The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-06
CContinued tomorrow.
TIE TRIAL YESTERDAY.

/ lContinued Tomorrow.
THE TRIAL YESTERDAY.
| WASHINGTON. Dec. 5.-Dayidge having
stated that John w. Guiteau had sworn
precisely that the prisoners father was
| sane, Guiteau said:
1--WE will show by all Freeport that he
was insane. Everybody knows he was
badly cracked on religion, though good
| man"
Witness believed in moral insanity in
certain rare cases, rendering man ire
sponsible. He based Guiteau's insanity
on hereditary taint, impairment of judg
| ment and an inspiration which also inclu-
| ded the motive. Of course, when man
committed crime under a delusion and
then acted precisely as criminal would
do, would be presumtive evidence against
insanity.
Guiteau, excitedly-s Nothing of that
kind in that case.' Angrily, to Davidge,
you're going too fast in this matter. We
want facts, not your judgment. The wit
ness has stated one thing right, the Lord
injects inspiration and then lets man use
his own judgment to work it out. That's
just my case. That's the way l got my in
| spiration"
Davidge then put hypothetical case,
criminal"
Guiteau turned to Davidge with an air
of immense superiority, and said: There
is nothing vulgar about the case. It's all
high toned daughter, quickly suppress
ed by the court.)
Guiteau suddenly interrupted the exam.
ination, despite Scoville's efforts to re-
strain him, broke out in severe denuncia-
ton of his late wife, saying he had just
noticed discourse from her which was
full of misstatements and that if she came
into court to testify against him, he would
show her up. He ratified On for some
minutes, but finally quieted down.
The witness was about to be dismissed,
when Guiteau detained him and said with
an air Of great seriousness, Doctor, l
want to ask you, where hereditary nimbus
of the brain exists, won't a man show it
whenever there is cause?"
The witness replied In the affirmative.
That viii do" said Guiteau, with the
air of a lawyer who had made decided
point.
Recess.
Richard Hinton, editor of the Washing
ton Gazette, had seen the prisoner at the
republican headquarters. New York, and
formed the opinion that he was exceeding
ly il. balanced and egotistical Witness
was asked what he thought of the speech
of Garfield VS.. Hancock" He thought it
rediculously disjolnted affair.
Guiteau was much incensed and shout
ed:
"Well, it wasn't nothing of the kind.
You
DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING
ABOUT.
Ny speech received the endorsement of
the best men of the country"
Witness said that the prisoner seemed
perfect nuisance about the rooms.
Guiteau retorted, You were nuisance
| yourself! I'd rather hung as a man than
acauittad as fool, and won't have any
mere of this kind of evidence"
Witness added: HE was the laughing
stock, as far as I could see"
Guiteau, greatly enraged, turned to
Scoville and said: '1f you put any more
of these cranky fellows on the stand, I'll
square you again. 1t was great piece of
impertinence on your part judge to put
Judge Davis on the stand without consult
ing me,
I'M NO FOOL
and / won't allow you to make me out
| one. s-
DIR. Chas. Fl. Nicholas, of the Bloom
ington Asylum, replied to hypothetical
] question proposed by ScoYille. IF the
evidence which I have listened to is is cor
rect / should say the prisoner is insane. .
Some discussion arose in relation to the
form of uestioISproposed touching the
responsibility of We prisoner, and witness
was allowed to retire for the present.
DR.. Folsom, of Boston, thought if the
hypothetical proposition put by Scoville
was correct ia all particulars the prisone
| was insane when he shot the President
/ DIR. Samuel Worcester; of Salem, declined
| to express his opinion till the council ex
planned more definitely the term
'.INspRATIoN.
Guiteau-( (Emphatically) ''Why. the
introduction by Deity into my mind o.
thought power. foreign to my own will anc
mind. That is what is meant. Iye tOlC
you dozen times"
/ DR.. William Gadding, of the Government
/ Asylum for the Insane Washington
thought if the theory set forth in the by
/ pothetical question was true, the plisone
was undoubtedly insane.
DR.. James H. Mcbride. of Milwaukee
Wis, and DIR. Claiming, of Brooklyn
| Mass, held the same opinion.
i DR.. 'Theo. Fisher, of Boston, would dis
like to be confined to the statementof fact
contained in the Hypothetical question. bu
if compelled to answer, would say that h'
! should judge the prisoner insane. Wit
ness was informed by the prosecution tha
J they would want him as witness.
|, Scoville announced he had no more wit
nesses at present and would introduce bu
! two or three before closing the case.
Guiteau interrupting-"I demand sub
| penaes for Grant, Senator Conkling. Gov
Jewett and others" The prisoner not be
!; ing suppressed, then delivered an incoher
/; ent harangue, while his counsel smiled ap
!; provingly. as though with satisfaction tina
he was influencing the jury. He wa
finally silenced by the court. and Scovill
read from ''Truth" until the hour of ad
journment
ONE MORE CRANK.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.-Prof. j. W
Shively, the true Messiah, arrived her
Tuesday and Immediately wrote TO Judg
Porter and others in the Guiteau trial tha
Guiteau's alleged inspiration was fallacious
He demanded to be put on the stand t,
, confute Guiteau and tell the court wher
and how TO find this awful Deity of tn
republican party. He was sent to the in