The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-14

| was the last time he saw her. J0hn w.
Guiteau returned alone to the hotel about
| 4 a'clock and said he would not permit
any further attempt to show insanity in
| the Guiteau family. HE said he cared
nothing for her or me, .ssaid Mr.. Scoville,
.sbut that question of insanity tn the Gui
| teau family he would resist by every means
| in his power.
A QUESTION OF DIVORCE.
AT three o'clock the proceedings were
resumed in the Office of Mr.. John ID.
Townsend No. 80 Park place, Mr.. James
Armstrong appearing for Mr.. Guiteau
who was present. The examination of Mr.
Scoville was resumed by Mr.. Townsend.
He testified:
| Last Monday when [ saw Mr.. Guiteau
at the Astor House / told him | wanted to
have conversation with him, and he said
he would see me after breakfast, but we
missed each other. About 10a O'Clock l
went to the Equitable Life Insurance of
fee, where he is employed, and saw him
| there for few minutes. / said to him,
s'You will not let me see my wife; all ask
| is an opportunity to converse with her for
ia few minutes, and you may fix the time
and place and anybody may be present 1t
l
seeing my wife, / said further, eff you
proceed in preventing me from seeing my
wife shall not hesitate to expose you in
| such way that you will probably lose
your position in this company" He said,
.'You can go right on and do all you can:
| have nothing more to say to you," and
he turned and left me and went to his
desk AS | was going up the elevator
at the Astor House on Sunday evening
| gentleman who was stranger to me told
me that he had overheard Mr. Guiteau say
that he had left my wife at the Ashland
House; / went there Immediately and
the clerk said that he knew there was
| no such person there. I have been there
again e-day, since the adjournment, and
saw the proprietor, Mr.. Brockway. [ first
| wrote note to Mrs. <Scoville, and asked
the clerk to send it to her. He said that
he did not know of any such person stop
ping there.
Mr.. Armstrong objected to the witness
detailing the conversation with Mr.. Brock
| way Mr.. Townsend said that he offered
to prove that when Mr.. Scoville first saw
Mr.. Brookway, that gentleman said he
would do all in his power for him. the lat
ter was sent to Mr.. George Francis Twain
and returned with some message from him,
after which Mr.. Brookway said that he
could do dothing for him.
j The following kilograms from John w.
Guiteau to Mr.. Sooville were then offered
!. in evidence:
April 27.-She is with me- and l am
aware of her intended movements.
April 2S.-Frances and Bertha all right.
Am surprised at her revelations.
The hearing was then adjourned until
this morning in the Supreme Court, Cham
bers before Judge Donohue. Later Mr.
John w. Guiteau said: Here is a tele
gram which Mr. Scoville failed to produce
1t is az follows:
MAY 2,
To George Scopalle, Gait House, Chicago.
Letters received; GO ahead and prove t.
the world that you are fraud and fool
r JOHN w. GUITEAU.
Previous to the proceedings in Mr.
Townsend's office, Mr. Scoville said to the
reporter of the World that after he hae
sent his wife back to Chicago two mef
poisoned her mind against him, and per
E suaded her that he had mismanaged he
:, brothers trial. 'sThey told her." continu
. ed Mr. Scoville, ''that she could accom-
plish anything if she would only get up
q lecture, and i: needed but a suggestion tt
!, start her, for her mind was full of the sub
- ject, and so the poor woman worked da.
s and night, sitting up until midlight pre-
;. pairing her lecture. One of them woul
g come to her and tell her that with her lee
r. ture she could present petition for he
a brothers pardon, and 1t would be signed b
= everybody He introduced her to a lawye
! named johnson, who persuaded her to I'll
y a petition to be made the conservato
of her brothers estate. These men lie
;. her on to do and say the most outrageou
+ things about me, until they got her to say sh
= would file bill of divorce against me; lie
!, her to speak of things occurring ten veal
a ago, dragging in the names of some {
- the best families in Chicago. The mai
!, reason of my coming here was that
>, found that they were going to file this bi
of divorce As for John w. Guiteau,
n don't want to say a single thing again
er HIM see in your interview that he cal
to me some hard names, but will only ss
q, this, that his enmity to me may be a
: counted for on the same grounds as that
a. his brother at Washington-that is, bay
TX done them both too many favors. Althoue
a he owes me money, he has paid me b
!. !. S24. rs in-connection with this case. I'll
id brother in Washington was genero
k enough to give me $500 out of 80
ne which he collected after the verdict
- ~ got $700 from the sale of photographs al
fe $3.50 for his old coat from Snowman. .
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