The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1881-12-17
GUITEAU'S TRIAL.

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day ny declaring himself dissatisfied with the
ueVeiopment ri the facts relating to the politi-
| cal sltuatlorl, wherein lay the gist of the al
! !eeeu ehse, and he renewed his demand for
tne testimony Of Grant, Conkling, Platt,
., ana those kind of men," He announced
Speech for the defense. No answer hav.
[ ing been received from the half-dozen
questions gu omitted in writing to Presi-
oent Arthur the count said that the defense
should have the benefit OF this testimony when
obtained. Guiteau disclaimed a wish to bring
one 1f res INTO court, expressing high re-
gard for him and claiming the credit of having
made him President. The prosecution called
10 the witness stand General W, T. Sherman.
VINO identified the letter that was placed in
ms hands after the shooting written by Gui-
tteau, and said that he suspected at the
I'm tllne that there might be conspiracy,
but afterwards he concluded that
1he shooting WIS the act of one man. Guiteau
nero thankec4 the general for protecting him
WIN Inc M ntarv. at which the warrior smiled
s ilnn ~. Che prosecution then put upon the
~lrn e''s stand ten citizens of Freeport, Ill, who
tbe , !ea 70 Their intimate acquaintance with
;iie assasslns father, and declared their belief
III his perfect sanity, which they never heard
y Acstioned until after July 2last. Their names
re Edward j. Barton, lawyer; A. r. Green, q
1Ionector; o. W. Tandy, boot and shoe dealer;
the family n; n T. Buckley lie who had been
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| Atkihs, editor Freeport Republicans; J. s.
cochran, a lawyer; G. W. Oiler, justice of the
| peace; A. A. Babcock, o lawyer; State Senator
~ d: Sunderland, and Horace Tarbox, capital
ISL. lille one Of these witnesses was being
eAaini ned, the prisoner took occasion to COM
tf upon the Presidents message, saying:
;, m glad that General Arthur has raped
mos miserable Mormons, and 1 hope he will
90! again. l want him to make it specially
ol his administration 70 destroy Mormonism.
~ @ message shows that he is very fine man
In In his administration. expect he will give US
ne pest administration we have ever had. The
hessage has the true ring to it."
turteau came into court on the twenty-frst
cay escorted III the usual fashion-an officer
walking IN front, q second one behind him,
4 holding him by his left arm, under which there
was bundle of newspapers, and behind still
ahothef officer The day WAS more exciting
\ tnan any recent day OF the trial. and the mass
| OF evidence taken was exceedingly damaging
| 70 the defense. The first witness called was
| Mrs julia Nj. Wilson, cousin of the assassin
a daughter of the Mrs. Julia Maynard whom
tne defense had sought to make out insane.
MRS. Maynard was q sister of Luther w.
| Gulteau, the assassin's father, and the purpose
OF the defense was, OF course, to show parallel
cases of insanity in that generation OF the
duiteAus. The witness eulogized her mother
WIN qulyerlng voice. and testified that she
hat. never seen the slightest trace of lightiness
III her conduct. In the course of her testimony
hrs. Wilson stated that her father was insane
before he died, and this led to scene between
the assassin and his brother. John W. Guiteau
rose, ana addressing the court asked that the
| question and answer be stricken out as irrele-
vant. He protested against having things OF
THIS klnd not affecting any blood relation of
| the prisoner, go out to the world. The dis
| tficf attorney intimated that the testimony was
valuable as showing that if Abby Maynard Zone
| OF tie two members of the Guiteau family who
| nave been members of insane asylums) was in
| game, che probably inherited insanity from her
! father. Mr.. Scoville was now ON his feet
,,n6rIy Directing to any interference by John
". Guiteau. Ibis fred the assassin at once.
- think he's a perfect nuisance" he
| shouted, banging his fist Oh the table in front
l OF him, while his eyes cleaned hatefully
Hold better go back to Boston. l haven't
known anything about him for years. He
! just cr2aled into this case, and he's try
| M TO get little notoriety out of me. L never
| c"e'uizcl him as brother. He's not of coun.
gel i'll this case and don't know anything
l several other Witnesses next gave testimony
4 tcnclnS TO disprove the plea Of insanity. This
4 clspieased Guteau, who accused some Of the
witnesses of bias, and claimed that the testi-
| mony OF others was irrelevant President Ar
| thurs reply to the written questions sent him
1 by Nh. Scovllle was read. The President
sa.it, he had seen Guiteau at least ten
| and perhaps twenty timea, but had no
| conversation with him except to
return the ordinary salutations, and
his request to be employed as speaker by the
| Republican State committee, of which he was
CT dTman. GuIteau had never rendered any
| official services that the President knew of to
| the Rrpublican party in the last campaign
! There was nothing in the prisoners relation TO
himself or to General Grant or Senator Conk-
ling or any other leader of the Republican
party socially or politically, to give him any
| ground for supposing he would receive polit-
| ical preferment, and he had never given Gui-
| team any reason to think he could have any po-
| litical or personal influence with him. The
| President added that in October last he re-
| ceived letter from Guiteau, containing some
claim to having rendered important services to
| the Republican party, and an appeal for the
| postponement of his trial. He did not preserve
| the letter. The Rev. DIR. Macarthur, of New
| York city, of whose church Guiteau and his
| wife were members several years ago, de-
scribed his acquaintance with the assassin and
| the circumstances under which Guiteau was ex-
| PEELED from the church. The prisoner alter
! nately contradicted this witness outright and
addressed him with an air of familiarity.
On the twenty second day the proceedings
| began with the continuation of the examina-
ton of the Rev. Dr. Macarthur, of New York,
1 who testified that he had seen no indications
| of unsoundness in Guiteau. The prisoner, as
| usual, constantly interrupted and used
| abusive language, at one moment showing
| anger at the witness, at another making an on
| caught on a local reporter. and then again at
| lacking District-Attorney Corkhill saying ''If
your record was dug up, colonel, it would stink
| worse than mine l understand you are booked
| for removal. You had better sc slow. The
| President is only waiting to get this thing off
| his mind before you get your ticket-of-leave.
| want the absolute truth about this" Stephen
| English of New York, editor and proprietor of
the Insure nee Times, next detailed all the cir
| cumstances connected with the prisoner,
procuring bail for him while he was
| in Ludlow Street jail on a charge of
| libel. He was interrupted at every
step of bis narrative by the prisoner
circulating sThat is not true; ''Conine
| Yourself to the facts, English" ' He got me
arrested by actual perjury" "That is abso-
! lutely false. can convict you that you are
| living. There is not an insurance president in
| New York who does not know that you are a
| irst-class fraud That is the biggest lie you
| have spoken. Why, would not spit on you in
the street. you old scoundrel;'' ''The insur-
ance presidents of New York would not believe
YOU under oath, you old fraud" In reply to
| the question whether he had any doubt as to
the sanity of the prisoner, the witness said
"Never. On the contrary, he appeared to be a