Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-31

| titylng 10 their DelleI III tHeStuleS vi tu0
| prisoner, both at the time of the COM
| mission of the crime and Mt present, ana
the onIY Interesting feature of the pro-
= tSstsfinSs was a sharp passage between
| COrkhill and Scoville, in which the lat
ter came out victorious.
Regular Proceedings
WASHINGTON, December S0.-Atl0 o'clock
Guiteau was led into court by the bailitf.
As he passed the tableat which his counsel
SAT. he pauSed moment and whispered to
Scoyille: If you will only keep quiet,
| to-day, will laugh this case out OF court. ,
As soon rs he reached the dock he shouted
ont: Some of the leading papers in
America consider me the greatest fellow
they have met in some time. At eight
o'clock last night, | received telegram
which ! will read for the ediicatiOn OF this
audience and the American people:
Nr. Charles j. Gvitcau. Washington, ID. D.:
All Boston SympathizeS with you. You
ought to be President.
FSigned.1 \ HoSr OF ADMIRERS.
Pausing a moment he branched off into u
Rambling Harangue,
| quoting scripture and comparing himself
| TO the meek and lOwly Jesus who used plain
| language. though sometimes severe. Il
| have been accused of using too harsh Ian
/ guage," he added, but | take my pattern
! from the Savior of mankind. | shall sub
nit my name to the next
National Republican Convention.
| shall expect to be before it. There are
only two men in the country who want me
! hung-One is Judge Porter, who expects to
get s.. coo from the Government il l am
convicted, and the other is Corkhill, who
expects To get bounced, and who knows l
am the cause of il.
Counsel for the prosecution having en-
| tered, Doctor hempSter took the stand,
\ and ScOyille resumed his crOSs-eXamination.
| Witness didn't believe in temporary insan-
| ity, in the sense that u person could be in
| sane and wholly recover from il in an
| hour. Witness was asked if he believed
| SicklCS was sane or insane when he shot
| Key, and replied: IL think he was sane,
sir"
Guiteau-The jury didn't agree with you,
sir They thought he was insane.
Upon the witness leaving the stand, Cork
hill announced he had but
One More Witness
to introduce on the part Of the Govern
ment. and he would like to hear from SEQ
VILE rs to how much time he might want
to consume upon the Surrebutal,
that some idea might be had of how much
longer this long drawn out trial would con-
tinuc.
Scoyil!e replied: We have sQme- wit:
nSSSrT W. Closed our case, and shall ask
the court TO permit us TO have them sworn,
and our reason will bc upon the ground OF
newly discovered evidence, material TO the
case. shall only ask your honor, how
ever, TO allow me To- ask u few questions OF
these witnesses, relative to independent
facts not heretofore known To me.
Corkhill-"We would like to know what
YOU cNpect To- prove
Scoviile-"We have evidence to offer rel
alive to the state of the prisoners mind
lust before the shooting.
Davidge-"COuld you give MS an idea OF
how much time you will want upon the
SUI rebutal?'
Scoville-"Seyerald days; probably
All of Next Week.
Davidge-We must object, Your Honor,
to the reopening of this case.
Scoyille insisted that he did not desire to
delay the trial, or consume the time oil the
court, but the prosecution had consumed
weeks with their expert witnesses, meeting
with them nightly, and comforting with
them, in the preparation OF this case, and
he did not propose TO be cut snort IN the
matter Of time. He would renew, however,
his proposition. that the jury BE- allowed
10 separate and go to their homes, relying
upon their honor and integrity.
Guiteau said: Il agree with thai, TOO,
Your Honor. They are high-t"ned, h NOR
able men. and amt afraid To trust them
| anywhere. The American people don't
want me hung. onyhow, and the best thing
| this prosecution can do Is I"
Dismiss the Indieiment
| and let Us all go home.
| Judge Porter, turning towards the dock,
called attention 10 tie outbUrStS OF the priS-
Oncr. and intimatCi that ii they were to
| continue, hc must request that the dock
| h. removed To tn farther corner OF tn
| room, where. ~ least the prisoner couki
| not disturb the Jury. IL 10 not ass. h.
| a,!IcG for Immediate action, Nour
| l!CUCr.'
Gui;yau .Sueerinrlyl-Oh, you don't,
/ Mr.. Judge Porter
| make his motions when he desires arSu-
mont or action upnn them, and not I've con-
tiuualiy making his littl, speeches t. the
Judge Porter-"As have the undoubted
! right TO-"
] The question of permitting the jury to
| diShand was again raised, but WAS dismiss
cd by the foreman answering that they pre-,
ferred not to separate provided they could
have reasonable opportunity Tor exercise
and TO obtain fresh air.
bANllAAA l'A.NNN'sNs W. - G''' ~ "'a'NN -
| termed
The Co1nSeI'S ASpcrSions
1 upOn the distinguished medical gentle
/ men. who did honor 10 their State. lie
! wuuId r,Iel the assertion that they met
| nightly To- weave mcSheS about this crimi
nal The prisoner himself hal woven the
! mcShcS that were fast enclosing him, and
| only two men, aud they spawnS oil the
| medical profession, who could not even &C
LII. u NNF,A hst.l
| been found who would. under oath, declare
| their belief in his insanity.
Scuville replied to CuTkaill, and sur
! prlscd every ono by making one of the
| best and most impressive speeches that
! have been heard in the court room since
! the opening Of the trial. In earnest iau'
guare he Sintlicate;l the conduct Of the de
I fc nse. and elyssrebuked the course o.
the District Attorney in his unSeeniy Ell
/ forts to
! the defense from the court Some mani
feStatiCn of applause followed the conclu
sion of his speech, but it was quickly
checked by the court.
Or. John T.. GRAY, Medical Superinteni
cnt OF the New York State Lunatic Asylum
took the stand. Witness had made study
/ Of insanity his business. since 1889 and IN
/ that time had treated or investigated 1900,
cases Of insanity. He had never seen 4 sin
gle instance where the only indication oil
insanity was an exhibition OF
immortality OF wiekeSiness.
He didn't believe in what had ben called
moral insanity. II was impossible to dis
sever mental unity so as to locate the i'm
pairment of the moral nature. That Wa:
not accomplished by intellectual deteriors
ton. Insanity in itself had no more ten
deney 70 excite to crime than neuralgia or
any other disease. IL puts nothing new
INTO mans nature. II only perverts what
Is already there. Witness, NJ some length
CLASSIFIED the various groups of insane that
had come under his attention and descrik
!, ed me various phases and peculiarities oi