The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-12-08

WAsnINGrOS, December 5.-Glitcau
was brought To- the court house i little
later than usual and the court was nOt
opened until ii O'Clock. An immense
crowd had gathered on the sidewalk. and
when Guitcau alighted rom the van he
cviuccl unusual trcPidation and begged
the officers to take him around 10 the
back entrance. He was assured tina, his
escort wa, ample for lis safety, and whh
trembling step, and ciinging gait he
quickly sluiiied through the angry
crowd. y bjcct fear was depicted upon
his sallOw cOuntcnancc. and IL was scy-
cral minutes after he reached his room
before he rcgancd his usual composurc.
speaker Randall APP cared i'll answer to
Il subpoena, but was 1t loss 70 Know
why he had been summoned. Inmcii.
atcly after the opening of the Court Mr..
ScOyil!c called 10 the ',tand DR. James
kcnnOn, q: Chicago, bat before any quc>-
tons could be asked the witness, Guitcau
desired To ud,ircs, the Court, and with
part of the Court, said, in quick, nervous
ZONES. II want these expert witnesses To
pass upon this point: Where man is
impcllcd to DO an unlawful act by Il pow :
or which he cannot possibly control or
>vcrrnlc and by which his moral agency
:, dominated is lie 10 be considered sane
)r insane p
Y '
discussed
The witness then said he WAS managing
editor of the Chicago Me,iicli Hericw and
a lecturer upon mental diseases Il; the
Chicago Medical Schools. lie delivered
his first lecture last April. Witness re-
Piled To u Hypothetical question upon the
trustworthiress OF the evidence to which
he had listened that he had no doubt Of
the prisoners insanity.
The witness admitted that when Il man
committed 4 crime while acting under
the dclusiOn OF Divine inspiration, and
then conducted himself precisely as :.
criminal would do. it would be prcsunp-
tive cValcncc against his insanity. Gui-
tcau, who had been quietly but intently
following the witness. here broke in cx-
citedly, saying, Nothing of the kind in
this case, Judge"
Davidgc: Well. we will see.
Guitcau, (angrily:) You're going too
fast in this matter. We want facts, not
your judgment. The witness has stated
one thing right-the Lord injccts the in
>piration and then lets Il man use his own
judgment TO work il out That just my
case. That's the way l gos my inspra
ton. The Lord don't employ fools 10 do
his work. He gets the best material
Mr.. Davidgc then put n still stronger
Hypothetical c;lsc, using the term, Like
il common vulgar criminal
with an air OF immense superiority said !:
There's nothing vulgar about this case.
It's all high toned. Laughter, quickly
suppressed by the Court
The witness thought that an insane
man In carrying out an inspiration
would act according 10 his pecuIiarities
OF manner and temperament, although
there were types of insanity where n
mans general character became changed
Witness gave the scientific name.
Richard j. Hinton, editor Of the Wash
ington Ud-c,tc, had seen the prisoner at
Republican headquarters in New York
and formed the opinion that he was an
exceedingly ill balanced, cranky cgotist.
Witness was asked what he thought of
the prisoners speech entitled "Garfield
Us. hancock" and replied, that in his
opinion it was Il ridiculous, disOinted
affair.
Guiteau, who had smiled complacently
when the witness came upon the stand,
became very much inccnsed and shouted
out: We'll, it wasn't anything of the
kind. You don't know what you arc
talking about. My speech was endorsed
by the best men in tho country
Witness resumed by saving that the
prisoner seemed 10 be a perfect nuisance
about the rooms. "Nou were Il nuisance
than acquitted rs fool, and won. have
any more of this kind of evidence"
Witness added that Guiteal was a
laughing stock, so far ~ he could see.
Guiteau became greatly enraged, and
turning to Mr.. Scoville shouted, ''If YOU
put any more of these crank fellows on
the stand Ill score YOU again. Twas 4
great piece OF impudencc on your part to
put Judge Davis on tho stand without
consulting me-"
Upon the Hypothetical case put by Mr.
Scoville Guiteau was pronounced insane
by the following physicians: DR.. Charles
II. Nichols, Bloomingdale Asylum, New
York {; DR.. Charles +. Felsoin, Harvard
University DR.. Samuel Wooster, Salem,
Mass; DR.. William Goddiny, st. Eliza.
beth's Asylum. Washington DR.. James
ii. McBcrdc, Milwaukee; DR. Walter
Charming and DR.. Thco. Fisher, Massa-
chuscttS.
Guiteau announced that he wanted
Grant and Conkling summoned. Ad-
journcd.