National Republican., 1881-12-06

tion Of the word "iuspiration" and was told by
Mr. Scoyille with some aspcriiy OF manner tnnt y
aside
The Next witness was DIR. william w.
GoddinR,
superintendent Of the Government Hospital for
the Insane of Washington, D. C., and connected
with insane asylums since 1859
The hypothetical question was read to the wit
ness and his reply was "in my opinion he was
unquestionably insane" .
Mr.. Duyidge-Yon do notunderake to pass upon
the truth or fnlsty OF those propositions;
The Witncss-NOt at NIL. | assume them, as ii
they were proven To be true.
The Next witness Was Dr. James ~. NC
bride.
Of the insane asylum Of Milwaukee, and connected
with insane asylums since January, 1874 The hy-
pothetical question was read to him. and his an;
swer was "Assuming these propositions TO be all
true, would say that he was unquestionably IN
sane"
The Next wi'ne.. ,,,,,S Wn. Dr. Walter Chan
of Brookline, Mass. lie has made special study
Of mental diseases for eight years; has been con-
nectcd with the asylum for insane criminals at
Auburn, N. Y, and with the State insane hospital
at Danyers, Mass; also with small private asy-
lum at Brookline, Mass.
ness and his answer was: Taking all those prop
ositons to be the exact truth, should say the man
was insane"
The Next witness was Dr. Theodore w.
Fisher,
of Boston, Mass. He has made a specially ofmen-
tai diseases for twenty years, and has been con-
nected with the Boston Lunato Asylum as assist
ant superintendent and superintendent.
The hypothetical question was read to the wit
ness and his answer was al should dislike very
much to be confined to that statement of facts but
IL am obliged to answer that question should
say he was insane"
Mr.. scovillc, having no other witnesses present
in court then proceeded to read the addenda to
the book called Truth" found among the pris-
| oners papers. The first was entitled 1.-Two Seeds,
and was an idea that there were two classes OF
people born into the world, which he designated
as Chrsts seed and the devils seed, and that one
class was predestned to heaven and the other
class to perdition also that the world was evil
IDENTIFY created battle ground for God and the
devil 70 test their strength.
The Prlsoner-That is good theology and new
Mr.. Scovie stated that he had expected to have
| President Arthur as a witness to-day that he had
| called to sec him yesterday. but found him en-
| Chnrles b. Farweli, NJ. c., would be in attendance
| tomorrow morning. He had but three or fouI
other witnesses toexamine. but none of them were
The Prisoner-I want to say here that want Ia
| have here as witnesses General Grant, Senators
| Cunkling and Platt Governor Jewell, and those
other men who were doing politics last spring..
appear here rs my own counsel, and want an order
| signed by the Court to have those gentlemen here
|
| Mr. Scoville. l want to show by General
| Grant the personal feeling that he had tC
| President Garfield last spring when he wrote
his letter to Senator Jones, showing very bitte
spirit toward the President. i want to show
that neither Grant nor Conkling nor Jewell woulC
go TO the White House. was on friendly rea
tons with these men. The inspiration which cam'
to me for President Garfield removal arose from
the political situation, and want to keep pump
ing that into the ears OF the civilized world. y
| course II Is very important for me TO have thes'
men examined In this defense. Mr.. ScOville ha
| altogether too narrowa view of this matter. SEQ
VILE is good man, but he Is no politician, and h
is no criminal lawyer. He has done rcmarkabl!
| well, considering; but he Is not an expert
Mr.. Scoville-I presume that President Arthu
will be willing 10 attend; and suppose his ties
timony will be suthcient2
The Prisoncr.-I do not think So want Gran
| and Conkling and Plat and Jewell and all thos
men here. am going to have an order prepared
beginning to wrie) and l will ask the Court u
sign IL and have subpWnas Issued for these men
After u short pause he broke out again: MI
Storrs of Chicago, one of the most brilliant mem
bers of the American bar, says that have got tn
true theory of this defense. He does not TAX
any stock IN Scoville's theory that am a fool. ii
says also that | am the ablest lawyer In thi
case; and i do not quarrel with him for hi
opinion. l should be highly pleased If Prcsiden
Arthur would recognize Mr.. Storrs services In tn
last canvass by giving him the appointment of AT
torney.General. He Is man ofbrains and a true
blooded Republican and would do honor to tn
! Nation In that position. make the suggestio
publicly to President Arthur. have not aske
him for any invors and probably shall not; but
feel authorized TO make this suggestion about Nj
Storrs and unless the President has made othe
arrangements hope he will act on this suggestion
"Truth," and he continued TO read until thre
o'clock, when the court adjourned.