Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 21, 1881, Page 1

oo — EL * CARFIELD'S AVENGER. Full Particulars of the Attempt- ed Killing of Guiteau Sat- urday Afternoon. The Assailant Captured and Proves to be Wm, Jones, of Virginia. He Refuses to Either Admit or Deny the Shooting, Re- maining Silent. ‘Guiteau's Brother and Sister Bxpress Themselves on the Situation. Guiteau Wants'a Detachment of Mounted Police For a Guard. A Subsoripsion iPaper Circulated to Dofray the Assailant's Exponses. National Associated P'ros. WasuiNatoN, November 20.—The third attack on the life ot Guiteau took place just hefore 3 o'clock Sat- urday afternoon. The news traveled s0 disconnectedly that for a long time it was discredited. Officer Edelin says they left the court house at 2:40 p-m. When opposite the Holmes house, D street and New Jersey av- enue, they met a man on horseback d the man because he had uce in the court room. Rid- ing near the van the stranger seemed anxious to et a look at the prisoner, but Hdelin said to him, ‘There’s nothing in there for you tosce.” With this the horseman turned about and ‘was seen no more untilon First street, near Capital street. There he rode up from behind, and asthe van turnad into East Capital street he was on its nght. Dropping behind he peered through the grating and pushed his horse quickly to the left of the van, From this point and before the officer could discover that he had a pistol, he fired a shot through the grating, and then wheeled suddenly Dback towards First street. The officer fired at him as he turned, and thinks he struck him, for he fell forward on his horse and consinued in_that posi- tion, riding northward on Firat street. Without waiting to inquire about the condition of the prisoner, the van was started in pursuit of the horseman, but time was lost in turning over car tracks on East Capitol street, and the fugitive had too good a start. The van pursued as far as K street, down which the horseman fled, but he was -soon lost to sight. Edelin had a good look at tho stranger, and noticed, too, that his weapon was a central fire pis- tol. He describes him as heavy set, with dark complexion, dark hair and eyes, and heavy, stubby black mus- tache. He was dressed in passably dark clothes, black slouch hat, and scemed to be of middle age. Kdelin says he did not hear Guiteau say a word during the ride oxcept that he wanted to go back to police headquarters for a guard. Pay- ing no attention to him they made their way back to jail. They backed the van to the ¢ trace and opened the door. Guiteau was crouching in the further corner, pale and trembling “‘Come on ont,” said Edelin, but the fellow was too frightened to move. Presently he walked toward the door but shrank back again. The officers repeated their assurances that there was no one else there and Guiteau came out, “The Lord is on my side, sure enough,” said he, “but I think he had better have a policeman take care of me after thi Then, turn- ing to Bdelin, he said, *“Tell them I want a doublo guard here Monday morning to take me down to court,” When asked if he was hurt he only caught hold of his left hand and was thus taken to his cell. There a report- er found him changing his shirt. There were two holds in the left sleeve of his coat below the elbow, but neither sleeve of the outside shirt nor of the under shirt was injured. Cutting away the sleeve it was found that the concussion from the ball as it passed through his coat sleeve had brought blood to the surface of the arm just abovo the wrist, but there was no rupture of the skin, Dr. Me- Williams, jail physician, directed ap- plications of ice, and in a few minutes the injury was imperceptiblo. The doctor also recommended that a nar- cotic be givea at bed time. Guiteau was extremely nervous andcontinually upbraided the mayor and_chief of po- lice for not furnishing him an ade- quate guard. ‘Warden Crocker told him that Mayor Brock wasn't to blame. “Then who 187" inquired Guiteau; ‘some one is, surely.” When putting on his striped shirt the prisoner kept saying that the Lord was on his side. He was too much excited to talk much. Later he grew calmer and lay down on lus cot. When asked to tell how 1t all happened, he at first referred all inquiries to “my body cuard,” but upon learning that Edelin had told his atory said: “‘I started from the court room in excellent spirits. I stood up in the forward part of the van, took hold of the grating with both hands and was looking one. 1 was thinking my first week in court had been a good one for me; T had a good