New-York tribune., 1881-12-25

dncinr the impression that he is O priViiegeo pei
son. The thought that he assassin ana 'ii' 40
reasonably deserves all the humiliation ana
which tho law allows seems seldom IL ever " 80
the minds OF those about the prisoner OF III ."'
of him. Some attempt is made to delehu 'uS'IUo
Cox's action on the ground that Oii'ea" "O"ic -
in moro danger in the dock than IN the centre VI NV
co,,rtroom There is nothing IN the plea no ''N
A. ,,,,arlo5 nv policemcn as well in the dock as
where he is and there never has Deeh d u@' ''"O
the trial began when a man willing to thro" away
,-ie,, iif for s,eh an object could not have shot
or stabbed him. The mldness of the punishment
osted for by the prosecution viii strike every
one. The fact that they could not OBTAIN
oven that i sufficient Ylndlcauon
of their course in submitting in silence to so much
outrage
Early in the trial frequent suggestions were made
by all the Government counsel that some coercion
be used, but no action was taxed BY the JhuGe. II
would have been useless for the conhsel 10 go on
demanding day after day measures Whlch lHTA
Knew the Court would not adopt. 10 do so %oni9
have consumed time and increased the sc5hu iI %
great aim he conviction of the assassin
IL Justice Cox would not take care OF
tle reputation of his court, II was SuelF
ont OF the power of the prosecution 70 10 . It.
The special reason for their action of to-day is u
derstCOd TO have been that they telt thI 'ne pI5-
Oucrs own declaration OF yesterday tat ne ~ sa!'o
furnished the best possible reason for sufJectlng
him TO the forms used with men.
The local OyiuiOn in Washington seems 10 oe IN
fovor of Justice Cox as IN ght be expected. Ills
friends urge that he has done rs he mas WIN we
idea of letting Guteau act out his natural character
and thus demonstrate his sanity and depraVltS'
There are runOrs on the other hand, among Te'i-
informed PERSONS that ne began The tIal thinking
the prisoner insane and believing, also, lhe,
q large proportion of the people cohSldereu
him to be so. However this may be, the result Oh
the license the assassin has enjoyed III the court
room would naturally be to leave the impression
.,ft n
an irrepressbe lunaic, to be managed by tacI ana
not by. severity, This -, feeling has seemed 9e
spactators, who laugh at Gulteaus talk
without regard to the nerveless admoniiiohs IRON rom
the bench rs they would at tne sayings OF sp9heu
child Iflt should prove that TINS ldea hau oecH
slowly impressed upon the mind OF 50 much as one
iuryman the consequences may be imagined; IL is
thought by some OF Justice CoX's friends that he
will try to recover of his lost prestige IN ms
charge TO the jury. There Is general nope tN-
pressed here that he will, he Is regarded by his
friends as a man Of good intentions and Sound
10 show how deep an impression Justice Cox's
remark that he had the matter OF removing (tuteau
10 the dock under consideration maqc on Guitedu,
IL might be said that before the court ha ADJOURNED
for the noon recess no had told the expert on the
stand that he was looking for ms 300 had
shouted TO Judge Porter that " that mouth OF yours
wags like an old goldfish" and added You're look
ing for your 5, ,000,' and had informed the prose,
cutting counsel that lyon fellows are badly crahKed
this morning." and 50 on.
Fonr experts were on the stand to-day-Dr.
Stearns OF Hart ford; DIR. Jamn Strong OF the Cleve-
land Ohio Insane Asylum, DR.. ADraIn NJ. Shew' OF
tie 5liadleiown Conn., Asylum aud Dr. Orpheus
Evarts, medical superintendent OF the CINCINNATI
Sanitarium a private asylum The testimony OF
ali was interesting and bore heavily
against the prisoner All declared that
he is sane, and their testimony showed
clearly the characteristics of peTs rS
acting under delusions are precisely those when
Guiteau did not have. They were rs whole OF
the opinion that hc bad not been playing part
but h ID been eXageerating his natural TRAITS.
There seems 60 Toe some hope that the WEI n"'
be more than week more OF testimony lrciudnlS
the surreluttai. In that verdict ought 10 DC
reached abOGt the time Congress reaSscmOIes