The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-12-30
The Chilean Trial.

Il
The twelfth juror, II is said, stoutly main
tains that Guiteau is Us crazy as "March
! hare"
THE PRISONER AFRAID OF BEING SHOT BY
CRANKs.
| WASHINGTON, December 29.-When the
court opened this morning some delay in
| Proceedings ensued, and Guiteau made his
usual morning speech. He complained
that the usual guard OF policemen had been
Withdrawn from the prison van, and that
there is more danger OF his being shot
when riding to and from iail than at any
other time. He requested the Judge TO
order the usual guard OF policemen to ac-
company the van. He said that II would
only take one crank with sufficient nerve
TO shoot him in the van that the only dam
ger he anticipated was from cranks.
| DR.. Calender was called.
Judge Cox said that n statement had been
made yesterday that the Court had sur
rounded the prisoner with unusual guards
and protection. He would state that the
prisoner was in the custody OF the IarsIal
and not OF the Court, and whatever extra
guards had been furnished had been sup
piled by him.
Guiteau: "Wcll, then, your Honor, if
the Marshal won't do his duty ] appeal to
the Court. If the Marshal will not furnish
proper guard, kick him ont and let's have
Il new marshall
Judge Cox: Il have no doubt the Mar
shall will do his duty in this connection"
Mr. ScOvile read TO the witness the letter
written by Guiteau about ten days ago to
senator Don Cameron, asking for $500, and
asked for his 0pinion-whether such letter
to a man he did not know does not indicate
unSoundness OF mind?
Answer: 81 do not think it indicates
unsOundness OF mind. 1t seems to me
consistent with his character and habit
through life Of soliciting money from
sources where he had no reason TO expect
it,"
DR.. Calendar, having the Hypothetical
question OF the defence propounded TO
him. said. "Under that hypothesis his in
sanity is self-evident proposition"
DR.. Walter Kempster, OF Winneba&O,
Wis, superintendent OF the Wisconsin
hospital for the insane, was then called to
the stand. After examining the usual pre-
liminaIy questions the witness was given
the east OF Guiteau's head.
GUITEAU's HEAD WELL SHAPED.
The witness pronounced it ga very we'll
shaped head-a head that compared very
fayOrably with the majority Of the heads in
the community, both in shape and size"
TO illustrate lis reply, the witness pro-
duced number OF charts or diagrams
taken from the heads OF different indyid-
uals, with a conformation. The witness
said he had given his word TO The gentle
men that their names should not he di-
yulgcd At first he was allowed TO explain
the characteristics OF the head without Civ
ing names, but afterwards the Court, at the
suggestion OF the prosecution, required him
TO mention the names, saying that the
Court thereby took the responsibility for
the breach OF confidence.
''Thcy are all gentlemen Of prominence,
and the majority OF them are gentlemen Of
national repute," said the witness.
The first chart exhibited by name was
that OF Treasurer Giltlan.
COLONEL r. q. INGERsOILs HEAD.
The next was that OF Robert G. Inger-
soil. "You will see" observed the wit
ness, '"that while flat on one side, il bulges
on the other"
"Bulges on the wrong side, don't it,
Doct0r!" inquired Mr.. Dayidgc.
"In the estimation OF some people, re-
marked the witness.
.'That shows that Ingersoll and ! are
badly cranked," said the prisoner.
The witness then exhibited charts OF the
heads of y. j. Sibley, resident OF Wash
ington, and John p. Foley. journalist.
COLONEL CoRKHHL's HEAD
was the next one.
"That's Il crank head" said the prisoner
when the latter was exhibited. u sup
pose YOU could put your foot in the side OF
his head"
"CoIonel Corkhll," said the witness,
'has a very marked prominence on one
side and is flat on the other. The prOmi-
nence was greater than In the prisoners
head"
THAT shows you are a worse crank than
| am, C0rkhill," called out the prisoner,
laughing.
THE OTHER HEADS EXHIBITED
were those OF Rev. l.. \. Wilson, Mr.
Isaac johnson, Colonel Wyman, Governor
Claflin, Den. Thompson, l.. Hoffman, John
Wilson. j. II. Boilinger, Mr.. Jennison, Mr..
Slocum, William SyphaX, John {. GosS-
man, and Judge Carter.
"Of all that have shown you" said the
witness, "therc has not been a single SYM
metrical head"
The witness said the shape OF the head
did not indicate anything OF the sanity or
insanity Of the individual, unless it de-
waited grossly from what they called a
typical head.
DR.. KempSter's testimony rs TO the nature
of insanity, the definition OF various terms,
&C., was similar in purport to that given by
his predecessors on the stand.
INSANE DELUsI0Ns.
The witness gave several examples OF
persons who had IN insane delusion that
they were commanded hy God 10 do certain
acts. He said ii was preposterous to say
that in any such deluSiOn an insane man
would say that the details Of the execution
OF the act were left TO the actor. Persons
acting upon such decisions acted swiftly.
Persons with such decisions always showed
fears OF some direful consequences to them
selves if they did not carry out the Divine
command.
"You and Abraham don't agree, Doc
tor" said the prisoner. "lle took plenty
of time 10 do his work."
The witness said he had never met an
insane man who paraded in public his III
sanity as an apology for crime which he
had committed. On the contrary, persons
who had committed crimes under delusions
were very reticent about 1t. lie Thought
il man raised a question as TO - Who
fired that shot, the Deity or me5" the
question was incompatible with insanity,
and showed that there really was no delu-
sion in his mind. Strong convictions were
by no means evidences Of insanity. The
witness did not believe in moral in
sanity. In murderous attacks by in
sane people, they are generally influ-
enced by a delusion that the person
whom they attack is trying to circumyent
then, or niure them. Such insane people