National Republican., 1881-12-06


Her statement was full OF lies. He repudiated her
and knew nothing about her.
The Court reminded him that that matter was |
not now the question.
The Prisoncr-I know that; but II Is so aggra- |
vnting story that IL rifles me- and ifshe comes
on the stand will make her smart. she must |
have inlltn from grnce very badly. Herstaicmy mt
Is n lie from beginning to end. Whon we were |
together we lived well at hrst-class boardlnB- |
hOuscS.
Being questioned as to the thinness and hag-
gardnCsS of the prisoner prior to the commission
of the crime and whether those were not inlica-
| tons of his insanity, the witness answered that
| these symptoms would not be more likely TO hp. |
pear III the case of sane man mcdtating great |
| crime than iii the case Of an Insane man.. lie
would not undertake to decide upon the probabili-
Mr. Dnvidgc-Ifa man thinks that he is execut.
ing the divine command, has he any wear and tear
The wimess-There Is wear and tear very often
when man Is dominated by deluion.
The Prisoner-'fhc wear and tear is from pres
| sure, net from conscience. ITO Mr.. Davidge)-
MI. Dayldgc 10 the witness)-From what cause
| The Wimcss--strong delusion very often has a
great physical effect ON the frame of q man. Every
| one knows that there are sane men who would
have such murderuus design for FIVE orsiX
weeks and yet not show the slightest physical
| change.
| The witness in the course of discussion on the
| various forms and type of insanity spoke Of pro.
grcss paresis of the Insane one of those forms
that produce physical change.
The Prisoner-what is the English of that, doc.
| tor? We nre all common folks here, and cannot
understand that scientific Language.
| The witness Qrst having Obtained from the Court
permission to nnswer) replied that IL was n form
| o: insanity attended by very strong marked physi-
| cal symptoms and mental symptoms. For instance,
| man who was pcnurious would suddenly be.
come cxtrayagant and spend his money lavshly.
lieve himself immensely wealthy or immensely
strong, or something of that kind. At the same
| time his talk became tremulous and he had irC-
quent disturbances of gait, and tendency to cat
and grow fat. He instanced Wnnyss Jobson, for
merly of New York, as one so effected. He also
spoke OF an Inequality In the two sides of the head
asa symptom of hereditary insanity.
THAT hits my case exactly the prisoner broke
In "OnC side of my head Is larger than the
other u, cors examined Inc the other night. 10
the witness)-Where hereditary nimbus exists In
z man, does T. not have to show itself sooner or
The witness-Y,s; 1t has to show itself sooner or
later on sufficient cause.
The PrisOner-My case. That Is all.
The witness in reply to n question by Mr.. SEQ.
vle said that perhaps one fourth OF the cases of
insanity that came under his observation were of
this FORM and would be clussed with hereditary
insanity. Insanity of this character maniiests
ssi oni aSr Rn0ery yA Aer r. dsSi @ % certain SShG hn
must have existed from birth-a decided def
cheney person so afcctcdmsy be more excita-
BILE ut times and more quiet at times. That kind
of insanity is not curabc. The line between SAN
iiy and insanity is not easily determined. tits
lating insanity than 1t Is to determine whether he
normal brain.
Mr.. Davidge-what is the proportion of insane
people to snne people in the world?
The Witncss-l have not any exact statistics.
Probably out of twenty five persons i'll ordinary
life five are insane, and sooner or later they be-
come Inmates of insane asylums
Mr.. Davldgc.--Tbat is an encouraging prospect
The prisoner 10 Mr.. Davldge)-That would take
70, yT, In; g Judge Laughter Aha. 80 : ,or. ,n,,,
The Wltness-l mean say that II talk with
twenty-five ordinary business men should prob
ably find Aye of them insane. o
Mr.. Davidge-llven among business men?
| Ule WitugSg-Ieg. among business
Mr.. Davidge--And of course among the floating,
idle people who haye,no settled occupation the
proportion would be still larger.
The Witness-l am taking oil into account, Mr..
Davidge, and one in five is insane. Well; ut least,
two of the jurors are doomed. lLnughter
Mr.. Scoville-Perhaps some of the lawyers may
take their places.
tween sanity and insanity said that there is large
number of men who, while not positively insane,
are deficient in Judgment, and cannot be classed
with properly, well balanced men.
