Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1881-12-15

/ father was insane aud the faint ran
through the family. He cited family names, y
Martin Luther, A Graham, etc, to show n re-
ligious mania. Also, one relative. with II we'll
to-do husbaud, had II mania that she was going
TO the pOOr-housc. Another was bright girl
up TO fourteen years, and then became imbC-
ellie, and Is now in nm asylum. Another died
. insane. Another was made insane 10y love af-
fairs, and the father of Guiteau had mania
that he could never die. i'm which he was dis
appointed. Mr.. ScOville went on to say that
the mother Of defendant was, to say the least,
peculiar, ana that just before Guiteau was
born she had a severe sickness had brain
trouble, aud had 70 have her head
shaved; The hair thus taken OF would be
was bright boy, and there was nothing wrong
ABOUT him, except perhaps, an impediment
IN ms speech. His father whipped him for this;
but IT did not destroy the impeachment. He
outErew IT. Mr. SCoville then dct'ilcd the
history OF the prisoner, how he spent his time
IN frceport, copying deeds: went 10 Ann Ar
Dor to school; found himself unprcpured aud
worked hard Mt study and reading religious
Docks; how the latter had bad influence, aud
how he finally went to the Oneida Clmmun.
W; lNed there fve years, and was fully inn
pressed that their doctrine was right, and
even expected to become the ruler of these
believers I'm the world. Then he went to New
York, and, living on crackers and water or
some other brain food, labored for months
unnecessarily to start religious paper
Mr.. Scoville then referred to Guiteau's
T mSnt q, to ,g Oneida ii as if in the iuln
cred 70 be the best thing 20 serve God and
nc llled attention TO the fact that the testi-
thtough MS life his great motive power
had been what he thought the Lord
wanted him TO do. Finally ne, took
Mr.. Reed of Chicago, who asked three ques-
tons. Guitenu answered two and was admit
ted to the bar. lie was unsuccessful rs Il
lawyer, and collecting bad debts was his prin-
cipal business. Whenever he met another
lawyer in court he failed. At this point tho
Court took short recess. After recess MIR.
ScOville resumed his remarks concerning his
clients life, and I'm the course of them used the
expression mentally incompetent" Gutcau
trcttcd at the imputatOn. and loudly cX-
claimed: Not true, and can't he shown"
During Mr. Scovlllc's speech Guiteau was
constantly intcrrupting. him, and often
ScOvtlle then proposed to read a bundle
OF letters written by the prisoner, dating back
to 1898. as showing the bent of Guiteaus mind.
The Discretionary OBJ jectcd, hut the Judge
allowed them TO be read. Mr.. Scoville then
read the letters, most of them being addressed
20 Mrs. Sc9Ville, and some to himself Those
of the earliest datc-lNjS-show not ng pccul-
Jar, but gradually they drift into II religious
turn, quoting texts of Scriptures, and appeal
ing to his sister to turn 10 Col. This feature
of them is marked after he had gone to the
Oneida Community, the first letter from which
Is dated February, 1861. In this he lays
down aud supports the doctrines of the
community The last letter from Oneida
was dated October, 1865, aud stated that his
views had chanPed; that ne desired to leave
the community and go to New York to qualify
for position in some bank, and asking SEQ
that others OF the prisoners letters had been
burned up in his Office i'm the Chicago fire
These letters happened TO be kept at homo.
The next letters read were from New York
and Brooklyn in 1861 and 1868. There were no
striking peculiarites in any of these letters,
except where they dealt with religious sub
JectS. The Court then adjourned.
The attendance ut the Criminal Court on the
2}d was less than usual. Guitcau. while taking
breakfast in the prisoners room, expressed his
dissatisfaction that Jones, the man who shot
at him. had Dcen admitted TO bail. When the
Court opened Mr. Scoville made II formal re-
guest for the papers taken from Guiteau at
the time of his arrest The District. Attorney
offered to furnish copies, but Mr. Scovlle in
sisted upon the originals. Pending he discus
sion, Guiteau said: AT the time OF my ar
rest had forty or fifty editorial slips showing
the political situation in Ma. and June last.
These slips show the action and one of the
Iorces that lmpellcd me on to the :.
proSi sbntir,, They are very important
mutter. 1t was through living on such ideas
ms these that was finally impcilCd to fire on
the President with my Inspiration" Colonel
Corkhill said if it would enable the defense to
get through that day he would send for them
ut once. During temporary hull in the pro-
day he had said that he had dropped the
Julius from h $ name because The word
was too suggestive OF the negro rae. This
prejudice was begotton twenty years ago,
but he meant no disrcspcct to any person
or any race-partlculary not to the col
ored race, for they were more high
nowadays Mr. Scoville continued rendinG
Gulteaus letters during which the prisoner
constantly intcrjectcd his explanations and
comments. Mr. ScOville alluded to Guiteaus
career as politician, and drew the conclusion
that nc was deficient in intellect. This Conclu-
SION tune u protested against. When SEQ
vile referred To his running around from one
committee t. another seeking to be emp Dyed
AS campaign speaker Guitcau shouted
angrily: lit WASH because had no abb ty,
but was not known. had ideas, but not repu-
.n9tlon' hcie ring TO Guiteau,s speech, en-
] Mr.
SAID 1t was mere tumble collated from
speeches. OF others aud newspapers, and no
one but crazy man would have imagined
snat II was speech OF me,it. GuitCau said
he objected To SCoville's theory, and declared
that he was trying TO make him ont Il fool. He
continued: 81 say the Deity inspire my act
ana lie will take care of i" The Court ON
mnnded the prisoner to keep quiet and Quit
opening without further interruption, Attha
, request of the DistriCt-Attorney the witness
es Tor the defense, with the exception OF
courtroom. Rev. II, n Burton testified tbat
/ in loli he had listened to Guteau's lecture
ON on the second coming of Christ Did not
thlnk Gulteau AT that time was sufficiently
insane 10 bc ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS less de.
ranged than badly arranged. Ii. IL. Davis
testified that Mrs. Maynard. Guiteaus aunt
was crazy. Although wealthy she had a con
slant dread OF the PUOr-IIOusc. Her daughter
was an imb ellie. Mr.. Wilcox testified that
/ ulieau = father was peculiar. Witness knew
nothlngo the prisoner. DIR. John A. Rice had
N 1876 decided that The prisoner was insane
/ ilul lIculel the tluer GultCau uurInV his
last illness. f. l.. Union testified to renting "A
hall TO the prisoner. His bills procamel:
DO not not tail to hear the HON. Charles j.
Gu!tcau,the Little Giant of the West. He
VIII show that two-thirds of tine race are going
/ down to pcrditiOn.' lie spoke half an hour
10 small audience, and then left. The peO-
PIE who heard him thought he was crazy
Next day Guiteau came back and wantel To
hire the hall again. lie said he was not CRAY
but INSPIRED. He also said in serious man
ner. that he BELONGED to the firm of Jesus
christ Co., Mary 5. Lockwood testified that
Guiteau had boarded with her. lie left be.
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