The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-05-13
ePlAKrgo FOR HER BROTHER.

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sPDAKlgo FOR HER BROTHER.
Some Of tho Sharp Remarks Made
by Ars. 6coville In Her Leo
ture Last Night.
Mrs. Francis NJ. 1covi:le, the only
sister of Charles J. Guiteau, President
Garfield's assassin. lectured last evening
at the Criterion Theatre, corner Of Thir-
ty-sixth street and Brtnldway, her SUBJ
ject being 1.-THE Guiteau Case. from u
Sisters Standpoint" About one hum
dred persons, half Of whom were ladies,
constituted the audience. Mr.. ThOrp,
the manager, and Mr.. John w. Guitenu
sat upon the platform. Mrs. Scoville
wore u dress Of plain black cloth. a
white lace kcrchief which surrounded
her neck was joined in front hy II fold
Of blue ribbon and fastened ut the waist
by u plain gold pin. Her l~untiful
gray hair was neatly folded back Oh
either side. Her face was full but with
out color, her chin broad. her mouth
firmly set, and her keen gr,y-blue eyes
showed Mlucl, determination. In eight
Mrs. ScOville is about the average, and
in figure plump, without h~ing heavy
or unwielly. She spoke in Il clear, pleas
attention Of her audience for almost IN
hour. She said: AS the sister Of the
Gespisell (:uiteau l stand alone. Even
my husband and my children have
hated that man, but love for our mother
and for our country prompts met" plead
for my brothers. life and to prevent If
possible 4 blight upon our nation = record
in the execution Of Il man who Is partly
ii not wholly insane. plead for reason,
fairness. amt an atom Of mercy. The
case was prcjudgc.l from, the iilst. by
the court, by the press and by the pub
lie. am the sister Of Il Dan'r crazy man
Avl,G, GO<l-..oI,,lnissiOl.esl as he thought.
committed u horrible decd. What
had long feared had happened. The
half crazy toy had grown to- II stark
mad man. In his ancestors for tl,ref
generations nothing dcpravcd or Grim
inal Can he found, but in every bra..ch
of the Guitcau family since they landed
In this country have hNen found eases Uf
imcurable insanity and Of lesser stages
Of delnentia. Our mother was u true,
noble, lO< ing woman. But during al
most u year prior tO the birth Of (;uitcau
she suffered from Mn almost fatal attack
Of brain fever. This man. whom Judge
Cox knew tO l,e insane. after \ nOckery
Of II trial was convicted and sentenced.
Ii the case for him had been ten times
AZ strong ~ il was the result would have
been the same. As Marshal Henry told
me, the people must have u victim. The
pressure Of the administration upon tie
court and jury was such that any other
tissue was impossible. Vet, who was re-
slNnsible for (iuite,u's crime: The
bitter faction fight q! II year ~" was
real to him. He chelicv.-l the end would
bc war and bloNNl~hed, anti in "betliruce
to what was to him u command from
(;C&l he fired that fatal shot. VIII" will
say that he did not save the country
from Il civil war: Who can say what
would have lnrn the result had oplN'r-
tiln;ty been given to carry Wit the me-
fariOlls schemes Of Il crafty Blaine -
the man who c:.I,llsl tO lI,,n.i"n that the
act was that Of Il crazy man and wI'"0n
the witn..ss-stand denied his own words.
! cannot weep: ! i'"v" not sheet tear
for months. Vet in asking for mercy
for my brother | can hut remember that
every criminal j. somebody's hoy. and
u
seeking for the wclI-lning "f the whole.
in righteousness and Justice must in Il
measure ie his brutller> keeper. Let
,,s leave the slO.sls,:,s behind. hut practice
the golden rule instead Of the blood for
bl&nhl ltn:trine that appears tO obtain
now, and follow the teaching of Christ.
When this u done the world will lnEiI
tO I've suve&l.'
During the lecture. which was dcIIv-
eres( in al earnest, pleading tome. sew
cr,al ladies in the theatre wer" IN tears.
In reviewing some Of tl'. incidents N
the Guiteau trial Mrs. S.r'vilIe spike Of
"HanInOn.i, the profound, anti'.,'nttrt.
leastly old New York .lCN'tOr;' al "Ia-
vialce, as the man who h'.ltl that tO talk
Of not hanging an insane man who hat
committed murder Ms n"llscu>c; N
Judge Cox, as the man w)iO, t., defend
his charge against Guiteslii, went tack
to the English law 0f I'M year. ago,
! when NM cri i.l.es Instead Of one was pun
isllal,lc by death; Of Daly, the lying re-
porter: Revnt.ltls, the spy Shaw, the
nerjure.l witness: Henry, the blond.
thirsty, and >tOrr., the uO>..r,,l h'ious.'
Cork khill, she said, although j" knew
(:uiteau was crazy, WilttIly suppressed
the official knowledge h. l,nd t" that cf-
I, feet and created public feeling against
(:uiteau which the facts did not war
rant. "What the people. really want III
{: this matter" she continued. "is the
truth. Let the man I" confined FOR life.
, jApulause., When in Washington, !
was asked ii ] would sign y petition To
have MasOn'a sentence committed.
said Certainly His was d''stardiy
! act. But the administration AMI the
! press had create Il such Il state Of public
! mind that he thought he h Il only I"
shoot (;uiteau to l,t,s'nIe hero. I'reai-
dent Arthur ought to know, il any one.
that (:uittsu i. crazy, and he should In
, my opinion commute his sentence L"
! imprisonment for life. You can aid me
bv signing petition ] shall prepare tU
that eff;,ct."- Y. U"''''t, Nay ].
Recently ut Los Angeles II married
woman clOpetl with her cr'aclInmn, III
consequence of which her husband shot
himself. The next day his daughter
who was also in love with the CsHlcll'
man, went insane, while the servant
girl, who in turn was gone on the de-.
| - a. Il R~nv all