National Republican., 1881-12-17
JGABBLING GUITEAU.
rcaniinucd from Elra Paoc.l

lived together in Chicago until the fall of 1871, her
Then hcy We Went To-, 70 New York. She could
not reeoilcct at how many places places ,,hhey ,heyy
had lived at dneen or twenty places. e. Probably
SIX or seven said the pTisoner and l paid my
board bills too") In New York her husband
The Greeley campaign, and expected for the re-
ward OF his services TO be appointed as Minister TO
Chill. c'l thought might get the Swiss mis-.
sion, said the prisoner; IL never thought Of
Mr.. scoville asked the witness whether she
knew that from what the prisoner had told her;
and when she replied in the affirmative he OBJ.
cCted to the admission Of the testimony.
The Court Ia Bnnc to be Appealed To.
Then the prisoner broke out in protest against
the whole examination, and said All the
question here is, whether my free agency was, or
was not, destroyed at the time fired the shot,
All this collateral evidence about my Circum-
stances, and about what did or said, or did not
do or say during the last forty years has no bear
ing whatever ON the point; and with all due
respect to the Court, DO not think that the Court
in Banc would admit It,"
The District Attorney asked the witness whether,
IN her associations with the prisoner, she had ever
noticed nuy insanity, and her reply was u never
The District Attorney snld to Mr. scovillc "You
may take the witness"
"Thank you, Mr., Corkhill," said the prisoner,
Ironically. "That is the decentcst thing you have
done on this trial. suppose that Porter insisted
omit as he is supposed TO be decent man, and so
Then turning TO Mr. scovillc, he said: "Cut
your cross examination short Scovilc, and let us
get TO something else"
Mr. Scoyille asked the witness whether she had
stated since the I'd of July last that she had con-
sdered the prisoner Of unsound mind when she
have said So"
Then tts prisoner opened hi; aood;gSS,es Of
the use OF going into that ScoyillcY You are
oonsummutc jnckass. would rather have ten
year-od boy to try this case than you. You have
got brains, no conception; you cannot see n
foot ahead of YOU Get Oft this case and will do
the business myself ] could have got three or
four frst.class lawyers to defend the if you
had not clbowed them out with Your consummatc
egotism aud vanity. You are taking altogether
too much responsibility on yourself I have got
the heavy work myselfto do before the court and
As the prisoner finished this tirade he bent his
head on the table and INDUCED for some time in
hearty laugh.
After Mr.. scovile had resumed the cross-ex-
animation lie made some mistake in putting n
question to the witness, and snid promptly: Ex.
ouse me- was thinking Of something else"
Continued Abuse or Mr.. ScoviIIc.
"I should suppose You were" said the prisoner,
with elf.satisted laugh: "Iou had better go
home and 20 TO bed. You have never got straight
since the failure of your lecture the other night"
Mr.. ScOvle TO the wncSs)-Did you state that
you regretted having procured divorce, as you
should have remained with your husband and
have taken care Of him on account of the condi.
tion of his mind2
The wilness-No, sir; never said anything of
the kind,
You had better sit down. Scoville.
Mr.. Scove then proceeded to interrogate the
reporters aud others In Colorado, and on her way
TO Washington.
is the use Of your going into this busincss7 You
are the biggest fool ever met. ITO the Court)-I
object to Scovile examining the witness any
farther. / object to IL as matter OF law and as
matter of decency. He has got lot of letters and
other rubbish here aud expects TO spread him
Eelf' in the cross. examination"
Mr. Scoyile Ito the witneSs)-Did you say to q
reporter, in answer to question what you thought
would be done with the prisoner, that he ought to
be hung?
The Witness-I did not say anything of the
marks directed TO Mr.. Scoville on account OF the
importance which he attached to letters written
said that Mr. Beatty of New Jersey who was sup. sup
posed to have written one of those letters as "a
"Garlell Ayenger" had denied it, and was offer
ing reward of 5000 for the discovery of It's author
Aftcr some further unimporlant testimony, Mr..
seovlle said Twill not ask this witness any
The prisoner expressed his approval of this. and
said; " Know nothing against this ladys Chris
tian character except that i know her to be a
high toned lady. know her well and have much
respect for her"
Proceedings After the Recess.
