Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1881-12-07
Emory StOfTN and DAVID Davis
Testify in the Guitcau
Case.
The Former Gets Rid : fsoms Opinions
Hot Favorable to the
Assassin.
The Senator Gives Some Interesting
and Entertainlng Political
Points.
The Man Placed on the Stand Who
Tricksd 0uitsau Out Of HE Con-.
fesston Notes.
EMORY sroRRs ON ruE STAND.

II M D&@ rs w hstNASG go
the Guiteau case Is undated. After the ex-
animation of two ~unimportant witnesses,
Emory A. Storrs OF Chicago was placed on
the stand. He had seen the prisoner sew
eral times at the republican committees
rooms during the campaign. His impress
sion was that Guiteau had an lily. balanced
mind.
Upon the cross-examinati0n StOrrs said
he never saw anything in Guiteau to indi-
cate that he could not distinguish between
right and wrong. or that he did not know
the difference between guilt or innocence,
or that he would 10 be responsible for
crime.
Scoyille noted several exceptions to the
rulings Of Judge Cox In favor OF the admis-
sion OF these replies. The evidence created
i quite a stir In the courtroom and seemed to
stagger those about the defense table. The
sister of the prisoner seemed particularly
affected and In tones, distinctly caught by
the reporters, said: "He has perjured him
self. That is all there Is about It."
Edward Daniels testified: He thought
Guiteau crazy.
When an extract from one OF the papers
was read referring to the reported bargain
inE OF John Davenport in New York con-
corning the m~arshalship. Guiteau said:
THAT shows how weak Garfield was, and
how determined he was to crush the stall
warts"
sCovILLE MADE A
by. summOning David Davis, Speaker Ran
dali, Senator Bayard and President Arthur,
none of whom responded, although they
had been s~ubpGnaed.
Snnxyi1lA thar, raua N zrxta -
clips found on the prisoner at the time of
his capture.
Guiteau interrupted. saying there were a
hundred OF them when arrested, which he
took from stalwart. liberal and half-breed
papers whenever he saw anything concern
While Scoville was reading the clippings
a stir became noticeable about the door
leading to the witness room. and in q
SENATOR DAVID DAVIS
was seen going toward the witness-stand.
The reading ceased, the senator was
sworn and SeOville proceeded to put Ques-
tons to him in political philosophy.
The judge was nOn-colnmitt on every
thing, and continually demurred to the line
Judge Davis was excused after a few mo-
mentS, and occupied a seat on the bench
with Judge Cox, where he studied the
prisoners countenance for some time, and
4 bltI tCIt lllC COuIb MI ~
Bailey, the district attorneys steno-
grapher, was put upon the stand, and
| Guiteau
C AT ONCE EXCITED.
He charged the witness with coming to him
as q New York Herald reporter and trickinx
him into an interview, the notes Of which
were used by District Attorney Bailey
toward making mp q report from his notes for
the New York Herald, and Guiteau wanted
to know what he received for it.
q Su,aa Es,ni1wy .s,~ x.,A kh~A nrf11~, 49,
been given $500. The prisoner wal worked
PUP considerably and cOntradicted witness,
a~ccusing.him OF perpetrating q fraud upon
him.
Bailey denied that he represented himself
to Guiteau as a Herald correspondent, or
Scoville wanted Bailey's notes, but they
| had been destroyed.
| The prisoner read a list of
| H NAMES OF II PERSONS HE WANTED
SUBPENAED
to show the political situation Of the coun-
try last spring, as President Arthur, Gen.
Grant, ex-Senators Conkling and Plat,
Messrs. Jewell, Robertson and Dorsey, and
Senators Jones and Logan: Also Bennett
Of the Times, Dana OF the Sun. Hurlbut OF
the World, Graham Of the Washington Re-
publican, Hutchins Of the Washington
Post, and Wm. p. Nixon of the Chicago
Inter Ocean.
L y attGiltiOil VIC p0tu W LlC I6QuOSts
| ScOville said he had issued q subpoena
for President Arthur, but did not care to
have him mmone until he had seen him
In person.
Afterwards Scoville resumed the reading
of the clippings, and there being no other
| witnesses, court adjourned.
SENATOR DAVIS POLITICAL TESTIMONY.
David Davis this afternoon In his teSti-
mony said he was not connected with either
political party OF the country. He had no
1 ,nsca1ol rvn $40 lndtva nd tho h~nArI, fn y -,
publican party arising from difficulties be-
tween Garfield and C0nkling. He entered
neither caucus, but knew there were fac
tions in the republican party.
Being asked what probability there was
Of these difficulties d~isrupting. and destroy
ing the republican party he said: That's a
far-reaching question. The republican
| party has not been destroyed, and yet there
has been breaches in 1t. The only way In
which IT can be destroyed is by the disrup-
matter of opinion whether the difficulties
between It's faction or branches endanger
its life. The republican party Is
AN EXTRAORDINARY ORGANIZATION.
! don't believe j. viii die until the demo
Do you think democratic success now or
at the next presidential election would inn
peril the existence Of the republic? asked
Il don't think the success of any political
/ unity WVuiu IsupCAA TIC ICRuUlACs i uOIl =
believ0 Ghat at all, or that 1t would In any de-
gree tend to bring another civil wal. l
think the southern people the last people In
the world to desire any war. II there be
any II will come from somewhere else than
from the south.
0uITEAU's cowARDIcE.
WAsHINGT0N, Dec. BIN the Guiteau
| trial Speaker Randall appeared, but said he
couldn't understand why he was s~ubpenaed.
Scoyiile will this afternoon call on the
srS{A ASN k~Wt 70 snAk hx>a 81 AAnA -
appear. ,Guiteau says he had several inter-
views with Arthur, and 1t IL known has
| written the president several letters which
the defense q to have go on record.
Guiteau was unusually scared and begged
the back entrance. and with tremSiinx, and
bringing gait shufied through the angry
crowd, abtect fear depicted on his face, and
he didn't regain his composure for several
Scovilie told Randall that he only destred
his opinion whether the democratic party
would not have disrupted the country, mas
much rs DAVIS had spoken on that point.
He excused Randall till Wednesday.
Guiteau ssid he wanted the experts 10 de-
csde whether II was insanity % " impellsd
~ s'le ''e' DIR. xrxxos.
managing editor OF the Chicago Medical Re-
View, testified. He believed this prisoner
Insane.
Dsyidge having stated that John W. Gui-
team had sworn positively that the prisoners
father was sane, Guttean said: "W0 will
show by, ~ reports that ne was insane.
EySryDody knows be was badly cranked on
Dsvidxs contlnued-Though 1 rood many
witnesses believed In moral insanity In cef-
tain rare caoee rendering = man ifresp0n-
sioie, he .n.sed Guitsa!u's insanity on the