jury and 1o one had said anything hard sinat me. T noticed nothing out of tho way tidl T heard a shot, then an- other, and T felt something in my arm, I dropped on the floor thinking that my arm was broken, but didn’t move much until the van stopped at the jail. **Who was it shot at me!” he asked. Upon being told that the man escaped, ho asked if helfired two ahots at him. Edelin told him he had fired but one. ‘I wish you had kill- ed him,"” he said. While Le was talk- EVENTH YEAR. fthe protection that justice demands, Tar OmMaHA DAILY BEE ing, Perry Carson, the six foot @ lored deputy marshal who rode on the back of the van, brought in the bullet which had been found lying on the bottom of the vehicle, Tt was of 48.calibre and had made an indention in_the right side of the van before falling. 'The prisoner glanced nervously towards everyone who camo near the cel. While there were several arouud him, he said: ‘I thought the horses were running away, 8o 1 clung close to the bottom.” “I guess that is eo,” volunteered Carson, **T heard a fall inside as soon as the shot was fired, and I did not hear no noise. T thought he was dead " SAt 4 o'clock Mr. and Ms. Sco ville arrived at tho jail. Mrs. Sco- ville was in a pitiable state of exoite- ment. When it was proposed td bring Guitean out in the hall that she mignt sco him she said, “No, no, let him stay there. I would rather go| home without seemg him than have him ran any risk.” Finally ho was led down the corridors and slhiowed his arm to hissister. After that both wero more calm. He repeatedly told her and Me. Scoville not to worry. That the Lord was on his eide, and Mr. Scovills then kade him good-by and said: ““I hope he will always be.’ Left. alone, he pariially rocovered his composure, Wardon Crocker ro- ported him at supper as weoll as usaal and that with the help of the narcotic it was thought that he would sicep well. This occurrence las caused coneid- | erable excitement in the city. The Star extra lust iing says that a man of published description. was around tho cityhallseveral hoursto-day. He said he was from Prince George’s county, V that he was an old army mate of Gen Garlield’s, and he was here (o murder his assassin. Mo had intended to do it yesterday, but had ‘waited until to- day because it was the fittioth anui versary of Garfield’s bizthday. People thought he was drunk, and so when he went out of the building, mounted an old horse and rode off, no particu- lar attention was paid to him. MRS, SUOVILLE OPPOSED TO DEF MALPRACTICE. Before court adjourncd Mrs. Sco- ville was talking bitterly about the course Mr. Robinson in bringing up the malpractice defense againt the wish of Scoville. She was sure that some harm would come out of it. “Now,” she says, “people begin to think that the trial will never end, and it is that that has goaded this un- known stranger to try to kil my brother,” GUITEAU'S BROTHER, John W. Guiteau stated when he heard of the shooting: *‘Itisadisgrace- ful proceeding snyway. A man guilty or not should have the protec- tion of the law. It is & disgrace to the government and to the District of Columbia. T hope this will result in the government giving the prisoner RE ON be the facts what they ay. 1 feel that a man being tried ifor his life ought to be protected from vio- lence, and I hope that this will cause such in the future. If a mau is crazy he should be punished to the full ex- tent of the law."” ““Then you join with your sister and Scoville in believing him insane?,’ “Yes, and if he is not, I say he | more than two foet from the When the van passed through the grounds one of theeo officors said they noticed a stranger mounted ona sorrel horse riding near the van, His pr ence was rematked especially, and one of the bystanders said, I believe that man is going to shoot Guiteau.” The man then had his pistol in his hand. It was observed that the officers in charge of the van appeared rather careless. When the van had passed thrcugh the eapitol grounds and was emergiog into HEast Uapital street the stranger rode up to the right sido of the van, levelled his pistol and fired. The loud report threw the gurds at once into a state of great oxcitement, The driver, Jim Leonard, leapad down from his seat but ac onee remounted, Meanwhile the stranger urged his horso and sped away in another direction. The van was deiven rapidly after him for some distance and then turned back. The van was criven to the city hally after aving Guitean at the jail, and was ticre submitted to an examination by the oflicers. The side of the was found to bo