Evening Star Newspaper, November 29, 1881, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY, Except AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, Northwest Corner Pennsylvania Ave. and 11th 8t., by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, GEO. W. ADAMS, Pres't. orae Frexte. served to subscribers in the eiiy carricrn, on tele Own accounts af 10 cen per week, or #4 cont ‘month. Copies at the counter, 2 Serer 6 mole eee one year, $6: nix mon! {Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C., as Becond-class mail see lt aan eas Tr “ms €2- Ail mail wubscriptions must be pald in advance: Parer sent longer than i» paid for. Pilates of sdvertising made known on application. oening Star, Ve 58—N®: 8,939. WASHINGTON, D. SPECIAL NOTICES. HOLIDAY GOODS. L°* ELL’S STEEL-PLATE XMAS CARDS. Afull assortment RIBBONED, FRINGED AND PLAIN. Also, “‘Prang’s,” *“Ward’s' d ‘‘DeLa Rue’s” XMAS NOVELTIES Received every day- “Branch Ticket Office Ford's Opera House.” JAMES J. CHAPMAN, 911 Pennsylvania avenue. a ST. ANDREW'S FAIR. 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Calf and Kip BOOTS, $1 to $2. ies’ Solid Calf SHOES, $1 and $i, 50. * 25. id $1.25. Men's WORKING SHOES, Ye. f0$1.36. 'n28-6¢ WAINSCOTINGS AND BATHROOMS, FIRST PREMIUM EVERYWHERE. ‘No. 45 N. CHARLES BALTIMORE. 010-2m Fiiicing Mattia, Charcoay Carpet Ling Felt, STREET, Halt COS 4WALRER'S. 204 100h atreet northwest. GUITEAU AS A WITN RELUCTANT TO TESTIFY SS, NOW. AFRAID OF CROSS-EXAMINATION BUT FINALLY HE BEGINS HIS 8TORY.4 CURIOUS REVELATIONS OF A CHECKERED LIFE. The expectation that the prisoner would be called to the stand again this morning, had a vis!- ble effect at the doors of the City Hall. Ifthe crowd was not larger the pressure was greater than on other mornings, for the people seemed to struggle for entrance with energy in proportien to the expected attractions of the day. So there ‘Was a perfect Jam about the doors and steps of the east wing of the City Hall at nine o'clock. Those who had business in the court house had to aban- don It altogether, or else risk life, limb, and time] in a pushing, struggling mass of humanity. The officers had a hard task to keep the passage clear. The counsel and other interested in the case, Were tardier than usual. ‘THE PRISONER ‘Was brought up at nine o'clock, and taken to his Toom without exciting any demonstration. He Wears the same coat that was torn by the bullet of the “man on horseback.” ‘The tear could be Inended with a few stitches, but Guiteau prefers to have it gaping open. He’ wears it as proudly a$an old Veteran would the scar of some ugly wound. : A PACKED COURT ROOM. ‘The court room began to fill up before half-past Yo'clock, and at 10 o'clock the room was packed so full that 1t seemed tmpossible to get another Person in outside of the bar without bursting the walls. At the back of the “guliery” there were two or three rows of ladies standing up, clinging with their feet to the most precarious places. ‘The officers of the court estimated that to-d.y’s attend- ance was greater than that of any preceding day | except Saturday last, and fairly rivalled that of | Satumay. A few minutes before 10 o'clock there was a sudden wave of motion through the “ Jury” door, and the legion of the defence, headed by Mr, and Mrs. Scoville and Mr. John W. Guiteau, tiled in. Mrs. Scoville had several lady friends with » Who took seats at the defence table. Mr. Sco- Ville was attended by Mr. Amerling, the Williams- port lawyer, and otherg of the “Silent advisory counsel.” ‘The outer doofS of the court house hal to be closed upon the faces of the crowd at 10 o'clock s0 as to prevent a serious crush inside. CONGRESSMEN OUT IN THE COLD. ‘Two members of Congress—Messrs, Alken and Evans of South Carolina—and Acting Attorney General Phillips were among those who were thus barred out. The Congressmen expostul::ted_ with the policemen at the door, who guarded the passage with “flaming batons,” but the police- men’s ears were deaf to Congressional eloquence, and said that they could not admit even the President of the United States, Even the judge | caught the spirit of tardiness this morning and did not appear on the bench until a quurter-past ten o'clock, when the COURT WAS CALLED TO ORDER. The prisoner was then brought in and spent the time consumed by the opening formalities talking with bis brother and sister, Mr. Scoville, rising, said he wanted to fil up @ Diank in the evidence of yesterday by showing the record of the death of Francis W. Guiteau, at the Bloomingdale asylum. Dr. Nichols, he sid, had forgotten to bring the record, brit John W: Gutteau had a copy of it. He asked Jonn Guiteau to stand up. Mr. Guiteau stood up in his place by the defence table and produced the record, which he had copled at the asylum. After some ‘dlscus- sion as to the admissibilty of this copted record, the district attorney said there would be no dis: pute as to the death of Francis Gutteau in the Insane