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A Lively Day corres More In Court The I'll. oner 11Inolent Miitl Arr cant, and the Kud Is Not Yet. Washington. Dec. 8. As soon as the Criminal Court opened this inorntngGuiteau shouted out, "A crank in Chicago says I talked with him about thisctt.se! I don't know the man. It is false." Colonel Corkhill called an the first witness Mrs. Julia M. Wilson, of Leadville, Col. She knew L. W. (Juiteau from her earliest recollection. He was her uncle. Witness gave a most feelirg account ot the life and chaiacter of her mother, Mn. Maynard, (who it had been alleged b the deLjnse had died insane, but who really died from pneumonia in 1?.V.) Her mother was noted for her 1 v I disposition and Christian character, aud her virtues are remembered and xikt n ot to this day. Witness was her nurse and constant at endant-up to the time of hei death, and never saw the sughttst indication of flightiness or insanity. ltness was questioned in rela Ion to the evidence of Uavi', one of the witnesses for he defense. Davis testified that ke wad at one time in Mrs. Maynard's room auring iier last illness, and she was very fiightyaud incoherent, and continually charged him (U.ms) to rook mit for her husband and children, for she fen red they wouia go to me i'oor House. Tl;e witness (Mrs. Yilon) smiled iijoredulouiiy while the question was being put and teplied she uia not even remember the man Davis. The dep K-ition f Mr. Turner wasnad, in which he said: '"I have heari hcrhuoai,d say she died insane," and witness was questioned in regarJ to it. Scoville objected to tue reply, "l never heard of it." ani a lively uiscussion ensuea oeiween juage Porte rand cjcoviile. Guiteau became nraged at Judge rorter and shouted, ''Now hold your thun der till you get lo iha J'iry, Judt , you are doing t .is sort of thing too much.'' Judge Poner, without noticing the outburst, con tinued in the most impressive mani.er to argue bis joint, when Guiteau broke out again: "I'm not a crimiral and I won't be till convicted. 1 won t have thst word You just hold your elvjuii.ce till vou ret at tue jury. Scoville expostulated with him, b;it he retorted in the most vicious manner, 3hut up and mind your business, I Ln-v what I'm doing." Witness was questioned in re gard to various members of the family, and stated positive y that she never ?aw indica tions of liiia -ity in any ot ihem. Speaking oi me prisoner s tamer, u. .uuueau, the witiies said: "My uncle Luther viited me very frequently, and I loved In m nub verv A I V " lt ' lenuer auec ion. our wnoic lanuiv were delighted with his lovely ChrUt is i charac ter. ana such a mougm mil m- angnt l n anv degree be of unsound mind never en tered my head." Witness was subjected to a close ana critical cross-examination. She was asked ii bhe, entertained any prejudice against having Leredi ary insanity alleged in the defense, anu replied: ,-l cbjeot to any unfair statements being made uj on that subject. Perhaps lor the sake ot my children I might dislike to h ive it t.et up, f r myself facts can make nodiüerence. Her evidence in chief remained unshaken, and her testimony produced a marked senatioii. At the conclusion of Mrs. Wilsou's testimony John W. Guiteau arose from his seat next the prisoner and asked the Court to rule out the question relative to the witness' father having died of ofiening of t'ie brain. "I can not see, your Honor," continued Guiteau, '"the occasion for dragging in people who have no blood ' relation Ith the prisoner." JudjeCox I think the matter irrelevant. Guiteau Mrs. Wilson settus to be a very bright lady, but she is opposed to having it appear there is any insanity in the family; that's the matter with her testimony. Scoville here arose, trembling with excitement, and protested ogainst the meddling of John A. Guiteau in the case. "He is opposed to showing insanity in the family," said Scoville, and his voice was here drowned by the prisoner, who struck his hand violently on the table and shouted, "So do I. He had better get back to Boston. He has got no business here. Just because he happens to bear the same name he thinks 1 will get a little notoriety out of this case. 1 haven't known anything about the man for years. That's all there is about him, and I want him to get right out of this case." Colonel Corkhill called George C, Maynard, who verified in several material points the testimony of the preceding witness. The Court was about to announce the usual recess, when John W. Guiteau arose and said: "Your Honor, 1 greatly desire to make a personal explanation. My father is dead " Guiteau broke in, interrupting him: "Oh, shut up and sit down. You have been vindicated." Davidge here objected to any more side scenes, lhe prisoner had continually been allowed to interrupt the proceedings, and at this rate the trial would soon become a farce. Judge Cox I see no occasion, Mr. Guiteau, for any explanation on your part. Recess. TESTIMONY KKSCMED. After recess Frank Bartlett, of