The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-11-24
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eUITTEAU.
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cIe0I nc udu run away ITom SCO-
ville's house, Beaver Lake, Wis.
The prisoner: 81 returned to Chi
cage and opened law Office, I did
not run away"
Frank L. Union, of Boston, testi-
fed to hiring Guitteau to lecture in
Investigator Hall. His bills pro-
claimed, "Do not fail to hear Hon.
Chas. Guitteau, the little giant from
the west. He will show that two
thirds of the race are going down
to perditien."
The prisoner: "That is a liberal
estimate" Naughter)
| Witness-There were about fifty
persons at the lecture. At the end
of half-an-hour the lecturer evil
IDENTIFY became disguised with him.
self and left in a great hurry.
TAe prisoner Il was disguised
with the audience.
WitneSs-After he had gone the
audience agreed that the man was
crazy. Guitteau came next day and
asked for the hall and he said he
was not crazy, but inspired, that
God was his father and direct coun-
sellor and he did nothing wrong.
He said, in a serious manner, that he
belonged to the firm of Jesus Christ
and Company. He was sure the
witness was doomed. Naughter.)
He said he knew the way to heaven
if not to hell.
Question by Davidge = Suppose
at the time mentioned Guitteau had
struck You, would you have struck
back?
Answer-No.
The priSoner-I don't strike per-
sons.
Witness said he appeared as a wit
ness, impelled by reading ScoYille's
appeal for witnesses.
Mary S. Lockwood, Washington,
stated that the prisoner had boarded
at her house in March, 'S1. The only
reason she knew for his leaving was
he did not pay his board.
Prisoner-I was there a month, I
paid S., and l owe her 800. They
are very nice ladies. That is all
there is about it. Tell everybody
that, if you want to"
ScOyille-What was the particu-
lar occasion Of his leaving?
Witness-He transacted his bust
mes with the head waiter.
The prisoner-There was nothing
said at all. / got money and paid
So; Tie rest I had used. I staid a
week or two longer ON the strength
of that, and that is all about it.
This kind of evidence is irreleVent,
and l object to it. daughter.
After a pause, l presume there
were people in the house who
thought was a little cranky; there
is ne doubt about that at all. If you
want to prove it, prove it by them.
[ did not have any conversation
with the ladies, it was all done by
notes. They were too kind hearted
and polite to annoy me about board
bills, and that is all about it. I
want the fact. They are very nice
ladies, Christian ladies, good
people every way. 1t is a
good place to board. Naughter).
General Logan and lots of high
toned people boarded there, and 1
recommend it as a clearinghouse.
The witness stated that Guitteau
was abrupt in his manners at table.
There was want of etiquette.
The prisoner did not know
anything about the people at the
table, and Of course kept nay mouth |
shut. / did not enter into CONVEX
sation with them. That was all the |
abruptness.
Norwood DOrman, of Boston, who
the lecture at Investigate
ors' Hall, said all he could under
stand from the lecture was that the
people of this place and the rest of
generally would probably
90 down to perdition. l supposed
the man insane.
Geo. w. Odds, of Michigan, testified
to Mrs. Scoville charging Guitteau
with being crazy, and saying
he had attempted to kill her and
asking witness to put him off the
place. Witness related how Cult
teau rooted hickory trees insisting
that they were fruit trees and how,
when wedding, he pulled mp more
strawberries and turnips than
weeds.
The prisoner-G think we have
had enough of this kind of taik)
No ScovilIe, who tried to keep him
quiet, keep quiet yOurself) To the
court, The fact is that during the
fall Of 70 I spent several months
trying to get hold of the Chicago
Inter ocean. I exhausted myself I
Oh them and alone in the spring 1
had not much time for bu mess.
Mrs. Scoyille had a very fine farm
and country seat in Wisconsin and
[ went cut there in the summer of .
IS to spend a couple of months.
[ did try to do some
farming work, to pay for my
board. That is all there is to that
kind of talk. l went back to Chi '
;ago and opened a law Office and did
welrthere. / always did well with f.;
The law, when [ stuck to my bust
ness.
The district attorney objected to
The questions put by Scoyille to wit
nesSes.
The prisoner to tbs district attOr-
ney-I hope you gentlemen will in
sist upon order in this matter, and
not allow this kind of thing to 90