perforated by a clear eut hole perfectly round and about the of an ordinary pistol bullet. It indicated thas the muz of the pistol had been pressed against the side of the van. The hole is a little front of the van and twenty-one inches abc o seat, showing that Guiteau's posi tion had been determined and an.ef fort mado to strike the back of his head. The side of the van which was picrced is sheet iron nearly a quarter of an inch in thickness. Scoville said in an interview last night that Robinson must abandon the malpractice theory or he will ap- poal to the court and retire from the i ANSAILANT CAPTURED, After cseaping from the ofticers the man who fived Guiteau was cap- tured at the residence of Mr. J. B. word and taken to tho second district station. There he gave his a8 ———, occupation afarmer, and arge preferred was -suspicion. It was learned that he 1efused either todeny or affirm the shooting. He was locked up for the night. Deputy Marshal Williams recognized Mr. Jones as the man_ who hung around the court house during the day, and who had been eyeing Guiteau very closely. The description given by Oficer Edelm, who fired at him as he flod from the van, was auswered casily, cven to the color of his mus- tache. He will be held for trial in the police court on Monday. SUBSCRIPTIONS TO DEFEND JONES, Subscriptions to the amount of 82560 have been taken up in various parts of the District to-day to defray the expenses of the trial of Wm. Jones, churged with attempting to shoot Guiteau on Su THE NATIONAL CAPITAL ational Associated ¥ross. THE HOUSE OF REFPRE! The present membership of the house of ropresentatives is 203, or one member ta about 140,000 of popula- tion. According to the table subinit- ted by the ceusus department to-day, the population of the states beinyg placed at 49,371,340, the states will be represonted in the KForty-eighth congress at the ratio of ene member to every 169,080, or unless a new ap- portiontmeat is made, as follows: should be hanged. The fact of his 18th heing my brother is of no weight with Cong's, me. 1€ 1 believed him sane T would e 8 not throw the weight of a hair in the | S Y scales to prevent him being punished, | Cojo ado ... 2% as the law prescribes, John Guiteau | Conunecticut 1 said further that the family and Mis | D laware o Scoville would not cousent to any de- | Florida 1 fense except iusanity, and (it the | {Eoris: 1 efforts of Robinson to introduce the | fdiana 12 malpractice theory without their | fowa i knowledge must be abandoned, or|Kansis e {1} 3 Robinson would be put out of the ;fim‘uiw1|~ ceennn10 “_: Cas0; E Maine.. 5 THE DEPUTY MARSHAL S STORY. A [ Perry Carson eays: “T had seen N the assmlant repeatedly. He came b 3 round the Ciry Hall on horsebuck yes terday, but he did not follow, I sup- posed that all was right. To-day when we drove off he was there again and rode after us to First street. Then he rode ahead and turned off, and T had supposed that he had gone for good. When we reached the de- pot at the corner of New Jersey ave- nue, hie rode up behind again, and when we turned up Firsts strect was quite close and leaning forward on his horse, his head quite close to me, he peered through the slats in the door. Just as we turned the corner of Tirst and Capital strects he rode past me and up along the sido of the van, 1 leaned arouni to where he was going just as he placed the pistol at the lower corner of the second top panel from the front, but could not seo what he done with the pistol be- cause of the smoke, but heard the horse’s hoofs clatter, and then another shot was fired by Edelin. The stranger then dashed out towards the railroad track and we made a lively race him, but the hill broke us off and he got away. All this time we didn't know whether Guiteau was shot or not. No sound came from the inside, and we concluded that the best plan was to drive to the jail at once and we did Whon 1 opened the door Guiteau almost sprang into my arms. Ho was standing up holding i right wrist and said he had been hit, but didn't think it was bad. He said: “Mr. Carson, I desire you to tell Deputy Marshal Williams and Detective McElfresh to double my guard on Monday “‘He was the woust frightened man I over saw. He was as pale as a ghest, and said that he was standing up when shot.” James Leonard, who was driving the van at the time of the shooting, made a statement confirming in every | detail Carson'sstatement. The horse- man, he said, was about thirty-three years old and plainly dressed, and the weapon, he should juage by the quick glance he got, was quite