The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1881-12-03
GUITEAU'S TRIAL.

ago in order to show that Guiteau.s mind VS.
aisordered- The prisoner was more than
usually laxative during the closing part OF
Mr.. Scovilie's speech, continually interrunt-
ing and sometimes confradicting the speak
erss assertions For example, Mr.. Sco-
vile was criticising Guitesu's speech
Garfield against Hancock -ridiculing the
idea OF any sane man considering il q recon-
mendation for Office, when the prisoner broke
Ii angriiy: That speech was decided recon-
mendation- The point was here-that not only
did publish that speech On the 9Th of August.
but was actively engaged with Arthur and
Jewell during the entire canvass. made sug-
gestions TO them. and was around with them
day and night took hearty interest in the
canvass. That was the ground on which ex-
pscted Office, and I never doubted from that
day to this that should have the Paris Mr..
Scoyille tsngrily)-"If the prisoner does not
keep silent shall have 10 stop the opening"
The prisoner (excitedIy) - s. Then confne
yourself 10 facts The court
lsternIyl-"Resp quiet. You shall have an
opportunity TO speak when you get upon the
stand" The prisoner attempted to break in,
but was severely ordered BY the cour. TO be
silent. IF you viii not" continued the
court, 81 viii have 10 take stronger measures
70 make you" The prsoner-"I shall keep
quiet / only want this thing to go ont
straight I shall give the entire facts when
Mr.. Scoville said: at has 10 be determined
here whether your fellow man, with all his
mis.ortunes and al his shortcomings. il TO end
his life on the galloss. This question viii be
submitted TO you By the evidence, with the
confidence that you viii do what is right &C.
cording TO your conscience. and what
will meet approval of your fellow countrymen
and your God" The testimony for the de-
Tense was then begun By q. n. Burton. Con-
STegstonal Clergyman Of Illinois, formerly a
resident of Kalamazoo, Mich. He testified
that he there attended the lecture delivered
BY Guiteau on the Second Coming of Christ"
He thought that the general position Of the
lecturer was peculiar. Witness could not say
that he then thought that Guiteau was
SO lar insane as not to be q responsible
person The next two Witnesses were Hiram
d. Davis. of Erie, Pa, and Thompson Wilcox
son, eighty-one years old, of Stephenson
county, III. Tbs frs; named testified that he
hsd known Guiteau's aunt and her daughter,
snd that the latter wss foolish Ar. Wilcoxson
testified to having known GIteau's father in
timately, and that he was peculiar Dr.. John
A. Rice, practicing physician at Merton,
Wis, was the next witness, and be testified
that he had pronounced Guiteau insane In
1876, and advised his seclusion in an ASYLUM.
According to this doctors diagnosis made ct
that time from his personal observations.
joined to his knowledge Of the farlily's history,
tuC t14cOuCA H1s Vic flC4ll O1 b lQOTClQ eXalES-
ton Of emotions, incoherence Of thought and
abnormal egotism, pseudo-religious belief, 3
weakening Of the judgment and an impair
ing Of the mental faculties. He regarded him
q: that time as insane, and thought that he had
then described him as dangerous. Frank l.
Union, Of Boston, next testified that Guiteau
had come 70 him to hire a hall in 1873
and that from the prisoners actions at that
time he thought him queer Witness had re-
fused to let Guiteau have the hall. Mary L.
Lockwood, the next witness, testified that Gui-
team had boarded a. her house in Washing
ton for a month beginning March II, 1881.
and that he left because he could not pay
his board. She sew nothing peculiar in
Guiteau's manner except his sbruptness.
gan, next testified that he was employed in the
summer Of 1876 on Mr.. ScoYille's summer
place at Beaver Lake Wis On one
occasion MIRA Scoville called witness to the
house and said, in the presence Of the prisoner.
that he was crazy and had attempted to kill
her, and told witness TO put him of the place
Witness took Guiteau into back Kitchen and
talked with him. He seemed very much ex-
cited about Mrs Scoyille's saying that he was
crazy, and he said that she was the crazy one,
not he, and that If she were taken away and
put IN an insane asylum everything would go
along nicely on the place. Witness also related
how Guiteau when he was set to work to weed
turnips and strawberries, pulled up more tur-
nips and strawberries than he did weeds: and
how. when he was sent out with pan of soft
soap to soap some young apple trees, he set to
work soaping grove OF hickory trees, and per-
sisted in saying that they were fruit trees.
On the tenth day Judge Cox, at the opening
of the proceedings, warned the spectators. IN
der penalty Of having the courtroom cleared,
that there must be no manifestation CT feeling.
The Judge also threatened to have Guiteau
he
apparently paid little heed to the threat; and
constantly interrupted the proceedings with his
comments and observations, and was rot
gagged. Gulteau read statement in which he
repeated his blasphemous assertion respecting
his partnership with the Deity. He said
IN his statement that certain newsps-
pers which abused President Gar
field must share with him the
odium of the assassination, and he threatened
to expose the record of his former wife If she
appeared as a witness against him. Further
testimony was taken IN support OF the theory
of insanity the following witnesses appearing /:
Joseph E Smith, of Freeport, Ill, aged seventy
one years Charles II. Reed, a Chicago lawyer !;
b. 3. Amerling, lawyer of Williamsport, Pa,
and Thomas North, a Chicago lawyer. Ali
these witnesses were examined with the view
of establishing the insanity Of the assassin and
his father
On the eleventh day of the trial Guiteau i'm
proved tho opportunity of lul in the opening
proceedings by attacking Henry Ward Beecher,
saving: 81 notice my friend, Henry Ward
Beecher, is doing some cranky WORK on this
case. I used to attend his church and prayer
meetings, and if your honor knew him as well
as do you would not pay any attention to
him. etc. General John A. Logan then took
the stand and WAS asked: 'Do you know the
prisoner (" ''Oh, yes; Of course you do, gen.
eral Z" broke in Guiteau. "You know me very
well; I'm very happy to meet you again.
Witness said he had frequently been besleged
By Guiteau to indorse his application for Office,
but had invarlably declined, for the reason
that the prisoner did not seem to be such
man as he would care to recommend for any
ONCE. He had never known him IN Chicago.
The first time he ever saw him was when he
gGuiteau) called upon him TO secure his
influence. The general impression that
ne formed of Guiteau was that there
was something wrong in his mental
cIsahlzauon. Witness saw Gulteau eating at
Vne y, me tables of his own boarding mouse.
~ asAed she iandlady if she knew him. She SAID
ne MA told her he was a constituent OF his.
wines - tnen told her he did not think Guiteau
mas ane hnd Of man she wanted IN her
uous7, ior ne thought he was 81 little OF IN
LIE he1a. George D. Hubbard, farmer who
uaa "orkeo with Guiteau in one of the
shoEs OF the Oneida Community. was the
next wines. and testified that he had always
consiuer1a me prisoner cratic and ouick-tem-
pelea- Eomund N Smith. of Chicago. the
next witness, testified that he bsd haan clerk
of the Republican Nation.l 80 80. :. ~.