Indianapolis Leader, Volume 3, Number 24, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 January 1882 — Page 1
7
- v. J1 ABB I W. . I rT "1 11 I r II I Ö.OO JPr Year. IST EQUAL CHCA-ISTCE FAIR Single Copies, S3 Cents. INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 1882. NO. 24. VOL. III.
-J
si
CM J
JANUARY SALE
ATTHE NEW YORK STORE CEatnbllMlied 1833.) 250,000 YARDS Comprising the finest variety of carefully selected new and exquisite patterns in Hamburg Edgings we have ever shown. Many of the styles contracted exclusively by us. All should bear in msnd that it is at this season of the year that the best selections are to be found, and chut later on it will be difficult, if possible at all, to secure the same styles at such reasonable prices. For present or future use, it will be to the benefit of every lady to immediately insieet our stock. Prices Marked in Plain Figures. Pettis, Ivers&Co. IIIDItlllPOLIS LEADER. CO ßKESPONDENCE. I Correspondent! will plesss make their communication as brief and concise as poasib Ie. Owing to our limited apace, we ar frequently compelled to leaT oat matter that we would like to pu blieb, but can not for want of space. All letters outside of Indiaoapolis should reach m Thursday. All comma. stations Written on both sides of the paper will be refUMl.J iprlnKflull O. Springfield, O., Jan. 17. The Second Baptist Chi Ach has been holding a series of meetings for the last three weeks and a great number have manifest.! a desire to get nearer the cross and sinners have come nocking to the anxious seat and have been converted. Elder Bonner will soon robe himself for the water, as he has converts who say they want to follow Christ and as he was immersed it becomes us to do likewise. Last Saturday night about 11.-25 we were aroused by the bells ring out in a clear old night calling the fire dep't from the Central house. A scene sad to many the burning of the finest rink in the city the wigwam lately purchased by Andrew George for STUO. We were unable to learn the particulars of the all'uir but we fear it was the work of an incendiary instead of an accident. The death of Father Inve which occurred on Wednesday evening, between 6 and 7 o'clock was quite a sad event. He was one who had made many friends and he has always been a very useful member in the A. M. K. Church.' and a member of the ma-souie lodge in Dayton and on account of their delay we are unable to announce the funeral; but we say lie was loved, loved by all who could think of past times and scenes of his life and not say: S enes of sacred peace and pleasure, Holy d;iys and Sabbath bell. Brightest, richest, sweetest treasure, Must I say at last, dear father, faiewell?" The following named persons J. T. Jones, C. 11. Cissel, B. Berry, Rev. Kekles, E. Thomas", Henry Guinea went to Troy to organize an Odd Fellows lodge In Troy to which they recorded the No. NICK NACKS Miss Mattie Guy has returned from her home in zanesville. Miss Bean from Mt. Sterling Ky., is now visiting Mrs. A. Henderson of W. Washington street. C. P. Smith has moved his tonsorial parlor to C Market street where he will be pleased to see all of his old customers. Miss H. L. officiates with the dignified air of h Goddess. Miss Samantha Hale Is now visiting in London. The editor of the Sunday News was assailed in his own house attout an article in his col umn. Be careful young man, or you will nev er have the chance of going to M. Mel, next harvest. C. W. Reynolds was buying a bed last week, and he went to the stove store, for what, I can not say; time will tell. Miss Eliza Elliott bought out the old stand of D.Ogleve, corner Main and Market, and has now on hand a full supply of fruits, and would be pleased to see all who wish anything in her line of business. Km. TJrtmim O. Urbana, O. Jan. IS. Last Sunday being Temperance Sabbath, exclusively, Rev. Tolllver of the St. Paul A. M. K. Church, followed per order of the ministers' meeting in the evening services, the text was selected from part 1st Chap. Isaiah IS verse, "Come let us reason together." The arrangement for the address: 1. he strength of the temptation to the use of Intoxicating drink arises from its popular! ty and its imaginary benefit, coupled with strong argument in its behalf, etc. . 2. Its certain injury from religious, moral and scientific standpoints, also an appeal to the untold miseries upon mankind, the wrecks stranded along the shoals of wealth and intel ligence. 3. Admonition as to how to avoid the misery thus inflicted, total abstinence. The argument grows warm, the speaker said then, one hope ful point on which all could cling, both young and old, the cross of Jesus, the strength of God, vouchsafed in his word. Look to him who has been tempted and with penitent hearts, and faith in Him, we can pass the troubles of this life and not only this, but In His home we shall hear the voice of welcome as victor, and find an acceptance at the bar of Judgement. JL Kentucky Man Kills His Wife, Mother and Two Daughters, Then Hang;! Himself Escape mt His Two Sons. Lajtcastir, Ky., Jan. 18. About 7 o'clock a nezro man came to town bringing infor mation that James A. Wiimot, a farmer
EDGINGS
living about two and a half miles from Lancaster, near the Danville pike, had murdered his wife, mother and two daughters, and then culminated the awful act byianging himself. Enquire R. Boyle, acting a Coroner, immediately repaired to the scene of the tragedy, accompanied by a large number of people, eager to gratify their morbid curiosity with a glimpse of the horrible sight. On arrival, several of the nearest neighbors were already found there, but none had dared to touch the dead bodies of the party named, and the truth of the information was subjtantiated by tiuding the lifeless body of James A. Wiimot hanging in his barn, the dead bodies of Elizabeth Wiimot, his mother, aged eighty-nine years. Mattie and Mary Wiimot, his daughters, aged about nineteen and fifteen, lying in their beds with one awful cut across the neck and breast of each, made by a terrible blow from a sharp, new ax, found lying on the floor of the room, and also the body of Elizabeth Wiimot, his wife, lying on her face on the floor, with three or four horrible gashes in her head and back, made by the same death-dealing ax. A Jury was immediately impaneled by 'Squire Boyle. The