asylum and his insanity. The matter was there dropped. Guiteau Uneasy on the Witness Stand. Mr. Scoville then said: “The prisoner will take the stand.,’ This was an announcement waited for with great interest, and when made tt created a little ripple of excitement, The prisoner was conducted to the stand, where he sat down resting. on his elbows on the edge of the box. There was & strong guard making a complete wall posted behind ‘i When the prisoner had eeomne composed in his new place, in which he seemed to be considerably agitated, Mr. Scoville st nding up near the table of the prosecution, sald: “You may state your earliest recollection’ of your mother.” HE OBJECTS TO GIVING HIS TESTIMONY AT THIS TIME. The prisoner hesitated a moment, looking first at Judge Cox and then at Mr. Scoville. “Do I understand,” he said, “that Iam to go on the stand as a regular witness now? I under- stood that Iwas only to Mentity, some apers. I do not care to go on asa Fegular witness to be cross-examined at this of the case. There are other witnesses to be examined.” Mr Scoville expliined to the court that the pris- oner was not very well. “T think, probably, in the course of a week or two,” sald the prisoner, “that I will feel better and can go on the stand.” Mr. Scoville insisted that he must go on with the examination. “You ought to have notified me,” sald the pris- oner rather emphatically; “when I go on thestand 1 want to go over this whole business carefully and scientifically.” Mr. Scoville said he would make the examina- ton easy, and ask only a few questions. GUITEAU WILLING TO TESTIFY IF HE WAS NOT TO BE ‘CROSS-EXAMINED. “I am willing to answer, providing the prosecu- tion do not take advantage of my position to crose- examine me and bring out my whole defence.” Judge Porter said that whenever the prisoner was examined that the prosecution of course would claim the right to cross-examine. He suggested that Mr. Scoville might avold any dilemma at present by reading the letters which were Identi- fied by the prisoner last Pong. Mr. Scoville said if the prisoner became ex- hausted he would suspend and read the letters. “I don’t want to be forced on the stand to state Iny defence just at this the,” protested the pris- oner. ‘The court said in reply to a question of the pros- ecution, that the examination of the witness could not be interrupted in the midst of a continuous narrative without the consent of the prosecution. “I want the court to state,”sild tue prisoner turning to Judge Cox, “whetier Iam to be forced to go on and state my whole defence now. I want your honor’s ruling on that,” ‘The court suid again that unless the prosecution assented to it the examination of the witness could not be interrupted, and the only way to escape cross-examination Was to suspend the entire ex- amination. “T desire to have It suspended,” said the prisoner. “I don't feel very well, and haven't for several 3.” THE PRISONER HAS HIS WAY. Mr. Scoville then put an end to the colloquy by saying “I will read the letters then.” “I don’t think,” sald the prisoner, “I should be forced on the stand at all at this time.” “You are not obliged to testify at all,” sald Judge Cox; “but if youdo testify you must, of course, submit to cross-examination.” THE PRISONER OBJECTS TO BEING TOO CONSPICUOUS. Mr. Scoville, taking the bundle of letters identi- fied by the prisoner yesterday, walked through the crowd to the witness stand. Having adjusted his spectacles he began toarrange the letters. The prisoner meanwaile became restless. He evi- dently did not like his conspicuous place in the courtroom. “If the court pleat he said, “I wouid like to retire to my old seat. It will take him (motioning to Mr. Scoville) an hour or two.” The Heading of Guiteau’s Letters. ‘The prisoner was then escorted back to his seat at the table, and for convenience of facing the jury, Mr. Scoville stepped into the witness’ stand, ‘He spread the letters out on the ledge of the box in front of him. The first few letters read were dated at Chicago, in the fall and winter of 1857 and the early months of 1858. They were addressed to the prisoner's father, and there was nothing especially noticeable in’ them as indicating any eccentricity of mind. Guiteau was then Ropraig with his sister, Mrs, Scoville, and atte a busi- ness college in Chicago. A great part of his letters Was taken up with detailed statement of his on which appeared in nearly every lotbing. risoner at that time seemed to have an intatuction for ‘unéerclothing. ‘THE PRISONER COMMENTS ON THE LETTERS. During the reading of these letters the prisoner made a few explanatory remarks. “I was using my own money,” he sald; “but my father was wg euerdian. He would not send me the meet! week.” rele, tig were ene. raions f ; ing ‘a name, C., TUESDAY, N OVEMBER 29, 1881. ferred to his schemes for education, and gave hi views gon the matter, declaring his intention get an education at all hazards. "There was NOTHING CRANKY INTHE