small, and nickel or silver plated. The horse was in poor condition, and apparently blind in one oye. There were several laborerers and ofticers in the capitol grounds, who witnessed the shooting. sx Hampshire. .. . New Jerse New York Vor South arvlina, Tennesse xas Vermont Vir.inin West Virgi Wisconsin . -DEPUTY LILLY ARRESTED, Ex-Deputy Sixth Auditor Lilly was arrestod yesterday on a warrant charg- ing that December 19, 1879, he ac- cepted from Geo. F. Brott §8,000 as compeneation for procuring Brott a contract on a mail route. ail was fixed at $5,000, and furnished. THA CHRISTAINCY CASE, The mother of Mrs. Christiancy was on the stand in the divorce case yes- terduy, Sho stated that her duughter submitted to her all the lotters she wrote and read her all she receive Tho letter put in with Giro's testimony wag submitted to her aud carefully exammed. Sho said the writing was like, yet unlike that of Ler daughter. She didn’t think she wrote them. OTH ANNIVERSARY, The memorial Garfield meeting to. night, being the 50th anniversary of Garfield’s birthday, of the Washing- ton literary sacicty, was largely at- tended by the most prominent people of thecity. It was, in a literary point of view, most succeasful. "ER GARFIELD' - - A Pop-Corn Man Found Dead in a Hay-stack- National Associated Pross, Sexiscriern, T, November 20, — J. N, Sedgwick, a pop-corn peddler, was found frozen to death under a hay-stack to-day. He has been miss- ing for two weoks. The deceased was ed (5 and was & well known crank, having lived under a sidewalk in Chi- cago all one summer and was kuown as “Old Sedge,” or the hermit of Michigan avenue, WASHINGTON NEWS. The Testimony in Fall of the Buiteau Trial on Saturday. The Question nf the Character of the Defense to be Made Causes Differences Between the Counsel for the Defense. Robinson Wants to Make it Malpractice ; Scoville, Insanity. A Press Reporter's Interview With the Assassin at the Jail Yesterday. Memorial Celebratidn of Gen- eral Garfleld's Fiftieth Anniversary. Apportionment of the Honso of Reprenontatives -Othor Cap- ital News. GUITEAU. National Associated Vress, TIE PRISONER IN GOOD HUMOR WasniNaTON, November 10, School children vied with ladics for pokitions in court this morning, and men, outside of members of the bar, wore decidedly few, The friends of the prisoner were early in their scats, John W, Guiteau said to a reporter, My brother is in very good humor this mornin I saw him carly, and he was laug| about the renrk he made yesterday, when he told me, ‘You don’t know any more than 8 ville.””" He says it is most | to think how the prisoner pass time between daylight and Every evening, when it gets too darkc to read or write, he lies down on his cot, and, beating time with both feot on the foot board, whistles and sinys to himself until he goes to sleep. THE JURY PHOTOGRAPHED, The jury sat for their pictures this worning, having been fixed for the occasion. They looked botter than usual. SATURDAY'S TRIAL PROCEEDINGS, The crush about the doors of the building this morning was greater than before and it was almost im- possible for the judge and counsel to get in. The prisoner came in at 10:12. He was dressed in the usual manner and looked much the same as yesterday. As he passed between Gen, Swaim and Col. Rockwell n glanced hurriedly S okt hace imae Saiidane the president. Maynard, electrician, who has been a resident of Washington for many years. He testitied that on the 12th of March Guiteau came to his oftice and asked him to lend him §10 for o few days. He was expecting a re- mittance soon, he said. Witness let him have the money and aso in June last he let him have $15 more. Hesaid he wanted to pay a bill. Witness showed a due bill for the whole amount, Guiteau roso to make an objection to this kind of evidence. Mr. Scoville said that the objection was in_good aith, and Guiteau sai “I do not think it makes any difference who owes me or who Towe, Mr. Maynard is a good fellew, and T owe him $25.” The court asked the prosecution to expluin the object of the evide Colonel Corkhill said he intended to show that the money last borrowed #1\was used by the assassin to purchaso the pistol used by him. The witness testifiod further that he had boarded at the same house with Guiteau dur- ing his school days at Ann Arbor, Mich. He did not see him from that until he came to borrow the $10. Did you notico anything strange the time,” asked /| hungry.” “1 ‘was boarding at a first-class house at the time and had plenty to ! eat,” interrupted Guiteau. “Anything else” continued Mr, Scovillo, addressing