Morris tribune., 1881-12-29
GARFIELD'S ASSASSIN.
MONDAY nrn 10

Judge, left the jury box, and coming upon the
bench, had a whispered conversation with the
judge, when Mr.. Hobbs returned to his seat the
district attorney had q whispered conversation,
and tbs Judge returned to his place. The dis
trict attorney, addressing tire court, SAID tnat
one OF the sad Affections OF life common to hu-
manlty had befallen one of the men,
bers OF the jury. The situation, he
said is one OF difficulty. Still the interests of
humanity demand that some steps be taken to
allow the juryman to render his last duties to
his dead wife. With the concurrence Of the
defense he would like some order made to al
low the juror TO perform his last duty to the
memory of his deceased. Mr.. Scovills rising
said the defense concurred in the suggestion.
He not only concurred, but it was his wish that
the juror should have such privileges as he
desired without being encumbered by the at
tendance of a deputy marshal he thought
proper that the court should call
the attention Of the jury to the matter of
Communication from outside. The court
remarked that the bailiffs had full instructions
On that point
81 have entire confidence" said the prisoner,
"in every member Of the jury. Judge Cox
said that the court would allow the Juror to
attend at his home and rejoin his associates
to- morrow afternoon as soon after the funeral
as his feelings would permit An adjourn
ment then took place. Guiteau, when he was
leaving the court room to- day. stopped at the
district attorneys desk and said: "Corkhill, I
have had model taken from my head for q
bus: I will be a great man yet, Corkhil, if
you let me alone"
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 21.
DR.. Hamilton of New York took the stand.
Seville desired to have the other experts ex
cluded during his testimony, but the court
ruled against him. During the argument on
this point Davidge WAS interrupted by Guiteau.
The witness was questioned at great length rel
ative to the operations of mems minds, the sig
nifcance of dreams and unconscious express
sion as indicative of mental processes. The
counsel for the prosecution protested against
the apparently objectless direction Of the in
quiries.
When the witness was asked if the people
adjudged medically insane were not neverthe-
less capable of judging between right and
wrong, Guiteau, who had been writing for some
minutes, looked up quickly and shouted:
"What bearing has that! When person is
controlled by irresistible impulses. That's all
there is to this case striking the table violent
ly, and all this talk don't amount to anything"
Scoville objected, but Judge Cox admitted the
question, and witness replied: s'There great
many insane people-medically insane-who
appreciate the difference between right and
wrong" In response to another question,
Hamilton continued In nearly all asylums the
systems of rewards and punishments is in
vogue in the dealing with the insane, showing
They can dist nguish between right and wrong,
and can control their actions"
Dr. Worcester, of Salem, Macs, who refused
when upon the stand for the defense to answer
the political questions proposed by Scoville,
testified that in his opinion tho prisoner was
sane man.
GIiteau (sharply)-How much do YOU ex-
pect to get for that opinion, sir? suppose
that will be worth 500 to you. That is the
way Corkhill Is running this case; but don't
think it will be worth snap with that jury, not
8 snap, sir.
Corkhill then read hypothetical questions
which covered all the material facts in the prls-
oner's history from boyhood down to his act on
the I'd OF July, and inquired: Assuming all the
facts to be true, in your opinion WAS the pris-
oner sane or insane when he killed President
Garfield? a. believe him to have been
sane.
Guiteau (sneeringly)-Yes, sir, and you expect
to get $500 for your opinion.
Col Corkhill then read ano'her hypothetical
question, setting forth in it's most unenvisble
light the career of Guiteau The prisoner
WINGED under the record, but confined himself
to sort of growl, That's false, OF .'Thst's a
lie." In concluding the readiI E, Corkhill again
inquired of the witness, "Do you consiGer the
prisoner was sane or insane on the I'd Of July?"