LETTERS, which were very well worded, and resembled the let- ters ordinarily written by self-conscious schoo! boys. October 16, 1859, he wrote from Ann Arbor. to Mr. Scoville, givin his frst experiences Ann Arbor ina very rational way. On November 6th, following, ne wrote from the same place to his coville, ond merely gave the prisoner ool experiences, closing with an sdmonition t his sister to depend on God for all things, and o sex the means of tion. “I confess that I owe more to father for my present habits and beings than to any other man, he prisoner said atclose of this letter in which preached a very tong sermon, in which, however, @ gave expression to no unusual views a few sentences, in wich hp wrote: “1 have a great lovs and respect for Jno. H. Noyes, and declired his bellef in the Oneida Community system. “That’s the way my father used to talk about the Oneida Community,” said the prisoner, inter- Tupting Mr. Scoville, I'was only 17 years old then, and badly cranked too.” MORE OF THE LETTERS, The next letter read was dated at the Oneida Community in August, 1861, and addressed to his sister, It unfolded the prisoner's peculiar rell- gious views. The next, dated New York, January 3, 1867, was addressed to Mr. Scoville, and in 2 very rational wey announced his departure from the Oneida Community. The noxt letter was dated New York, February 5, 1367, and addressed tod. W. Guit Tt gave a Niue review of his re- gious experiences and Iris chanze of views con- cerning the Oneida Community. He paid a com- pliment t» the virtues of the members of the com- muni A srtd it wasa trial for him to leave them, ‘This letter announced that he was a mem- ber of the Young Men’s Christian Associ: tion. He announ e1 lis intention to make New York his permanent home, The next letter was to his ather, dated June 22, 1867, and was ot a character siutlar to those tminediatély preceding it. Going back ME Svoviile read a letter, d.ted Freeport, September 5, 1859, which informed Mr. Scoville of hfS intention of going to Ann Arbor. “HOW BADLY FOOLED I WAS.” ‘The next letter was dated Oneida, February 2 1861, and was written to Mr. Scoville. In this the prisoner gave a narrative of his awakening of retl- gious feeling in Ann Arbor, and the influences that le him to join the Oneida Community, and the AinmeiLite steps that had taken him there. “I Was attracted here,” the letter sald, “by an. irre- sistible power, which I was not at liberty to di obey.” The letter gave the prisoner's interpreta- on of the doctrines which held the Communists together. “He de-lared his belief that the Coumu- nity was the beginning of the kingdom of God on earth, “How badly fooled T was,” safd the prisoner, while this letter was belng read, “to get mixed up with those people. It makes me mad wien I think of it. Twish we community was out of exist- ence.” “4 GOOD IDEA,” ACCORDING TO GUITEAU. The next letter read was dated Hoboken, N. J., April 10, 1865, and informed his father of his leaving the Onelda Community, because he could nut agree with their ideas on the labor question; his sti! unwavering faith in their views however; and his belief that he would best serve the commu- nity as an independent agent. This letter also announced its intention of starting a paper—a theocratic daily. “It seems to me,” said the writer commenting on this, “that there 1s a chance for some one to do.a"big thing for God, for hu- manity and himself.” ‘The letter portrayed en- thustistically the prisoner's klea of such f an enxine of war against “anti-Christ.” idea,” ejaculated the prisoner ag this lett-r was belng rad. A little further on he said, “hat has always been my idea.” Further on in this letter the writer stated: “I say boldly that I claim inspiration, I say that I am in the firm of Jesus Christ & Co.” Al the close of the letter the writer asked his father to send him some money. “Father did not send the money,” explained the brother; “he always thought Iwas badly cranked.” The next letter was dated Onelda Community, October 12, 1866, and Informed Mr. Scoville of his intention to cave the Community clandestinely,re- questing him to lend him’ $30. “If the money ts 8 nt,” sald the writer, “please-send me a genuine $50 greenback, if you Cannot do better.” The nest letter was dated New York, May 20, 1867, and was addressed to Mrs. Scoville.” It contidned some re- Ugious Injunctions, related his experiences, and announced his intention of stutyinglaw. ‘The next letter was to his fatlier, 2nd was dated August 16, 1867, and briefly announced the writer's presence in Chicago. He wrote to his father agin October 11, following, aud asked the old gentleman 1: he had been offended by his (the priviner's) remarks about the Oueldi Community, » please forgive and forget. "He announced his intention of trying for admission to the bar. On October 26, 1867, he wrote dgatn to hi father, ask- ing bim to'let Him have certain money. On No- vember 11, 1867, he wrote again to his