Chicago, was called. He knew Mr. and Mrs. Scoville, and had met the prisoner at Scoville's suraner residence in 1879. "This man never saw me but once," interrupted Guiteau. "It has cost the Government $200 to bring this man down here. He met me once five years ago; that's all he knows about me. It's an outrage, Corkhill, for you to waste the money of the Government in this kind of way." Witness saw Guiteau daily and never noticed anything out of the way in his deportment. The gentlemen there engaged in a tub-race, ar.d Guiteau took part, when he uptet. He was ducked by the rest of the gentlemen, and took it in good part. Guiteau again broke out impatiently, "What's that got to do with what took place the 2d of July, Corkhill? I had time to gocrasy a hundred times since this man saw me. That shows what stupid work is being done by the prosecution. If you bad to pay for this instead of the tax-payers, you would do differently." The witness never saw any indications of insanity in the prisoner. Mrs. Florence It. Bartlett, wife of the previous witness, witnessed the dog incident so often alluded to by defense, and saw nothing unusual in the occurrence. She thought at the time that Mrs. Scoville was more excited about it than the prisoner was, and remembered distinctly that the prisoner, after the dog was hurt, carried food to him, and seemed to desire to efface any bad impression it might have created. Witness detected no signs whatever of any mental disturbance in the prisoner. He was always polite and behaved as a gentleman. On cross-examination Scoville asked: "Do you remember once at the table a discussion upon some religious topic arose, and Guiteau took part and beoamp so violent that they all left himr ' A. Ho, I do no1. Guiteau They all got through talking, and so they left: that's all there was to that. I think we have bad about enough of this dog business. Howard Danham, of Boston, took the stand, but Guiteau forestalled his evidence' by shouting: "I had dsk room with that jam a few weeks in Boston, and that's all he knows about it. It has cost the Government $100 to get him here." Witness stated that on November 18, 1879, the prisoner secured desk room in his otttce, and remained there nearly two months, when, as he was behind with rent, and witness did not like the style of the man, he lequested him to surrender his key. The prisoner told witness there was no money in

lueoiugy, anu uc niuguiug io pracuue law. Colonel Corkhill then offered a letter written by Guiteau to witness last June. Scoville objected, on the ground that the burden of proof rested with the Government. The plea of inanity having been set up bv the defense, the prosecution can not at this time introduce any evidence to establish the sanity of the prisoner. It should be introduced in the evidence in chief. The Judge Well. 1 overrule the objection. Scoville I desire to note an exceptiongenerally and to all evidence of this kind. Davidge From this time out? Guiteau Running away back all through the case, Judge? A letter was read.; It was dated Iligss

tiouse, June 8, and contained a request, for a copy of his book, "Truth," which he desired should be sent bim. as he was getting out a rcvied edition., The witness stated that in all hii connection with tue prisoner, throuch all his relations with him and his observations of his conduct, he never sus pected any insanity in the prisoner. Guiteau You thought I was badly cracked on my book, though. Then to the audience he added: "This man is a Methodist minister; that's what'." the matter with him. I did not pay my rent, and so he did not like me." Witness then gave the substance of a conversation he had had with J. W. Guiteau, in which the latter said: ' The disgrace of this crime is enough for the familv to bear without endeavoring to prove heieditary insanity, tor there is no authenticated ca-e on which to base it." Guiteau (greatly excited) shouted out: "That's the way he feels, and I desire to re pudiate him on this business. He has never been a brother to me in any sene, and that isjust a ridiculous view he takes on this insanity business." A moment after he shouted: "That's false. There are two of my cousins in the Lunatic Asylum now, and that's where I'll probably be very soon." John Palmer, of Saratoga Springs, testified that Guiteau boarded a week with him, and ran away without paying his board Guiteau Well, I might have confessed hat and saved the Government $100. DEPOSIT ION OF THE PRE I DENT. The District Attorney here sent Judsre Cox a communication received by him from I the FreMdent of the United States. The Judge, after reading it, sent it to Scoville, with the remark that the naner contained the President's answer to his (Scoville's) in- f lerrogaiones. The prisonor I had sent the President a note tlin afternoon, requesting him not io apjear m the case, and saing I did not want his answers to the interrogatories I presume he sent tbem before he sot my note. Scoville read the answers of President Arthur