The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-12-31
Terrible Accident on the Pennsylvania
ROad-..TWO Men Roasted and
Another Buried In the
Wreck.
The Threatened Riot at Plymouth, n.
e., at Last Quelled by the
Arrival Of State Troops.
A Crowded Audience at the 6uiteau
Trial MISUNDERSTANDING
Toward the End.
The Liverpool Cotton Circular-..C ..COm.
paratiye Cotton Statement.
Stock Market.
A Wife Murderer Fatally falls Through
Trap at st. Louis.
More About that Alleged Confederate
Specie Train.
A Wife Murderer Fatally falls Through
Trap at st. Louis.
More About that Alleged Confederate
Specie Train.
Other Foreign and Domestic News,
The Guitean Trial

WAsHINGToN, December 30.-The court
room was literally packed this forenoon.
As soon as GuiteaS reached his seat in the
dock, he shouted out Some of the lead
ing papers in America consider me the
greatest fellow they have met in some time.
At s o'clock last night received Il tele-
gram which will read ior the editication
Of this audience and the American people"
He then read
TO Nj Charles ]. Guiteau. Washington, u. c.:
All Boston sympathizes with you you
ought to be President.
(Signed) A Host OF ADMIRERS.
Pausing moment, he then branched off
into a rambling talk, ending by saying: 81
shall submit my name to the next Republi-
can Convention. | shall expect to be be-
fore it. There are only two men
in the country who want me
hung. One is Judge Porter, who
expects to get 5000 from the government,
if an convicted, and the other is Cork
hill, who expects to get bounced, who
knows | am the cause oft.
DR.. kempster then took the stand and
Scoville resumed the cross-examination
Witness did not believe in temporary in
sanity in the sense that person could be
insane and wholly recover in an hour. lie
believed Sickles was sane, but Cole who
shst Hiscock at Albany was undoubtedly
insane.
Corkhill announced that he had but one
more witness to intrsduce on the part of
the government, and inquired of Scoville
how much time he would want to consume
on the sur-rebuttal
Scoville replied that he had several wit
| nesses whose names were presented since the
close of the case and would ask the court to
permit them to be sworn on the ground
that the newly discovered evidence
was material to the case.
Corkhill wanted to know what he ex.
pected to prove.
Scoville replied: 1--WE have evidence to
offer relative to the state of the prisoners
mind Just before the shooting"
He also stated next week he would com
mence on sur-rebuttal.
Dayidge objected to the reOpening of the
case, and Scoyille insisted he did not desire
to delay the trial, but the prosecution had
consumed weeks with expert witnesses, and
he did not propose TO be cut short in the
matter of time.
Scoville suggested that the Judge be al
lowed to separate and 90 home upon parole
not to speak of the trial during their. absence
from the courtroom, giving as a reason
solicitude for the health ofa juryman which
is likely to become affected by close confne-
ment.
Considerable discussion arose, which was
cut short by the foreman saying the jury
did not care to so separate, but desired u
reasonable opportunity for fresh air and
exercise.
The discussion between opposing
counsel continued for some
time with considerable acrimony,
when finally Scoville, in reply
to Corkhill, surprised every one by making
one the best and most impressive speeches
that has been heard in the courtroom
since the opening of the trial. In earnest,
impressive language, he yindicated the
course of the defense and rebuked
the course of the District Attorney
in his unseemly etisrt to muzzle and drive
the defense from the court. Some mani
lestation Of applause followed the conclu-
sion of his speech, but 1t was quickly
checked by the Court.
tendent of the New York State Lunatic
ASYLUM, then took the stand Witness
had made the study of insanity his busi-
ness-since 1850; In that time hetreated or in
yestfgated 1000 cases of insanity. He had
never seen single instance where the only
indication vi insanity was an exhibition OF
immortality or wickedness. He did not
believe in what had been called moral
insanity 1t was possible 10 discover
mental unity SO as to locate
an impairment of the moral nature, but
this was not accompanied by an intellect
ual deterioration. Insanity, in itself, had
no more tendency to excite to crime than
neuralgia, or any other disease. II
nut nothing new into mans nature.
Witness then described q visit made by
him to prisoner In his cell and said that he
spoken of the effects Of insanity
upon the moral nature pretty
much as he had Just testified.
Witness then asked the prisoner how the
statement accorded with his theory OF IN
spiration, and his reply was I'm the form
of pressure constantly upon me to commit
the act"
Guiteau-"Thats all there is in the case,
short and TO the point. You can talk about
Il six years II you want to-"
Doctor Gray continued the story of
his interview with Guiteau, with
occasional comment from him by way
of assent or dissent but not to the
extent of ANNOYANCE. The interruption
continually until adjournment. DR.. Gray
states he made rough, incomplete and
unsatisfactory examination Of the prisoner
nj the iail, and ut the request of the Dis
triet Attorney, gave at some length the de-
tails OF his examination, and OF his
conversation with the prisoner. Witress has
inauircd Of prisoner IN regard to his alleged
insnirntion, and asked him If II came to
him in the form Of q. voice or vision or
direct command, and his reply was,
SNo, n came into my head