father, an- nouncing his intention of gotag to New York for the purpose of connecting himselt with the New York Independent, and requesting the loin of $100. He wrote again on November 14, urging his father again about the loan of $100, und reassert ing that he was certain of ‘a situation on the Independent, He wrote January 2, 1868, from Brooklyn, N. Y., to Mr. Scoville. It was'a business letter about Gulteaw’s claim against the Oneida Community. Guiteau in this letter argued that his claun Was good, notwithstanding a recelpt he had given, because the community was, as he held, a despotism. ‘This letter enclosed “ An ap- peal” to Mr. Scoville, which Guiteau said he had sent to the government oMeials and to the leading editors. The letter ls suggested a loan of A copy of the “appeal” mentioned by the writer was produced and identified by the prisoner, who sald, “I think I issued it about that time.”’ The appeal was a printed circular, which Mr. Scoville read as follows: “The Oneida Community.” “ITS INTERNAL CHARACTER !—HOW YOUNG WOMEN ARE TREATED, &C., &C.” “An appeal to all lovers of virtue: “Whereas the Oneida Community is among the most spiritual and social despotisms of this nine- teenth century; and whereas in social matters they are constantly violating the most sacred laws of God and man; and whereas nightly innocent girls and innocent young women are sacrificed to an experience easier imagined than described; and whereas the founder of their ‘delightful’ system 4g sald to cohiblt with his own flesh and blood; and whereas for the sake of these ruined and op- pressed women and for the good oi society at large Said community ought to be ‘cleaned out;’ there- fore, «Let all good people frown upon such outrageous ractices. Let merchants re/use to deal with hem; let the press, bench, and pulpit denounce, with righteous Indignation, such a terrible despot ism; remembering ‘them’ that are in bonds as bound with them,’ Let the religious and moral sentiment of the nation be awakened at such gross lcentiousness; let the proper elvil officers at once commence criminal proceedings against the lead- ers of that community to the end that it may be ‘wiped out,’ .and the dignity of the law vindl- Reader! what you? Shall tt be done? Stand to your convictions and it will be—for it is Written: ‘ Whoremongers an@ adulterers God wilt 0, so name ts Signed to this appeal, as the object of it is sitnply to call attention to the sucts herein Set forth. “Startling as they are they can be ?'S¥a The Oneida Community is located n Madl- son county, N. ¥., with branches at Wallingford and New Haven, Conn.” ‘THE PRISONER'S COMMENT. ‘When Mr. Scoville finished reading the prisoner said: “The Oneida Community 1s wiped out of ex- isfence now; I wish to say that wus strictly virtuous while I was there.” The next letter was dated Brooklyn, July 8, 1868, and was to Mrs. Scoville. It was unimportant in character. THE NEXT AND LAST LETTER read was to hisfather. It was dated in the Cook county jail in Chicago, in July, 1877, and informed his father of his arrest on account of a claim and asked for money to help him, “The district attorney let me out,” sald the pris- oner, explaining. “I had boone ‘arrested ou com~ pee of a miserable little wi { was on theo- logy at that time and law’ , and T neglected. Iny business some days, result was that torney, when his atteution wunealleg ts acest, 7 WI ai ay released me.” mt hades) Guitenu Examimea by Mr. Scoville. The reading of the letters oceupied an hour and a-half._Mr. Scoville, when he finished, again called Mle prisoner to the stand, When the prisoner had takem his seat he asked, “Am I to understand that my examination is to begin now?” Mr. Scoville said he would, Mr. Scoville then The witness talked vs markable memory for dat ‘THE PRISONER'S sent him a detailed statement |" Iwas very tndicnant that he should co off and ge sorrel without consulting me. A Strange way 0 tolng business,” muttered the prisoner. Later be sald: “My father was always opposed to my get fing an education. He thought all T should do was to Save my soul, and the only way I could save my Onl Was to go to that stinking Onelda Com- unt “How dtd you get the {dea of going to the Onetd Community: ced Mr. Seovill “I drans it richt in from my ray ak, not Mteralty bat few Was my mother and father, right in from his influenee. HE DENOUNCED THE ONEIDA COMMUNITY very bitterly. He sald at Ann Harbor his father kept sending him letters about the Oneida Com- munity, and publications of the Community. He compared the Community with Mormonism, anc said: “I hope the U. S. government will wipe out Mor- monism, now that the Community 1s gone.” ther’s mouth, tively. My iat. 00, anid T drank it “That's the way he used to dese me,” the wit- ness said, after describing the Various papers sent tohim once a we-k by his father. He said that tn studying these papers late at night, in addtthon to his recular studies, that he had hurt his eyes. ‘The witness