$500.
Witness gave the circumstances under
which Inc became acquainted with the pris
oncr. Witness was in Jail, under q $l0,0)O
acted rs his attorney
Guitcau frequently aud noisiiy inter
ruptcd the witness, calling him
4 Liar and PeEjurer.
At one time he ShOutcd-"Thcr, isn't an
insurance man IN New York that doesn't
know what 4 fraud You are" Witness
COnthued-The prisoner svindlcd me out
of 500, and also swindled many poor crea-
lures in the jail by promising 70 help them
and getting their money and never raising
. finger in their behalf
Guiteau shouted AZ the witness: Why,
l wouldn't spit al YOU on the street. You
old seoundrel. I'll get some insurance
man to show YOU up. You are lying all
the way through, English. You old fraud.
Witness was asked if he ever detected
any signs of insanity in the prisoner. and
replied on the contrary he was i remark
ably clear-headed. shrewd lawyer. He com
pletely outwitted me.
Warren G. Brown, an attorney-atlaw in
New YORK. was counsel for Mrs. GUiteau in
obtaining divorce from the prisoner. He
believed the latter perfectly sane.
Guiteau, excitedly-I want to know,
Corkhill, VIII at all this kind OF evidence has
got to do with the real issue-who fired the
shot T -s
That Killed Garfield.
the Deity or I. l think It's deTliSh mean
to rake up my character in all its details.
The only Issue here is who fired that-the
Deity or l. Just take that home, EoTkhill.
and think il over till tomorrow morning.