Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-01-23
How Guiteau's Brother View. IL.

| EfOW GHiteau's Brother Views u.
| THE SCENE IN TUR COURT SATURDAY DESCRIBED RY
| JOHN W. GCITSA SAU-GCIrEaU'S EVENING CONCERTS
| IN JAlL-WHf MRS SCoviILE WENT TO CHICAGO.
| Mr.. John w. Guteau Saturd1y evening wrote
| the following letter II his family In Boston: 1.-The
| prisoner spoke % the Jury two hours this fore
noon, ending Mt 1915 pm. For a while he rccited
| from memory his speech published in run from
| the New York papers List Mond ~, hut att"r tn
FIRST p minutes h, Simpr rHad i in the ao>: call-
posed, self 1CS>e-S q aAd udn~T-ut atoms manner
Nj $50 HE, Mr. Reel ANA Mrs. Scovllle had ,.N-
p'Siel H. Noili hrSik down lUr wIut OF lneatal
raIihre. have thought otherwise. believing that
| be had brain enduganr" "l great power. hut MIS-
den lPlt la certain fGcCiticS. lacked Reason ani
judgment alG MAS insane - 10 Sef-eN al tttnn ami
the dsl'islcG % IN prltinI. The prosecution may
have Ieen lfr Il az rllautR. Ga risk or cef,tsp Ann
- speak H. hi> own defence, hut they consented 10
his speaking. evidently thinking h would damage
his case 10y showing disati,in in special pleading
mag insanity. Bot sid:< we're disanoc,nici IN
| his effort whoever believes him honest and
sane He must have denonstr rated that to-day, for
he WAS pl iin. simple straight FORWARD. md spoke
without &ttemai at de, option or dis, im-
uIation. evidently VITA full rel incc
God. the genuinenes> of his own d-G'nce
ana the integrity of IN" motive " assigns for the
| act. At one place. where he saiS 4 have always
loved the Lord. and honestly tried 10 do His viii,
and whether live or die | am lie Will take
care OF inf his lips an1 chin quivered Ter mo
meGt. until he broke cut in an audible sob. and
had to stop anu wipe the tears away With his
handkerchief. He nearly broke down again when
!
Try had SAID about God OyrTrrI,ing PrOvi irnra
when Garfield died. where Tdlm gr. thtak il wos.
Quoted the Lords prayer, add:ng Gods WAYS are
MYSTERIOUS was SurtriS.i In seq any tender
ness Of this sort from him. d IL brought tears In
many eyes IL Is the first cTAotio9 of the Kind
which he has shown since / have been here. IIr
cinhot sling. hut When Ia said that they myht Kill
his body ami bury IL. but could do nothing more.
and referred 10 'Jonn Browns body lies a mould
erIng in the grave bnt his soul goes nla r,hg on
lie Was so Hrapt IN his subject t.at he Sahs the
Inst rst line Ss"se mhn he had tine TO hear his own
Cropped into sort OF chant, and read the FEST
through IN that way. His Voice quite muS-
rendered peculiarly weird and strange IN conse-
qn"nce OF this episode. Two months ago wien
we We're out at the Jail. Mr. Scoville asked him
what he did evenings after dark. they allowed
him no light. He said he had "A concert every
evening. We asked what he meant. He said he
could not sing, but he laid down crosSwise of his
bunk on his back with his feet On the opposite
wall ana whiStled all the tunes he knew, Keeping
bed He was very much pleased with the idea q
his concert His speech to me from his
standpoint manly honest statement from be
extreme, and the audience seemed To 50 consider
it. The room was filed with the best, and many
of end the pps m2s ss aS SeSe hr official hara
was hardly a dissenting voice. from the
fact, now seit-evident 10 all who are not preiu-
diced by this terrible act, and the misreprsenta-
tons OF the newspapers that the man is insane.