first witness was Miss Alice Calvin, who had been doing some work for Wiimot and was sleeping in the room up stairs during the commission of the deed. Her testimony was that the family retired last night as usual. Wiimot and his wife and little boy about eight years old occupying one bed in the family room and his two daughters another in the same room. In an adjoining room slept the man's aged mother, and in one room up stairs a son, Jas. J. Wiimot; in the other the witness. About 5 o clock this morning she was attracted by some noise below, and going down met Wiimot coming out of the room where his mother slept, it was too dirk for her to see any of the objects distinctly, but she noticed something in his hands, supposed ta be an ax. She asked Wiimot what he was doing, and he replied that he had killed the whole family and was going to kill himself. Horror stricken the girl rushed through the other room, and, meeting the young boy, caught him and took him out of the house, and went to a colored man's house near by. Just
as she was leaving the family room the older son, James, twenty years old, who had been attracted by the noise ' below, came down stairs in nicht clothes. He testified that as be reached the foot of the stairs be came in contact with his father, who had a gun in bis hand. He asked him what he was doing, and he replied that he was going to kill himself and would kill him too. Instantly his father grappled with him and threw him down, but was unable to hold him. The old man rose, grappled the gun, aimed to shoot, but his son kicked it up and the bail went into the ceiling, lhe young man then broke loose and ran lor his life, the old man followins him to the steps over the yard fence, then turned toward the barn. The bov continued running until he had aroused some of the nearest neighbors, who hastily repaired to the scene. None were bold enoueh to enter the house until davlinht revealed the dead body, dressed only in shirt and drawers, of James R. Wiimot swinrins under the shed of the barn. He had takeu a plow line and fast ened it around his neck, climbed up the side of the crib, fastened the other end to a beam or ioist under the shed and then jumped on. The hanging was carefully done, and showed a determination to avoid a failure. The hor rible act which ushered so many souls into eternity in a few brief moments, was un doubtedly that of an insane man. For some time past Wiimot has been brooding over a security debt of $150, which he has to nav for a brother-in-law. and this had so worked upon his mind that it is believed he finally went crazy. Day before yesterday he talked rather strangely to his family, sa ing the stock was all ercing to die, and himself and family also of starvation. Two or .three times in the last few davs he expressed a fear of death from starvation, this hallucination, it is and, acting under believed that he arose from his bed. took an ax. and. with a single stroke to each of his daughters, struck them dead in their beds, they never knowing from whence the blows came. His wife, no doubt, was awakened, and. getting out of bed. attempted to restrain him, but was knocked down and terribly mutilated. He then went into the adjoining room, and there, raising the bloody ax on high, sunk it deeply into the breast that had nurtured him in infancy, taking awav from her that which she had given him life. Happily that aged and devoted mother never awoke to realize from whom the cruel blow came. Wiimot was about sixty years old and a farmer by occupation, lie was an honest. close, economical business man, and had owned a farm of about 250 acres, on which he lived. He was in good circumstances, being worth $8.000 or $10,000, and it seems strange that he should have become so wor ried over a small debt of $400. GUITEAU. Air. Davide Closes Dis Speech to the Jury The Prisoner's Interruptions. Washington. Jan. 13. Upon the opening of Court Guiteau said: "In justice to my self and to Davidge I desire to say that 1 re ceived a letter yesterday severely denounc ing Davidge, and my remarks against him were based upon that. I have found out. however, that I was mistaken, and that Davidze is a high-toned. Christian gentleman and a sound lawyer. I desire, therefore, to withdraw anything I said against him. 1 still entertain the same opinion of Corkhill, however. I'm satisfied that I was wrong about Davidge, but right on Corkhill." Davidge resumed his argument and re view of evidence. He showed by the evi dence of J. W. Guiteau, and other witnesses for the defense, the fallacy of Scovi lie's pet theory that the prisoner was imbecile. Soon after the opening ot court speaker Keifer and ex-Attorney General Taft en tered and took seats upon the bench. After his opening speech Guiteau remained a quiet listener for an hour. Davidge having used some pretty strong language in alluding to Guiteau, such as, "This unshakable liar." the prisoner retorted, "Oh, yon are making all that fine talk for money," following it up with frequent com ments, such as, "That uapjens to De laise, "That isn't true." and similar expressions. Davidge passed to the examination of the prisoner himself, his appearance upon the stand, what he said and what capacity of intellect he had shown, proving, he said conclusively tkat what had gone before had all been sham and hollow fraud. Scoville had dwelt upon his morality and had asserted that lack of intelligence was his failing. On the contrary, he had shown upon the stand a wonderful memory, logi ; reason and intellectual ability. Likewise, as the defense had claimed for his virtue ana morality, the prosecution had availed them selves of their right to show the contrary And what has been the result? He had been shown to be such a monster of corrup tion, deceit, depravity and wickedness, that the country looked on with a snudder. "That might have been the case," shouted Guiteau. "in July, but it isn't the case now. If you could see some of the letters I have been receiving, you would see that a good many people think I am one of the best and greatest men in the country." The air of the room was very oppressive after recess, and quite a ripple of excitement was caused by a sudden stir at the end of the room. Judge Davidge suspended his remarks until the confusion should subside. Some one called out, "He has fainted." The eccentricCourt-crier scrambled back through the audience with a glass of water in his hand, and as he neared he inquired, "Is it a man?" and. being answered in the affirm tire, cause i some amusement by bis bust-