Afer an hours recess the court reopened,
Dr. Francis d. Loring, of Washington, physician.
He stated that he had mnde a specially OF diseases
of the eye and ear He has been in the habit of
examining the eyes of patients for the purpose of
determining whether or not the appearance of the
eye gives indications of disease Of the brain. He
examined the prisoners eyes at the jail on No
yember 30 aud December s. and had found
nothing IN them indicating an affection of the
expanded naturally. There was some inequality
in the strength of the muscles moving tho eyes,
duced something ike squnt, but that had fiE no
connection with the disease Of the brain.
The next witness was Dr. Allen Mclean Hamil-
ton, of New York, physician. He stated that for
the past nine years he has made special study OF
mental and nervous diseases, aud had written ex-
tensiyely On the subject. He had made three per-
BDuul examinations OF tho prisoner, and
ceeded TO state the points. He found him to be
man Of tair build tye feet nve and three, quarter
mixed-gray hair, with no approach to physical de.
formity, and of l35 pounds weight He found
nothing whatever indicating any congenitnl de.
feet, The head was slightly asymmetrcal or ii.
regular; but thatwas very common thing Ht
found an appearance of tiatnesS on the top OF the
head, but ii was owing TO the way the hair was cut
Another Diagram OF the Assassin's Head
lie had taken measurements of the prisoner
head (which he exhibited in diagram) ant
said there was no irregularty Of contour. The
face was thin, but symmetrical. The lines OF
either eide of the nose were perfectly regular The
tdiocy and imbecity II often happens that the
teeth are irregular; that there are perhaps two
exam eNsmined iJ tie Re0u Prisoner With that nc ye% nS
There was nothing wrong with the roof OF
the mouth. The mouth was perfectly symmetrical
and round. The hands were regular in shape
There was no trouble with the nails, as IL gener-
ally noticed in certain kinds of fcongenital trouble
The fingers were symmetrical, aud the hands
and moist and had none Of he appearance whicl,
characterized the skin of insane persons. There
was nothing TO indicate any trouble with the cir
oulation. He had examined the eyes and found
that there was no trouble with them. The
tongue was turned slightly TO the left; but he did
not attach any importance to that, because the
prisoner had apparently perfect control Of his
tongue. There was no atrophy IN the tongue as Il
oilen found IN of;congenltal diseases. 1hert
was 10 paralysis, no loss OF power of any kind
nothing Indicating any disease OF the brain, ethei
that originating before birth or aiterward
During the examination the prisoners manner
was perfectly quiet, and answered politely
and nationally all the questions asked him. The
whole circumference OF the head was twenty two
inches, the measurement being taken lower that Il
is taken by hatters. The hatters' measurement
thcSTsioners head was % even and eighth inches
perfectly symmetrical, with the exception Of d
Slight bulging on one side. There was no evidence
OF bony growth on the skull, and no ridges Ol
prouberances In the occipial process. II was
very fair-si2Cd head.
No Traces OF Mental Disorder.
The District Attorney-state whether that ex.
animation would enable you 10 determine whether
there was any mental disease II II existed
The WiueSs-It was, so far as external appear
The District Attorney--And you did not find IL
the prisoner any external evidence Of mental o
physical disease2
The District Auorney-Wbat is hereditary in
The wlness-I do not believe in inherited In.
sanity. There il the tendency to inherit insanity
The District AuoIney-lf a hereditary laint ex
isted iu man, would any attempt by him on lhC
life ofanOthcr be cool and temperate, or would Il
be the result Of violent explosion
The Wtness-The primary insanity las de-
fcsted when any deliberate crime Is committed b,
the patient by some violent explosion of tempe
and some violent form Of deed;
The District Attorney-Did you find in thC
prisoner anything indicative Of any peculiar trait
OF character?
probably ill.tempered. ] judged that enlre
nom noting his behavior in court, think he 4