Show TRIAL general Sher nian Rece deceives ivea thanks for having ordered out troops Guit Guite eans auls father themire the third smartest man kau in his county the prisoner applauds arthurs slap blip on the Mon mormon by IV V telegraph to the MALD dec tho the criminal court was densely crowded this morning among the audience were rev T N do de witt talma talmadgo go and general Gener lil hern herman lan to lay the prosecution commenced in rebuttal to demolish the the theory r of in insanity a anity they will alio tho agn ground d gone over hy by the defens defense caud and will thoroughly ventilate G Guit uit caus eans past life and habits beginning with liis his early earls life in freeport and concluding wit with i it avast art amount of the best expert testimony obtainable in the country As soon as the court waa was formally opened guiteau addressed the ju hodgs dge in in rather imperious tones thus may it please your honor the american people do not desire that this case cabo shall be tried a affail an and I I afan do not desire it I my bay with t 11 the healt utmost t respect t to thi this court and tile jury and to my counsel mr scoville covill le that I am not F satisfied atis fied Avit with fifthe the P political situation wi developed here i in this case tho the gist of this al lebed of of fence lence the president odthe of the united whites states would never have beep been shot it it had lad not been for the political situation which existed last may and june and I fay I have the right as a matter of law of appearing as my own counsel I ask your honor that gen grant M nt sanat senators rs conklin conkling and anti PIat Plat tand president arthur and thoe kind of men who deroso acro so down upon garfield that they would not speak to him on tho the street and would no not t CO go to the white house shall be pu put t on tile stand I have a right to sho show my personal relations to those ge gentlemen 33 that I was cordially received by them and that iwas I was well will dressed and well sell fed red at the fifth avenue hotel I want to show my personal relation to those men I dont want to excena to abour If honors enors ruling hut but I shall be obliged to do so and have bave no doubt lie the court in bane will give me a new trial judge cox your exception liaa has been noted scoville then called up the tile subject of president arthurs tv testimony and scid lio had not yet vet receive received an any y response to liis his interrogatories that iho tile presidents evidence was absolutely essential to the defense guiteau interrupted him excitedly with I I dont think it at all nece necessary ary for general arthur to be lie here re scoville I dont caro care what you wanti want im doing tilis this myself s PI I ask as a personal favor hat that lies lie shant bant be dragged into court I think a good deal of gen arthur I and ho he ia is president of th the unite united states and I dont think he lie should be bothered with tilis this matter in ng g the desk violently hes president d e nt of the united states and I made him so and I think I should have something to cay say in this matter it was argued between tho tile counsel hat that the presidents answers should d bo 10 put in as evidence at any stage of he the trial and scoville Sc culled called gen general eral sherman ane witness simply read the tile ordera orders ho lie lad issued for the disposition of troops at the time of the assassin assassination nation lie ile identified the letter written b by guiteau and said ho lie supposed all the ilie time filere there might be a conspiracy but afterwards concluded the shooting was lie the act of one man A As s he lie left the stand guiteau saul said I thank you general for fur liar ing ng ordered out those troops that day I owe my lito life to the protection which you vol and anti gen croker gave me during that period when the riot spirit way was rife at this the general generah smiled grimly E R ff barton a lawyer A F agreen green t and G WT andie all of Irce freeport port ili te testified stifled that they knew the guiteau family and considered them all sane dr B P buckley Buck lcy of freeport testified lie was guiteaux Guite Guit aus caus family doctor neer saw any indications of the mental derangement in him mr atkinson Atkins of the freeport ican confirmed the te testimony of the previous witnesses as its to the sanity of the guiteau family ho ile was asked if he ever heard guiteau assort assert lie could heal beal an abscess by prayer I guiteau excitedly he lle only talked that in his own family he lie y run around the streets to preach eccli it like an idiot or a jackass wr lie had ahad too much sense for that witness biad never heard any such claim on the part of L IV Guit guiteau estua he lie was asked if lie knew dr north the most positive Arit witness nesa introduced intro by th the defence and by liis his showing the entire guiteau family were more or less insane witness replied he lie knew him in ili freeport guiteau tho fact of the matter is my father used the money which should have sent me to college in in supporting that dr north and ilia his family on my fathers fat liers farm at freeport corkhill ll 11 j just my opi opinion nion of dr north pending cross examination john W guiteau of pennsylvania brother of the prisoner arose and protested against the manner