Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-04-11
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Especial Telegram to the Globe.]
CHICAGO, April 10.-The following petition
was filed this afternoon in the county court
by Mrs. Scoville, in the state of Illinois, coun-
ty OF Cook, in the county court Of said county,
in the May term of 1882:
The petition of Frances M. Scoville for the
appointment of conservator of Charles J.
Guiteau:
To the honorable Mason B. Loomis, Judge
of said county court.-Your petitioner, Fran
ces NJ. scovllle. respectfully represents unto
your honor that she now is, and for more than
three years past has been living in the city of
Chicago, in the county of Cook and state of
Illinois, and is sister of one
Charles J. Guiteau, hereinafter named, and
is the only relative of the said Chas. j. Gui-
teau, whose resident is in the City OF Chicago,
county and state aforesaid. Your petitioner
further respectfully shows unto your honor
that the said Charles J. Guiteau is, and for
more than five years past has been a resident
of the County of Cook aforesaid, and that
said Chas. j. Guiteau has become and is now
insane.
Your petitioner further respectfully pre-
sents unto your honor that the said Chas. j.
Guiteau is the owner, and Is possessed of Ger.
tain personal estate of the value of several
thousand dollars, consisting chiefly in
copyrights, manuscripts and other objects
and rights pertaining to the publication of
literary works, of which Charles ]. Guiteau
is in receipt of large amount; to-wit, the
sum of SIS per day from the sale of photo
graphs and autographs of himself, and that
BY reason of being insane, as above alleged,
is wholly unfit and incompetent to have the
care and charge of such property and income.
Your petitioner further. represents unto
your honor that by reason of his so being in
sane as aforesaid, the legal rights of said
Charles ]. Guiteau have become jeopardized,
not only as to his property and income as
aforesaid, but also as to his liberty and life,
thereby rendering the speedy appointment of
q conservator for the person aud property of
such insane uerson urgent and imperative.
Your petitioner further represents that on
the I'd day of July, 1881, in the city of Wash
ington, District of Columbia, said Chas. j.
Guiteau while suffering from mental disease
and not having fufficient mental power to
control the impulses of his disordered brain,
did shoot and wound one James A. Garfield,
then president of the United States; that af
forwards on the 10th day of September the
said James A. Garfield died and thereupon the
said Chas. j. Guiteau was In the said city OF
Washington indicted and tried for the killing
of the said James a. Garfield; that during and
SluCc ILLS LilucJ mduy PCoPiO UCiiONADS
said Chas. j. Guiteau insane at the time OF
the shooting aforesaid, and cognizant OF his
helpless condition and financial needs, present
ed him, the said Chas. j. Guiteau, with sums
of money from time to time; that the auto
graphs and photographs of the said Chas. j.
Guiteau have been and are being constantly
sought for and paid for by large number of
people.
The attorney for Mrs Scoville in this case
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ton street, who is one of our brightest young
criminal lawyers, and has much experience
in insane cases. In the celebrated Closet muir
der trial here johnson cleared his client, Min
ME Dixon, on the grounds of insanity. BE
was formerly engaged with Hon. Emory A.
Storrs in the practice of the law. This is
new and entirely unexpected turn of affairs In
the Guiteau case, and the whole question OF
his insanity will be tried here, in Chicago,
whether Guiteau is present here or not. 1t
Is not known whether he will be brought here
or not.
The case requires trial by jury before
Judge Loomis and the question will again
come I'D as to whether Guiteau was insane or
not at the time of the shooting of President
Garfield. 1t is now known that newly dis
covered evidence will be introduced at the trial
of the court in Chicago. Many witnesses who
were not present at the Washington trial will
be in attendance here. The case will came up
regularly in the next term of the county court
in May.
Your petitioner further shows unto your
honor that she IS informed and believes that
the said Charles J. Guiteau, insane as afore-
said, is about to negotiate or Lad already ne
gotiated for the sale Of his body to be deliver
ed oyer after death in the event he is executed
in pursuance af the sentence of death now
imposed upon him, Wherefore your petitioner
prays for speedy inquiry in the mode pro-
vided by law and according to the statute of
this state in such cases made and provided, of
and concerning the matters in this petition
alleged and that upon an adjudication hereof
in case such matters aud things be proven as
true that said Charles j. Guiteau be by order
of this honorable court duly adjudged insane
and that some fit and proper person be ap
pointed by your honor conssrvator of the per-
son and property of the said Charles j. Cult.
eau, and as IN duty bound your petitioner will
ever pray, etc.
(Signed) FRANCIS NJ. SCovILLE.
VIM. g. johnson, attorney for petitioner