Morning journal and courier., 1881-12-24
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. SCOVILLE IN LUCK. Attorney Reed Comes to
 His Assistance. AN INTRODUCTION BY GulTEAU. More Expert Testimony For the
 Prosecution. THE ASSASSIN'S LITTLE SPEECHES Fired Off Occasionally Dur
 ing the Day.
HE AssAsSIN'S LITTLE SPEECHES
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

A New CounseI-AttoFney Reed to Help scoviIle--The Assassin Gets or some Little Speeches - Experts Testify to Guiteau's Sanity.
 WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.-As soon as his
 handcufs were removed after coming into
 court this morning Guiteau broke out to say that he had been accused of abusing Mir. Scoville. He wished to say that MT. Scoville
 was good fellow and good real estate law yer, but no criminal lawyer. He (Guiteau) could not sit still and see his cause compro-
 missed. His opinion was that MT. Scoyille had elbowed of several prominent lawyers who would have gladly assisted the defence, but now his friend Charlie Reed, of Chicago, would take charge. He introduced him to the court, the jury and the American peo- pie.
 Mir. Scoville rose to explain his position and difficulties and ask from the judge a dis tinct statement that it would be a proper thing for Mir. Reed, who has been 8 witness, to come into the case as counsel After some discussion the judge said it would be proper enough, and Mir. Reed therefore becomes &C., tive as one of the prisoners counsel. MT. Scoville wished to say that Dr. Spitzka's let ter. alluded to yesterday, was written to him. self By request of the prosecution his let
 
 the defence.
 William A. Edwards, of Brooklyn, N. r., was put upon the stand by the prosecution, in consequence of reflections cast upon the character of D. Mclean Shaw by the de- fense, who had testified that the prisoner
 once talked to him in regard to Booth, the assassin, His cross examination was begun
 with great vim by MT. Reed, who questioned
 him with railroad rapidity. MT. Reed bad gered the witness for about an hour, with no remarkable outcome either way. Guiteau was very saucy.
 tendent of the Homeopathic Insane Asylum there, and lecturer insanity in the HaneInann Medical had treated 1000 of insanity; he had
 never seen an insane plead insanity as sn s
 mental derangement caused by disease of the brain
 Hs had % the ad an S ana ham n hesra
 suing the testimony to be true, so far as the prs 2d. Re gave the same answer as the others to the
 two questions previously put by Colonel Corkhill to the experts. The doctor was first sum-
 moned by the defense. The prisoner began to
 him of having been paid for his testimony and went on with his usual lingo until MT. Dayidge remon- strated and the court admonished the prisoner to keep quiet.
 Mir. scoville began the s-examinatio. Witness
 did believe it to be true that the prisoner acted under an insane delusion when he shot the Presi- dent He had taken into account the claim of the prisoner that his free agency dominated, and
 did not believe his free agency was controlled by
 insane delusion. Witness did not believe people
 were inspired in this day and generation to com
 init such deeds. Inspiration in such mere
 ly insane delusion there evidence in this
 case that the prisoner labored under an insane de-
 fusion. If by inspiration in his case was meant 'a happy thought" to commit the act, then he in spired. In any other sense he was not. Recess then taken.
 After Dr. Talcotts crosse exaHnination was
 stunned. In answer to of MT. ScoviIe's questions
 the expert said that in the prisoner
 in jail, he did net think him shammfng. In the
 court room had sometimes thought he exaggerated
 his natural tendencies. These he defined to be ego
 tis irritability and ingratitude He did not think
 that impulse to do act contrary to his disposi
 tion and to nature necessarily implied insanity and
 illustrated his opinion by citing the custom of Hin of the Ganges. They sane.
 The next witness was n. P. Stearu, superintendent
 of the Retreat for the at Hartford Conn. He
 gave his hereditary insanity and in reply to
 the stereotyped question declared the prisoner per fect1y sane Guiteau made his little speech, again
 declaring that the Deity had fahered his act and that he now Mr. Davidge. sI will say
 nothing about Corkhi, ," he added, "because think
 he Is cracked" ssIt might save time" suggest
 ed Gutea after further testimony, T the persecution would put all the experts in and swear them wholesale this question. Then they could get their pay and go home want to say also that just die on the gallows as die from malaria railroad accident or anything else. shall not go until my time comes. am perfectly happy now. eat we'll sleep and feel well. Those my senti- ments about this business
 The cross-examination of Dr. Stearn occupied the
 rest of afternoon It differed little except in de-
 tail with the facts brought out by the testimony of other experts. Court adjourned until tomorrow morning