in which liis his half sister flora W Gul guiteau had been ben mentioned mentioned he ile desired tho witness should state exactly the infirmity under which she site suffered col Cork corkhill bill the request a most proper per one ho ile had received a letter from the young lady who had been 24 years unmarried and a against ainest whom no word of approach hat ever been uttered she had felt very keenly the intimation that had been made upon the stand by the defense that she had been to st loui louis for treatment in anticipation of becoming insane witness stated the young lady in question buffered suffered from an affliction in one of her eyes and was wag sent to st louis for tho the treatment of her eyes guiteau turning an angrily rila ito to his hi brother whispered what a do you want to make such a fuss about that for foe then aloud im sorry my sis sisters name had bad to b bo e dragged in hero here she is a ver very nice person so far a as B I know and I send her greeting mrs scoville sitting on the file other sido side of or J W au was A greatly eay excited and an angrily r accused a e eue nr her r brother of trying to in injure ure their heir case dr avils atkalns witness was asked if lio lie know dr north and replied yes I know k n rk him im as a methodist minister a and know now the causes of his dismissal missal i Cot khilI well we want causes witness ile was dismissed for lascivious conduct op on closing tile examination of this witness recess was taken just he be fore tile recess some one in the audience behind guitrau Guit cau made a request for his autom autograph raph guiteau wrote it willi with a flouras flourish i and as lio lie tore off the slip said I want to call attention to this autograph business A great many persons AN want anant ant my autograph and I it to them b but is f no o va vanity nit about me or egotism I notice the papers are taking it up again there is is nothing in it its all A A lawyer who had resided at freeport since 1858 1838 testified that lie never ber of the banzy witness was about to leave the tile stand when guiteau shouted to him ll hold oldon on dont you known ilia active ive support of the oneida community yon heard him discuss free Noye auk unk all those dont you know ho lie was the laughing stock of all freeport for twenty five years for his crankiness fe seuville coville w whispering I ls to guiteau tried to rest rain yering ain but 11 lie e shouted sli at him you ke keep ep quiet im doing thie this hor dont i you know enough to kl keep ep still when am questioning a witness now then with it wave of ili his s ll 11 liand and go on mr witness answer if those sc questions separately witness was told he lie hialit answer and said I knew just the reverse guitrau well that was wa a fact anyway wo we dont want any more of this kind of evidence these people dont know anything any tiling about iny fathers social life and character this is no controversy about his ln s business character geo W oyler justice had been in freeport since 1848 and never saw india indications eions of im insanity anity in any of th alio guiteau family the wilne wilnes s was ar as asked if ho he knew a at man by bv the lie name who bas test testified fried for the tile defense scoville homem Bom fiat excitedly protested against the unfairness s of the prosecuting attorney in ili making a covert attack upon amerling as he lie had done in tile examination of sev sov cral wit witnesses nemes shouted it only shows the bad breeding of the man mail A IS 11 babcock farmer had known L W guiteau since inco PAO 1810 never paw saw any indications indic of insanity about him any of afie lie f family amily as of unsound und mind I david 11 sunderland know knew L IV guiteau for 30 36 years alij never saw any anything f i to indicate that he lie ars of unsound nf mind in ill any way or in in any degree from his knowledge of and acquaintance with avith tile members of the guiteau family including the prisoner the tile witness had bad never suspected abere hero was vas any insanity in the faini family lv guiteau Gnit cau eau who had been for seme minutes reading the presidents message suddenly interrupted the court proceedings to to express his opinion upon the document I am glad said the prisoner president arthur has given those miserable a slap I hope he lie will keep at them I it is a good message has lins got the right ring to it arthur is doing well and ho lie is going to give us the best admin adain wo we ever had mr tarbox of freeport was well avell acquainted a ted with tile prisoners father he has as good a head on oil b him ain as any man in the state and after a slight pause he be was thet bird sinar testman in tile county who was the first quickly asked Guit guiteau cau answer sweet guiteau who was the second ans aar mr turner well paid said guiteau willi with a broad smile of satisfaction as they have both been dead a great many years my fath faglier er was ahead ill ead guinean was about to interject another little speech when scoville endeavored deavo red to slop stop him and was told dont be punching me under the table please and after a abort short pause I tell you what it is scoville youve got to abandon your theor theory y tl ats all there is about it ile was a smart man and everybody knew it only lie was bad badly cracked on in religion adjourned adjourned |