The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-12-08

| impression was that "Guiteau had an
illy-balanced mind; in common parlance,
he did not have good common sense"
Never saw anything in Gultean to In
dicate he could not distinguish between
| right and wrOng;" never saw anything
| in the conduct of the prisoner that would
indicate he did not know the difference
between guilt or innocence; never saw
anything to indicate he would not be
responsible for a crime. The evidence
created quite stir In the court room,
and seemed to stagger those about the
defense table. The sister of the prisoner
was particularly affected, and in tones
distinctly caught by the reporters, said:
'He has peTjuTed himself; that is all
there is about it," ..r.
Vice President Davis testified: Didn't
belong to either party; had not heard of
the disruption of the Republican party;
didn't believe it would disband until
the democratic party died, and success
of either party would not imperil the
republic. Bailey, COTkhill's stenOgra-
| pheT, testified that he took the notes
from which the Herald interview with
| Guiteau was published; was paid $500.
Guiteau interrupted that Bailey came to
| him under false pTetenses as reporter,
and Bailey admitted it. Guiteau said:
The following persons have been sub
| pOenaed as witnesses: President Ar
| thur, Blaine, Logan, COnkling, Grant,
Platt, Dorsey, Jones, Jewell, James Cor
don Bennett, Whitelaw Reid, Geo. Jones,
Chas. A. Dana and W. H. Hurlburt, G.
GOrham, Washington Republican; and
| StetsOn Hutchins, Washington Post, and
files of their papers in May and June,
W. P. Nixon of Chicago, and file of In
ter-Ocean." .fgu-r ..r. .... .....
aj SUNDAY.
Medical experts who have been sum-
mOned to testify in the Guiteau trial
had conference at the Ebbitt House to-
day. Those called by the Government
first met and compared notes, and dis
cussed among themselves various phases
of insanity as the defense attribute to
Guiteau. Among those present was DR..
Jamin Strong, Superintendent of the
Cleveland Hospital for the Insane, who
arrived to-day. He was summoned by
both Government and defense, and re-
ceiving a second summons from Colonel
COrkhill, went into conference with the
experts for the Government. Among
experts for the defense, it is undOubt-
edly true that Judge POrter's crOss-ex-
animation has tended to modify their
previous opinions. Guiteau's manner
on the witness stand, as we'll as his
ready comprehension and answers to
the questions prOpOunded to him, have
had the effect of unsettling their pre-
ViOus convictions,
MONDAY.
Guiteau made speech saying he
wanted the insanity experts to under
stand he claimed to have been impelled
| by power he could not control to do a
certain act and the question was
whether that was insanity. James b.
Kiernyn, insanity expert, said he had
studied mental diseases as specially
| eince 1874. Ho said if it was true that
| the prisoners habits were really as de-
scribed, if insanity prevailed in his
| family, If many persons had declared
him insane, and if it was true he had
been dominated by an idea of inspiTa-
tiOn he would regard the prisoner in
| sane. On crOss-eXaminatiOn KieTnyn
| believed mans mind could be diseased
| and his moral nature not; that he did
not believe in state of future rewards
and punishment; that all the acts of tie
prisoner proved insanity; that q mG n
| who believed he was commanded by
| God would act the same as any other
man. Guiteau cried out "GOd inter-
| jects an idea into me and work it out
my own way. God always gets the best
| brains to do his work, not FOOLS"
[Laughter.l
IUESBA1G
Guiteau's conduct Is simply unparal-
leled. To-day he took charge of the
case at several times, besides denOunc-
ing his associates and brOther-in-law.
| Guiteau ordered subpenes for the fol-
lowing named witnesses: U. 5; Grant,
| Roscoe COnSling, Thomas G. Platt, w.
H. Robertson, Marshall Jewell, S. w.
| Dorsey, Whitelaw Reid, James Gordon
Bennett, William Henry Hulburt, Chas.
| A. Dana, George Jones, William Penn
Nixon and Hugh Hastings. He took en-
| tire charge of the redirect examination
of George G. Gorham, asking that gen.
tleman whether he had not in his
newspaper denounced Garfield last sum-
mer and predicted the disruption of the
Republican party as a consequence of
his acts, and obtaining with the help of
the Court an eVasive answer to the
effect that the files of the newspapers
would speak for themselves.
WEDNESDAY.
As soon as Judge Cox took his seat
Guiteau became excited and said:
am not satisfied with the political stu
alton, as developed in this case. The
President of the United States would
never have been shot if it had not been
for the political situation l ask your
honor to subp9n8 Grant, C0nkling and
Platt. They were so down on Garfield
last spring that they would not speak tC
him. L desire to say L will make the
closing speech for the defense after
ScOyille has had his say. ScOville says
he has submitted six written questions
to President Arthur, but has received
no answer up to the present time.
don't want President Arthur dragged
into this case in this way. 1 think q
great deal of President Arthur. l made
him President, and he knows it,"
Drs. Spitzka, of New York, and Netti,
erode, of Chicago, were called, but
did not answer, and ScOville re-
quested attachments for them
Here rested the defense In
rebuttal, General Sherman was the
first witness. He identified letter
that Guiteau sent him at the time OF
his arrest. A. 7. Green, FreepOrt, Ill.
testified: Knew prisoners father fOl
years; always regarded him as a SANE
person. Gardner w. Canda, ID. Buckley
Smith Dakins and others, of FreepOrt
gave similar testimony.
Jane Stevens, sweet 16, handsom,
daughter of Chicago broker ran ava,
from home, and was found destitute b!