jam-? mm
AARON A. SARGENT THE PROBABLE NEW SECRETARY OF THE IN TERI0R. ness-like direction to the bailiffs to drag him out. Guiteau called out: "I think the most sensible thing to do, Your Honor, would be to let in a littl? fresh air." The suggestion was immediately acted on. and Davidne resumed his speech. In a few minutes Guiteau interrupted sneeringlv: You're putting it all wrong, Davidge You're talking for money now." Without noticing the interruption, Dav idge adverted to the period of the two weeks wh jn "the prisoner was making up his mind to commit the act." I was praying to find out the Lord's will," broke in the prisoner. Davidge (partially turning to the Judge) Let him go on: I will hang him upon his own testimony. lhe prediction, however, appeared to have no terrors for Guiteau, for his interruptions became more and more frequent. Allusion being made to his not paying his debts, he shouted: "I'm a better man than Corkhill in that particular. I always pay my debts when I have the money; he don t pay his when he has money in his iocket" Reading from the evidence, Davidge quoted from Guiteau's own testimony this sentence: "I don t tell ray business to every body; I keep my mouth shut." Guiteau retorted: "That s true, except here; I have to open it pretty often here," bihI in a few minuets he shouted, in loud tones: "Confer not with the flesh and blood; that was raid's idea, and that's mine. I got my advice from the Deitv, not from flesh and blood; that's the way Paul got his work in and that s the way I did mine. lhe trouble with you, Davidge, is that yon don't know anything about the Deitv. lie knows about you, though; and you'll know some thing about Hini when lie gets you down below." Guiteau continually interrupted with a constantly-increasing exhibition of ugly temper. i ou 11 get the Deity down on vou for the way you are conducting this case, he shouted, "and He'll eternally damn you. Davidge." Again he cried out: "The former Attorney General refused to have anything to do with this case, because he is a Christian gentleman. He knew the Deity was on my side." His interruptions became so noisy that Davidge paused for a moment and said: "I trust, gentlemen, you will not draw an inference from the fact that I do not take any occasion to reply to any f these false hoods (turning his head toward the pris oner) "that are being uttered here." "ou tell lhe truth, and I'll let you alone." snarled the prisoner. "Davidge read in detail the evidence ot General Reynolds, during which he was continually interrupted by the prisoner, and concluded his remarks with these words: "I promised vou. gentlemen. I would not make a set sieech, and in closing I shall in dulge in no peroration except to say to you that your countrymen and all thnsienaom are waiting for your verdict. 1 thank you for your attention." Guiteau added, "And I thank you, Mr. Davidge, for your speech. It is a very light one. l hore rorier win give us as iigni a one, too. He had better see President Arthur before he commences. I wrote the President about this matter a day or two ago." Colonel Reed stated I e would prefer to be gin and end without a break, and thought he could finish all that he desired to say oy 1 o'clock to-morrow. Adjourned till to morrow. Argument for the Defense Degun by Mr. Reed Judge Cox Will Not Allow the Prisoner to Make the Closing Speech. Washington, Jan. 11. Guiteau opened the day's proceedings with the following: "I received thlrtv checks yesterday, rerrescntii g about flo.(XX). Some of them, 1 suppose, are worthless, and many are, no doubt, good. I don't want anyone to send me worthless checlt9. I do my owu bank ing business, and my checks nuld be made out to my order. Any one wno desires to send me money can do so,' but I don't want any worthless checks." Scoville addressed the Court, stating that he desired to know whether the prisoner would be allowed to speak in his own defe Fe. If the Court proposed t" acrora nun mat privilege. Dotn he (scoville) and Reed would prefer that hethould speak first. uuneau l want to oe nearu on uiai quesuon, Your Ilouor. I want to close the argument for the defense. I wouldn't trust my case ia the hands of the best lawyers in America. Judge Cox I should be loth ia a capital case, to deny any mt n a proper opportunity to be heard, eves it he is represented be counsel, but In this case it is Mfe to assume that the prisoner will abuse the privilege. s be has done all through the trial, and that what he would fay would lie highly improper to go oeiore tne jury I hall, therefore, deny him the privilege. As I said yesterday, however, if his counsel desi-e to read Irom his manuscript anyining wnicn tney deem proper to be laid before the Jury, they can do so. (iuiteau protested that he appeared as his own counsel and claimed the rUht as an American citizen to be heard in his own defenhe. Finding that Judge Cox could not be moved he shouted: "Let the record show that appear Lere as my own counfel. and that I take exception to your ruling, Judge cox. I snau appeal to tne Ameri can people, ana tney win overrule you, ana you will ko down to i mure ages wiia a uiacic buuu unon vou r name." judge Cox made no reply to this tirade, but simply nodded to Reed to begin his argument Reed then rose to address the Jury on behalf of the prisouer. He commenced by paying a comDliment to tne jnry ior tne seriousness, solemnity and care which had characterized it during this long trial. A trial unparalleled in the history of criminal jurisprudence, he should not endeavor to make any statement of evidence or to draw a gilded picture of any scene, but be would simply talk with them as between neighbors. Davidge, counsel for the prosecution, had occupied two days in addressing the Jury, and that effort and the consumption of time on his part showed the grave apprehension felt by the prosecution lest something might have apjeared In the c se which would make the Jurf say this poor man was a lunatic and irresponsible. Before Mr. Reed had been speaking half an hour the prisoner began to corameut and contradict, contrasting the mercy of the Savior toward those afflicted with devils (insane) with the demands of the prosecution in bit ease. Mr. Reed said: "They said hang him." Guiteau shouted : "And the American people say let him go. The American people are on my sine. Reed, now go on with your speech." soon after the speake rnad occasiou to allude to the evidance of J. W. Üuiteau. when the prisoner again Interrupted and called.desparagingly Well he aint my reference. I've got better men than be is for my referenee," Reed commented upon the incident, related by several witnesses, when Guiteau struck bis father at the supper table, and Guiteau called out vehemently: "That wasn't true. I never struck Mm ; never intended to strike bun. I don't fight any ono. I
