The daily gazette., 1881-12-17
SECOND EDITION
ON TRIAL.
Tho Prisener's Divorced wife Say
He fs Q Perfectly Sane
Man,
ExPHRTs TEsTIFYINo TO TEE SANE
ITFECT AND DECLARING
THAT HE Is "PLAY-
ING MAD"

ING MAD"
WARRINGTON, Dec. 1e.-Tbe court
was ca lied to order this morning prompt
ly at 10 O'Clock. Guiteau opened the
proceedIngs. ~ understand that General
Reynolds is sick this morning. won-
der If Corkhill Ia. He get more than he
wanted yesterday, II IL about time for
Co, khilll TO get sick and stay sick."
The District Attorney stated that he
desired to interrupt the cross examina-
ton OF General Reynolds for the pre-
sent, and called to the stand Geo. ID.
Barnard, deputy clerk OF the Supreme
Court OF Kings County, New York, who
produced The original record in the case
of Anna Guiteau against Charles J.
Guiteau, application for divorce. The
record shows IN 1874 decree of divorce
was granted to Anna Guiteau on the
ground of her hus bands adultery.
When the reading was concluded
4uiteau cried out: "This woman Jen-
ding" (the woman with whom he COM
mitted Adultery twas high toned,
first class woman of New York. It was
matter of money between us.
MORE EXPECT TESTIMONY.
After an hours recess the court re-
assembled and the District Attorney
called as all expert DIR. Francis ID. Lor-
ing, of Washington, who had made
special of eisea Of the eye and ear.
BE examined the prisoners eyes at the
Jail on November 80 and December 8
and had found nothing In them indicat-
log an affection Of the brain. DR.. Allan
Mclean Hamilton, Of New York, had
made three personal examinations of the
prisoner and found nothing whatever
indicating any congsnital defect. There
was no paralysis, no loss Of power OF
any kind, nothing indicating any disease
of the brain, either that originating be-
fore birth or afterwards.
The District Attorney-Did you find
in the prisoner anything indicative Of
any peculiar traits of character. A.
I found that he was eccentric and
probably ill tempered. think he il
an eccentric man.
Guiteau-I am when am abused.
have taken more abuse since l got
into this court room than l ever did
before in my life. ! do net take much
stock in the figurings Of the head. 1t
is the spirit (with . thunp ON the
table to give emphasis to the word)
| that gets into man and drives him
to do or not to Do. Get acquainted
with spipltology, Doctor, and you will
! get more sense than with your crani-
I ology.
The witness said that the prisoners
manner and behavior in court made
witness think that he was ''playing .
part"
Guiteau-I never play q pert, Doc
tor. 70 on the square. You and
Spitxka do not agree. Spiixka 10 .
much bigger man than you in the
business. You are nothing but o
"sub." (Laughter.)
The Witness-I believe the man 10
be sane, though eccentric, and to be
able to distinguish between right and
wrong and to know the conse1 1uences
Of any act he may commit.
Guiteau-With all respect to the
Court and jury and to the witness, l
do not think that this kind OF testi-
mony amounts to = snap. (To the
wltness)-How are You going to tell
whether my free agency was or was
not destroyed Iswesr that my free
agency Was destroyed by the Deity,
and how is the prosecution going to
prove that il was notf That 10 all the
Court and jury have to pass upon. I
will tell you what insanity is. It ID
an irresistible desire to do something
that you cannot help doing. That in
my definition of insanity. / do not
care snap about the shape Of head,
or the way that the tongue hangs
When spirit comes over you and
overpowers you (pounding on the ta-
BILE by way Of emphasis), that is in
sanity.
Mr.. scoville represented to the Cou t
that he was not prepared to finish the
cross examination to-day, having
relied upon Mr.. Reed to conduct the
cruss examination OF the expert Wit
nesses, and therefore the court at $40
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