The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-09-30
GUITTEAU.
The Witnesses Who are TO Ap-
pear Against BIN.

Washington, District Attorney
Corkhill, to-day, took the last steps in
the preliminary arrangements for secur-
Jog the indictment If Guitteau next
week, by les aing SUBJ oenas TO the follow
ing witnesses for government: Edward
A. Bailey, stenOgrapher, who has large
mass of notes OF conversations with Guis-
.teau while in jail. covering his history
from early boy hood, his ressons for com
niIting the act, etc; George w. Adams.
president Of the EveltRg Star Publishing
Company who was III the depot en- route
to Cape May when the shooting oc-
CURED; George w. McElfresh. detective
DR.. D. w. Bliss and Dr.. D. u. Lamb,
who were present at the sutopsy; Jacob
P. Smith, special officer st the Baltimore
and Potomac depot, who witnessed the,
shooting and assisted in the arrest Of
Guittesu; Sarah f. D. White, in charge
of the ladies' waiting room at the depot.
She witnessed the shooting and helped
raise the President; Robert A. Park
ticket seller, who jumped through
the window Of his Office and
assisted in raising the President;
Policeman Patrick Kearney who spoke
to the President just before the shooting
telling him he had ten minutes 10 Wsjs
for the train. This witness also assisted
in Guitteau's arrest. The district attoT-
ney will ask Senor Don Simon Cana
Chico, charge d. affairs of Venezuela. who
was in the depot and witnessed the
shooting to testify. All the above named
witnesses are directed to be ia attend
ance at the reassem bling Of the grand
jury, at the criminal court room, Oh
Monday next, when the case is presented
TO the grand jury.
No answer is yet received by the dis
trict attorney from George NJ. Scoville,
Guittesu's brother-in-law, who was re-
quested by the prisoner to appear as his
counsel. Guitteau says he is not afraid
of the law, for that will protect him and
prevent his being hung. be is reported
90 feeling somewhat disappointed at BO2
receiving a promp reply from ScovilleY
New York, 28.-1Ti6uHe'S Washing
ton. on GuitteAu's case: Authorities Oh
New jersey stand ready TO take the ca Sc
in hand, and under thu laws of that state,
there would be little doubt of ultimste
conviction and punishment. The county
prosecutor of Mon mouth has already de-
cided to file an indictment against Quit
teau, so thai if IL Q machinery of the
courts hers breaks down, there will be
no scspe for bin there.
New YORK., 29.-The tlI1a'S Milwaukee
correspondent Interviewed Scoville, Gut
teau's brother law, and the lawyer
selected by Gu;tteau 10 conduct his de,
Tense. He said be could not decide what
course be would pursue Iil he bad con-
fs red with his wife, Guittesu's tisteE-
His sister viii do all she can for him and
he will 90 so himself, AS be Is firmly COB
WINGED that the man is dementsd. There
Won't ba any great efor. made 10 defend
him. If appear will simply pus be
fore the jury matters re atiEg 10 bic
mental condition, whether the indict~
ment is faulty or not.
Washington 29. - Colonel COrkbiijv
United States district attorney, received
this morning from Attorney General
Stockton, Of New Jersey, communica-
ton in which he states that no action Vil5
be taken in Guitteau's case by the author
tiles Of that stste.