The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-12-15
He believed the prisoner perfectly sane


He believed the prisoner perfectly sane
Guiteau, eXcitedly-"I want TO know
Mr. Corkhill, what all this kind of evi
dence has got to do with the real issue
Who fired the shot that killed Garfield
the Deity or Il / think it is deVilisl
mean to rake up my character in all it
details. The only issue here is, wht
fired that shot, the Deity or I? Jus
take that home, Corkhill, and think i
over. Tomorrow morning I want Il
know what all this has got to do witt
the question of my sanity or insanity OIL
the I'd day of July. AS / have told yoI
before, had time enough to go crazy
hundred times in the interval"
ID. Mclean Shaw testified that Gui
teau told him he was bound TO have no
teriety someway or other. He Nigh
kill some big man and initiate Wilkei
Booth.
at this the prisoner became very vic
lent and abusive.
Colonel Corkhill presented commu
nication from President Arthur in an
swer TO the Interrogation of the defense
The document was not read, but sub
mitted to Scoville for examination.
John Farmer, of Saratoga Springs
was the next witness.
Before he was examined the prisoner
said: 81 owe this man $40 for board
1t cost the government 800 to bring
him here. might haye admitted this
fact and spared this expense 10 the
nation"
The witness detailed the difficulty he
had in collecting board bill from the
prisoner.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR's ANSWERS TO SEQ
vILLE's QUESTIONS
and declared in an emphatic manner
that they should be published, and al
once. The document was then read by
Scoville.
The first question was, "Do you know
the prisoner in the case?'
President Arthur answered in the
affirmative. He said ne had seen him
ten or probably twenty times around the
Republican headquarters at the Fifth
Avenue hotel in New York, but had had
no conversation with him except return.
ing the ordinary situations of the day
What political service did the prisoner
render the Republican party during the
last campaign was the next question.
Ans-None that l know of, the presi
dent wrote in response, and don't know
myself, Gen. Grant or Senator Conkiine
that would entitle him to believe he
would assist him in his political prefer
ment.
The prisoner-That is matter oil
opinion.
The president added, by way of post
script, that he had received a letter from
the prisoner asking for postponement
of the trial in order to allow him time tC
prepare his defense.
Rev. r. 5. Macarthur, pastor of the
Baptist church of New York, testified
that the prisoner had brought letter oI
admission to him from Chicago church
Guiteau complained of poverty, result
ing from the Chicago fire, and the wit
ness heart went out toward him and he
loaned him $95. There was nothing in
the prisoners manner to indicate insan
ity. He explained that the prisoners
wife represented to him that herself
and husband would be turned out on
the sidewalk if they soon did not raise a
little money. Tie prisoner was expect
ing to get some appointment at that
time.
Guiteau-"It was the Swiss mission
l was expecting. That, however, didn't
amount to much. 1t was only So 600 a
year."
Witness then stated that the prisoner
was brought up before the committee OF
the church in regard to certain immoral
conduct. HIS wife claimed that she
supplied him with money which he
spent with other women. The prisoner
again became excited and stated that
his conduct in this regard was prompted
by his desire to procure sufficient
grounds for divorce from the woman
whom he married on ten hours notice.
Col. Corkhill said the government in
tended to show that what was claimed to
be insanity on the part of the prisoner
was nothing but outrageous depravity.
This remark was loudly applauded by
young man who started the demonstra-
tion and was put out by the officer.
The witness, in answer to other ques-
lions, said he never regarded Guiteau as
insane.
The St. Charles Bridge-ThrilIing Experience
OF the Train Men
ST. LOUIS, No, Dec. 9.-There is very
little additional to say about the acct
dent at the St. Charles bridge last night.
General Manager Gault, General Super
intendent McKissock, Shaler Smith, the
constructor and engineer OF the bridge,
and other officials of the road, went to
the scene of the disaster on a special
train this morning, and will give the
bridge a critical examination, with a
view to determine the cause of the accI-
dent. The state railroad commissioners
reported about a month ago that this
bridge was perfectly safe, and only yes
terday one of the commissioners in
spected the structure and went away
seemingly satisfied.
A. Mathews, the foreman or watch
man of the bridge, who crosses at every
hour and a-half and examines 1t, had
gone over it on No. 2 passenger train and
walked back, finding nothing out of the
way. He had not been of the bridge
five minutes when the span and train
went down. Chamberlain and Obling-
er, the fireman and brakeman, who were
hurt, are at the Gait house, st. Charles,
receiving every attention possible.
Chamberlain's left leg is broken below
the knee but otherwise he is not ser.
lously hurt. Oblinger received a num-
Der of severe bruises about the face and
head, but will doubtless be out again in
a few days. Chamberlain went down
with the engine, but was somehow fore
ed through the window of the cab and
On top of the wreck just above the sur
face of the water, where he chung until
Chas- Spinks and Addison rescued him
in skiff. He says he was, at the mo-
ment, thinking, for some unaccountable
reason, of the accident of two years ago,
when the crash came, and the next in
slant ne with the engine and train were
dashed into the river below. The eugi-
Reer, Jack Kirksby, was in the cab and
was doubtless held there and drowned.
The brakeman, Oblinger, was sitting
on the brake wheel of the third car from
the engine when the span gave way He
T. Es.Ts l.. ~ IL
in dream, and the next thing he knew
he was standing on top of a car sur
rounded by water. He was nearer TO
the eastern abutnent than the pier west
of him and stood looking at the cars
tumbling over the edge Of the chasm in
the bridge in a dazed sort of condition.
expecting every moment to be crushed,
till he saw the red lights of the cab sink
down, and then knew that he was safe,
He heard the fireman moaning q short
distance from him, but as there was
some twenty feet of water between them.
he could not render any assistance. He
called out to him, however, and told
him they would have to wait till helD
Came which was not very long. and they
were both taken ashore in a boat.
Conductor Dunfield and the two stock
men who were in the caboose. Jumped
out onto the bridge when they heard the
crash, and walked back to ST. Cherles.
The trains for the west will run over
the Chicago and Alton track TO Mexico.
or some other intersectiHg point. until
span can be erected, but il is
likely that all accommodation trains
will be transferred at the river.
President Arthur ct the White House.
WAsaNaToE, Dec. 9-President Ar.
thur dined at the White House this even
ing accompanied by his secretaries.
Reed. Phillips and Brown, and having
as his guests John Davis, son of Bancroft
Davis, and Howard Carroll. The Presi-
dents personal effects, books, papers, of.
fee desks. ETC., were removed from the
Jones mansion.