Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1881-12-21

ed bv counsel on the other side, and
we think it decidedly pertinent to this
case to discover what opportunities for
professional requirements the witness
has enjoyed.
Mr.. Scoville noted the exception.
The witness had no reason to feel
ashamed of his sphere of duty In that
connection.
Mr.. Davidge-Yes, but your treat
ment at the time must have been con-
fined mostly to horses, and those gen.
tlemen then, are known as horse doc
tors, are they not!
Witness (reddening with some ex-
citement)-My treatment has been
confined to asses. When an ass with
two legs asks me stupid question,
I endeavor to treat him as he deserves.
Great laughter.
The witness stated he visited the
Jail under the assumed name OF Prof.
Brown, phrenologist. He desired to
take the prisoner unawares and SO pre-
tended to make psychological exam
ination.
WILL NOT SAY HE IS NOT RESPONSIBLE.
Witness was asked if the prisoner
was able to distinguish between right
and wrong, and declined to express an
opinion as to his moral responsibility,
but from his examination of the prison
er be was of an opinion that since ne
(the prisoner) has been a lawyer he
IA
consequences of criminal acts.
Guiteau Gnterrupting)-l haven't
been lawyer for FIVE years, Judge.
He said when | was a lawyer. You
see that don't help you any, Judge
Ask him if l was responsible for my
acts on the second of July.
The witness would not undertake to
express decided opinion as to the men
tai condition of the prisoner on July
I'd
Gnitean-There was no depravity
about this business at all, and l think
it is burning shame for the gentle
men of the prosecution to harp upon
that word 'depravity.' Pve been a
consistent Christian all my life, and
because | committed adultery to get
rid of a woman did not love, and owe
few hundred dollars, it is burning
shame for this prosecution to blacken
my charcter.
DESPITE cries of silence and order
Guiteau continued to strike upon the
table and shrek out at the top of his
voice, L am not sfaid to 60 to the gal
lows, if the Lord Almighty wishes me
to 20 there expect an act OF GOD
that will blow this court and jury out
of that window, to protect me if neces-
sary. want to thunder this in the
ears of the American people
Mr., Davidge with an air of disgust
oh! this pantomime business is
getting played out
Guiteau-You are getting played out
and your theory of the prosecution
too.
The court here took recess.
| BLAST AT THE PRESS.
As soon as Court was called to order
Guiteau, with flashing eyes and ner
vous utterance, shouted out, There
are a good many poodle dogs in the
press, and l want to express my con
tempt for these poodle dogs OF the press
The high-toned press of the country
are beginning to express their opinion
that it would be a crime to hang
man who was in my condition on the
I'd of July, when l was impelled upor
the President
Some one in the audience cried out
Shoot him now
Cries of order from the bailiffs re
duced the audience to quiet and DR.
Spitzka again took the stand.
The witness concluded from th'
shape of the facial muscles, and from
the pronounced deviation of the tongue
{ to the left, that the prisoner was borr
with unequal development of brains
that his insanity was c0ngenital. Th'
witness described with great particular
tiles of the head formation which n
had detected in the prisoners case
He thought in the prisoners case th'
inequality in the two sides of the heat
was three times greater than In the
normal head The inequality could
: be taken as an indication of moral i'm
! becility. only in proportion to its de
gree.
CoNGENITAL DETECTS.
The witness continued, III | hat
only that mans (pointing at Guiteau
mean face to Judge by, I might say b
, was a depraved man or an insane man
but introducing other factors, tbe une
) dual formation of the head, inequalit,
, of facial expression and deviation O
the tongue, am of the opinion tn
l trouble is of congenital origin
The court adjourned without con
Guiding the examination.
THE AssAssIN's SANITY.
WASHINGTON, Tuesday, Decembe
|, l3.-tr. Spltzka resumed his test
mony in the Guiteau case to-day. MI
Corkhill handed to the witnes slip o
paper upon which was draw a diagram
; of a human head, and said, Now
Doctor, supposing this to be the pris
. oner's head, will you please point ou
. the inequalities to which you referee
q yesterday
Before any reply could be mad
Guiteau raised a laugh by saying
That accounts for it. A halter cam
to see me this morning and offered m
new hat if l would let him take m
r head. got the hat, but you don
i pay for it, Corkhill Oh, no. Th
8 Government will have to do so.'
Witness thought that the prope
] way to summon the experts would b
4 for the Court to summon them IRE
t spective of the chances of what thei
testimony might be.
8 Mr.. Corkhill insisted that the wit