am a peaceable man If I don't like any one I tell them so and tell them to get out of the way, and that settles them." "This act." continued the speaker, "was the first indtcatlen of his insanity. He denies iL l'robably he don't rememlr It." Guiteau (sneeringly) "That is owing to my poor, weak mind and disordered intellect." Reed continued: "Lavldge condescended to read yesterday a portion of evidence in relation to this.evideutly tophow.as he claimed, the depravity ot the prisoner, and Judge Porter kindly suggested to him that Guiteau struck his father In the tack. The record says on the neck or shoulder." t Davidge (laughingly) to don't go back ou the witness. I Reed I am reading frum therecord. Blr. It Guiteau (with an air of Satisfaction at his superior discernment) Whr, that was intended tor a pun Reed, but you don't seem, to see it. 1 don't know as that should, be wondered at, for it would require a microscope for ordinary mortals to see it. 1 Mr. Reed continued: "It does not require an expert to pronounce the prisoner Insane. You have seen him, day after day, shuffling in before you. You have teen that strange, unnatural look of hia eyes, and it requires the opinion of no expert to convince you that this is not the appear
ance of a sane man." Continuing in this strain. the speaker said: "In roy opinion, If this poor creature is sent to an Jnsane asylum he will be a driveling idiot w ithin six months." Guiteau had been quietly listening with his elbows upon the rail of the dock, and his chin upon his hands, his back being turned to the audience, and his attention apparently fixed upon something In the street This startling predic tion amused him intensely, luruing around, he looked over in the direction of the speaker, and enjoyed a quiet laugh for some seconds. these experts," saia tne soeaxer, " uo not swear to the fact, for none but the Deity can know what there is in the brain of a man. They swear only to their opinion, and you have a nota ble Instance ot how lar irom the facts the opinions of most learned doctors may lead, in the sad case of the late President. We had bulletins every day giving his condition. We had the an nouncement that a proue had been inserted twelve inches into the wound, and yet the wound really led in exactly an opposite direction. I say it would be a shame to send a man to the gallows upon an opinion of doctors." Alluding to the strictures oi tne counsel yester day upon the course of certain members ot Guit eau's family in sticking to the prisoner when they should have cast Dim on as a wretch, Mr. Reed said : "It is in evidence that six years ago Mrs. Scoville believed her brother a mental wreck an insane man and should she desert him now, that he is on trial for his life, she would be unworthy the name of sister." Referring to the difficulty experienced by the de fense in securing witnesses, Colonel Reed said: "lou can never know, gentlemen, how hard it has been to get people to come here and tell what they know, ihey wouia ratner listen to tne cry 'crucify him,' than come here and tell what they know to save this poor man from the gallows, and the Government from the disgrace of executing aa insane man. " Guiteau interrupted In loud tones: "The Gov ernment don't want me to be convictea. uenerai Arthur don't want me to be convicted, aud I ain't going to be. probably." The evidence of Brooks (the cnieiot the Treas ury detectives), who visited the prisoner In the right, and whose evidence the prosecution tried s j bard to suppress, as they did the notes of Bai ley, the evidence of Detective McElfresb, and, in short, all evidence that might in any way aid the prisouer, Reed claimed, came like a God send. Reed went on at some length with the argument to demonstrate the insanity of the prisoner, lis father was, he maintained, insane on religious subjects, and forced him into that vestibule of hell, the Oneida Community. Before that be had led a pure life, and his father had convinced him he would go to hell unless he became a member of the Oreida Community, and he went there to save his soul. Guiteau abruptly said: "When I got there I got into hell, and did net get out for six years." During a pause in the argument the prisoner broke iu : "I am going to have my speech published in all the papers of America; then lam going to ask tour Honor to read it, and then I will discuss the Question as to whether I shall de liver it to the Jury then. I think Your Honor will allow me to deliver It." In conclusion Mr. Reed said: "Gentlemen of the Jury, you all said when you were sworn that you would be governed by the ctidence and stand up to it w ithout regard to the effect it might nave upon you ana your Business. 1 aajure you keep that oath. Falter ntt in the performance of -. duty which shall eve you and this fair land from eternal disgrace, l assert that the conviction of this man to the gallows and his execution would be an infamy beyond description an indelible stain on American jurisprudence and American juries. Think of the scene if you condemn him to the gallows. Though not present in body to see the sight, you can not but be there in mind if such a day shall ever come. I do not believe H ever can come under this evidence. Think of this man bnng itout from his cell with the same pale face and thisame weary, wandering eyes, the omcers of tie law gathering round him, pir ioning hirr, binding him with cords so that hi- muscles stai a out, covering him w ith the black hoo 1, shutting out the ligntof day from him and leading him to the scaffold. The prisoner I would rather go that way than be smashed up in railroad cars as some poor fel lows vere last night. Ketd (continuing) Think of him t lunaticcondemned to the gallows a lunatic whom the Savior, if He were on earth, would heal. The picture is not overdrawn. 