Morris tribune., 1881-12-29

lost patience with ScovilIe, called him stupid
fool,n and congratulated himself and the court
on the probable accession of Charley Reed to
the case on the morrow
While the court waited for Corkhil's witness
who was to confirm all that Shaw said,
Guiteau held forth on Whist he termed "lhe
biggest lie of the century," the story Of his
Wilkes Booth remark. That was a good lie
for you, CorkhilL That was worth $4,000.
Did you get that much, Shaw? You ought to
have at least that. That is the most outrageous
lie ever heard" In the midst of his vitupera-
tions the court adjourned until tomorrow,
CorkhilPs witness not being forth coming
FRIDAY, DEC. %.
Two more experts summoned by the defense
and placed on the stand by the government tes-
titled to-day in the gloomy old court room that
Guiteau Is sane and responsible and was sane
and responsible on the day that he shot the
president. DR.. Spencer q. Talcott, superin-
tendent of an asylum for the insane at Middle
town, N Y, and DR.. Henry b. Stearns, superin-
tendent of the Hartford institute for the insane,
Hartford, Conn, testified that after careful
personal examination at the jail and careful
personal obse1 vations in the court room, they
had reached the conclusion that he was sane
and responsible, and in reply to the hypotheu-
cal questions or the prosecution, said they be-
lieved him to have been perfectly sane and re-
sponsible ON the I'd of July. A severe cross-
examination did not affect the testimony of
either. The prisoner saw, as every one else
did, what holes were sent in tbs fabric OF his
case by such broadside snd endeavored fre-
quently 10 break it's force. The experts, he
said, testified for hire They knew noti.irg
about his mind anyhow. He would not give
snap of his fingers for the testimony of 900
experts. As a last desperate resort he said:
The Lord will protect me- He WILL see that L
get justice. 1t may take all act of God 10 do II.
One of these men may have to be taken OIL the
panel. The wife of one Of them, am very
sorry to say, has died 1t was very sad oc-
currence. But another Juror may have to be
tax en- off by an act of God before l get jos ice;
but he'll see that getit.
One other witness was examined, William A.
Edwards, law clerk from New York, a ner-
vous difbdent man, easily confused, who,
in the Lands Of Charles q. Reed
Of Chicago (who had been Introduced by Gui-
teau as associate counsel with Scov lie) Elrned
es put on the st and since Officer Carney tesi1-
fed Csrkhill saw as 5000 as the cross-exeml-
nation began that he bad bluudered in placing
Edwards on the and. ScCville made linn au-
NIT, without explanation, thatD. McLeon Shaw,
whose clerk he was and whose testimony ne
was called to corroborate, had been
indicted and tried for perjury; that Shaw
swors falsely when he said, in detailing the
conversa ion in his Office ten years ago, wherein
Guiteau said he proposed to win notoriety if
he had to initiate Wilkes Booth; that Guiteau
and he were alone; that Shaw hsd exaggerated
the strength of Guiteau's conversation; that
neither Shaw nor himself attst he'd any import
ance to the assertions Of Guiteau, and that
both of them considered him strange"
Guiteau was ivelier than usual He talked
almost necessarily, go that but little progress
was made in the trial
The following is a fair specimen of numer-
GUS Interruptions by Guiteau: Corkhil was
about to call witness, when Guiteau broke
out excitedly: ''There's a vast amount of
rubbish getting into this case that has nothing
to do with it I would like to know what this
has to do with my condition of mind on the
I'd Of July? You can't tell what is going on
now in that foreman's mind or Judge Cox's,
How can you tell what was going on in mine on
the 2d Of July? All this nonsense about
whether I'm insane now or was five years sgo
has nathing whatever to do with this case.