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 FROM ALL QUARTERS. INSULTING WITNESSES, GUlTEAU AT HIS FAVOR
 TIE PASTIME. \ TALK 0H MORAL INSANITY. DEscRIBED As WIeEEDNEss BY AH
 EXPERT.
 SC0vILLE ANXIOUS FOR DELAY. 0BJECTING TO THE QUAIL LEGATIONS OF. JURORS.
sCoVILLE ANXIOUS FOR DELAY.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. Moral InsanIty-An Experts Definition
 -Guiteau Insulting the Different Witt
 nesses Who Showed Up His Character
 -ScOviIe's Latest Plan to Secure Delay.
 WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.-A very large num- Der of women were in court this m orning, presumably in expectation of racket" be- tween the prisoner anf1 his former wife, it having been announced that she would be put upon the stand. 'Dr. Spitzka's cross -ex- animation was at once resumed by Colonel Corkhill Before he had proceeded far, however, the doctor declined Son principle' to say whether or not he believed there was 8 God. The court supported his position, whereupon Colonel Corkhin said he had no more questions to ask. Mir. Scoville then put to him long hypothetical question de- signed to draw forth the witness opinion upon the alleged hereditary taint in the pris- oner. Witness thought such taint proba- ble. Colonel Corkhill put few more ques- tions based upon an article by the witness in 8 medical journal, the effect of which was to place him in apparent antagonism with some of the experts present.
 Dr. Fordyce Baker, of New York, was called to the stand by Judge Porter, who put a series of well considered questions the answers to which bore directly or indirectly against the defense and against some of the positions taken by Dr. Spitzka.. He defined moral insanity as wickedness, a term loosely used to defend actions on any other ground indefensible. Delusions pertain purely to mental faculties. Illusions and hallucina- tions pertain to perversion of the senses. Love of boasting of intimacy with great people is not necessarily proof of insanity. It may be simply the outcome of great ego tism and vanity. A claim of inspiration in justification of an action is not necessarily a proof of insanity. The mans previous char acter, temperament and mode of life must be taken into account. Uncomfortable impulse is a symptom that may be present or absent in given case of insanity. It is not form of insanity. When person acts under de- fusion he acts unfinchingly and with firm faith. He does not hesitate or waver. In delusion a man does not reason. When he reasons as to the specific act he ceases to be under delusion. Eccentricities are depart ure in details from the ordinary standard of the world, and are usually prompted by ego tism, vanity and self-love, with view to making the individual conspicuous.
 Under cross-examination the doctor made, among others, the following statement The cause of insanity may exist outside the brain, but there can be no insanity unless the &C., ton of the brain is disturbed. One fixed de- fusion is not sufficient evidence of insanity. The sane may have delusions. Judge Cox asked the difference between insane delu- sions and false or absurd beliefs. He replied that insane delusions area false beliefs as to fact, while absurd beliefs arise from incor- rect reasoning.
 Guiteau-When man does an illegal &C., ton from an uncomfortable pressure is it in sanity? Witness-If the assumption is true the act is insanity. Prisoner-That is my case.
 Mir, Scoville asked if man could be born insane. The witness thought not. He could be born imbecile with cranial malfor- nation which might or might not develop into insanity.
 recess was then taken.
 When court resumed after l o'clock S. Spencer Gobell insurance agent, of New York; called by the prosecution testified to knowing the prisoner in New York when he desrous of soliciting policies. He loaned him money several times. The prisoner, who appeared unusually. anxious, shouted: ssI owe this S25. Iobject to this testimony. and ask ruling on this point" [Laughter.l
 The Court-sLet the witness go on.n The prisoner (e1citedly]-"Then let the reporter note an excep tion" (Renewed laughter.)
 witness went on to state that Guiteau told him he was going to marry wealthy lady and going to obtain the Austrian mission and requested loan of s2oo. Witness did not acceds to this request He re- garded the prisoner as man of sound mental cond- ton and average shrewdness business affairs. Guiteau broke in with his usual Interruptions upon his habits of borrowing money like 8 gentleman He alternately read the papers, took his eye glasses from his nose and made running comments the testimo- ny. The cross-examnation did not affect the testi- mony.
 The next witness W. P. Copeland, correspon- dent of the Brooklyn Eagte, who Identified the arrest. Guiteau again broke in with remarks about his inspiration and the fact that certain journals had vigorously denounced General Garfield before the day of his assassination.
 H. c. Ketcham testified to knowing Guiteau in 1s7 3 said Guitean- q was high toned lawyer at that time and would not borrow money from poor clerk friend to go to if wanted moneyn Witness proceed ing said Guiteau appeared to be of little sense but f-cdnceited He would sit in his office with book before him pretending to read. He violent when opposed in conversation on public topics. Gui- teau denounced the witness miserable clerk with whom he would not condescend to associate at the time referred to.
 Henry Wood, of Philadelphia, was then called to the stand. sThis man" saidlthe assassin, sknew my divorced wife long before did. You can draw your own inference on that subiect Witness stated that he knew the prisoner in 1s72 His wife had at that time received some assistance from witness family and Guiteau called on him on his way to New York from Chicago to thank him for that kindness About
 year afterwards the prisoner came to him for ad- him in New York and told him of the charges his wife had made against him. The prisoner said she gas better thaR ver befora heP e Witness Wood said that while he in New York at ond Coming of Christ" This struck him as 90 mon strous that he went to listen to the discourse. The pounoed that his book would be published and would illustrate his views. collection taken up and prisoner, got cents and Mr. Wood gave 5 cents, guess" [Laughter Witness destined that he never prisoner He appeared to possess ordinary inteiIi- gence, but was wanting in principle. 'Thats false, " the witness brief, and only interesting on account of the rapid excited com pressure denounced the witness and made an unfa- vorabe in5erjection in regard to his divorced wife, connected with the Chicago He said he knew the prisoner in that city and went On first becoming acquainted with Guiteau he wish munity to recover or sS oOo on the eround that he had put s GOO in and the balance due him services Witness found the statement false and ad- yised the prisoner that there ground for &C., uon and the suit was not brought. s'This is 8 broker now He is a scamp like English and Shaw. The prisoner kept interruptng and making personal man of the Colonel Sellers type but lacking in the genial qualities attaching His newspaper schemes ing the witness state that he was to be eitor-in- chief in case the Ler Ocean project went through, want with fellow like you, eh You editor-ir- l chiefl Yop dead beat, youi Hal Ha P and auiteau Witness was cool and possessed and got a hack at
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 t? That's not very bright you scamp you. Isnsh , ter Mr. Phelps stated that he had met the prisoner | &G 6A9 hepuDi1can headquarters New York the Presidential campaign and that on meeting him afterwards he seemed to think his services had cured the election of Garfield When he spoke of his desire for the Austrian mission witness told him that pretty big thing and advised him to little | lower.
 GuAtean's conduct during the afternoon while it raised occasional laughter served to disgust every body His interruptions were very frequent and rang monotonousIy on the changes of his mental spressure, his contempt for the witnesses and his desire that everything should be conducted souaely he not afraid of the result of the trial Court adjourned until tomorrow at 10 g. n.
 Health of the Nation--No Serious Epi- demfcs in the County The Gossfp About Cabinet Changes.
 l WAsHNGroN, Dec. I3.-The National Board of Health is in session here, Dr. J. c. Cabell, of Virginia, presiding. The reports show that tI,a -raYeral haalkb ;s oJ,ort o, .