Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-12-29

Assuming to be true the facts a. ~,
forth on the hypothetical question 7
should say the prisoner was sane on tba
% &C July" '''e
Glow mu5h do you expect to get r.,
that opininn?" shouted Guitean
you've been here two or three weeks
| suppose you'll want $500 Striking tha
table angrily); but l don't care snan
for your expert testimony. l don't
care if you bring in FIVE hundred sncb
witnesses.
Judge Cox interrupted tie harangne
and commanded the prisoner to keen
silence.
"All right, your honor; III be quiet
now" said Guiteau.
Davidge-"Your honor will please
note that the free agency quoted by
the prisoner operates all right now. as
he's going to keep quiet when he wants
to-"
Guiteau-I don't pretend to say Pm
insane now any more than you are, but
on the I'd of July and for thirty DAYS
prior was insane. That's the issue.
Davidge-Then if you are sane now
you certainly know how to behave
yourself.
Guiteau-I do know how, and be.
have myself just as well as you do. |
appear here as my own counsel, and
have ms much right to talk as you
have. The amount of the whole, is
you have too much to say in this case
You are bad man, born with diarrohea.
Now you keep quiet.
Witness did not think it true that the
prisoner acted under an insane delu-
sion when he shot the president. If
the inspiration in his case was m cant
as "a happy thought to commit the
act, then he was inspired, in any other
sense he was not. Recess.
DR.. Henry ?. Stearns, superintendent
of the Hartford hospital for the insane,
was the next witness: From 500 to
1000 cases of insanity had come under
his supervision during the eight years
he has been connected with that hos
pital. Witness had made four exan1in-
ations of the prisoner at the jail, d.
rected to his physical and mental con-
dition.
Guiteau interrupted, saying: "You
came to me, doctor, as friend, and |,
supposing you were going to testify for
the defense, talked very freely with
you about my religious feelings and
all about myself but Corkhill's money
was too much for you. | want to
say here i don't pretend / am any
more insane at this minuNe than Da-
vidge is; | won't say corkhill, for |
think he's cracked (laughter); but rest
my case right on this claim; | was in
sane on the Cd of July, when my in
spiration and the state of my mind inn
PEELED me on to shoot the president;
to make it very short, there's all there
Is to 1t. do not care what these ex-
perts say about my insanity now.
That's got nothing to do with it.
The witness detailed at great length
the result of his examinations and in
terviews with Guiteau.
Pending the cross-examination, the
court adjourned until tomorrow.
THIRTY-FIRsT DAY.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.-Col. Reed,
Scoville and j. w. Guiteau were in con-
sultation for half an hour before the
opening of court.
DR.. Stearn took the stand and SEQ
vile resumed the cross examination
relative to the various forms of insan-
lty. The witness stated that the faculty
of memory generally first showed i'm
pairment in most all forms of insanity.
Examination continued with fire.
quent objections on the part of the
prosecution, requiring the ruling of the
A hy,
Gulteau said: ALLOW me to ask if you
hold the opinion that man cannot be
insane in specific act without having
a deceased BRAIN"
Scoville assented to the question and
witness replied that insanity meant
disease of the brain.
Guiteau asked another question, but
Judge Porter suggested to witness that
he hold no colloquy with the criminal.
Gulteau (angrily)-I am no criminal
any more than you are. lam my own
counsel. and have as much right to
speak as you have; wait till am con-
victed before you call me a criminal
stand great deal better outside thsn
you do. Plenty of people will say thai
| am bigger man than old Porter.
DR.. John Strong of Cleveland, visited
the jail and investigated the mental
and bodily condition of the prisoner;
as he was about to state the results Of
his examination, Guiteau looked up
and said: doctor let me cut this short
by saying that am in a good physical
and as sane as you are.
There is good deal of useless rubbish
being dragged into this case; let us cut
it short.
Col Reed then proposed hypotheti-
cal case of defense, and asked if the
witness could give an opinion.
Witness evaded a direct answer and
counsel insisted upon a categorical re-
ply. a sharp colloquy ensued between
Porter and Reed, with side remarks by
Guiteau, such as Porter you've got a
mouth like an old Goldfish, and short
~ afterwards, Porter, you'll bring up
in lunatic asylum yet"
Mr.. Shew, superintendent of the
Connecticut hospital for the insane,
said he had made two examinations of
the prisoner at the jail, for the purpose
of discovering his mental and physical
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