The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-04-20
I9 GUITEAU INSANE?
The Question Presented in New shnp,

| A"e 0ueeuoh presented In q New Shape.
CHICAGO, April IL, 1882.
Mrs. Francis NJ. Scoville yesterday
prepared bill which was filed TO. day
through ner attorney, w. s. johnson,
praying,the county court that she be ap.
pointed conservator of the estate and
person Of her brother, Chas. J. Guiteau.
The following ia the bill:
THE TENT OF THE BILL.
State of Illinois, County of Cook-In
county court Of said county, in NAV
term, 1882, petition of Frances NJ. SEQ.
vile for the appointment of conserya.
tor OF Charles j. Guiteau. To the Hon.
Mason Il. Loomis, Judge Of said County
C0urt-Iour petitione-, Frances NJ. SEQ.
vile, respectfully represents unto your
honor. that she is sister OF one Charles
). Guiteau, whose residence is in Chi.
ceago; that said Guiteau Ia now insane /;
that said Guiteau is owner of certain
personal estate, of the value of several
thousand dollars, consisting chiefly of
co?yrights, manuscripts, and other OBJ.
Jects and rights pertaining to the publ,
cation OF literary works that in addi-
tIon 10 such personal property the said
Guiteau is in receipt Of daily income
oi large amount from the sale of pho.
| tographs aud autographs of himself and
that by reason of being insane, IN above
alleged, is wholly
UNFIT AND INCOMPETENT
to have the care and charge OF such pron.
erty and income, that by reason of his
80 being insane, as aforesaid, the legal
rights of said Charles J. 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 and property
OF such insane person urgent and imper.
atlvc that on tho 2nd Of July, 1881. in
Washington. the said Guiteau, while
| suffering from mental disease and not
having sufficient mental power to control
the impulse Of his disordered brain, did
shoot aud wound one James A. Garfield,
then President of the United States; that
afterwards, on the 10Th of September.
the said Garfield died, and thercupon tho
said Guiteau was, in the city of Wash.
ington, indicted and tried for the killing
OF the said Garfield; that during and
since this trial many people believing
the said Guiteau insane Of the time Of
the shooting aforesaid, and cognizant of
his helpless condition and financial
needs, presented him, the said Guiteau,
with sums of money from time 10 time !;
that autographs and photographs of the
SAID Charles j. Guiteau have been and
are being constantly sought for and paid
Tor by large number Of people. And
your petitioner further shows unto your
Honor that she is informed and believes
that the said Charles Guiteau, insaue as
aioresaic, is about to negotiate, or has
already negotiated, for
THE SALE OF HIS BODY,
to be delivered over after death, in the
event he is executed in pursuance of the
sentence of death DOW imposed upon
hime Wherefore, your petitioner prays
Tor speedy inquiry into the mode pro.
vided by law and according to the statute
of this State In such cases made and pro.
vided. of and concerning the matters in
this pe..s:s4 alleged, and that upon an
adjudication hereof, in case such matters
and things be proven as true, that said
Charles j. Guitcau be by order of this
Honorable Court duly adjudged insane,
and that some fit and proper person be
appointed by your Honor conservetor of
the person and property of tho said
Charles j. Guiteau, and rs in duty bound
your petitioner will ever pray, etc.
| FRANCES M. SCovILLE.
| TIE TURN IN AFFAIRS.
The attorney for Mrs. Scoville in this
case is William s. Johnson, of 80 Wash.
ington sticet, who is one of our brightest
young criminal lawyers, and has much
experience in insane cases. In the cele.
brated Claret murder trial here johnson
cleared his client, Minnie Dixon, on the
ground of insanity. He was formerly
engaged with Emory A. Storrs in the
practice OF law. This is an unexpected
turn of affGirs in the case, aud while the
question of his insanity will be tried here
in Chicago, whether Gui!eau is present
or not, the case requires trial by jury be-.
fore judge Loomis, and the question will
again come up as TO whether Guiteau was
insane or not at the time of the shooting
OF President Garfield. Newly discovered
J idence will be introduced at the trial
| of :he case in Chicago Many witnesses
who were not present at the Washington
trial will be in attendance here at the
next term of the Circuit Court in May.
GUITEAU's OPINION EXPRESSED.
WASHINGTON, April 11.-Guitesu has
issued card in reference to Mrs. SEQ.
ville's petition for conservator of bis
estate. He describes the petition rs i'm.
pudent says his only property is the
copyy,ght of his book issued TO day that
he is not lunatic was officially decided
on his trial and that his legal residence
is not in Illinois, but in Washington.
and concludes that the Scovilles are nui.
sances.
| BETTY AND HER BABY.
The Betty and the Baby fund has
reached seven thousand dollars. Mrs.
! Mason deposited to-day one thousand
five hundred dollars in Riggs bank,
She and her relatives are disappointed in
the amount of contributions. She does
not wish her husband pardoned if IL re-.
suits in keeping him in the army to serve
out bis enlistments, as she wants him to
use his money to buy Virginia farm ;
$1,000 arc expected to- morrow from Phil.
adelphia. The Sergeant states that he is
we'll treated at the prison.
THE DATE OF THE FIRST EAsTER.-
Just now there is great deal of Discus
sion in the religious press as to the date
of the first Easter. One author of a
leading Bible commentary maintains that
the old idea that our Lords passicn and
resurrection occurred in A. d. So (giyen
i'll most Bibles which have dates in mar.
gins) was founded on the traditional be.
lief that He was about thirty three yeara
on earth, combined with the idea that the
date of His nativity WAS four years later
than it really was (the actual date of the