I" Do you mean that, US "A general thing men Of
that class become tit subjects for insane nsylunsY
Not all of them; but many of them do. There
are three times as many persons outside of nsy-
lums as there are inside, who are proper subjects
for insane aSylunis.
After recess for half an hour,
Richard j. IHiatOu,
Washington newspaper man, was called. He
testified to having the prisoner frequently
last summer at the rooms Of the National Republic
can Committee, New York. lie had also read his
speech of Garfield rs. Hancock, but not till afei
. |
| terly inconsequential.
"That is not true,' said the prisoner, very
angrily. 1.-THE speech was highly thought of by
the pest men of the Nation, scoyille had nc
s 70 put You on fdn he stand s1heT
II he cannot get along without making me out a
} fool let him stop: do not take any stock in this
idea that ap u fool, because nm not fool, and
! Scovie knows 1t. would rather be hung rs a
! sensible man than acquitted as a fool. II was n
great piece of impertnence In Scovle to put these
| men the stand without first Consulting me-
The witness went on to state that at the Repub-
: lican headquarters, the prisoner was laughing
stock when hc was not an annoyance.
. "That is false" the prisoner again broke in. 1t
was yourself who was the laughing stock and a
nuisance around the Republican headquarters.
ITO Mr.. scoville)--Ifyou put any more Of these
crank fellows on the stand Laughter will score
; you up again. You had no business to put David
Davis on the stand, either. II was great piece of
! impertnence in you u ask Judge Davis what he
J thought about immediate war. did not pretend
that there was going to be a war right Olf do
not take any stock in that kind of business. All
OF the high. toned men in the Republican party
! spoke well of that speech"
: The Next Witness Was DIR. Charles II.
Nichols.
| of New York. He stated that he Is superintendent
of the BlOomingdale Asylum Tor the Insane lie
has been connected with insane asylums since
lS47 and has during all that time made study o.
mental diseases He was first connected with the
New York State Lunatic Asylum at Utica, ther
with the Boomingdale Asylum, then with the
Government Hospital for the Insane of the District
{ of Columbia, and lastly with the Bloomngdalt
/ fhe propositions in the hypothetical question
were read to the witness, and he was asked
insane when he shot Presden! Garfield. ~ "
The Witness--Taking that hypothetical case tc
I be true, should think that the person described
E Mr.. Davidee-From your personal examination
of the prisoner and from the testimony. including
] that given by himself, had he on the 2d of July
Y 1881, when he shot James A. Garfield, the knowl
] edge and mental capacity to be able 20 Judge be-
tween right and wrong, and TO understand The
Objected 10 by Mr.. scoville on the ground tha
the question required the witness to weigh the ties
( timony Objection sustained
Q Mr.. Dayidge said that under the ruling of the
Court, he would have to formulate hypothetica
= witness might, therefore, stand aside, and hC
would be called afterward on behalf OF the prose
cution.
The Next witness waa Dr. Charles II. Fol
. OF Boston. Mass. For the last nine years he hai
given a large portion of his time to the study o
} mental diseases. He was in the Mclean Asylum
for about one year and Il half, from 1872. Hespen
a year In Berlin and Vienna, and since then ha
, been 10 Europe three times, For the last three
years he has been instructor In mental diseases IN
5 the Harvard University.
question was read 10 the witness and he was asked
! Leaving out of view your own opinions or any,
thug that you may draw from anywhere else, and
taking the facts as stated In the hypothetical ques-
/ tiOn as proved 10 be true. what In your opinion
/ was the mental condition Of the prisoner at the
1 time of his shooting President Gariield2"
The Winess--On the assumption that those facts
4 are true In the same way that use language,
/ should say ne was unquestiOnably insane. y
Mr.. Davdge-That opinion Is based on the as
sumption that each OF the facts stated in that paper
4 Is true.
: The witness-Yes, it is based exactly on that
. paper
. MIR. scovlle-Do you mean TO say that no part OF
that statement could be len out without changing
your Opinion2
i The Witness-As the question is formulated there
1 or reeoect II correctly should base II chiefly