and was impelied by an insane delu,ion when he
shot the President, to save the republican party
bloody war; 10y direction of the Deity. There is no
dohot that large majority of those who attended
the trial, and hearty all who heard him to-day be-
lieve that conviction is Impossible, disagreement
probable, and acquittal possible. So firmly
!inced am now OF the misfortune and wrongs he
has suffered all his life that shall stand by him
as a friend as long as he lives. pity him 10 the
bottom ono OF my my heart. and shall do what can
not taking into account the incipient
and partial insanity which has for many years
possessed hin. that either myself or my father
a., NO inn III fk,.rxr
now alive am sure he would pity and forgive, as
he had loved and grieved before he died. His self
exalt:lton had always been so intense that do
hot know as anything could have been done more
than Was done or attempted by my father. When
the truth IS wholly known IL Is sad sad ease 1.-The
shall escape the gao|s, he needs to be dealt with
with great gentleDess. forbearance, and Kindness,
for he has many oyerbearing w-ilful ways, but his
sincerity, truthfulness and deusion cannot he
Justly questioned. But the spirit OF Christs love
can heal all his infrmetteS ana ours- Let give
him, the cup OF cold water as unto him whom we
love and whose we are. poor boy!
Mrs Scoville goes home Tonight TO try to save
her household furniture from sale under a fore
closure nf ch1ttel mortgage which expires Mon
day. January 23i, which is her birthday Mine is
on the 2sth- do not know what she can do, as
course, and there was way but TO send her. Ii
Is very hard, wish could help them."
Sunday at the Jail.
GUITEAU ExAMINrSG HIS NAiT--HIs COURAGE RE-
PORTED TO BE "ooZING.'
II was mentioned in The STAR o. saturday that
uc NiS lcoNItle COuTt uDuSC SHOW eU
disposition droop. and it is certain that he
has to some extent lost his confident look and
tone. At the Jail Yesterday he spent compara-
lively quiet day. bat few outsiders being admitted
u see him. Although he treated his visitors with
poteneSs, he did not seem TOO we'll pleased at
their presence. In tie afternoon he seated 3t
small tanle in the lower tdoubel cell. On the |
t.bie he had pile OF letters about four inches |
high, which he stated were personal and at his |
ieet was basket lh wtltch was about peek or /
letters One OF The visitors rcm1rked: '.1hose /
are not from to-iays maii?" NO." said the pris-
0nei. most OF them have been accumuating since /!
became busy with my speech. The larger por- /
ton are requests for autographs. hut these are
personal ones" While some OF the visitors en- |
gagged in conversation, Guitaau continued to ex-
anime the personal letters. Ii was noticed that |
holding one before him his eyes piistened with /
anger and he quickly folded it as il apprehensive
that some OF the visitors would sac the epthets |
applied to him in ii. Some visitors asked for /
autographs, and he wrote Il few, but showed evi- |
Gent annoyance at beng Interrupted in the ex- |
animation OF his letters.
One of the Jail guards in answer to question |
to the condition of the prisoner said YESTERDAY.
'GIliteau reached the climax or greatness when /
he made his speech, and his courage is now oozins /
out His heart is going down and viii To- in his I
boots before long If it is not there already It !
was noticed yesterday that he seemed disiHclined /
TO speak or the result OF the trial, and tie only
occasion when he appeared to be pleased WAS |
when some one gave hlm ''tafyf in regard To his /
speech.
THE SUPPOSED LvENGER
The party who last Saturday made several at |
temptS to see Guiteau while he was I'm the up /
stairs room at the court house, and who seemed |
determined to get to him, was again on hand to-
day and made a number OF efforts to get in tie /
court room. Col. Perry Carson, who has charge or !
the van, recognized the man in the east wing and |
pointed him out to the officers, and he with the {
others kept sharp look out on him.
TRIAL NOTES.
Mrs. Scoyille and her little daughter left for her
home in Chicago Saturday evening.
District Government Affairs.
The building committee Of the school board, with
the inspector or buildings, visited the new one
room brick school building just erected by Con-
Tractor j. II. Hewlett On the Columbia road, north