blamed his father for having got him into the community. “Ii he had been out of the way,” said the pris- oner “I would never have come uhder that fanati- cism, sca Why do you call tt a fanaticism?” asked Mr. coviile. “T look upon the whole thing,” sald the prisoner, pounding lis fist upon the box excitedly, “as a wicked fanaticism. The whole theory Of thal Community was that which would enable that man Noyes to sleep with some young girl That was the whole theory of It, 1 was pract! Shaker and so were the rest of the men. WV a nothing to do with tie women. The only idea that kept the Community together was that these who leit would be damned.” ragnyen, You lett did you believe you would be damned?” much as I believe T am alive.” oner sald the influence of the Commu- m forayear afterwards and he ‘sist the influence. nt to New York, member of the Young M on, and joined Mr. Bee a new influence.” “Did Joun H. Noyes,” asked Mr. Scoville, “ha any views on inspiration?” “Oh, most decidedly,” said the prisoner. «I claimed tact nts Commuatty was the beginnin; heaven on earth, and that he was God’s prophet.” ‘The prisoner related, at constierable length, his father’s views on relizious subjects. “iis fatlier,” he sald, “substituted Noyes for the Lord Jess Christ.” GUITEAU SAYS HIS FATHER WAS A CRANK. Mr. Scoville having asked concerning the elder Gu‘toau’s professed power of healing, the prisoner suid: “He was a crank; a terrible erank on that.” “What do you mean by crank?” “That ts a short way of saying that a man is very badly insane.” His father, he said, was a very conscientious man and a very honest man. ‘The prisoner dated his conversion to the Oneida views {n 1859; convictions gradually brought him under his father’s influence; he had adopted his father’s views regarding faith as a healing power to some extent; he remembered once when he had a pain in the head he said: “Get away from me old devil.” The community people did not believe in doctors; they thought when a man was sick he Was possessed of a devil; he had dropped this idea When he dropped the others, after joining Mr. Beecher’schurch. “Mr. Beecher,” hé said, “was Supposed to be a virtuous man at’ that time. His hurch stood well. I know nothing about it now.” At this point, 12:30 p.m., the court took a recess for half an hour. he said, “and be. n’s Christian As- cher’s ehureh, I came THE RECESS served to show how densely the spectators were crowded into the court room, for it was Impossible to move through the passages. There was a large crowd of people outside still striving for admit- tance, and their struggles at the door helped to make up a state of delightful confusion. ‘The pris- oner and jury were taken from the room as usual. ‘The marshal’s deputies were kept quite es busy. during the recess arranging the crowd as during the half hour before the court opened. Guiteau Resumes His Narrative. The court reassembled at 1:10 p.m. The pris- oner, when brought in, was placed on the stand. ‘The prisoner, on further examtnation, said he left the Com:nunity In April, 1863, went to New York, then went to Hoboken and took a room. ~ What did you go to New York for?” “Imade up my mind that Twas in hell,” satt the prisoner, “and if I would get into ahother place I would havea respite. Another reason that I went to New York,” continued the prisoner,““was to establish a great theoeratle paper, Which has been shown in my letters” He consulted, he said, with printers, reporters and others regarding this project. “I proposed,” he sald, “to name my paper Theocrat. Irememb>r that one of those wise newspaper fellows thought that was enough to damn the thing.” ‘The prisoner continued, that he gradually bogan fogive up the thing: né only had $100, and in August he thought of golng back to the communi- ty; he was haunted there with the {dea that per- pS he had missed his salvation by leaving the community; he got out a prospectus of the paper, copies of Which he sent to Mr. Scoville and to thé newspaper offices, Hts {dea was to establish a pat theocratic paper, which would De the ongan of ‘he Deity in this world; he proposed to dig up all the churches and show them some new ideas. He went back to the agency of the community in New York in August and iived there till November, then he returned to the Onelda Community, re~ maining there for one year. Mr. Scoville having referred to the elder Gul- teau’s charge that he (the prisoner) w: rsecu- ting the Community, the prisoner sald: “That was the time that T threatened to blow them up. The only reason I didn’t do it was because {didn't want it known that I had been connected with the thing.” He had not followed up his appeal for the same Treason, and had not pressed his suit on ac- count of the disgrace of belng connected with the institution. Mr. 8. asked if he had his father’s letters. “No, sir; I destroyed ever letter my father wrote me to ket the accursed thing out of my mind, I will never forgive my father for committing