to the fmt jind second Questions. whether he knew tin- prisoner, and how often he had seen him. The President re plied that he knew hlra; that, he has seen him at least ten times and josib!y twenty times. To the question as to whether he had ever conversed with him. he renlied None, excepting to. return the ordinarv salutation of the day, and once or twice in answer to his request to be employed in the campaign as a Sfeaker bv the Republican State Committee, of which 1 was Chairman.'' To the question. "What political services had the prisoner rendered the Republican party during the last Presidential ea nipaign?" the answer is. "None that I know of." The fifth uuestvin was whether ihcro was anything in the t-risoner's relations to h im sei f nr to nanant nn - f Conkling, or any other of the Republican . . , v . . v. t.i ' 1 niui party, socially or politically, to furnish him with any ground for supposing he would re ceive any political preferment. The answer is, "No." Tne prisoner That is a matter of opinion. The last question was: "Di I vou ever t?i ve him any reason to think he could have any political or personal influence with vou?" Th answer is: "l never did?" Prisoner He never had occasion to. The President add to his answers the fol lowing: "I have been requested bv the counsel for the defend to produce a letter written by the prisoner since his indictment. That letter was received by me in Octob-r last, and was not preserved; do not recollect its contents particularly, excepting it con tained sme claim of his having rendered some importaut service to the' Republican party during the presidential camnaicn. and an appeal for a 'jostponement of his trial, to give him time to prepare for the defortco The prisoner That is all there was to it. The next witness was Rev. R. A. Mr Ar thur, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, New York. As soon as he was sworn the prisoner remarked: "I know Dr. McArthur verv well. He is a nice, fine fellow; very high-toned in even wav. I owe him $95.' : The witness began to relate how the prisoner introduced ;hlmself and wife to him (witness) at close of service oi.e Sunday, and at the same time preented a letter of d is minion from the First Baptist Church, Chicago. The prisoner stated at that time in Chicago he had had a lucrative practice of law, but owing to disasters following the fire, his practice had entirely, or in a good part, gone. Now he and his wife had come to New York tp start life afresh. My heart went out to him, and I kindly introduced him and his wife to men of prominence in society and In Church relations, at.d I know I was of service to him. The letter which he brought was referred, as is our custom, to a Committee. The Chairman of that Committee was a gentleman of very high standing, at one time Indian Commissioner under the United States Government, and who took an Interest " Here the witness was Interrupted by Scoville, who remarked that all this was very interesting but entirelv irrelevant. He did not want this entire hish-rv. The Distilct Attorney But I do want the whole history connected with the prisoner. The prisoner It is all interesting and important. Dr. McArthur is a very tine gentleman. I owe hlra 95 and I am sorry I can't pay him now. Then, add retting the witness, he said; "Allow me to say, Doctoi, there is some possibility of my getting 5,000 from James Gordon Bennett for that Herald disability matter, and I propose to send you a check for $U5 the moment I get it Scoville remarked that he objected to the witness stating the qualifications of some uua'"" uiavumminee not snowing now far he might g i in that history. The prisoner Doctor McArthur is an orator, as you may see by.ihe way he talks riiauh-.l Witness resumed his story, and told of the prisoner and wife being received into fellowship of the Church, and of his wife later asking urgently for moiiev, handing him a promissory no'e of the prisoner for $100. n ivMeave von Pot tDat promissory Witness -NO; T did not think it negotiable and ha. e not preserved it. A laugh During the political campaign of that fall the prisoner was not seen at our meetings so often, and the reason assigned by him was (the phrase he ned), he had gone to some degree into politics, and he expected an office as a result of these political excitements. Prisoner I took some interest in Horace Greely in 1872. District Attorney Do you recolleot the office he expected? Prisoner I did not expect any office at that time. Colonel. ; Witness My impression is the ofllce was Minister to Chili. ; Prisoner-Nothing of , the kind. I think

it csible I may have mentioned the Swiss Mhsion. It was that which I had in my mird at tMt lime I never had any idea of the Chilian Mission. I think I had some Met that if Horace Greeley wereehcted ip would let me hare the Swiss Mission. Ir is . niy a small affair anyway -nlv $.1.1 0 a year. Laughttr.j Wime- (with ii' no ieiii! "uurruptlon) T vi liteniUr :e arres'e.' a d thrown into 1.0 li.ir., l...b... 1 .