1 am very much obliged to you for your attention. I only ask you, pray do that which shall not In after years bring the blmh of shame to your cheeks. lhe prisoner Reed U a good fellow, but I W'-ultl not give a cent a bushel for his rubbish. If I could only hav a talk with that Jury, I would give them the rigat theory. Court then adjourned, Reed's argument was listened to with close at tention and evident interest from the beginning to its close. Mrs. Scoville sat all day in a mournful attitude. with hand covering her face most of the time to conceal ber tears, while her little daughter stood by her side, and by her caresses, sought to win her frum her grief. Guiteau's Speech Prepared for Delivery to the Jury The Same Old Story. Washington, Jan. 15. The following is furn Ished for publication: To the New York Associated Press: Gentlemen I hae the honor herewith to transmit my speech. It Is an historical docu ment, and I desire it sent broadcast to the Amer ican Nation. I am not certain that Judge Cox will allow me to deliver it, but I send It to my countrymen, and they, and the President of the United States, if necessary, w ill finally adjudicate this case. If he does not, his name will go into history blackened as a gag-law man. I am sure that the able Chief Justice and his associates who represent the Washington Cnurt in Banc, will spit with scorn upon the posit'on of Judge Crx, and I am sure that the high tonel men of the Nation will do likewise, because I am my own counsel and it Is infamous if I am not permitted to address the Jury whim my life is at stake. I would not trust a man in America to close my case. I take no stock In Scovllle'a or Reed's theory of this defense. I removed the President, and this speech contains my defense, and it should be read by every American, and I desire you to give it the widest publicity by printing It in its en tirety, l have tne honor to be yours, eta. CHARLES J. GUITEAU. United States Jail, Washington, January 15. 1882. THE SPEECn. Ir the Court Please: Gentlemen of the Juky lam a patriot. To-dsy I suffer iu bonds as a patriot: wasaington was a patriot; Grant was a patriot, n asningion lea the armies ot the Revolution through eight years of bloody war to victory; Grant led tke armies of the Union to victory ana glory, and lo-day the Natiou is prosperous and happy. to day. ennstnai. issi. I suffer lu bonds as a patriot because I had inspiration and nerve to ut'ite a great puitiral party, to the end that the Nawoti might M savod from another desolating war. To-day I wffer la bonda as a patriot. There is not the first c ement of murder in this case. To constitute the crime of murder two elements must coexist: first, an actual homicide: secondly, malice in law or in fact The law presumes malice from the fact of the homicide. There is no homicide in this case, and therefore no milice in law. The Deity allowed the doctors to finish my work gradually, because lie wamea 10 prepare tne people for the change, and also con flrn my original Inspiration. I am well satisfied with the Deity's conduct of this case thus far. and I have uo doubt that He will continue to further it to the end. Nothing but the POLITICAL SITUATION last spring justfled the President's removal. The break in the Republican party then was widening wsei wi wtje..a,;ia i lore saw civil war. The iora wa.ni.eu ui ureienia. Miwiitinn nr this riossii . and inspired ne to execute Hia will. Why did IT. ln..I.A..lM . . . . ne iu.(iiic luciu itrviereuc 10 some ona eise; Because I hadbrain and nerve, probably, to do this work. Tie Lord does not employ incompe tent persons u serve Him. He uses the best ma tertal He can Ind. I, of all the world, was the QOty man wio naa authority from the Deitv to do it. i Without the neltv's I never houB have sought to remove the Presi dent, a ma jrwtnre destroyed my free agency.
The eity compelled me to act just as a highwayman compels a man o give him money after placing a pistol at his victim's head. This irresistible pressure to remove the President was on me for thirty days, and it neyer left me when awake. It haunted me day and night. At last an opportunity came and I shot him. As soon as I fired the shot the impression was worked off. and I felt Immensely relieved. I would not do it again for fl.000,000. Only a miracle saved me from being shot or hung then and there. It was the most insane, foolhardy act possible, and no one
lf u , a uAau.w. vv.. . -" the Dietv has directed to kill for the good of the people; "that is, to save them from some far greater trouble. I fA,t: ToAarartn Tkairla mil a inran rir two of h I co-traitors been shot dead in January. 1S81, no doubt our late reoemon never wouiu ut ueeu. ;ENERAL ABTHUB, as President, ia doing splendidly. No man can do better. I am especially pleased with his conciliatory spirit and wisdom towards the opposition. It is exactly what I wished him to do, viz., unite the factions of the RepubUcan party to the end that the Nation maybe happy and prosperous. In Ehort, everybody politically is happy save a few cranks.and they will probably be happy soon. . . ... 1 have no doubt as to my spiritual destiny. I have always been a lover of the Lord, and whether 1 live one year or thirty I am His. As a matter of fact I presume I shall live to be President. Some people think I am as good a man as the President. General Arthur is a good man every way. I happen to mow him well. I was with him constantly in New York during the canvass, iso with Gene al Grant, Conkling and the rest of these men. They have not taken an active part iu my defense because it would not be proper. The prosecution have introduced certain witnesses who are euiltv of rank periury It has ex cited my wrath, and I have denounced them in plain language, l nate tne mean, aeeepuve way of the prosecution. The mob crucified the 8avior of mankind. SL Paul, his great Apostle, went to an ignominious death. All Inspired men must do their work and leave the result with the Deity, whatever becomes of them. The worst men can do is to kill you, but they can not prevent your name and work from going THUNDERING DOWN THE AGES. Had I stuck to my law business, either In