The Evening critic., 1881-12-12

an glad that tho better class OF lournale arc
opposed to tho hanging Of q man In my condi.
tion OF mind. 1 repudlate and deepisc the
poodle.dogs Of tho press
" shoot Him Down!
damn him " cried one Of tho audience near
the first entrance door.
The sudden warning silcnccd the prisoner at
once. Ho turned pale, crouched In MS seat
and was temporarily stricken dumb;
"Who was that?" sharply asked Judge Cox.
But whoever IL was, he was not found, and
tho examination Of DR.. Spitzka was continued
The witness testified that the mans facial
expression indicated an insane manner and
that he suffered from moral imbocllity or
moral monstroslty; he meant by that he was
n person born With such detective nervous
organization that he was deprived OF mat
essential requisite to make him n full constltu.
tlonal man.
Witness, aftor his examination of the pris.
oncr, found from the shape OF his head ana
face that there was defective Innovation OF
the facial muscles; that he was born with n
brain utterly unequal on the two sdcs and
from the cumulative physical evidences In MS
head and face be would regard him rs OF
congcnital diseased mind.
Witness acknowledged that his opinion was
based largely upon the story that many OF the
prisoners relatives were insane; nc admitted
that the fact that two of tho cousins OF tho
prisoner were insane is not sufficient proof
that tho family blood IL tinctured WIN IN
sanity. Witness thinks that the Insanity or
lmbecllity OF Abblc Maynard, INC prisoner
cousin, was an evidence of n talnt OF hcrcdl
tary insanity.
Witness can mcsnicrlzc some people him
self; as n general thing, II Is u dangerous and
ncxcusablc experiment, az 1t eventually In.
jurcs the patient; no one could be frequently
mesmerlzed without danger; should be stopped
here, rs In Europe, by law. III IL were not Tor
his examination OF the prisoners head, facial
expression and position OF the tongue, witness
would only suspect the prisoner to be insane.
The KecI-Likc Structure
of the prisoners head; the " rhombocephalic p"
portion witness regards as an evidence or con-
genital insanity; the fact that one side OF the
human head Is larger than another IL not
necessarily an evidence Of normal monstfos-
ity witness has examined more than LOCO
heads; Guitcau's head shows about three times
n greater disparity In sizo than normal; wilt
ness confessed, however, that ho had not made
an accurate examination; II was cursory and
not careful guessed Mt It,
Witness would not, from
The Mean Face Of Guitenu
Alone regard him as other than one totally
dcpraved, but that face made him believe that
Guiteau was n congenital moral monstroslty.
After testifying further the witness said
excuse me, Mr. Davidgc, but l wish you
would let me sit down. i am suffering from
an affection of the heel"
Mr.. Davidge--'Certainly, Doctor. Did you
say that you were suffering from an affection
OF the heel?'
"Yes SIR"
Mr.. D.-"very well. thought you wore
suffering from something that affects one
Col. Corkhill insisted that tho witness
should stand up, rs he Wished to see his face
during the giving OF his testimony.
| witness, standing up, continued his 'tosti'
mony.
The examination OF this witness by Mr.
Davidgo was exceedingly cleverly managed,
and although the witness seemed TO be honest
| In his convictions, and very shrewd witness
| for the defense, his theories for the establish
ment Of insanity In the prisoner were com
| pletely broken down by the cross-examination.
At one point Guiteau got excited again, and
| called Col. Corkhill dirty scamp.