Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-12-09


the door Of the Jail he found half dozen men
yelping at Guiteaus heels and saying that ne had
foo0ed poor prisoner by taking 80 from him and
81 can convince you. Mr. English, that you lie.
morning. viii telegraph t. the warden OF tn, tn
Ludlow street jail and show that you got out at
night"
The witness went on describing the process by
| which Guiteau had swindied him out Of the $500
getting straw bail for him. The witness renewed
his security himself by leaving bonds with the
The prisoner became very much excited at this
ana @ denounced the witness as liar and per-
1urer There isn't" he said, san insurance presi-
! a first-class fraud"
the example of his brother John. who was an esti-
mabie, honorable man. The witness said he had
received probably $50 letters from the prisoner.
"Ihat's the biggest lie you have said yet"
shouted the prisoner. ''One hundred and fifty,
why wouldn't spit on you in the street. old
Seven letters written by Guiteau to the prisoner
were then identified. The first letter read was
dated July "a, 1879, and was merely a proposition
to the witness to make out an afrfdavtt The other
letters were all In furtherance OF the scheme to get
Mi. English out of Jail.
MORE OF GUrrEAu's SHARPNESS
One OF the letters was copy OF one from the
| witness to the prisoner, where he informed the
latter that he Was surprised to learn that he had
| not paid over the $500 to his bOndsman, Mr. Bar
| nett, as Guiteau had promised. The reply OF the
prisoner to this letter said 81 will stand between
| you and all harm"
The prisoner denied having received Mr.. Eng
ishs letter, and said the so-called reply dated
| September 18th, while Mr.. English's letter was
dated september 1st, showing that they could not
Mr.. Corkhill asked the witness If he ever doubted
| the prisoners sanity.
s'Never,' said the witness. emphaticaIly. "on
the contrary, he seemed to me to be man Of
markable keenness OF intellect, for he completely
MIR. Corkhill, being through with the witness,
ss ss1a Wit WITH much gravity, "Mr Guiteau, you may
II have said all care to say to the Witness
! said the prisoner, with show Of equal gravity
Another letter was produced and identified. 1t
was written by Guiteau to John and Henry Noble,
the bondsmen OF Mr.. English. The letter was
dated september 4th, 1873, and said: SIN view OF
the rascality have discovered. decline to pay
and the courts, and ought to be punished therfor'
~ am very glad said the prisoner, that you
produced that letter, Col COrkh1ll. That puts me
| right 1t shows the other fellows were going
wrong and was straight"
mainly directed to showing that the bond fur
n1shed by Guiteau secured the release OF the wit
ness from jail, though the latter claimed that his
own own personal deposit or government bonds was
| also necessary to release.
MRS. GUITEAU'S DIVORCE LAWYER ON THE STAND.
Warren c. Brown, lawyer OF New York, was
| called to the stand.
"Brown," the prisoner said, "got the divorce
| for my wife. gave him the facts on which he
| got it, otherwise he could not have gotten ttn
the witness said he met the prisoner I'm New
YORK In December, 1873; the wife OF the prisoner
retained the witness to get divorce: the witness
| stated that the prisoner came to him and said he
Itne Witness) might as well get the divorce any
! Mr. Scoville objected to having the witness 90
into any details about the divorce case, as it had
nothing to do with the question OF insanity and
might tend to prejudice the Jury
| The witness said that while the proceedings were
pending he had frequent interviews with the pris-
oner no defence was interposed; he did not con-
When the witness was about to leave the stand
the prisoner said: 81 would like to know Corkhill
what this kind OF evidence has to do with this
case? Now the issue here is who fired that shot
on tne "a OF July, the Deity or me. wish you
morrow morning."
ANOTHER NEW YORK LAWYER.
Thomas Darlington, a New York lawyer residing
In Newark, was next called.
The prisoner introduced the witness as "Mr
Englishs lawyer" and said: Z" He couldn't get him
! out OF JAIL and did. That's all there is about
that"
The witness described at some length the legal
proceedings against Guteau In 1873 at the instance
OF Mr.. English The prisoner conducted his own
de1ence; the witness Identified papers filed by the
Mr.. scovile asked the object of this testimony
Mr: Corkhlll said they proposed to show the
prisoners capacity to conduct a law suit.
The prisoner here broke out impatiently and said
~ want to ask the prosecution how it is going to
help their case to show whether was capable ten
or twenty years ago OF conducting law suit 1
think you are showing extraordinary stupidity in
5ne fenaet eaW OF this Ny that
this case. Go on II you want to, and waste the
public money"
THE WORST COURT IN AMERICA.
The prisoner, in explaining why his motion to
discharge arrest in the court in common pleas had
not succeeded, said: "They never discharge any
thing In that court 1t is the worst court in
America"
One of the papers identified by Mr. Darlington
Was letter written to him by Guiteau from Chi
cago in 1876, suggesting that Mr.. English might
Another paper was unsigned, but in Guiteau's
handwriting. 1t was left on the witness table
aHng ferr II the 1 1pendency OF the legal proceedings
save his professional reputation by withdrawing
At 1915 the court took recess until one O'Clock.
THE AFTERNOON SESSION.
The court was called to order again promptly at
o'clock.
The prisoner, on taking his seat, sang out to Mr..
Corkhill: How many more witnesses have you
got, Colonel7 Have you any idea?"
"No, can't give you any definite idea," replied
Mr.. Corkhill, without rising. "Iwin get along as
rapidly as can"
Mr. Corkhill read the papers in the legal pro-
ceedingS OF English versus Gufteau
When he had read the first paper-Gutteau,s an
swer to the suit against him-the prisoner, who
had been rubbing his Eyeglasses with his hand
Colonel That knocks your total depravity theory
STILL ANOTHER NEW YORK LAWYER
Charles Wehle, another New York lawyer, was
then called to the stand. He testified that he
knew the prisoner in 1873; he had seen the pris-
oner twice; once in his own Office and once in the
prison, when he the witness went to see the pris-
oner to collect money which he had collected for
one Of witness clients and failed to pay over. The
witness spoke with q German accent The witness
intervie wed the prisoner, and asked him for money
collected. The prisoner told him that he had col
lected the money and spent it.
GUITEAu CoNTRADICTs THE WITNESS.
'That's false" said the witness. "PrOduce your
proof or I'll denOunce you in court here liar"
Mr.. Scoville made q motion to exclude all this
testimony, simply going to show msdemeanor
The motion was overruled and an exception was
noted.
The witness having mentioned some notes which
he had obtained the prisoner said: "Now you
produce those notes, else get OF this stand as
d1sgraced man."
Another Outbreak by the Prisoner.
The prisoner, becoming very excited. cried out:
"It makes me mad to see the prosecution here
irving to slobber over my professional record It's
an outrage for Corkhtl and Porter and those kind
Of men to do this sort of thing. You have been
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