New York or Chicago, 1 should have been a rich man to-day; but I had other work to do. My book, "The'Truth," contains my theology. It cost me trouble enough and I have no doubt ft is official. During the three years I was on theology 1 in curred some small debts which I have not yet been able to pay. A thoutsana dollars wouia pay every dollar I owe. Some men owe $1U0,U00 and are considered high-toned. The prosecution nave maae a great noise about my owing some board bills, but that has no bearing on this issue. Mr. Corkhill, who has taken it upon himself to dig up my circumstances, owes a hundred times what I do. 1 always pay when I have money, but there was no money in theology and I knew it when I went into it. To-day, I sutler in bonds because I had inspiration and nerve to remove the President that the Nation might live. But I expect you gentlemen of the Jury will remove these bonds to the end that I may go forth a free and vindicated man. That is what you are here for, and I ask you to liberate me. Tell the American people that you find naught against me. It is the opinion of some of the ablest members of the Bar that this Court has no jurisdiction to try this case. This point will be pressed if necessary in arrest of judgment, but I expect you gentlemen of the Jury to justify the act. You are here to vindicate my inspiration. But 1 would have done it any time after Junel if I had known I was to be shot dead the next moment. I had no power to prevent it. My free agency was completely destroyed. I was under duress. In law anyone under duress is not responsible for his act. On this ground I ask you to acquit me. How do we know you was under duress? My word for It. No one else can know the fact BUT THE DEITY AND ME. I know it. The Deity knows it I had to do my duty to the Deity and to the American people regardless of the conseouences to myself. No one wants to shoot or häng me now save a few cranks, who are so Ignorant they can hardly read or write. The high-toned people are saying: " .Veil, if the Lord did it, let It go." The President did not die before his time. If the Lord bad not wanted him he would not have departed. Pbysricial death is nothing. All men have died ; all men will die. The lreident might have been taken by a railroad accident, or slipptd on an orange eel and broken his neck. The interview with Brooks I consider a special frovidence in my favor. I talked with him freey about the Deity, my inspiration and the political situation, which snowed the condition of my mind on July 2, w hen I was precipitated on to the President. A vast deal of rubbish has got into this case on both sides The issue here is: Who fired the shot? The Deity or me? Had I fired it on my own personal account no punishment would be too quick or severe for me, and this is why I protected myself by going to Jail, and having the National troops ordered out. I would humbly suggest that the Jury be charged as follows: "That if they believe that I believed it was right for me to remove the President because I had special Divine authorty for so doing, they will acquit on the ground that 1 was overpowered by the Deity." THE CLOSE. After Quoting Beechcr, Talmage and other clergymen, and declaring that w hen he became President In 18s4 he would clean out the Mormons right speedily, he closes thus to the Jury: "To bang a man In my mental condition on the 2d of July, when I flred on the President, would be a lasting disgrace to the American people. The mothers and daughters of the Republic are praymg that you will vindicate my inspiration. I beg you do not get the Deity down n you by meddling with this case. I beg for your own sakes. and for the sake of the American jeople, and for the sake of generations yet unooru, mat you lei mis case aione. iou can not afford to touch it. Let your verdict be that It was Deity's act not mine. When the President was shot his Cabinet telegraphed to foreign nations it was the act cf a 'madman.' and it will be far better every way that it be ofticlally decided that it was the net of a madman.'" Mr. Scoville Begins the Closing Argument For the Defense Mi ith the Usual Interrnp tlons by the Prisoner. Washington. Jan. If. As soon as the Court fairly opened, Scoville began his address to the Jury by confessing his un famil iarity with the modes of practice in criminal cases. All the defense asked for was a fair, candid, impartial weighing of the evidence by fair and candid men. The counsel would attempt no oratory, because he was not equal to it, and because he would not do it if he could. He would address himself simply to the reason, judgment and intellect of the Jury. Oratory, eloquence and appeals to passions he would leave for the counsel who would follow him (Judge Porter), and he desired to warn them that in the efforts of the learned counsel (Judge Forter) to expound the law or explain the evidence he would invariably seek to intiuenee them through tneir emotions, to toucn their hearts and sway their sympathies rather than to convince their judgments. I do not care to complain, although I do not think, as counsel in the conduct of this case, I have been treated with fairness. Personally, I care nothing for it, but when it injures the cause in which myeffortsare enlisted, then I must complain. I hold In my hand an indictment for conspiracy, which I have framed in my own mind, and the object of this conspiracy was to hang the prisoner. Scoville then proceeded to name the conspirators the District Attorney, Judge Porter, Mr. Davidge and five of the Government experts, namely: Drs. Gray, Hamilton, Kempster, McDonald and Wooster. The counts ot this indictment, twenty in number, are "first, they have perverted the law in this case." Rcoville, in his illustration in support of this count, allnded to the introduction by Judge Porter of a decision of Judge Davis. He said: "The counsel upon the other side indignantly repudiated the suggestion that Judge Davis sat with Cardoz or Barnard, but have yet to learn if either of them committed a more reprehensible act than that of Judge Davis." ßcoville wound up with the subject, and denounced in severe language the extra-judicial aot of Jodge Davis. "Had a newspaper been guiltvof such a bold-faced attempt to influence a'deolsion in a pending cause, the editor would have been subject to arrest for contempt." Judge Porter Don't let us turn this Court room into a town meeting. Scoville resumed, but was soon interrupted by Davidge. who with some impatience J said: "Oh, no, no, bcoviHe, that's not so." Scoville You may interrupt as much aa