A. In my opinion he was sane.
He was asked how he came to form the
opinion in Salem that the prisoner was insane,
anQ Wnen Ne nau Wr1IleQ counsel (SC0V1lle1 J
that such was his belief. He replied: "From
statements I have seen that he was actuated
when he shot the president, by an insane de-
lusion, and that the uncomfortable impulse
| under which he acted was the outgrowth of
that insane delusion. I wrote you thinking I
might be of service to tho insane man" The
witness had changed his opinion as to the in
sanity of the prisoner, because he no longer
believed to be true the statements upon which
he had based his opinion before coming to
Washington.
As is always the case when the current Of
evidence flows against him, Guiteau became
early in the day very much excited, and contin-
ued to grow much more excited, until at the
close of the proceedings he was almost beside
himself. or course, he blackguarded the wit
| nesses, as he always does. He called them
liars and knaves. He referred 10 them as though
they were common perjurers apdnever wearied
of fiingipg in Worcester's face the assertion
butrhe major portion of his abuse he reserved
for poor Scoville, who was pronounced with
damnable iteration can ass" "consummato
jackass," an "old fool, and an 'idot, lacking
the wit of a ten-year- school boy" The as
sassin sccuse1 him of self -conceit and love of
notoriety, and asserted that if he had not
"crawled into the case" because of these quail
tiles, John D. Townsend end Judge Msgruder,
together with Charley Reed and himself, would
have won it for the defense. Scoville for once
manifested annoyance at the vili6cation poured
| upon him, and every one pitied him Gui.
teau shouted, and stormed, and laughed, and
sneered all day long, and left the court room ai
8 o'clock completely exhausted.
THURSDAY, DEC %.
Another expert summoned originally by the
defense, DIR. Diamond of Auburn, N. Y, q
gray haired physician of sixty five years, tssti-
fed to- day in the course OF an examination last
| ing over five hours, that Guiteau is and was at
| the time of the shooting of President Garfield,
| perfectly responsible. His examination was
tedious in the extreme to the audience and
wearisoale to him. At the end OF the morning
session he was 30 faint that he
could scarcely stand, and at the close, of his
| examination in the afternoon he got out into
the fresh air as speedily as possible. After
| his examination occurred the only interesting
episode of the day-a spirited five minutes
| scene, in which the nervous D. Maclean Shaw
Of New York, the excited Scoville and the
sneering Corkhill played the prominent parts.
| The excitement of both sessions of an. average
day was crowded into those five minutes.
| Shaw was called, when Guiteau shouted,
Here's the man nal that told % that lie We've got
your record, Shaw, from New jersey, where a
| Judge from the bench said ysu ought to De in
| the penitentiary."
The witness was asked if he had not been in.
dicted for perjury and replied that he had.
| Upon attempting to explain stormy dialogue
ensueu, 1ulteau snOutiuS tudt Tue WltnSss was
| the most extraordinary liar in America The
witness was finally permitted to explain that it
arose through misrepresentation, and he was
acquitted by Jury. Scoville gave potice to
Shaw to defend his character as he had four
| witnesses to introduce whose testimony he
| (Shaw) would want to meet.
Dr. Diamond was for years physician at the
| state prison IN Auburn, aud has been for the
! past two years in charge of the state hospital
| for the insane at Auburn At both institutions
he had abundant opportunity for observing
not only lunatics Of the ord nary kinds, but also
and especially those accused and those convict
| ed Of crime. He had seen while at Auburn
many men, criminals chiefly, who feigned in
sanity, and it has been his business to puncture
| in each case the pretense. He testified to-day
that he had always been able to tell the true
from the false in these examinations. HI
was therefore peculiarly vel. fitted to pro-
nounce as an expert respecting the present
case. He unhesitatingly said to-day that from
careful personal examination in the jsil and
careful personal observation in the court room,
| he had reached the conclusion that the assas-
sin is, aud was, on the I'd day of last July, per-
fectly sane aud responsible. Guiteau
who with Scoville, thought that some
/ OF the statements of the wit
ness were susceptible of . construction Ia