New-York tribune., 1881-12-17
DESTROYING THE DEFENCE.


o,IIod tn the witness stand yesterday, ana
testi ie that she had never noticed any insail-
;,v in the assassin. Dr. LOring, OF WashihS
ton. oculis'. testified that he had examined
Gu;tean,s ewes end had found in them no evi-
once of n diseased condition OF the mind
DIR. Allan McIIane Hamilton, OF N'~N- ioiN'
testified that he had made three perSo'a' "
omiuations of the assassin. and had fonnd nun
10 be a man with no amp lrehC pi'oio",
fo,,n;tv He found nothing whatever lndicaI-
ingany con ental defect. de dS'oNerou nolD
of the usual signs of imbeciity or insanity In
the contour of the head, the lines o. nc i''o
the teeth, roof OF the mouth, nalls OF tongue
DR. Hamilton said the assassin appear u W "o
"lke a man playing part" Guitcau at
times behaved even worse than usual, insulting
the District Attorney very grossly
THE ASSASSIN LIKE A NAN PLAYING RAM
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m..uvcrov Dec l6-The expert testimony for
,b rrosocntIOr was begun somewhat unexpectedly
+bs afternoon and that fact served to revive nope
that the trial will some day have an end The prose
cution now expects that the tlmony on ooth SiueS
Wi all be in by the end of next week. ana thaI the
sueeches can begi with the opening OF Cfnisthas
week. This programme however, is subject 10 de-
Ia s. as has been seen before.
The first witness to-day was George ID. Barnard
the deputy clerk of the Supreme Court
in Brooklyn, whom the prosecution hao
brought here with the records ot "uiteauS
divorce in order TO satisfy M Scoville's
unreasonable demand for the original papers Dls-
tricAtorney Corkhill read the papers in full, ana
Gn;teon made some characteri,tical ally disgusting
comments on them. General Reynolds then reap
peared ON the stand, and Guiteau began abusing
him calling him spy - and liar" at almost the
first words he mite ed. General Reynolds male an
exclamation that, when he visited Gulteau at Cno
iail, his OBJECT WAS to discover whether thore h"u
been a SOcalistic plot. to Kill the fresideH''
Mr. Scoyile at once called sharply Tor
the memoranda General Reynolds had read
from Yesterday and, doing what If he had been an
experienced lawyer he would not have dohe' he
intimated before seeing them that there was noun
ing in them about Socialists. IL proved, however,
that the memoranda of the early part of the first
interview with Guiteau showed that he had been
sounded by General Rey olds uIon this subject
Az tbe memoranda proved and as General Reynolds
testified to-day he was soon SATISFIED that tnere
WAS no plot and that Gutcau was telling the truth
n that time when he took the whole responsibility
OF the assassination on himself
After General Reynol IL left the stand Coonel
Corkhill read he newspaper extracts when hrht
disclosed to Gniteau the fact that the staiWar's
were denouncing him. Guiteau listened 10 most Oh
the reading quietly; but the Grant interview III
which he was called fellow" and dead beat"
made him very angry He pronounced several OF
its statements false and catching Mt the TACT tha
some slurring remark by Frederick Grant was
quoted about him in the interview, began to sncer
and abu,e the young man, and called him " DEAD
beat " IN return.
Mrs. Grant, who keeps the boarding-house
in which Guiteau lived during the month
inst preceding the assassination, then APP
neared on the stand Guiteau hailed her in his usual
Gallant STYLE This is Mrs Grant," he said "a very
nice lady, and owe her $47. l hope l shall live
To nav YOU SOON Mrs. Grant" he Continued with his
politest grin Then, having got started upon the
subject of money he went on 10 threaten that IL
1.-THE men that have made that my inspiration has
madeD did not come forward with money, he
would "call their names out In court" MRS.
Grant hal never seen any sign of insanity III
Guiteau.
"Call Mrs. Dunmre" sand the Dstrct-Attorney,
and there was n repetition of yesterdays conmotlon
in the courtroom, while Guiteau pored with his
eyeglasses over q pamphlet of testimony. A num-
her of women in the body of the spectators got up
10 90 and the Judge directed the counsel to wait
until they had Withdrawn. Before sIme OF the
epectators knew what going on and what IL
meant Guiteau had found ont both, and he called
out to the crowd, using the choice Guiteau vocabu
ary that they need be afraid that the testimony
would be unpleasant for | dies to hear This little
incident and his treatment of his wife while on the
stand confirmed the opinion OF many present, III
Guiding experts, as to his shrewdnesS and qucknceS
of perception Mrs. Dunmre was dressed IN cos
tune that doubtless fulfilled all the conventonall-
ties of Leadvie, and gave her testImo in faint,
ylti iia hqrp ks We
excitement she said positively that she had
never seen in Guiteau any evidence of an unsound
mind.
"You can take the witness Mr. Scoyille," SAID
Colonel Corkhill, inpressively.
THANK You, Colonel Corkhill," said Gui-
teau in that indescribable mocking snarl
of his "for the sake of this woman
and her children. It's the first decent thing you've
done in this case" Afterward Guiteau delivered a
euogy on his former wife, in marked contrast to his
preyious outrageous utterances respecting her One
of the experts, in commenting upon this perform
ance afterward, saiG his only inference was that
Guiteau had been reading the papers, had seen thc
disgust aroused b. his illusions to his wife, and
knew that 1t would damage him with the jury if he
should carry out his hr, ats Later Guiteau fell
10 abusing Mr. ScoVllle and inviting him to get out
of the case winding up with the remark "Pve got
TO do the heavy work myself on this case The crowd
about him was laughing, and by the time he said
this he began to laugh himself, apparently an un
controllable laugh. Nothing more hideous can he
imagined. The haggard, wasted face flushed red,
all the teeth showing and the eyes, with repulsve
lecr in them nearly closed, while he shook his head
from side to side and u sound between a chuckle
and a laugh seemed to force itself out of him.
Guiteau never laughs without a cause, and usually
at his own snaTtness. .
At the afternoon session the prosecution called
DIR. LOnng a Washington ocuIst, who had examined
Cuieau,s eves and found in them evidence of in
sanity no sign of diseased condition OF the brain
and Dr. Alien .MoI4ane Hamilton, of New York, who
exhibite diagrams of various measurements of
Guiteaus head. hatly contradicting DIR. Spitzk on
a number of points. Dr. Hamilton found no no
physical defect in any part ot Gulteaus po1y ana
90 tho ,,ua ms of insanity