yo please; I shall not be deterred from saving just what I believe to be the truth. Davidge Weil, well; I'll not interrupt again, say what you may. Guiteau That's right, Davids; you keep quiet, you talked for two days, and I didn't jay anything either. Now give some one else a show. Scoville continued When Jodge Porter comes before this Jury and undertakes to iervert tne evidence I shall not keep ouiet
as I did with Davidge, but I shall stop him. ouneau so snail 1. Scoville I shall stop him, I shall correct him. if I find he is misstating the evidence. Guiteau never mind; I'll attend to him. Judge Porter There will be two Guiteaus then to attend to me. The prosecution state that if the prisoner knew his act was wrong on Julv 2 1 then be should hang. Now this is not by any means the whole of it, or a correct statement of law. The Court has added in substance as follows: "Yet if in the act he was overpowered by the consciousness corning through his diseased mind that what he was doing was necessary for the good of the country, and was especially approved by God, then you can not convict him of murder." Scoville (continuing) The second count in the indictment is perversion of testi mony, and he proceeded to sustain this count by reading from Davidge's speech. and comparing it with the testimony. "Uli, that's lor money, ' called out Guiteau; "he is paid for that He don't believe it." Scoville contended that the facts were per verted, and particularly the evidence as to the immorality of lhe prisoner. The only allegation that will hold against him Ts that of adulterv. Guiteau shouted out. "How manv in nocent people are there in this Court room?" And then added, "Not one." A moment later he called out: "I don't care to libel Christian people, but I want the record straight. I say that high-toned Christian men and women are virtuous, but the mass of mankind are not. Let that go on record." As Scoville paused. Guiteau raised a laugh by shouting cut, "And that is a pretty good place to sttp,; Scovi lie. It's most lZ-.öi); let s have recess. Recess was taken for thirty minute'. Porter stated he would be unable, owine to the condition of his health, to remain this afternoon, but he desired Scoville net to abstain for that reason from saying anything he desired to say. Alter recess hcoville proceeded to point out to the Jury what he termed perversions of evidence by Davidge. Judge Porter's seat was vacant, while the District Attorney 2 1 - .1 1 1 , . . . inuicaieu Dy nis appearance ne wished his was also. Scoville having intimated he de sired to criticise the conduct of the District Attorney s a chief partner in the wicked conspiracy, as alleged by him, to hang the prisoner, but would not do so in his ab sence, as he was not in the habit of saying tnings Denina one s back, colonel Corkhill was sent for by his brother counsel, and lie reluctantly came into Court, abandoning me rest ne was seeking, l haven't, he said, the slightest interest in any thing he may say against me. However, I will come in and give him an opportunity to abuse me. Scoville dwelt at great length upon what Davidge deemed immaterial matter, and the latter remarked the di-position of the counsel seemed to be to consume time ruthlessly. Scoville retorted he did not propose to have, matters of facts, which were contained in the record before the Jury, wilfully peiverted or enveloped in artificial obscurity. Guiteau That's right. Stand by tne record. Davidge had netter read my speech. It is published in all the leading papers in America this morning, and taaes up a whole page. Scoville attacked the theory of the prosecution that it was the prisoner's own inmate or acquired depravity that naturally led up to the killing of the President, and discussed at some length the evidence introduced by them to show instances of the prisoner's meanness and depravity. "This evidence," said Scoville, "has in almost every instance been perverted." He then alluded to the evidence relative to the prisoner obtaining I money from Ilev. Dr. McArthur and giving ' his note for it. Guiteau observed: "If McArthur will send his note down I'll cash it now." Scoville continued: "They brought a man here at the expense of $1.V to show the moral turpitude of this prisoner, and what was the effect of this evidence?" (iuiteau "To prove that I pay mv debts." Scoville "lie testified that Guiteau paid him $: for a desk, just what he contracted to pay him, and that's all there was in ins testimony to show moral turpitude." Scoville reviewed the incident of Guiteau's getting English out of Jail. The prosecution laid great stress uton this incident, as showing the rascality of the prisoner, but in his (Scoville's) opinion, (iuiteau earned his money in this case, and there was nothing whatever in the transaction to his (Guiteau's! discredit. The pritorer tried once or twice and finally succeeded in making himself heard. He said in relation to this incident: "I want to say just here, the reason I had so uiuch trouble in getting English out of Jail was that he was a fraud and Winston and the Mutual Life were dead against him, and did not want him to get out of Jail. 1 had all the money of the Mutual Life to work against in the Sheriffs office, and I never would have gotten him out if I hadn't hung to the case like a dog to a piece of meat. That's the way I do when I start on anything." Scoville continued: "Counsel parade here the debts owed by the prisoner, and attempt to make much of tbem in this chain they are weaving." Guiteau I we about $1,000, and I suppose that ought to hang a man. If these people will send in their bills now I'll give them checks for them, and get them out of the way. I suppose I've got some money now. I'll get rid of these people, and then I won't owe anybody. Scoville then alluded to lhe incident ' WHEN" YOU CLOTHING MADE
NO 303F2.3E3
READY-HADE CLO
WE HAVE MRKDD OOOD8, FOIt THE XEXT SO DAIS,
PANTS MADE TO ORDER FROM $ 0,00 uj, SUITS " $ 18,00 pf
JHESE.PRICES AI I 25 PER CENT. IX)WER FOR THE SAME CrOODS AND WOKKMANSHIP, THAN AT ANY OTHER HOUSE IN THE CITY. PERFECT-FITTING GARMENTS GUARANTEED.
