The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-12-09

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table, and have not preserved it, DurinI
the political campaign that fall the prison
or was not seen at our meetings so often
and the reason assigned by him was tha
(using the phrase which he did) "he haC
gone to some degree into politics, and hl
expected office az result Of these politica
excuRions.n
Prisoner-I took some interest in Hor
ace Greeley, in '72.
District Altorney-Do you recollect thI
Office he expectedf
PrisOner-L did not expect any Office
at that time, Colonel,
Wilness-Aly impression was that The
office was
MINISTER TO CHILL.
PriSoner-Nothing Of the kind. IthinE
i possible that / might have mentioned
the Swiss Mission. H. was that which
had in my mind at that time. never had
any idea Of the Chilian Mission. / think
/ had some idea that II Horace Greeley
was elected he would let me have the
Swiss Mission. It Is only o small affair
any way; only 5000 q year. Laughter
Witness Without noticing the interrup.
tionl-l remember he was arrested and
thrown into the Jefferson Market Jail be-
cause Of some difficulty with hotel. l saw
the prisoner In the corridor OF the Jail, and
although beso ught, very piteouBly by him
to intercede In his behalf and procure bail
for him II possible, | shut out the ma atural
promptlngs Of my heart and told him l
feared he was q bad man and that be must
allow the law to take It's course. In the
meantime Il came TO the knowledge OF the
officers Of the church that he had been
GUILTY or GROSS TMMoRALlTY
The prlsoner-That was the time COM
mitted adultery, 80 that l might get o d.
vorce. That was all there was in It, Twas
not going to live all my life with q woman
! did not like. Ihad no business to marry
her at all.
The witness Ignoring the Interruption
And about the 30th Of April, 1875, he was
To appear beiO re the advisory
committee toRnswer the charge Of gross
immortality There were three counts to
the charge.
First-That he took money which his
wife earned by working In the hotel in the
country, and which was remitted to him to
assist In supporting him.
Prisoner interruptlng-That Is absolute,
" false. Doctor, ! never heard that story
before.
Witness (stlll ignoring tho interruptton)
-"and spent y in improper relations with
other women"
Prisoner with excitemenD- -"That is
absolutely false. II my wife told you that
she told q lle."
The witness, continuing Ills narratives
Second C0anl-lle had been guilty, by
frequent acts Of violation Of his marriage
VOWS
Prisoner (again breaking in)-"I only
married that woman on ten hours notice,
and that is reason enough why ] could not
live with her"
Witness Third Count That as a result
these repeated acts Of infdelity he was
suffering from vile and loathsome disease.
The prisoner-"That Is false"
Witness-These charges were recited to
the prisoner by myself in the presence Of
the committee.
rrisoner-'That Is erroneous. beg to
ulner from you.
The Court Severely keep quiet and let
the witness 90 on.
THE BLACK HEARTED WRETCH.
Witness-I rccited those charges to the
prisoner and he acknowledged the truth Of
every one Of them. He stated as his OK.
cuse, bis wife was absent that natures de.
mands had 10 be met, and he could not re.
sist tho enticements Of lewd women on the
street. lie was pressed 10 know whether
he felt sense Of guilt, whether there was
any consciousness OF remorse or repentance
for the past or any promise of reformation
for the FUTURE II so the church was disposed
TO deal fairly. The gentlemen Oh that com.
mittee were gentlemen who were above
any thing like unfairness towards any per,
son.
Prisoner lin spite oiall scoville's efforts
to repress him )-"I remember this. l take
back my contradictions 10 what the Doctor
said, because upon thinking 1t over find
II Is correct. The men on tllat committee
said they had been In the same bout them.
selves, and for that reason they felt sympa.
thetic. They thought II a man had been
unfortunately married he had right 10 gel
out OF It,"
scoyille objected 10 the evidence as en-.
tirely inadmlSable and the Court sustained
the Objection.
Prisoner-[Excitedly-"t never had
but one interview with him" alluding to
the witness. II recall II now; | was formal.
ly excOmInuniCated, and let the whole
thing 20 by default because was in Chi.
cago. / have been strictly virtuous for
five or six years. Mark that down. You
are picking up my whole record from In.
fancy, and say II Is an outrage on de.
cency."
District Attorney-We present this testi.
mony because we want te show that what
the defense calls insanity Is nothing more
than deYilish depravity.
II was with some difficulty that the ap.
plause which greeted this remark could be
quelled, and the Marshal led out Of the
court room 0 lad who was particularly
noisy, the Court stating that Upon q recur.
renee Of the applause he would order the
room cleared
TttoUGIT HfN SANE.
When order had been restored the wit.
ness resumed and said at never occurred Ia
him for q moment that the prisoner was
other than sane"
Scoyillc proceeded to cross.examine,
questioning The witness more especially o.
10 the fact Of bis receiving promissory
note for 800 from Guiteau.
The prisoner throughout the examina.
tlon on this point kept O running discus.
sion with The witness, counsel and court.
The Court repeatedly ordered him to
keep quiet and allow the witness 10 speak,
but hG continued in his denuhciatiOn Oi
the prosecution for It's ippettinence In
raking up bis record Scovile also became
indignant and angry at the prisoners out.
breaks, which prevented him from finishing
his questions and several times declared 10
him: u will clear out II you don't stop,
you must be still, you must be STILL" Bit
neither the Court nor the counsel Could fe.
press The prisoner When the cross ex.
animation was closed the prisoner, look.
ing up at The clock, announced THAT
II was three o'clock and time 10 70 home.
lie also inquired "lIow many more wit.
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