The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-12-01

elected tho ''"'' p as1 no on ul'' bis
appearance as lawyer. Did not remember *
canning Sar The IL sSr % dssS. a.
case whice holks'e0 was NoseouthES An
the evidence W addlced thu witnas4 .said q.
ment Guiteau inaisted npon bslpg heard id fhs,
court allowed him to Tux. He need) toeaded az
great length concerning Guiteau's peculiarities.
He saw the prisoner here last summer aud had
an interview with him Oh the Tuesday before
the shooting The prisoner came to the Riggs
messy shoulder and said he wanted to see him
alone. The witness stepped aside with him.
He said "Mr. Reed, L owe you $50. IWant TO-
borrow $l5 more from You, that will make
$50, and when get that place I'll pay you"
The witness asked him what place, and Guiteau
replied, "Oonsul to Paris" Tho witness asked
him il he had not given up that idea, and he
,sHoldingup his hand. he sald: eYou nay 81
won'kget that plaoaye Now youk~ watch. the
newspapers for few days and you will see my
name sent in for confirmation" The prisoner
looked haggard add friondless. Usually he
was very neat in his personal appearance, but
at that time he was seedy.~g = g.
The witness described the interview with tho
prisoner at the jail = 0uitean WASHING down.
and when the witness asked him why he shot
tho president, he rose from his couch and, be-
gan in q very excited manner sort of incohe-
rent speech. He said: II didn't do it; the
Lord did i: He used me as an instrument for
m no IT," Of the President n.y. The witness
asked why he used tho word removal i'd
stead Of killing, and he (the prisener) said that
removal was the right word. The prisoner
was pale His eyes had an indiscribable look,
and the witness concluded thathe was Of I'M
ness Concluded, after the Rigs house inter- Ter:
view, that the prisoner was of his balance men,
tally. 1t was very difficult to determine wheth-
or Gniteau was responsible or not. He would
not like to give an opinion on that He had
tho prisoner responsible. : - : = - =
Thomas North Of Chicago, lawyer, former
~ living in Freeport also related peouliarities
Of ". Guiteau and stating he could not re-
gard him az q right man. bcoville asked the
witness how the prisoner and his father COM
tesistics. He expected to prove that father and
son were fac SMILES. cdr" or Judge North
was very willy witness, and got in some work
for the defense He said that Guiteau was an
exaggerated simile Of his father: 20. From
your acquaintance with this prisoner, what
never saw anything in him that thought
hypocritical or dishonest His father was one
of the most intensely sincere men I ever
knew" -.4,s,s.,a -
The witness went on: One evening at the
supper table they were all seated except tho.
prisoner. Certain graceful things were to he
said do or aGne sSayng grace fsov ,.a
do that; how they used to confess Christ there
want to get that out:
The Witness ito Scovllle-Shall I answer
that? s
Mr. Scovi]le- Certainly.
The Witness-They were all seated around
&cS,1 sa% Tow Fovr
me1ts, aud then il anybody felt like saying any,
thing he did So II not, nothing was said:
What was usually said Yves: 81 confess Christ
iii me with thankful heart for this boon"
The Prisoner-Thank Christ for this dinner
and all simil~r expressions that was substituted
for ordinary grace in Christian families.
The witness assented and went on to relate
how Charles Guiteau, or Julius, as they called
him tllen, came to the table late and was spo-
ken to by his father in peremptory and Of
fensive tone, and how Charles, passing behind:
his fathers chair, struck his father in the back
from his chair; how the two clinched and strug-
gled until finally Charles surrendered, and
then how they withdrew from the table by
themselves talked the matter over, came back
and went on with their meal. This was sud-
den outburst on both Sides
The witness related how at religious and
social circle the old gentleman related how
community, but were violently opposed in 60
doing by a son of twenty or twenty five years.
Luther Guiteau jumped from his seat and said,
stake knife and stab him as, Abraham did
Isaac" His manner Vas exceedingly shocking
and paralized the tongues Of every one pres
ent. So r
The witness spoke Of the prisoner when an Of
fee boy. He noticed offense egotism as though
he desired TO do more than he was really cap
able OF doing. He wished to usurp the iu-
ties of other deputy clerks. His
ereatost quality seemed TO be that Of egotitm.
Guiteau, Luther's brother. He said his condi-
ton Of mind was no weak that it was not safe to
trust him with business. The whole family
were made out az about half insane on some
points.
Adjourned to Saturday.
SATURDAY, NOV. 26.
whose examination was begun yesterday; Sen.
ator Logan, Geo. .. Hubbard, 8 farmer from
Oneida county, N. Y; Edmund N. Smith, q
Chicago lawyer; John Moss, a colored gentle
man, and Mrs. Francis M. Scoville, wife OF
the attorney for tae defense and sister Of the
prisoner. The examination of the latter. who
is a very intelligent woman, was not concluded
when the court adjourned.
Mr. North was GROSS examined very
closely and at great length by Davidge.
Guiteau interrupted at several times, and pro-
tested that there was no truth in witness story.
Witness was questioned in relation TO- fight
between Gr1iteau and his father, L. W. @Gui-
teau. He had good memory and could re-
member most anything, but could not recall
any such scene. >.
During a luu in the proceedings, Guiteau
said: II notice my friend, Henry Ward
case fused to attend his church and pray n
meetings, and if your honor knew him as do,
you would not pay any attention to him. There
are good many people who think he is badly
cranked socially, and have no doubt that Mrs
Tilton told the truth and Mr.. Beecher lied
about it, and tell him 80 publicly
The next witness was Senator John A.. Logan
Of Illinois. As ho: was sworn tho prisoner
greeted him with ''How. are you, Mr.. Senator?
am glad to zee you." Gen. Logan detailed
interviews with Guiteau, who gave him speech
entitled Garfield vs.. Hancock: The prisoner
dent of the United States" Gmteau wanted
Logan's influence to get him the position Of
consul general to France, which Logan declined
to give. The prisoner then took out of his
pocket sheet Of foolscap with about three lines
written very close to the top. It was q recon-
the witness to sign it, but the witness declined
and got rid Of him as coon as he could. In the
cross-examination Gen. Logan said he thought
at the time there was some arrangement
in Guiteau's mental organization. but to what
extent he could not say. Guiteau had gone to
board in the house with Logan. and be told
the landlady: II do not think he is a proper
person to have in your boarding house" She
asked why. / said; 81 think he is little of
in his head" or.some language Of that kind.
She asked what meant, and said l thought
he was kind of crazy, snd she had not better
have him in the boarding house
Edmund E. Smith, employed in tho Republi-
can national committee rooms during the late
presidential campaign, thought Guiteau very
peculiar, Eighty, and rambling in conversation.
John q Morse, q colored attorney =at:lsw, saw
Guitear at the White House during March and
April and took him to be q crazy man.
Mrs. Scovil,e, sister of Guiteau, then took
the stand and gave r biographical sketch Of
Guiteau's life from his early childhood. She
went to Ann Arbor to see him, a. she had been
informed that he was going on worse than his
father had done. She found that he had aban-
doned his studies and was giving his whole time
and attention to studying Rerean and tho pub
LEGATIONS of the Oneida community. She argued
with him for whole evening, appealing to him
to 70 quietly and like other young men and give
up that stun. Her appeals had no effect upon
him, however, and she made up her mind that
he was crazy. She related the incident of hie
attacking her with an az. She had given hin,