Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 November 1881 — GUITEAU'S INSANITY. [ARTICLE]

GUITEAU'S INSANITY.

Opinion that He Was Perfectly aJSftt nrrr LeadvlUS (Ool.) Herald. Now that tbe miHdered Presgaat, •ftgjui vij wp *1 t^uSp’shatl’summon’airmen 1 to ifee and meet their Maker,?aitfoOq

(naturally turns to his red-handed and iBS&FS the loss of some near and dear one can | iaAt preset residing, Herald reporter called upon her Kat

. ’-Can I roSfirs. ItaDmirer* >9That*a my ■ ■ tost ,b rW nnded -the Stooftte fanner wlfeof Hbemsi Wtto tofat'-'preM'rt aeetekcity; and whose nama jg kttOWH, **>*t CPtoMOhted And trouble have left fltetffttoprint on her face, her features st Mt show traces of farmer beauty* JMrtely bidding the -* rM f suppose you have alre.idy guessed the object of my visit/’ said the reportMw *‘u is to mzke some inquires to to the state of Guiteau’s mind while you •*Oh, yes,” she replied, ‘ta great many people eome here to see me and talk about him. lam auro they cm find put,mors about him by reading the papers than I could ever telr

“Did you thipk Guitesu Insane while he Was your wta the next ’’No, T never thought him insane arid fie vilt said he was. 1 At times his conduct wto rather eccentric wnd aocidiar. but Utevr/trsfi the least ifiea he waslnsane, He was al ways working, to get office, but never got on* When actions wopld ■ be rather peculiar, and he. would mope arid be crosbj bfit those Spelts would nut last long. He would get some •dWv- scheme in bis head, . and that , would beep Jhis mmd ocgroat Greeley man, and worked night i and day far ntq»i- We liv§d in New Yprk cUy atjtoali time/ Guiteau told ms that if Greeley carried the election he (GaheauV would be appointed Minister to’Chin. - ■ When Greeley was defeated .Gulteau acted in a strange man* uer r and t when Greejey be cried. S|l|l, 1 <|oij’t. think fie pvpr went out <*f - From what you hfitd read of Gurileao’s aotions since you left 4rim,and whftt you have experiMced white Hying, with him, do you &ink he was insane at the time he shot the President?”

“.Ns, Ido not. I used to bear him talk With District Attorney Corkhill, and hie latter conversations reminded me very much of how be used to speak then. He used to B»>y that he believed Gba ordained him to fill some high po-Ml.Hbn—-that he was upon earth as . a leader of men. Constantly.studying ; this subject might have, turned his mind d little, but never to any great extent while 1 lived with hipa.” I “Mrs. Dunmire, if yofi wefte called upon to testify before a Judge arid jury as to Guiteatfs insanity, what - would be the tenor of. ydur testimony?” asked tpe reporter. “I-should certainly swear be was sane,” replied the lady vehemently, “but I hope these is no danger of my beipg oailtd upon to testify /’nhe added .auxioysly. . J' e ' , “I'Cftrihot say,” replied the kertbe/ but Guiteau’s counsel wHI certainly make* strong fight in his behalf, and will probably leave* no stone unturned fa save bis peck-”,,-- . r “Well* my evidence won’t help pis cause very much,” she replied, “but of course I must tell the truth, no matter what effect it has.” .

Just then the lady’s husband, who Hiad been absent during the foregoing ' conversation,entered the rocm and rei plated his wife’s inquiry as to the tikei libood of her being eidled upon a*K\ I witness..., . . ( .V “1 don’t want her to go,” he said/ “but, Of courte, if she h called upon.l ; can’t obfedt.” > I After a few more rt marks the repor - ter. took bis bat and his leave, pondering on the insffidtable ways of Pjovl- . (fence, ahdT edfn paring the bnppy, chderthl hbtne of the lady he bad jdst left* with ths dark, solitary ceil of her I former brutal and-cowardly lord and uutfteh who knows not the moment he.may.be dragged farth to meet that he so lichly deserve.