H n
15 SOUTH MERIDIAN STREET?
sworn to by Shaw of Guiteau pawning a w orthless watch for $23. Guiteau shouUd: "Oh, you had better stop on Shaw p-s-h a-w, I mean,'.' and added : "That was :nf ant for a pun, but they don't seem to see it." Scoville denounced the witness Shaw. II ? believed he had deliberately perjured himself in this case, as also had "the contemptible little Jew clerk, who came dowu here to help Shaw out." Guiteau screamed out: "This whole testimony of Shaw is false, and no decent "man would believe it for an instant." As the Court w as about to adjourn Guiteau called out: "I desire your Honor to read my speech to-night, so I caa discuss it with vou to-morrow." Adjourned till to-mor.-ow. THE ASHLAND MURDER.
lhe Examination of Ellis Closed Other Evidence Introduced. ' Catlettsbcr, Ky., Jan. is. The Court was late in convening this morning. Ellis was placed on the stand and the cross-examination was resumed. He spoke loud and clear. Neal,- the prisoner, was very talkative, and frequently prompted his counsel. Ellis was asked by the counsel if a private conversation could be told in Court which Ellis, Wise and the counsel had some days ago. Ellis said "Not yet" Ellis was told to face the Jury and state if he was not lying throughout. He looked the Jury square iu the face and stated with unusual emphasis that he believed in God and expected to answer for his statements, and then declared positively that Neal and Craft were the persons, without the possibility of a mistake, who committed the murder The counsel read an additional confession to Ellis as made in Jail at Maysville, and the witness stuck to it closely. Judge Brown is making the cross-examination nearching, which is still in progress, but Ellis does not waver from his first statements. All the other witnesses are strictly prohibited from the room during the examination of Ellis. The Court room is packed with a more intelligent audience than heretofore, and the interest is growing. The session Ibis afternoon was the most interesting of the term, as the people were anxious to fee what evidence couid be produced against Neal outside of the confession of Ellis. Dr. Martin, of Ashland, was the first witness. He has practiced twentyfive years. He explained to the Jury the location of the wounds on the heads of the murdered children, and gave the results of his examination of the bodies, which showed they were outraged. He testified also, from the character of the wounds on the head, they were made by blunt instruments, similar to the one presented in Court the crowbar and ax. Drs. Wade and Tiernan testified in substance the same as Dr. Martin, except Dr. Tiernan stated he had examined everal bodies burned with coal oil, and the nature of the burns on the botlies not in question was precisely the same as those heretofore examined. . Mrs. Harry Thomas, mother of the murdered Emma, . was called. She knew Neal, and he knew them well. Neal boarded with them two weeks, four years ago. George Falkner was called to prove the Gibbons family weie poor. The next witness, J. W. House, pot the bodies out of the burned building. His description of their condition and rescue was horrifying. He said Neal was standing about fifty fret fr ni the burning house at the time. Mr. House found the crowbar and ax, and recognized the long hair on it as that of Miss Thomas. The hair on the ax was short. Three, other witnesses examined, who worked with Neal, testified that Neal exhibited uneasiness before any arrests, and told them he feared suspicion of the crime, and would frequently refer to it. The cross examination failed to bring out anything, and the evidence thus far points directly to the truthfulness of Ellis' confession. Neal was restless all afternoon. A Pittsburg Fire. PiTTsPt r.., Jan. is, 1 a. iu. A fierce fire is raging in the lower part of the city. Hilliard A Sterret's foundrj', three-story and irod-clad. 2fs by ö0 feet, is burned. The fire is now making great headway on ten three-story tenement owned by the Wood estate. The fire which broke out in Hilliard A Sterret's foundry at an early hour this morning, resulted in the total destruction of the building and also in rendering ten dwelling houses unhabitable. The loss on the foundry w ill not exceed $40.0o0, which is insured in the Liverpool, London and Globe, American of Philadelphia, National of Hartford, Manufacturers' of Hoston, Williamsburg of New York, Pennsylvania of rittsburg, National Central of St Ixjuis, in policies of Si.-'iOO eath. The residences were insured for about $20, 000, and ,000 on furniture. The loss or prospective loss was greatly exaggerated in the specials sent while the fire was still in progress. United States War Ships at Asplnwall. Washington, Jan. 1. The United States ship Yantic, now at Kingston. Jamaica, has been ordered by telegraph to proceed to Aspinwall for the better protection of American interests at that place, aud to remain ui til the arrival of the United States ship Vandalia, which is also on her way to Aspinwall. The future movements of the two vessels will be determined by the result of the disturbances which are reported to have arisen among the laborers on the canal near Aspinwall. A Noble Red Man Roasted. Cincinnati, Jan. 18. A Little Rock special says that a prominent Delaware Indian, "Run-A bout-Six." while hunting in the Delaware district of the Indian Nation with three other Indians, got drunk, and along with his companions lay down to sleep by a fire in a large heap of logs. One of the logs in the night rolled on to "Run-About-Six" and roasted him to death.
THIM
q CAX BUY ' ? YOUR ORDER 9
p k