The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-11-28
GIlTTEAUS GIFT OF CAB
n EFFORTS FAIL TO sToPlTs FLOW
c,,,, Henri Ward BssShsr DIE-SsnAtOr
,..,, Tells What lie EBSWl Of the A'SaI'
L,-Nr. ScO,Ill' Takes the Stand Aad
Clrn uSt,tsh fiber Bad Brother

,, Ti,,,o saving that he could not possibl!
:, v,, n,e.cut, owing TO professional engage
.n,. come to Washington to testify
s',,;lIe .-' suil that under the circumstances
Isroud no: insist upon an attachment
y, s,orr. Dayidge, speaking for the
..,.scnlion. ", said he was willing to have
!,n,r. mt on the stand any time during
,hs s' Dr5press OF the trial. This understand
in, Was accepted by all parties
y Tboma, North then resumed the witness
,,,nd opd was cross.examined very close
,' and at great length by Dayidge.
E,i,"p, Interrupted at the very outset, and
Srot,slcd that there was no truth IN wit;
rTs. story. Witness was being questioned
Wa, s,iatiye 10 a fight between Guiteau and his
v'S" h,So, Luther W, Guiteau. lie had q
I@S' .aaJ memory, and could remember most
ssvc,ytbinr s 6ut did not recall any such
Rene. .oI.,,oI ,.o,, ,Lo
.,DJ I Ciuitcau improved the momentary
I@litomake the iirst speech OF the day: lie
,si," aM. ii notice my friend Henry Ward
psScbcr is doing some cranky work on
~. %J,'~, c"sr used to attend his church and
D-svrr S , meetings, and II Your Honor knew
KIN E es well as do, You would not pay any
,vsntion TO him. There are good many
11sS"Ietia,think he isbadly Cranked social
T. and have no doubt that Mrs. Tilton
XXI The truth, and that he lied about It,
,nd I now tell him so publicly. Oh,
TSIl-o "Well prisoner, that will do for
yonn said Davidge. Guiteau was Rppar-
!n,y satisfied, and nodded with u smile,
ayinr "Thats all right Judge, ! have
6ii nv say on I'eecher, Pm satisfied;
The next witness was Senator John A.
Io,nn, Of Illinois As he was sworn the
prisoner prcctcd him with; "lIow are you,
NJ senator? am glad to sec YOU" but
6ercctins met no response. The witness
Jshiled Two interviews he had with the
nrisoner. The first was about the twelfth
q, fifteenth Of last March. The prisoner
came TO his room uninvited. lle did not
know who he was The first thing the
prisoner did was to pull a pamphlet out of
bis pOcket and hand II to the witness, say
inpihat It was speech he had delivered In
NE recent canvass, and asking the witness
10 read it, The witness declined to read 1t
al the time, but said that he would take
pleasure in reading it afterwards, ltwas a
speech entitled "Garfield against Ham
cock" The prisoner then said: "That
speech elected Garfield President Of the
United States" lie then commenced talk.
ingabout the position lie desired, saying
that he had the promise OF tho appoint
ment as Consul-GeneHl to France. lie
aid that he had seen Secretary OF State
Blaine, who promised him this appoint
nent, provided he could get Senator Lo'
pms recommendation.
Witness said: ~ do not know you and
annot recommend YOU" The prisoner
then vent on to say that he resided In
Chicago, and was a constituent ot the wit
ness, and witness was under obligation to
recommend him. lie also told the witness
that he had been TO New York during the
canvass to see the Republican National
Committee there in regard to entering the
CAMPAIGN, lie said the President was a
friend OF his, and he had seen Garfield
somewhere not in Washington; that he
vas satisfied the President was iavorably
disposed to disappointment, and he would
at It, especially II he (witness) wonld rec
Ommend him. Witness again declined.
Prisoner then took out OF his pocket sheet
Oiiooscap, with about three lines written
very close to the top. 1t was q recommen.
datIOn for his appointment. He wanted
witness to sign II, but witness declined, and
sOt nd Of him as soon Us he could.
QucstiOn-Why?
Gnswer-Itc did not strike me as a per.
Dn whom would recommend for an
office Of That character or any other office.
! treated him MS kindly and politely us !
could, but was very des rols oi getting rid
d him. | did not want TO be annoyed
with him.
QuesliOn-Was there anything particu-
htly noticeable in his appearance? q,
AnswCr-lle was rather peculiarly clad
ior the season, there being snow on the
Epetatthe time he had on his feet q pair
OIanlas or rubbers, or something Of that
kind. lie had 10 stockings. lie wore q
tight pair Of pantaloons and common
culinary coat. A day or two afterwards
be came again 10 my room uninvited. lie
EillinsistCd on my signing his reCommcn.
dltion rCitCrating the same statement as
before, Of him having been promised 0
place II would recommend him, and l
lain declined. had, In the meantime,
out Of curiosity, read hlsspecch. He was
llittlemOrC excited at the second interview
han the inst. The second was very short
interview, for tried TO dispose Of the mat.
t9 as quickly us possible. l said TO him
&e first time | see tho Secretary Of State !
will mention your Case to him. | did moi
Ny would recommend him, but simply
would mention his case, and Intended to
doso but probably in a different way irottl
What he supposed | would.
Qucstion-From what you saw oil the
prisoner on those occasions, and from what
vas said and done by him, did you form
an opinion us TO mental soundness or tin'
bnhdneSs?
Witnes-t ain not ar expert and do mol
know whether | should answer the ques
ton.
The Court-Iou may give an opinion Ii
tccofdanCe with your observations.
Witness-l thought there was some dc
tihgement Of His mental organization, bu
NThat extent could not say. When
vent down to breakfast that morningl saw
him at the table as a boarder, called th'
hhdlndy aud asked her II she knew tha
gentleman. She mentioned his name ant
sld he had told her lie was q COnstituen
dmine.
Question What was your expression o
opinion to the landlady that tiinep
Answer said this: II do not think ~
s@SpropCr person 10 have In you board
a9sh6nse,' She asked why. | said, u!
Alhk he isa little off in his head, or rsoint
asnguagc oi that kind She asked Inc wha
l,neant and | said | thought he was kint
acnay and she had better not have hin
% her boarding house. That Is about thu
"nnytrsatiOn we had that time.
The cross examination was very brle
lnd no new points were developed.
John A. Morse (colorcd), attorney.at
SIN Saw Guiteau at White House durinI
HAfch and April. Took him TO be Graz.
Na. Scovllc then took the stand; ant
nN a biographical sketch Of Guiteau,
At, commencing with his carly childhood