the witness. “He looked a little seedy T thought.” Guitenu—""1 had a $70 suit of clothes, There is nothing very sced about that, Again, I do not thin my circumstances have anything to do with this case. T have been well fed ever sinco 1 have been in Washington, 1 know plenty of public men and cou'd get a'l the money T wanted, 1f T looked hungry it was due to mental anxicty I had a great weight on my mind.” He spoke with his usual ve- ce but was allowed to finish Maynard’s testimony was cor- roborated by his clerk and Mr. O'Meara, pistol dealer, retold the well known story of tho pistol pur- chase and identified the weapon, At the rcquest of counsel, Mr, O'Mecara drew the cartridges from the pistol 8o that it might be safely handled, Whilo this was being done Guitcau addressed the court calmly an follows ““While this is being done I want to give a public mvitation to John D, Townsend, of New York, to assist me in this trial Leonard Sweet and Mr. Trude, of Chicago. T desive to invite them to meet here with Judge ryland, on Monday. are good brains on the other side and I want somo on this, Mr. Townsend has eaid he would come, and T think the others will doso, Re- porters will please make note of this,” Then, hesitating & moment, he wont on: **Another thing I want to say is, 1 anderstand there are some disreputable characters standing about this court intendng to do me bodily barm, 1 The first witness called was Geo. C.A ful. OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 21. 1881, want to say that the chief of police has kindly provided me with an os cort, and'T have a body guard, 1 am not in fear of my life, for any one at- tempting it will probably be shot at once by my body guard Col. Rockwell, commander of pub lic buildings. nd one of General Garfiold's intimate friends, was next placed on the stand. He said ho wes an ofticer of the army, His tostimony concorned what hie knew of the sheo ing at the depot. Ho did not sce the shooting, but was at the prosident’s side soon after. When ho first saw him be thought he looked like one with & mortal wound. Witness also said that he staid by the president almest constantly until ho died at Kl beron, N, J., at 10:30 p. m., on the night of Septomber 9, 1881, Mr., Scoville did not see the use of this tostimony, “Weo admit the shooting but not the killing,” interrupted Guitean The court said ho could not control the line of prosecution Mr. Seowille did not tions of the witnoss, Gon. Swaim followed Col. Rock well. He then told how he was at Long Branch with Mre, Garfield when the president was shot; how he eame on with her and remained with the president until his death, and heard his last words, **Oh, Swain, " The defense did not cross-examine Gen, Swaim. Dr. Bliss was then called, Dr. Blisa was dressed in a light suit and looked better than ho has for several months, Hls answers were plain and brief, as far as possible. He be- wan his story where ho first eaw the "president at tho depot, detailed s condition at the time and stated that he was in attendanco on the president until his death, which was caused by hemorrhage, and that it was the im mediate cause of death. Dr. Bliss then took an anntomy wmodel and showed the jury the course of the ball as rovealed by the autopsy. While waiting for the section of the vertebrae of General Garlield to be brought in Mr, Robinson began a cross-examination. Ho fiest asked the doctor to detail to him the symptoms of the president cach day from the time he was shot until he died. He began the story of his case which he had several times told in private. At tho depot he said ho used small probes in his wounds. They passed about | three agd one-half inches downward, and forward the fracture of tho rib was thus discovered. 1 detailed this discovery to tho other physicians. A censultation was held, o dressing ap- plied and the president removed to the whito house. At the depot the prosi- acnt had the appearance of one in a collapse. Ho evidently had been vomiting, but he said he had not. The doctors therefore thought he complumed of a pain in the lower extremeties, but nowhere else. At the white houso the president was given frequent draughts of water and after awhile hyperdermic injections. The necessmy temperature was main- tnined, and strict silence cn{oinod Qa g‘g, yorning of July Sed, the president scemed cheofful and hope- A reaction having set in, a sim- ple dressing was applied and efforts made to induce the reten ion of the milk and ne water. The stomach was in_a similar condition on the dth. That morning Dr. ew