The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-05-10
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SCOvILLEs AND GUITE4Us.
The Bad Lot Again Before the
Public

The Bad Lot Again Before the
New York, 9.-The Tribune has q
long story, CT which the following ia an
epitome; The nature Of The family
trouble that prevented Mrs. ScoVllle
from occurring on Sunday evening", IN
the Criterion Theatre was made public
yesterday in petition presented to
Judge DonOhue Ia the Supreme Court
chambers, by John D. Townsend, at
toIney for Mr.. .ScoVille, who has come
on from Chicago, fling a writ OF
hed6Ss corpus to be served upon
John Wilson Guiteau, commanding MIN
to produce the body of Frances III. ScoV-
lille, at the chambers Of the county court
at 1890 am. May 9th. The petition sets
forth that George ScoYille, temporarily
residing in New York, shows that his
wife Frances NJ. Scoville is illegally de-
tanned, re. trained of her liberty by her
brother, Jno. w. Guitesu; and petitioner
further saws, that since the late trial of her
brother, Charles j. Guiteau, in Washing
ton, his wife has shown strong evidence
of mental disturbance, which has Deen
increased by persons who have attempted
TO make use of her for purposes OF gam;
and your petitioner further says that be
last saw his wife in company OF their
child and Of John w. Gulteau on the
evening Of the 9TH Of May, and ne, the
said j. W. Guiteau. has since stated TO
your petitioner that he would not inform
of the whereabouts Of your petitioners
wife, for on no account would he have
the question of her marital condition
made public and your petitioner feels
that the mental condition Of his wife Is
such that she should have such care as he
only can furnish her, and proper medical
attention.
Judge Donohoe granted the desired
writ, and ia the afternoon Mr.. Scovllle
went with q clerk of Mr.. Townsend's TO
the Equitable building and pointed out
j. W. Guiteau, whereupon the clerk
handed him the writ. Guiteau read it
and responded simply, That's all right"
John w. Guiteau and Mrs. Scoville,
with little Bertha, her 9-year-old daugh-
ter, arrived in this city on April 9th,
and have been staying at the Astor
house.
Townsend said to q reporter last night
that Mr.. Seoville came to him yesterday
in great distress of mind, aid stated the
facts set forth in the petition. lie said
that the idea of helping her BROTHER bad
taken possession of his wife like an in
sane delusion, and it was only necessary
for some one to beckon and say, Come
with me, I have a plan to save your
brother" and she would Immediately
leave everything to follow him. Some
one is taking advantage of her state Of
mind for his own purposes. Guitesu
does not wish the idea to prevail that
there is insanity in his family.
John Guitesu, being interviewed said;
I shall be on hand tomorrow morning,
with proper legal advisers, you can rest
assured, and if Mr.: Seoville crowds me
to the wall I shall show him up 10 his
proper light I Go not know where Mrs.
ScoviIle is, but do know that she is a
terribly wronged women, and he Is
COMPOUNDED fraud, without any pallisting
or reGeeming trait what
ever. Not all tie trouble of the asssssina.
ton has so completely demorAlized me
as the bounding of this man in the last
weeks about his wife. He thinks l Am
keeping her from him, when l sent her
money in Washington, and wrote TO her
to go back to her husband. Instead of
that the first thing l knew she came on
here TO talk over her family difficulties
with me. l still advised her TO go back
10 her bus band land had almost persuaded |
her to do so when he came on here. She
is afraid of him, and last nigh when he !
came to the hotel she slipped out of the
door and ran away. He wants to take
her little girl away from her, and 10 lock |
her up in Gu insane asylum, when th-
woman is perfectly sane. took her to |
lecture, but she die not deliver il because |
she feared her hush would carry of |
her little child while she was speaking. |
At her request took her to friends |
house up town where she stayed lsst night. |
To-day | was informed tSst she had left |
there and / do not know where she is.
The man is crazy him Elf. Let every
sane man look at the way ne has acted
since he has been here, and decide # ne
is not crazy. He had room on tho floor
below this and slept here last night. |
This morning I was aroused at 5 o'clock |
by hearing pounding on my door, anc |
some one calling out Wilson, Wilson, |
Wilson" I asked what was wanted. /
hen recognized Scovilla's voice, who |
said: Tell me where my wi Is. You
ShOw well enough whore she Is l did |
not reply to rim. He kept pounding at
he door AMI calling out that he intended |
% stay there until Z O'Clock but be would |
Zee bis wife. Then heard him go into
/ room near 10 mine, which ha1 been |
occupied by Mrs. ScOYille, out finding |
lothlng there be returned and pounded |
II my door again. There was just enough |
light shining into the Dom to show q pill |
ow which l had laid on q chair by the /
)uresu. suppose he looked through the
ley hole and caught sight OF it for pres |
,ntly be cried: Frances Is il there; I |
aw her lying on TIE floor. Let me in"
paid no attention to him. and he stayed |
here at the door until I 80 O'Clock, when |
rose to dress. While I was dressing he |
threatened to bring Q policeman and |
break down my door. When I had |
inished dressing l rang the bell for q !
ervant, and opened the door. He was
standing at the door, and as / opened it |
re came in demanding Of me ais wife. |
lie came into toe loom, looked into |
avery hole and corner, under the bed and
oehiDd the door, as though he thought
lad boxed her up somewhere. Ii the !
1 sent for the house detective, |
who came and took him away. l am
lot OBTAINING Or restraining his wife. !
continued Guitesu, but l feel sorry for
her. poor woman, who has got to sol
back to him. He has declared his inten-
-ion to break down all of the Guiteau's,
and that includes his own wife. He hiss
to disgrace me and drive me
out of New York, but I defy him TO do
it. 7 have friends in the corporation |