d fi -wi-y with a hold. 1 aw the prisoner 1 li-e co r'dor of the Jail, and although besonpht vi rv piVou-Iy by him to inteicede in hi.- ' -ehalt and procure bftil for him, if possible, 1 ht out the ua ural tToiuDtincrs of my heart and told him I feared he was a bad man, and that he must let the law take its course In the meantime it came to the knowledge of the officers of the Church that he had been guilty of gross immorality. The pr soner That was the time I com mit ted adultery s I might get a divorce. mat was an there was in it, I was not going to live all my life with a woman I did not like. I had no business marrying her at all. The witness (ignoring the interruption) -And about the 30th of April, 1875, he was summoned 10 appear before the Advisory Committee to answer to the charge of im morality. 1 here were three counts to the chirge. Firt, he took money which bis wiie earned by working in a hotel in the country, and which was remitted him to asist in suprorting him. Prisoner (interrupting) That is abso lutely fale. Doctor, I never heard that story before. Witness (still ignoring the interruption) And spent it in improper relations with other women. Prisoner (with excitement) That is absolutely false. If my wife told you that she t ld a lie. The witness (continuing his narrative). The second count adds: "He has been guilty by frequent acts of violation of his marriage vow." The pri-oner (again breaking in) I only married that wuman on ten hours' notice, anil that is reason enough why I could not live with her. Witness The third count was that as a result those repeated acts of infidelity ho was suffering from a vile and loathsome di seise. Prisoner That is false. The witness Those charges were recited to the prisoner by myself, in the nrpsnro nf tha P,imrr.ill " The prisoner That's erroneous. I beg to differ from you. The Court (severely )- Keep quiet; let the witness go on. Witness I recited those charges to the prisoner, and he acknowledged the truth of every one of them. He stated as his excuse that his wife was absent, that nature's demand must be met, and he could not resist the enticements of lewd women on the street. He was pressed to know whether he felt a sense of guilt whether there was any consciousness of remorse or repentance for the past, or any promise of reform action for the future. The Church was disposed to do fairly. The gentlemen onjthat Committee were gentlemen who were above anything like unfairneness toward any person. Prisoner in spite of Scoville's efforts to repres him) -I remember this; I take bark my contradiction to what the Doctor aid, because, unon thinking it over. I find it is correct. The men on that Committee said they had been in the same boat themt selves, and for that reason they felt sympa thetic, iney thought if a man had been unfortunately married he had a right to get out of it. Scoville objected to the evidence as entirely inadmissible, and the Court sustained the objection. The prisoner (excitedly) I never bad but one interview with him (alluding to witness ). I recall it now. I was formally excommunicated and let the whole thing go by default because I was in Chicago. I have been strictly virtu ous for six or seven years. Mark that down. You are picking my whole record from mtancy, and 1 say it is an outrage on decency. iMsmciy Attorney we present this tes timony because we want to show that what the defense calls insanity is nethitig more than devilish depravity. It was with some difficulty that the applause which greeted this remark could be quelled, and the Marshal led out of the Court room a lad particularly noisy, the Court stating that upon any reoccurrence of applause he would order the room cleared. When order had been restored the witness resumed his testimony and said that it never occurred to him for a moment that the prisoner was other than sane. Scoville proceeded with the cross-examination, questioning the witness more especially as to the fact of his receiving a promissory note for $100 from Guiteau. The prisoner throughout the examination on this point kept a running discussion with the witness, counsel and Court. The Court repeatedly ordered him to keep quiet and allow the witness to speak, but he continued in his denunciation of the prosecution for its "impertinence in raking up my old record." Scoville also became indignant and angry at the prisoner's outbreaks, which prevented him from finishing his Question, and severs! times declared to him: "I will clear wv. biiuo utiai t v out if you don't stop. You must be still." You must be still. But neither the Court nor counsel could repress the prisoner. When the cro-ss-examination vas closed, the prisoner, looking up at the clock, announced it was 3 o'clock and time to go home. He also inquired "How many more witnesses like that nave you got, Corkhill? I think it is an outrage on the public. If you had to pay some of that money yourself, you would go slow." Adjourned. TAULK OOSSIP. Did you ever think how much plaasanter it must be to be shot dead than shot living? Boston Transcript. "Must the American oyster die?" asks one of our exchanges It must. If it is tough enough to go through a plain stew or a fancy roast alive, we don't want it Springfield Union. The man who travels by way of Gatesville is not much better off than the man who has been to a Church fair. The stage has been robbed four times in the last month. The robbers take every cent a man has got Texas Si flings. It is i-aid that the habitual exercise of the eye upon fine work, like watch repairing, lends to the development and preservation of the