The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-12-17

SIXTEEN MEDICAL EXPERTS HELP
HIM TOWARD THE GALLOWS.
The Insanity Defence Wiped Gu. Per
feet Responsible OF the Prisoner
His Comedy Not Success


WASHINGTON Dee. IT, 1881.
Sixteen of the experts summoned on
either side OF the Gu;teau tlial have held
Il consultation. ut which it was found
that all were agreed in the opinion that
the assassin j. sane and LEGALLY RESPONSE
bic for the murder of James y. Garfield.
This number includes practically the
whole body al experts now here attend
ing the trial. one OF them said tonight
that he did not know Of Il single expert
who would testify that Eutcau was il.
sane. unless DR.. l.. {. SrtZka. OF New
York. vino has nul been pr sent daring
the trial, bat has now arrived i'll WASH
Ingtou in obedience 50 a subpoena. should
do 50. One OF the experts llughingly
said Tonight that for once the doctors,
could agree.
II may be of interest to say here that
few of the experts III attendance upon
fae trial believe i'll what Is called moral
iuSauity-a theory which is held as "a r,!I:,
only among the old men of the profession
and is practically discarded by the new
generation ui alicniStS, vino hold that
there can I've no insanity without imp&!r-
mcnt of the intellect. ana that, where
the operations Of The intellect arc nnT.tai.
depravity, however great. is simply dc
pravity and not insanity.
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see the'F Shapes. ''ni''aa nan Is cut
I close, "hu 'il'l ,e'''N !" "i'"77 81" 'At II
te%,'I'iH'r>. ms n''t'' i f'"!if 70 worse
who have lived rood. honest lives ana
never committed murder"
" !."' otler l"i4Fl'ai IS>lH nh you
/ apply:
we i""''' 'h"' III thiN t"S' tAcIG was
no Siet !'itH>"e>'' 'ili" IL ""i'1'"laI tA-
itei!eht- no tN'lSiit"' except mat
Mh'ch an lIF''aplS Pl''h ih'S"t eNhli'i'.
He simply GETS angry more casii,. than
most men do. There is nathuz. 10 show
concession or inflammation nl 1n,. brain
on the one haui. aud ON the Other moth
mo like dizziness, Gle. +, show ;;l1.lria
or deficient nutrition of the brain. If
there WA, Inflammation: thrrr wonla he
more marked periods Of excitement. tie
would met excited without a cause, J-Su-
ally he grows ai,.sI;- only Uitcn thu, t,sr;-
monv Of witnesses is unEavn,a,.lc +,
him
Well. Jock at his career. From hi,
birth until he was sixteen or seventeen
years OF age his life was that of an ordi-
nary, >tuJioas, quiet school boy. lie did
not. during chat time. develop any IN
usual traits of wickedne>s and did not
show that hereditary tendency t. inSani-
tv which the defence had attemptcd 70
prove His family history en- both sides
is really good. There is nothing il the
history OF the Iamify that - out OF the
usual run: That his mother was III poor
health. aifci bearing 4 good many chilli
rem ANA ""ln% = @"''l o'ai 81 i'ard work.
is not rema'F@p!e. y %fc*i mai!y chid-
rem are pom "hher the same clrenm-
stances who grow up healthy and dp not
become INSANE. Nncn ne reached carly
manhood, has system changed greatly. 81
course. lie mas e'i'!en;IT 7een man OF
strong passions. thh that tact "Np'alu>