Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-10-15
CUITEAU,S COUNSEL INTERVIEWER
what Scevillc says oG IIts Cliens-Ths
Question oG Additional COumsel-Les.
ter from q Crank.

Il W mat SC0vtute says Ot bHtG CIte0G-Ih0
| Question 0f Additional COumscl-I.es.
ter from q Crank.
A STAR reporter called upon Mr. scovina
| Guiteau's counsel, at his lodgings on Indiana
| avenue to-day. Mr.. ScoviIle, since coming TO
Washington, has had as large a daily mail as a
Cabinet oficer. He has endeavored 60 read
| and dispose OF his correspondence, but the task
C6icsse ior :" VII. h,s eaSh asy hat ne has sent TO
| PecOeu 10 arrive here tomorrow morning.
NO REPLY FROM GEN. BUTLER.
mas the question about associate counsel been
| settled yet7" asked THE STAR
"No; I have not vet received a rpply from
Gen Butler have been 20 the Dead Letteroflce 20
| see could md out what became OF nh letter,
| but have not succeeded. IN I do NOT re,eiye a
| letter from Gen Butler. / will write in him again
| to-day. Meantime some arrangements are being
maze maae wh,ch . are not definite enough yet 20 speak
| aoouI By tuesday the whole matter Will he con-
press"
GUrTEAus PAST AND PRESENT ArrFARlNcE
How did Guteau stand the arraignment.-
"Guiteau was very much frightened Asr have
said often before, he is a very timid man. lie was
under great excitement i'm the courtroom yester-
| day, and that made him look bad. When he re-
turned TO Jail and recovered his equan,mity he felt
better and looked better. I Intended 10 have
him let his hair grow. intended 90 suggest 20
MIN 10 let IL grow, but neglected IT, When I re-
turned 10 Washington, found that ne had had it
cropped short again, which makes him look rather
peculiar Some three or five years ago. when Gui-
well, he made very presentable appearance. He
was really very handsome. winning man. I
| never knew any man more careful about his dress
a sha appearance He could talk with "A man for
nall an hour and borrow money when another
man could not have done IL after a long acquaint-
anee He had very winning genial way, and
being OF French extraction was naturally note
He could go into any hotel and secure a room with
out any baggage or other security or naynp
In advance have known of his going to the Palmer
House In Chicago three different times In Succession
and 10 get room each time, though on each
hs hlsf l.ann
mention these things TO show that he Is not un-
couth or rough as some people think him TO he.
Ana In these things he did not think that he was
! dong anything wrong. His moral sense is so
defective that he thought IL right His idea
was i have not the money now, but viii have
some next week He always had glorious expecta-
tons OF something that was going 90 happen to
him-stlnls OF money that Were coming 20 him"
GurrEAU AS A LAWYER.
"Guiteau'S experience as lawyer never
amounted 10 much" suggested THE STAR
"iie never had any experience as "A lawyer
don't believe he ever tried a case I'm his life lie
has not the capacity for any business. Finding
that he could not carry on litigation he fell back
| upon collecting. People who had desperately bad
debts, which could not be collected, used Ia give
them TO him He used TO follow the men like a
hound Till be got the money. That was all the law
business he ever did. hali-witted man could do
that This viii all come out I'm the trial"
To show Insanity"
"Well, it takes something more than the proof
OF the mere fact. His general incapacity will be
shown, among other things"
THE GREAT QUESTION OF INSANITY.
"Guiteau is generally credited with being conf
dent of his own acquittal," said THE STAR
He doesn't know" replied Mr.. Scovilie. "Heis
given credit for having much more intelligence
than than, he really has or course, the
grea6 rss6co question Tho In this trial for the
BY the way, have received many letters on this
point One received yesterday from lawyer
made some very valuable suggestions In tests OF
insanity 1have received many letters like this
from lawyers or course they are confidential and
help don't know what should do. The task is a
great one and have but little time to prepare.
Among other letters receive" said Mr.. ScovIlle,
smilng, "afe some from cranks as they are
called"
LETTER THAT SAYS GUITEAU DID NOT DO TN.
SHOOTING.
"One received says that Guiteau did not do the
shooting. Will read it TO you IL you will not pub
liSh the name"
The reporter promised. and Mr. Scoville going
over a thick bundle OF letters took out the follow
ing and read II 10 the reporter:
OCTOBER 10, 1881.
c. J. Guitedn, Washington, d. C.
SIR:-I want TO inform you OF your mistake. You
have imagined that you were the person who
assassinated Garfield. You were not the man. I
saw you just before the shooting was done and you
,,, nad ad nj on you 1 stopped to watch YOU, and
who shot rushed out and saw you in that
fix, SO he gave you the papers that were
found on your person after ascertaining your
name and signing II TO them. You recovered
while tina people were shouting and inquiring who
did it. You awakening from your crazy Mt got it
into your head that you did IL and the papers con-
hrmed it. The man who chased you In the excite
ment mstook the face Garfield is dead and I do
not wish to see any more deaths for it would do
Garfield no good But TO yindicate you Will give
the assassinators , name His name was Clio or
VIII not give my r. o. Respectfully,
PSI trust this will reach you I'm time
The letter was written I'm a scrawling hand and
addressed to &c j. Guiteau, care OF his attorney"
II was postmarked at Washington, but had q
Three cent stamp on the envelope.
JOKE.
"That may have been written merely as joke"
said the reporter
'No think it is genuine" replied Mr. ScovilIe.
.that man got the idea in his head, and after
came convinced that he another man shoot
CARRIED. 1 have other letters from cranks," said
Nj. Scoyille running over the bundle OF letters.
II thlnk by-and-by viii publish them I'm a book"
LETTER FROM ANOTHER CRANK.
One OF these letters is from person who claimed
that Guteau, like himself, had been drugged by an
electric telephone circuit and was under an evil
influence. Others were from persons who claimed
to be insane once, and offered advice in reference
the case.
If GUITEAU ] CRAZY HE OUGHT TO BE HUNG.
"If Guiteau was not crazy" said Mr. Scoville,
renewing the conversation, she ought TO be hung.
The trouble is, that it will require ten times as
much proof OF insanity in his than in the case
OF a man who Shot negro in the street People
say he Is not crazy but they accept the defence of
Sergeant Mason that he is insane without queS-
ton. think there is much more proof OF Guiteaus
insanity than OF MaSon's."
"AnOther trouble We will have TO meet" said the
lawyer, ''iS the jury. IL will De hard ID mad q
jury OF moral courage enough TO acqut Gulteau,
even IL they believe him insane. For instance, a
man who keeps a grocery store will be afraid TO
vote for acquitlal, because he will think all his
customers viii condemn him. That's the way pub
lie opinion acts IL does not require much courage
to vote guilty, especially as public opinion will all
favor such vote"
COLONEL CoRKHILL PROMISES NEWS BY AND By.
"There's no news to-day. Perhaps 1 Will have
some by and by," was Colonel Corkhill's reply to
inquiries for news.
GCITEAu's SCARE.
When Marshal Williams called for Guiteau at
the Jail yesterday morning the prisoner remarked
that he was too sick TO go 10 the court house. Mr.
Williams said: "You are not too sick. Get up and
put on your clothes and come with us. Guiteau
then prepared TO come. Guiteau spoke on the way
up as to whether there would be a crowd, and ex-
pressed a desire not to go in one. On the return
trip to jail, after the arrangement, there was moth
ing said and Guiteau was comparatively calm
Shot Dead by a saloon Keeper.