that outrage upon me of putting me in the Commu- nity.” HE FELT JUST LIKE FRED. DOUGLASS IN BONDAGE. Being asked how he felt wien in the community, the prisoner sald: “I felt ike a slave all the time Iwas there. Mr. Frederick Douglass,” said the prisoner, motioning towards Mr. Douglass, “I re- member I read his ‘Life in Bondage’ while there, and Iremember I felt just as he says he did in Dondage.” He did not think he had any aspirations to be leader of the community. In the summer and fall he worked in the trap shops and in the winter he worked in the kitchen. He related at some length and with great emphasis, slapping his fistsazainst the box, the circumstances connected with his de- parture from the community. GUITEAU’S DISGUST FOR PLAIN FARR. With some disgust the prisoner spoke of the plain fare on which the communists lived; he gradually elbowed his way out of the community and little by little got the scales off his eyes; he stayed in New York until July, 1867; he didn’t try to get employment, because he had all he could do to fight the influence that pressed him togo back to the community. GUITEAU'S FEAR OF BEING ETERNALLY DAMNED. “The idea,” he sald, “that I was to be eternally damned haunted me, and haunted me, and haunt- ed me,” bringing his fist down earnestly after each repetition. HE APPLIED TO ME. TILTON, of the Independent, for work. After visiting Chi- cago Mr, Tilton told him: “This newspaper is splendidly sipped; there is no chance at all.” ee Place did you apply for?” asked Mr. Sco- “T wanted to get a position as a writer, or some- thing of that kind.” wien te editorial stam?” inquired Mr. Sco- “ On the editorial staff,” replied the prisoner. At Mr. Bowen's suggestion, he said he did some work as solicitor; he went to see Mr. Greelsy to make application for Work a5 an editorial ley was ‘Mr. Sinclair nd then went to New York. The first year he nade $1,500, and the second §2.500; then his talsvor- tunes came; he described, at length, his troubles; he Was Well dressed, he shd; then he was incarce- rated in the Tombs for not paying a boant bill, but Mieased, as bis cont pent Was unconstitutional “They don’t stop to inquire how you got down, id the prisoner, moraiizing upon his condition n New York, “bit they kick at you.” IN BARD LUCK, «T never was indicted for any offence in my life, except this present crime,” he sald. Speaking of xperience under arrest in New York, he sald: think that was the unhapplest streak I ever my life—those tive days I spent in Jefferson court. Ithougut 1 would go crazy » When he w Sed froin the Tombs, he continued, “I put myself in a bath tub with water scalding hot, and Stayed there two hou He spoke with great di-gust of his associates in the said he had not taken a bath for 35 HE WERT TO CHICAGO; there he was struck by the Chicago Inter-Ocean idea, and wrestled with that until he ex- hausted himself on ft; the paper could be bought then, he understood, for $75,000; his idea was to | make it the great organ of the west, with Horace Greeley’s republicantsin and James Gordon Bennett's snap and enterprise; he consulted hts | friends about it: one of them he offered to make governor of Iilinols 1f he would help him. He con- Suited lis old friend Chariey Reed, and Charley put in $25, which he had not got back yet. “Tran on to theology soon after that,” said the prisone “and that is worse than the hewspapers. ‘That's the reason I didn't pay Mr. Reed.” He gave oo Mr. Nixon some ‘ideas about duplicating the New York Herald's dispatches, which Mr. he 3 he wrote to nuett about vetting his disp: but fot no answer; he offere Linne his Suit for Mel for $100,000 agat: jeraid if Mr. Bennett would help hin asa cranky idea of mine,” sat Thad sued for $20,000, I would hs ore a jury.” ‘The prisoner minutely described his experience in the New York Heratd office in trying to get sats- faction; witness understood that Mr. Bennett was in Europe at the time he wrote, so he got no re- sponse. GUITEAU'S OPINION AROUT PAPERS. “What was your idea in saying that you ought to have sued for $20,000 instead of $10,002" asked Mr. Scoville, “Why,” said the prisoner, “if you sue a news- Paper forsomuch people think you are badly cranked.” He insisted his sultwas good. Mr. Townsend, attorney for the dierald, he sald, knew he had a good case, and as he (the prisoner) be to talk in court Mr. Townsend grew deathly pale. THE PRISONER TRACED HIS LIFE up to the time of his visit to his sister in Wiscon- sin in 1876. He was studying theology, he sald, and had aspirations to be an Evangelist like Moody, and to go to Europe. He admitted the hickory tree story, and said in explanation: “I Was hot a horticulturist or a farmer.” While Moody was in Chicago he was with him, and took an active part; he Was an usher a short time, and Spoke occasionally at the prayer meetings. DURING THE HEAT OF MOODY'S WORK, in Chicago, he heard Dr. Kittridge, of Chicago,say he did not know what was meant by a passage in the New