The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-12-08
I DID IT.
The Sublime Egotist Boasts of Kill
ing President Garfield
By Masnifying His Share in Making
Arthur President.

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Washington, Dec. There was n,
new or startling developments in th,
trial yesterday. But few witnesses
were examined and their testimony wa
not of q very interesting nature. Their,
was some argument between the coun-
sci upon the question of Presiden,
Arthur as witness and list of ques
tions was finally submitted which will
their answers will be permitted to the
defense, with which reservation Scovills
rested the defense.
The criminal court was densely
crowded this morning.. Among the
audience was Gen. Sherman and Rev.
Dewitt Talmage. To-day the prosecu.
tion commenced in rebuttal to denim.
ish the theory Of insanity. They will
retraverse the ground gone over by the
defence and from the standpoint of the
prosecution, will thorougly ventilate
Guiteau's past life and habits, begin
ming with his early life in Freeport and
concluding with vast amount of the
best expert testimony obtainable in the
country.
As soon as the court formally opened,
Guiteau addressed the court in a
rather imperious manner, thus: May II
please your honor. the American people
do not desire that this case shall be
tried again and do not desire It. l
sny with the utmost respect to this
court and jury and my counsel Scoville,
that I am not satisfied with the political
situation a. developed here in this case,
that it Is glst of this alleged offence.
The president of the United States
would never have been shot II 1t had
not been for the political situation
which existed last May and June, and
l say that I have right as a matter Of
law in appearing as my own counsel to
ask your honor that Gen. Grant, Sena-
tors Conkling and Platt, and President
Arthur and those kind Of men who
were SO down upon Garfield that they
would not speak to him ON the street.
and would not go to the white house,
shall be put on the stand. have the
right to show my personal relations to
those gentlemen, that / was cordially re-
ceived by them. and that was we'll
dressed and well fed at the Fifth Ave-
nue. hotel. I want to show my personal
relations to those men. don't want
to except to your honor's ruling, but
shall be obliged to do 80. and have no
doubt the court in banc will give me a
new trial.
Judge Cox: Your exception has been
noted.
Scoville then called up the subject Of
President Arthur's testimony. and said
that he had not yet received any re-
sponse to his interrogations, that tho
presidents evidence was absolutely es.
sential to the defense.
Guiteau interrupted him excitedly
with: don't think it at all necessary
for Gen. Arthur to be here. To SEQ.
vile, I don't care what you want, Pm
doing this myself, l ask as personal
favor that he shan't be dragged into
court. 1 think good deal of General
Arthur. He is president of the United
States, and don't think he should be
bothered with this matter, tstrikina
desk violently be is president Of the
United States. and made him, and ]
think should have something to say
in this matter.
1t was arranged between the counsel
that the presidents answers should be
put in as evidence at any stage of the
trial, and Scoville called General Sher.
man.
Witness simply recited the orders hs
had issued for the disposition Of troopl
at the time of the assassination. H,
identified the letter written by Guitear
and said that he expected all the tint
that there might conspiracy, but after
wards concluded the shooting was the
act of one man.
As he left the stand Guiteau said: ]
thank you, general. for having ordered
out those troops that day. If It had moi
been for you should not be here to
day; 1 owe my life to the protection
which you and Gen. Crocker gave ID,
during that period when a riot spiri
was ripe.
At this the general smiled grimly.
Edward H. Barton, lawyer, A. T
Green and G. W. Tandie, all of Free
port, Ills. testisHed that they knew th
Guiteau family and considered them al
sane.
DR.. B. P. Buckley, of Freeport, testi
ded that he was L. W. Guiteau's famil
physician; never saw any indications o
the slightest mental arrangement il
him nor in Abraham Guiteau.
Mr.. Atkins, of the Freeport Repssbli
can, confirmed the testimony Of pre-
vious witnesses as to the sanity Of tn
various members of the Guiteau family
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