iMiwers of vision rather than to their injury. At any rate, men engaged upon this work seldom find their way to an ophthalmic hospital. In Laregny, France, in 1457, a sow and six young ones were regularly tried in Court on the charge of having murdered a d partly eaten a child. The sow was guilty and condemned to death; the pigs were acquitted on ace unt of extreme youth, ibe bad example of their mother and the ab sence of direct proof against them A pathetic scene occurred a c iark. aA in the I'euitentiary at Little Rock young man, twenty-three years old, one of the train robbers recently sentenced to seventv years' imprisonment, complained of being ill, and was sent to the Hospital. He apieared to be sufferingfrom no disease, but his pulse was up to 140. His heart seemed to be breaking oa acoount of the severity of his sentence. Tears fell from his eyes as he thought of the long years of imprisonment before him. His mind began to wander, and in his ravings he quoted sentences from the pernicious literature which had led, bim,

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43 and: 45 East into bis life of lawlessness. "Seizing the bridle rein," cried the sufferer, "he sprang upon his antagonist's horse and dahed away. 'Halt!' he exclaimed, drawing a revolver and leveling it at the head of young Horace." "Slowly and sadly," he continued, in a subdued voice, "thev left the Church, and walked along the well-worn path to the rude grave of Lawrence. Standing near the stone, placed there by the" Indiao, Casper, and his fair companion'' here his mutlerings became inaudible and hn voice died away m a groan. Suddenly he raised himself, looked intently toward the do ir, and sank back dead of a broken heart. It would be' suoertluous to call attention to the moral which thHsad incident carries wich it. , It iiagoJ thing to have hai pious forefather". Two Connecticut boys stole away from Sunday-school to enjoy a brief season of reliiona communion on the baoks of a neighb .ring stream. They sjoke not a word to each ..ther until thev reached their piace oi uesu nation wnen tne older one quietly asked "Sam, you didn't forget t bring your 'Little Saints' primer,' did you?' "No," answered Sam, very seriously, "at d you didn't forget the 'Handy text book for Bible beginners?"' "It's right here," returned his companion. Both drew a sigh of relief and, casting in their fish lines, sat down on the verdant sod, opened the volumes in their laps and filled their minds with precious stores of evangelical truths while waiting for a bite. The spirit tiiat animated those grand old pilgrim fathers can never be wholly expunged from the bosoms of their posterity. "One thing," fays a Paris correspondent, "must be accorded to French women they dress for a purpose, and suit every occasion. You will never see a Parisienne mix up two epochs in her toilet I have often noticed Lnglish women charmingly dressed, whose whole appearance was spoiled by a trinket or a bow of ribbon that marred the h irmony of her appearance. It takes so little to strike a false note gloves of the wrong color, bad-ly-makd boots, or (the greatest reproach we make to our fair English sisters) a mauvais iuponnage. The set of theTjetticoat and siurt is half the battle. Watch the little t rench ouviere, as she trips along on a rainy day, holding up her shkbby but well-fitting gown with inimitable grace. Her short, neat jupe has just the right set and length; the tightly drawn stocking and neat little boot will come home, after her day's walk, without a speck on them. All who have seen a French weddino ".ite ?? W ' anectionate manner in which the nripst d. livers a little homily to the intending husband and wife. "It is from the bottom of my heart Joseph, that I congratulate you upon the great step you are taking. It was indeed sad to see yon wasting your vouth in a life of disgusting drunkenness. However, all is well that ends well, and it pleases me to think that you have 'said good bye forever to the wine-shop. . As to you, my poor Catharine, thank Heaven heartilv that you have been able, ugly as you are, to find a husband; never forget , that you ought by an unchangeable sweetness and devotion without bounds, to try to obtain pardon for your physical imperfection. I repeat you area real blunder of nature. And now, my dear children, I join you in matrimony." Manual of matrimony. Lincoln In Studio. Leonard Volk, In The Ceniury.J 'He was there promptly indeed, he never failed to be on time. Mv etudio was in the fifth story, and there were no elevators in those days, and I soon learned to distinguish his step on the stairs, and am sure he frequently came ud two. if not three, steps at a stride. , ."When be sat down in that hard, wood en low-armed chair, which I- still possess, and which has been occupied by Douglas, öeward, aad Generals Grant and pix, he sid; " 'Mr. Volk, I have never sat before to sculptor or painter only lor daguerreotypes and photographs. VVhat shall I do?" 'I told him I would only take the measurements of bis head and shoulders that time, aad next morning, Saturday, I would make a cast of his face, which would save him a number of eittings. He stood up against the wall, and I made a mark above his head, and then measured up to it from the floor, and said: . M,Youar jnst twelve Inches taller than Judge Douglas that -is, just six feet one inch.' Jr Before commencing the cast nxt morning, and knowing Mr. Lincoln's fondness for a story, I told him. one, in oider to remove what I thought an apprehensive ex On üeiesday

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