Testament referring to the coming of Christ; that set his mind to whirling, and after spending a month in the Chicago public Hibrary,he dug out his lecture on the second coming of Crist It took him all the month of December. THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST. ‘The idea of that lecture ts that the second com- ing of Christ occurred at the destruction of Jeru- salem in a cloud in the heavens over the city of Jerusalem, and the destruction of the city was the outward mark of the second coming. “I just exhausted myself In getting that lecture up,” sald the prisoner, and he descanted on its Bierits with the glibnets of a book agent. | “I tried frequently to deliver it,” he said, “but I didn’t have much success.” HE RELATED HIS FIRST LECTURE EXPERIENCE, in January, 1877, 1n Chicago, in a Methodist church. He found about thirty or thirty-five peo- ple there, He delivered the substance of the lec- ture. The 7ritane came out next day and gave him a “rattling” notice, full of wit and sarcasm, which hurt his feelings very much then, as he thought then that he had hold of a great truth, He then went te the city editor of the pepe and asked for a truthful report. ‘The editor safd it was 2 good thing and he couldn't. spoil it. “The only thing,” moralized the prisoner, “about a news- paper's to get them to make a Gorrection. ‘They ave a certain theory that if they injure a man they won’t make a correction if they can avold it.” THE PRISONER'S PRIDE IN HIS THROLOGY. The witness went on describing his lecturing experiences in Chicago. “They thought I was very cranky,” he said, “because It upset all their old ideas and their theology. As a matter of fact, I never got much sympathy or much money out of theelogy, for my ideas don’t fit other people’s; but I stuck to it. I was brave. I knew the Lord was LITS AGAINST NEWS- behind.” ‘The prisoner having likened his labors to those of St. Paul, Mr. Scoville asked: “Didn't the Apos- tle Paul have greater success than you had?” “1 don’t think he did,” said the prisoner, promptly. “Tsay that little book of mine forever settled the question of the second coming of Christ.” The prisoner followed his lecturing experience during the fall and summer of 1877 very minutely. his quaint way of moralizing on his {ll-success keeping a ripple of laughter on the surface all the the, “They don't give much on collection, I find,” he said, referring toa Michigan experience. “They are willing to comeand get your ideas with- out paying for them.” HE SUPPOSES HE WOULD DRAW AS A LECTURER xow. “My lectures were always well advertised, but no one cared to hear me. I hadn't reputation enough to draw, that was all. Isuppose I would draw now.” Referring to anotuer ex perience, he said that were 50 or 60 people there. “4] gota good newspaper report, too,” he added, “put it was favored with the fact of my arrest the night before for not paying my board bill.” HE SLIPPED OUT. At another place there was not enough people in the hall to pay the rent. The owner expostulated and cursed him, and, sald the prisoner, “In order to avoid a controversy, I struck out, left the hall, and made a bee-line. for YpsilantL” At another time the prisoner was arrested for a hotel Dill at Ann Arbor. “Under the law of Michi- gan,” said the prisoner, “you can arrest a man for hot paying a board bill the sume as you can for stealing acoat. Idid not know that when I went there.” He was arrested taken on a train and while his guard was sleeping jumped from the train and “scooted on the back track for a mie, running as fastas he could.” He took a team for Toledo, 0, and as soon as ae out of Michigan felt better; hestuck to tecturing because he thought he was doing it for the Lord. “I went into that whole bu- Siness to serve the Lord,” said the prisoner. A LECTURER WITHOUT A SINGLE AUDITOR. “Not asingle person came to my lecture in To- ledo,” said the prisoner, “not a single person.” “What did you think of that?” asked Mr. Gco- ville. “Well, I thought it was pretty rough, but I stuck to it.” He related with a touch of grim humor his expe- rience with the railroad conductors, some of whom ssed him when he told them that he was lectur- Ing for the Lord; to one he gave his coat. ‘DEAD-BEATING IT. “You may say,” sald the prisoner, “that this kind of experience is dead-heading, but I say it ts an evidence ot how the Lord protected me. I dead- headed It from Toledo to Washington and didn’t get put off but twice. It wasn’t my business to BE*S ieaene EF ‘The prisoner related his narrow escape in jump- ing from a train betwcen New York and Newark; he then related his experience from Philadelphia to Washington, and described his six weeks ex- Telegrams to The Star. LEFROY HANGED IN LONDON. BATIONAL TARIFF CONVENTION, EX-BANK OFFICERS IN A BAD WAY, —in O14 World News. LEFROY, THE MURDERER, HANGED. Loxpox, November 29.