Daily Republican., 1881-12-22
sTAHT D AGAIN.
&c GUITEAE CASE REsUA1D
YE'rFRDAY.
ASSAY sin Eiven Another
%.,ce ia Entertain an Aud
.,ce-- II q sus G eds In prov
ing his sanity.

vi crowd was III atteEuanCc, anu lh'
I'aa I.',n trial, after two days recess
uu',~ J, ,,s~.,lmed, without any preliminary
~ ,.sJsnt Dr. Hamilton, of New York
w. ~ss a tpess was questioned at grea'
,Is,h l relative to the opeiaiions ot the
EpHJ the significance of dreams an,
!. unconscious expressions, as indi
s't,a of the mental processes.
eW;tness was asked il he knew what
meant By 'inSpiration' and
,aIisl; 'It is generally understood
em,ap a taking ia liu ,htor).
Tr scoville--l near, do yon know
-ta, M i. meant in the =! ritual senS,'
'I-Yes. have heard the word iol
txpuiyyeirs. ,, :.
o-Have you ever heard it used
,sp' in an insane sense
sitness answered in the Affirmative
.1 iustanced the claim Of Mormons
MI we're inspired to takea plurality
Jv,yes. A lengthy fire of questions
s,upd, which was Interrupted by Mr..
hyidge, who begged the counsel TO
icsL
I'VE have been dragged through
aramlanu, and now we are brought
b Smething still more speculative"
Gui,eau broke in wlth-"That's right
M,e. You defend my case"
NJ Scovile asked: "Do you believe
,hsn the material of the brain is gone
ah the functions Of the mind die,
b!'
A-"Now, sir, you are going into
Sology Pm not an expert. What l
peu to say is, when the machinery
hesks down the rover is gone. When
tt matter OF the brain is gone its funG-
dOus cease. Beyond thai you enter up.
field where Philosophers have
bsu lost since the beginning Of tie
time, "
Q.-"Do you believe that spiritual
gpnces have controlling influence up
90 the universe
Objection was made, and Mr.. Scov!lle
urued at some .ength that he desired
bdiscOver precisely the standpoint
fOm which the witness considered he
NbjeCt of spiritual agencies III dlstiuc
tOa from physical.
Counsel for the prose iution protested
again against the apparently obJectle,s
direction Of the inquiries.
Mr.. Scoville (sIniing)-"Weil gen.
tsman, told you did not kno" much
about this subject"
Guitear-"ihen you had better get
of The case if you don't know anything
lbout it. think Reed and can do
better than you Judging by the way y9u
NJ laboring."
Looking over the notes which Mr..
SovlIc held in his hand, he continued;
"You've got . lot Of stuff there. 1t
llot in your handwriting. guess
huust have been contributed by some
nlk"
Guiteau appeared to b. dissatisfied
with the results of the examination,
and finally said 10 Mr.. Seville: "Oh,
tear that up, ScOville. Send his man
down and call Clark Mills. HIS good
deal better man for you than this one.
He took cast Of my head tie othsr
day, thinking tDat some persous would
be interested to see it, lie took the
bust OF Andrew Jackson, and he htnkS
that I'm a greater mau than jacKsoI
was. He found one side of my head
badly deficient, though
The prisoner tLeu manch''l of 10 thc
'ilSp ration theory" and rlttIci on
for some minutes his oft rrpea ed har-
Sgut on the subject of 'lrrcsistabIe
prtssure." No one interrupt Il him,
ani when, finally he appeared TO be AZ
sloss for neIhing TO say, he quietly
subsidized and busted himself with Il pa
per. His personal appearance has un-
dergone a marked change IL rough the
shavirg OF his beard. His lips and the
lines about his mouth still have sligh
puliy appearance, incident To the shay
ilg, 50 that the perfect expression
DIS features is hardly yet li,ingnisha-
Ne; tut, on a Whole, the expression on
bis face makes more favorable b. lief
TO- his sanity than before. The cross
ssIalnlnation proceeded at great length.
Mr. scoville inquired, "Are yon Ma
WA and a general lau Oh iolo"td
sleh the witness replied, "N', Dir, In!
sdOctor."
Mr.. scoville-What do you mean Ivy
adoCtor
A. One who treats disease.
Mr.. Scoville Might ito u0t treat
horses ?
A. Yes, ahorse doctor
v That is not III your line, Is it !"
A. No, sir; neither treat horses
nor asses,
After the examination had appalci.;-
y been concluded Mr.. Davidge asked
Ile witness if "people aljudsal medi-
csly insane were NOT, nevertheless,
wrong"
Guiteau, who had been writing for
some ln!nutes, looked up quickly, and
Mouted : "What bearing h"s vhat,
When person is controlled by an IL
!slstible impulse: that's all there is to
WIS case (striking the table violently,
slu . all this talk don't amount to any
Mr. Scoville objected, but Judge Cox
the question and the witness
top'ied "There great many insane
people, medically insane, who appre-
Clate the difference between right and
wrong"
:, In response to another question, DIR.
hamilton continued "In marry & |
asyiuins a system of rewards anc
is in yosue in dealing
Nl,h the insane, showing that il is re-
\, v',Iehizei in the treatment of the insane
,a ,aal they can distinguish between right
aua 'a wrong and can control their
=, Mr. scoville protested angrily against
'ho 'l action of Colonel Colkhiil, and u
,M1asp colloquy ensued between counsel.
WI; .a Scoville resumed his questioning,
I;' Ild the witness said be had changed
as mind since seeing Guiteau in Salem,
'ulteau Ioundly abused Mr.. Scoville
! '.aarklng to Judge Cox, "Scoville is
! perfect idiot in the matter, and be.
IIseen Isen him and Corkhill have "a pretty
aarn anr ume." Several times aiterward
,aing ,su the examination Of DR.. WUr
.ss'er A duitean denounced Mr.. Scoville
a;. ~ one time in evident anger and sgain
Huh HH.th a sarcastic smile, "Why, your
Ihohcr n.y. r he shouted, "if was indicted
ur W. manslaugbter should be hung for
le," ''o"iu o'oi u0'@n"
n %rs. " Scoville reached over to speak
Nv & Hulteau, when he snarlel at her.
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