and Hamilton arrived. There was o con- sultation of the physicians subsce- quently, in attendance. Before this ume it had been customary for three or four physicians to go to the bedside ask any ques- of fihe president and muke an examination and_report the same to the rest. The opinions were | of course expressed. Ono physician felt sure. from a personal examination that the liver had been perforated and that the president was dying of inter- nal hemorchage. After the evening of the 3d, Dr. Agnew and Hamilton, Drs. Koyburn, Barnes, with the wit- ness, were at on attendance on the president. The two first mentioned wade o personal exammation. Drs. Townsend and Barnes were at the de- pot when witness arrived. These wit- nesses bolieved they had probed the wouand. Thought Dr. Townsend had found the fractured rib, He thought no one had probed the wound except ing himself on his arrival. Witness ther reported the de tion of the course of the ball, ding to the autopsy. Hethen identified a seetion of the vertebrae as that of the late president and with it several partics which explains more fully to tho jury the course of the wound, The had commencod to rast when fonnd and the vertohrie had begun to decay | from the efivet of the passage of the ball and the attendant conditions Dr. Bliss then deseribed the fracturs of the riband went into the detals of the operation ho performed during life on account of the burrowing of the pus cavity. This burrowing of the pus cavity started outs de the vertebrie and it was into this that both incisions were made. Neither of them were made into the back of the wound. Witness had some trouble in making the modical terms under- stood by the jury. Guiteau occupied the time during this testimony in reading, only ocea: sionally glancing at the witness. Dr. Bliss further said that no other fragments of rib were found after h, ragments of the vortebrae, r, were found at the autopsy. %ol. Corknill was very anxious to have to have the Dr. make these terms understandable to the jury, He doubted not that Mr. Robinson nnder stood them all, but he did not, and he wanted to be sure the jury did. In angwer to a dircct question Dr. | Bliss said that the track of the ball as not in the corpse and that be thought the specimens presorved would ghow the track and where ball was found, notwithstanding the parts were changed by inflamation, the parts of the wound where tho hall was found was completely bealed near ly in, not toward the verebrae, That part of tho wound was doing us well 88 could be expected. Mr. Robiuson then went back to the early con- | the | | sultation in the case and at his request the witness men tioned the names of those physiciaus _in attendance on the first day. Ho tried to recall the opin iona expressed by thom, and said it was Dr. Watts who said the liver was Incerated and sakd it was on his state- mont that it was generally believed. When the first consultation was held with Drs. Agnew and Hamilt it scomed probable that the liver was not Inceratod and they began to recede, though net then entively from their provious peaition. There were no im- vortant developments i tho ease atter tho reacton until the first vus cavity formed. Tleen there were unmistakablo symptoms of contined pus, which wao rolioved. There was littlo chango until the second cavity was formod, and after that the symp- toms continued wmiform. As to when the parotid glars trouble began Dr. Bliss said he coula give a detailed his tory of tho cass of Sho case if he had data at hand, Hoe was told that he would be given an cpportunity to pro- vide himsolf such date. Mr. Scoville then questioned him, Tn answer Dr, - Blive said that the | time of tho shooting until death | there was undoubted!ly a flow of blood from the broken artery, into and through the adjoining eavity, The cavity must havo beon enlarged just before death, The artery could not have been ruptured by the injectic of embalm, clse there would have been unmistakablo eyidence of it, but the witness had been summoned to the case by Seoretary Lincoln and afterwards remained in chargo of the personal request of the president and Mrs. Garfield. Being judged from the nature of tho wound fthe shot | must have been fired from a litlte to the right or directly behind the president. Dr. Bliss thon pro- coeded to tell Scoville the history of famous pus canal. The short recess was takenat 12:30. Most of the erow kept their placc The prisoner ate lunch m the mar shal’s room, Dr. Bliss was reealled and Mr. Se ville continued the eross-examination. He asked cavefully