Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1881-12-21


Guiteau-Well, l might have con
fessed that, and saved the Government
one hundred dollars
PRESIDENT ARTHUR's RESPONSE.
The District Attorney here sent
Judge Cox communication received
by him from the President of the Uni.
ted States The Judge, after reading,
sent it to Mr. Scoville, with the re,
mark that the paper contained the Pres
iden'ts answer to his (Scoville's) inter-
rGgations.
Prisoner-I had sent the President
note this afternoon requesting MIN
not to appear in this case, and saying
| did not want his answers to inter-
rogatories. | presume he sent them
before he got my note.
| Mr. Scoville read the answers of
President Arthur to interrogatories
To the first and second questions,
whether he knew the prisoner and how
often he had seen him, the President
replied that be knows him that he had
seen him at least ten times and possi-
! bly, twenty times.
To the question as to whether he
| had any conversation with him, he re-
plies, None, excepting to return the
ordinary salutations of the day, and
once or twice in answer to his request
to be employed in the campaign as a
speaker by the Republican State Com
mittee, of which | was cheirman'
| ho kat
vices the prisoner had rendered the
Republican party during the last Pres
| idential campaign, the answer is: None
that | know of The fifth question
was, Whether there was anything in
the prisoners relations to himself or
General Grant or Senator Conkling, or
others of the Republican party, social
ly or politically, to furnish him with
any ground for supposing he would re-
ceive any political preferment,' the an
swer is No
Prisoner-That is a matter of opin-
ion.
The last question was, Did you ever
give him any reason to think be could
have any political or personal influence
with your The answer is, Il never
did
Prisoner-He never had occasion to-
The President adds to his answers
the following: Il have been requested
by counsel for the defense to produce
letter written by the prisoner since
his indictment. That letter was receiv-
ed by me in October last and was not
preserved. | do not recollect its con-
tents particularly, excepting it contain
ed some claim of his having rendered
some important service to the Repub-
lican party during the Presidential
campaign and an appeal for the post
ponement of his trial to give him time
to prepare for his defense
Prisonsr-That is all there was to it.
The next witness was Rev. II. A.
Macarthur, pastor of Calvary Baptist
Church, New York As soon as he
was sworn the prisoner remarked, i
know Dr. Macarthur very well He is
nice, fine fellow, very high toned in
every way. | owe him ninety-ive dol
lars
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prisoner introduced himself and wife to
him (witness) at the close of service
one Sunday and at the same time pre-
sented letter of dismissal from the
First Baptist Church, Chicago. The
prisoner stated at the time that in Chi
cago he had had lucrative practice of
law, but owing to the disasters follow
ing the fire his practice had entirely, or
in good part gone, and now he and bis
wife had come to New York to start
lie afresh. Ny heart went out to him
kindly. introduced him and his wife
to men of prominence in society and in
church relations, and | know ! was Of
service TO him
Mr.. Scoville remarked that he object
ed to the witness stating the qualiica-
tons of some chairman of committee,
not knowing how far he might go into
that history.
The witness resumed the stand and
told of the prisoner and wife being re-
ceived into the fellowship of the church,
and of the wife later asking urgently
for monsy, handing him promissory
note of the prisoner for Sl00
Mr.. Scoville-Havc you got that
promissory note
Witness--No | did not think it ne
gotiable and have not presented it.
laugh During the political campaign
that fall the prisoner was not seen at
our meetings so often and the reason
assigned by him was (using the phrase
that he used) that he had gone to some
degree into politics and that he expect
ed Office as the result of these political
excursions.
DEYILIsH DEpRAVITY IN NEW YORK.
Witness (without noticing the inter-
ruption)-I remember he was arrested
and thrown into the Jefferson market
Jail because of some difficulty with n
hotel | saw the prisoner in the corri-
dor of the Jail, and although besought
very piteously by him to intercede in
his behalf and procure bail for him if
possible, | shut out the natural prompt
ings of my heart and told him ! feared
he was a bad man, and that he must
allow the law to take its course. In
the meantime it came TO the knowledge
of the officers of the church that he had
been guilty Of gross immortality.
Mr.. Scoville objected to the evidence
as entirely inadmissable and the court
sustained the objection.
OBJECTS TO BRINGING OUT HIS PAST
RECORD.
The prisoner (excitedly)--I never
had but one interview with him (allud-
ing to witness). | recall it now. |
was formally excommunicated and let
the whole thing go by default, because
| was in Chicago. | have been strict
ly virtuous for six or seven years. Mark
that down You are picking up my