The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-10-26
vile sail that at The time she was ,aken m
in WuphthuthV Nrhnt, Si,,x ~ =.

vile said that at Tic time she was ,akcn m
III washington, when tho iain,ncss came
over her, II was simply due to over excite.
ment. She lIad been worried all div, and
IN the evening had been interviewed by
some lady correspondents,antl finally. worn
out tainted. Her husband at this time was
very rough In his treatment OF her. and
objected 10 her mcddling with her broihcr's
case. Mira. Scovilc sald shc went 10 Charley
Meeu ana got him TO help ller husband.
shc gave her husband credit for doing ali
lie could 10 save her brother, but many
points were lost because he wasthe only
counsel. Her husband objected to Reeds
employment because, as le told her, II
Congress paid Scoville anything hn
would have TO divide with Reed. Her
husband had since accused her OF Outrage.
GUS conduct with Reed IN order 10 yet Tho
i@tter into tho case. lie told her IN Wash.
inSton that he wished she was home, and
no would get divorce from her on tho
ground OF insanity, for hG was going 10 Gel
rld 0! the whole Guitcau tribe. Shu lold
nm TINT II there was going 10 be divorce
4 wotild come from her side OF the honse.
slrs. scoville said that her daughter Fanny
had lately become cmbitterel towards her,
una sided with the father. In relation To
kissing Observation-Disclosures Mrs.
scoVille said that one evening Harper rc-
fused to drink some beer when offered him.
aAd th's was so tin,tstial It thing for him 10
10 that she kissed him. She didn't think
Harper, has refused n glass OF beer since
She had ut one time written 10 Gen. l,u,lrr
about her brothers case, and the General
answered her letter, but Scoyille retained
lne lettef anu did not mention Il I'LL long
a'lerward. Her husband tried 10 makeltcr
confess That she had been guilty OF
lndi,iscretlons, and said hc Ind not been
gulltless himself. lie had had u woman
IN his lap in Washington and kissed
her. Mrs. Scoville told the court that she
ild not believe her husbands statements
in this regard, nor did she believe hin,
when he told her that II he was free there
were several rich young widows who were
III love with him, end he could choose be.
tween them. She thought her husband was
troubled with sottening OF the brain, Tho
witness acknowledged kissing laborerin
wisconsin, and the hand OF Mr.. Earlie.
who had been kind 10 her. She gave an
account Of her boarding house and sum.
iner resort experiments, and claimed to
nave managed their affairs economically.
While in Washington her daughter Fanny
rAn The boarding house, and some OF thu
boarders left. Mrs. Scovilcdenied banging
or frizzing her hair. lfer hair frixzei
naturally. and she never banged il or
thought Of doing 90.
Mr.. blanchard, in questioning Mrs. Sco-
vile, alluded to her daughter several times;
each time calling her Fanny.
Mrs Harper requested Mr.. blanchard to
cal! her Mrs. Harper and not Fanny. She
did not like to be addressed so fumiIiurly.
Mrs Scoville said she was followed by
detectives while in New York and while
travelling TO Cleveland. She believed her
husband employed them. One detective
told her she was "level.headcd woman"
She did not deny that she said il her
brother wns hung they might get her coffin
ready. She believed then she would not
be able to live through it all. In her
last interview with her brother he told
her he was ready TO die. She asked
nm II it was really SO, and he said: "iou
bet your life it is " This made her more
IIeconciled, and she believed she could
have seen him hung without bctraying any
more emotion than she betrayed at Tho
time when she knew the hanging was
actually taking place. Mrs. Scovilu saia
she wrote an article describing her last in
telview with her brother md sold it 10 n
washington paper for $40. With this
money she paid her board where she was
III hiding from her husband.