—Arthur Lefroy, the murs derer of Mr. Gold, was hanged shortly after nine v'elock this morning. Only a small crowd of per- sons were on the outside of the jail. were apprised of the execution by the hoisting of ® Diack flag. Lefroy slept well last night. He was silent on the way from the cell to the scaffold, DUG his expression Was ghostly. The drop was 9 feet. ‘Death was instantaneous. = ‘The Tariff Convention. PROMINENT MEN IN ATTENDANCE—MR. LORING PRE SIDING, New York, November 29.—The national convem- tion of representatives of the agricultural, mana- facturing and commercial {Interests of the country Was called to order at 10:30 a. m. to-day in the 1 all of Cooper Institut: by Colonel D Houston, chetrman of the execut twee, who th: © comint. nked the delecates present for thelr hich he Said was an assurance of rotion to the material interests of the peo ‘The call for Lie convention, he sakl, Was nob | only national tn 4 | ls concerned, but r | Industries of our legisiation. Posts, Upon either the luxurtes or necessities of our peo. hab ple, but rather for an effort to reduce these are now oncrous and as speedily a8 possible me. lease the sof our country from ff r t ted and collected by the Int He then presented on behalf of Ui wminittee as Lemporary chairman Hon. | B. Loring, United State: nissioner of Agricule ture. Mr. Loring was A with applause, and after thanking the de! tes forthe honer com | ferred on bim reviewed ‘at some length the manu facturing and agriculture] tn wf the con | try, and recommended ha P we a \t » That the greats greatest numbet About fh e present. Among t Peter Cooper, Hon. V Hon. Jame 1 delegates Lorn were Brower, aener and y U.S. may p Seiden H.Ts ar as a witness Ex-Bank Officers Arrested. TAKEN FROM THE OFFICERS BY A MOB. -» November 29. —Danford, the of the Vanks At Hunnewell and Caldwen, closed, and Smith, bis cashier, were arrested to-day and broueht here on the change of receiving deposits, after they knew the bank to be insolvent. Over fity eltizens of Caldwell were here, awattin r examination, A | most bitter feeling prevatied among the. losers, | Later in the day the Caldwel! men took Danton and Smith from the officers by force, and holding th t@Santa Fe de Special trains from Wichita to ea well. They elalin they xi | prisoners unul t s LESS ACTIVE. ber 29.—The Post's tinanctal article (1:40 p. m. edition) says: The Stock Ex+ we Markets are less active than yestentay. United States bonds are 3% higher for the foul ‘Unis being the only change. Southern state bon are dull, but Tennessee's are 2 per cent higher for the new’sixes and the new series. Railroad bonds are generally firm, but quiet; — Boston, | Hartford and Erie firsts are exceptionally | strong, being up ly per cent to 74%. The stock "market was “irregular in ti dealings and generally lower. Since 10:30 07 ‘the market, a8 a rule, has been strong and the Tesult of the fluctuations thus tar for the day tsa. general advance of ga above yesterd A special feature has been Oregon Which ts up three per cent to 166: and preferred, which is up 24, per cent to 95. est stock to-day has been Denver & which has fallen to 79¢ from 80%. There i respecting Trunk Une railroad affairs. The loan market 1s working smoothly at six per cent on stocks. The leading government bond dealers are liberally supplied on bo gent. ‘Time loans on stocks per cent In the foreign exchange mai there is a pere ceptible reaction from the strength and moderate activity of yesterday, and to-day the market is quiet and barely steady. The Markets, BALTIMORE, November 29.—Virginia 64 16%; do. consols, 75; do. second series, 40: Pact due coupous, 83; do. new ten-fortin, 45 BALTIMORE, November 29.—Cotton firm. dling, 11%. Flour quiet and un 4 soul fun io Grande, western lower and dull—southern ander, 1.400148; “No. “TM western red, ‘spot and November, zi a. B4q5 January, 1. 38a Mi dithern white, Soeehe ‘overuber 29, 12:30 p.m.—U. 8. 1164." Atiantic and Great Western Ilinois © 1 and Qui feats ae Bi Ege: Denverand tuoGrande moe Disticies Cok 3.65" bonds, 1078108: Erie, 467s: do. do. seconds, 104%; Hannibal and Bt. Jo. Houston — and i... B. and W., 50) Shore, 121%; tan New York Ficvated, 1 Stig: ‘Now Jorery Gomeeal 2 Norfolk and Weatern 4054; do. pref cou Migullaiy: eee, ia ‘a0. Soupom, TT allt. : on ‘The Washington Navy Yara. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ITS ENLAKGEMENT—OTHER NAVY YARDS, Rear Admiral Nichols, chief of the bureau of yards and docks, in his annual report says a new machine shop for ordnance is much needed at the Washington navy yard, and an appropriation for making the marine railway at the Washington yard efficient Is recommended. The channel trom ‘the Potomac to the navy yard has been ually shoaling for many years unUll now it 1s alinos assable for vessels drawing sixteen feet. Uniess matter receives very early attention the navy yard will be cut off from water communication except by flat boats. It is proposed to deepen channel from the river to the yard. The recom mendation that the yard be increased by (re is renewed. It wi