concerning the treatment. Again the witness had recourse to the oflicial record of the cago, This was i Dr. Reyburn’s hand writing. That physician had to be sworn to act as interpreter of the swme, Together they began the de- tailed history of the ease. Mr. Rob- inson said he wanted nothing but the symptoms, after whicly only the record of this was given. Nearly an hour was conswmed in this way. Me while the audie grow restiv Guitenu famused himself by looking over Mr. Scoville’sshoulder as he read the statutes. Mr. Robinson listened closely, bubt the other counsel soemed busy with books and paper At length, however, Colonel Cork- hill and Mr. Davidge made an_eflort to find out the object of this line of evidence. Mr. Duvidgo said he pre- sumed that the object was to establish the defense that the president was killed by malpractice. Such evidence could not be admissable according to his way of thinking, unless the de- fense meant to chargo that the presi dent wps murdered by {the surgeon At any rate such evidonee wus not ad missable at this stage of the case, If such a defense should be undertaken, the prosecution might then have some- thing to say. Mr Davidge thought such a defense would bo supremely ridiculous. Any way to save time and trouble, he proposed to let the defensc have the o record of the case to s they pleased. Robinson accepted this offer and only asked a few more questions, Mr. Scoville did not seem at all pleased with Mr. Robinson's line of examina- tion. It was learned during the af- ternoon that Mr, Seoville really ob- od to the malpractice defonse, and that Mr. Robinson was undertaking it on his own responsibility, After Mr, Robinson had concluded, Mr., Davidge asked Dr. Bliss to stato to the jury thogreat dangers of such a wound as tho president was found to have had. s roplied that the injuries to khone was the chief danger; that blood poisonng was unavoidable from the effects of the s red bone fragments, and that the mjury to the artery must sooner or later have provon fatal. These wero the great according to his point of " and he plainly stated so to the , and explained, too, that a ball would perfectly encrust, but bono or nents f bone, never, Colonel Corkhill said the prosecution had confidently expeeted to elose their ease this afternoon, but Mr. Robinson had informed him that all the medical witnesses would by subjected to imilar interminable cross-exmmination as Dr, Bliss, and he therefore saw no uso in going further to-day. Conse- quently the court mlf'nunw«l The jury will be allowed to take o rido under the vscort of the marshal to-morrow, Guiteau scems much pleased with Robsow's espousal of the malpractice defense, He shook hands with his brother and sister before he went out, and said: “Como and call to-mor- " The van not having been or dered until 3 o'clock, he was kept side longer than usual, afid therefore excaped s0 grent a crowd ay yesterday. Ho earried about a dozen pipers with him to the jui DIF WasuinGroN, Ne is overy prospect of anothe scene court in the Guiteau case to-morrow morning, and one that will perhaps have a marked effect on the future of the trinl, Mr. Scoville to-day reiter- ated in aninterview his determination to retire from the ease unless Mr, Rob inson does so. Mr. Robinson, he says, does not consult i at all, and his concoption of the malpractice do- the friends of the prisoner, Mr. Robin refuses to say what he will do to-mor- row, but it is supposed that he, hav ing been assignod by court, will con- tinuo to act unless the court thinks he had better vetire tosave trouble, The prisomer’s brother and Mr, Scoville insist that Robinson shall go. The only way & compromise could be of- focted is by Robinson's agrecing to abandon the malpractice defense, keep still and let Neoville fense will not bo tolerated by NO. have his way, All this, it is thought, he will hardly do. The course that Guitean hrmaelf will take in the mat- ter is uncertain, 1t was reported here to-day that he had said ho would ap- hold Robinson inthe matter. Robin- son called on him to sce how badly he was hurt, but did not see him; neither was the prisoner visited by Scoville or his brother today. The jail was visited, howsver, by many curious ones, but fow saw hitn. Among those ;N'In seen him was a reporter, to whom e 120 TALKAD FREBDY, First ho said lse wished the papers would aot speak of bim as the “assas- ain.” ““That is a sruel wovd,” said he, “‘and it'grates on my sensitive nerves, Some papers always speak of me as tho prisoner, the defendant,_or Gui- teau, T don't mind that, ‘Fellow’ is another name I donlt like; that is a low, vulgar appellation,” The ter- view then jroceec “Does yowr wound Burt you?” tin the least, Pt did not hurt from the firsd The man intended: to- kill me, but the Lord interposed and saved me from harm. You ecan look at my arm,” eontinued the assassin, and showed the spot inside of the el- bow, that locked very much liko m burn. He comtinueds “Tho papers have done mo wrong in saying T smilingly handloda section of Prosi- domt ( eld’s backbone produced in court,” “Didn’t you critieally oxamino it?” “Idid not; Scoville had it in his hands and it attracted my attention, I whispered to him, ‘is that part of Gartield’s bones!” and My, Scoville: nodded ‘yes.’ T dd not stick my finger into the hole; didn't even point atit. T want tho statement correct- ad, for sush reporta tend to incense tho people against me. “Did you ever know Bill Jones, the man arrested on suspicion of having tived at you yesterday?’ ““I'uever saw him, and don't want to soe him or any one else of his dis position. He must be a lunatie or bushwhacker.” “Did you say, as roported, that you supposed some damned Virginian or Maryland rebel did it?" “Ididn't. Tdon't swear. T have always nssociated with high-toned peo- plo- Christians and ~ politicians of moral principles. Whenever you see an oath, coupled with any exprossion acoorded to me, you can put the whole thing down as a manufactured falsehood.” Warden Cracker remarked thatdur- ing his attendance on Guiteaw he had nover heaed a profane or valgar word from him. “Do you desire the punishment of your would-be slayer!” resumed: the reportor, “I certaily do, anld to the full ex- tent of the law; not, however, out of a spirit of revenge, but as a warning to other ovanks who harbor designs against my life.” “Do yow stand in dread of any fur- ther atfompts on your life?” “‘I havo no anxiety as to the future. 1am inluo {«n‘r, tho Lun:dmd the itan polico wi E{. me from . T}(‘:I’m‘fi ‘protect mo in the future as He has preserved me in the past. He is using these peoplo to serve His purposc;and hence comes my protection. The issues of life or death, you know, are in His hands and He mnever, in workis ot his plans, gives much reference to the will of man,” “But,” said the reporter, ‘if the Lord gnards you with such. tender carc, why was it that this attempt on your lifo threw you into a state of fear?" “I was not thrown into any fear, The report was false and slanderous. When I heard the shot I thought one of the guards had accidentally dis- charged his pistol, and that the horses then took fright and ran away. I tell you this made the old van hum. That, of conrse, caused me consider- ablo trepidity, but 1 was not f tenod,” SWill you appeal to the court for additional protection 2’ “I undoubtedly shall, if the addi- tional prosection is not granted with- out: such an appeal, and I am im= formed it will be, T want no leas than six or eight mounted: policemen to guard the van from the jail to the yom to-morrow and. back again that was. lice have only accompanied the van in the morning, ‘Do you intend to make an address in court to-morrow?!” “ don't intend to make any more speeches in future, 1 will got in my work on the sly by seasonuble intor- ruptionsand nterjections.” “Your lawyers and) the court may: have something to say on this sub- jeet,” suggested the reporter. “You can just say,” retorted the agsussin, “‘that I am not going to be. mugzled, 1don’t intend to be mur- dered by any suggestions of my coun- sel, or by the ruling of the court. L muy have someshing to sag to-mor- row, for T undemstand that Scoville objects to the cross-examination of the doctors. Now, E want them to be vigidly examinod.” Mr. Crocker here objected to the prisoner criticising his eounsel, but. Guiteau said quickly: “I want %o.say this, that the doc- tors must tell their stories in full, as 1 have said in open court, 1 ydmis the shooting, but deny tho The (Iuc(ursiillc(l tho presi- Killing, dent and I intond that they shalk share with me the odiwn of his death.” “Do you then intend to insist on the ploa of mulpractice.” 1 do not, 1 rest sololy on the plea of inganity.” “Phen you really consider your act an insane one?”’ SEdo, The act of taking President eld’s life, from its conception to exceution, was an insane one,” “You surely do not maintain that you aninsane man at this mo- ment?” Ventured the reporter, I maintain,” began Guiteau, but the warden put his foot down on this way of getting evidence, as he seemed to consider The assassin did say, Contintied on _lif_th page, it are