Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-12-28
GENERAL NEWS.
Guiteau Placed in the Prison.
er's Dock, by Order Of
Judge Cox.
Senor Martinez, the Chillan Minis.
tor 'ssues q Pamphlet
Of Explanation.
Full Explanation of the Disposi.
tiOn of the Confederate Gold
Taken from Richmond.
The Trial OF Gu,tesu.

Tho Trial OF Guiteau.
Washington. December 28-Guiteau
came into the court room this morning
looking paler than usual. He complain
ed that he had not slept we'll last even.
ing. A ma was placed in cell near
his who was suffering from a most vio.l
lent type of mania. caused by the exces-
sive use Of morphine. During the whole
night his shrieks rang through tho jail.
Guiteau was annoyed and asked what
was the occasion for such riot. The
keeper replied: "We've got a crazy
man on our hands tonight" "Well."
said Guiteau. "why don't you choke
him and make him keep quiet
aud not let respectable people be disturb
ed in this way by miserable lunatic."
DR.. Mcdonald again took the stand
and was cross examined by Scoville.
The questions were directed mainly
to the subject of temporary insanity and
the witness was asked if in his practice
he had not met an instance of temporary
Insanity.
He replied: Eyes; 1 know of n nan
who was insane for twenty-four hours"
Scoville (eagerly)-"And then he got
~ell?"
"No. sir; he died." Laughter at SEQ.
ville's expense.l
The witness was asked
what he meant by saying
the prisoner had been playing part in
court and replied:-"I believe he has
been feigning what he believed to be in
sanity and is not really insanity. be-
lieve he is attempting to give an impress
sion that he is insane and with that idea
has been acting part.
Scoville soon became involved in
discussion with the
witness and asked if he were not discharg-
ed for granting false certificates to VIM.
E. Tweed when the latter was in prison.
He replied: II never gave to Tweed a
certificate of ill health, and was never
discharged from position in my life."
| DR.. Randolph Barksdale, superintend-
ent of the central asylum near Richmond.
Virginia, had visited the prisoner in Jail,
and had also closely observed him in
court, and from his personal examinina-
tion and observation was of the opinion
that he was sane.
The witness also testified that he be-
lieved he had been feigning in court, and
he believed. taking as true the facts set
forth in the two hypothetical questions
that the prisoner was sane when he shot
the president.
DR.. John H. Calender, of Nashville
superintendent Of the Tennessee asylum
for the insane, had given special atten.
tion to the study for the past ten years
Had seen about two thousand cases dur
ing his connection with the Tennessee
asylum. Had visited the prisoner in
Jail ana also closely observed the pris
oner in court and believed him perfectly
sane.
The witness did not believe the Diety
inspired man to kill fellow man, and
any one who labored under such an in
sane delusion would show it in his acts
if not by his words. Answering the
Hypothetical questions he said the pris
oner was undoubtedly sane.
i, Scoville excepted and Guiteau inter
To- II,
cross.examination.
!. Guiteau-"You better Let HIM 90
You arc making altogether too much o
him. If you have not got sense enoug!
to see it l will have to tell you"
Allusion was made to the ax incident
when Guiteau commented, contemp
uously: "Oh, nonsense. The ax stor,
is the nearest to fiction OF all the rub
bish." and, shortly afterwards, ''docto
just tell US something about Abraham
and I will let you 60"
After recess.
T, Scoville put Hypothetical question
which embraced the clause which sup
posed the prisoner to be a partner wit
Jesus Christ.
Judge Porter protested against tn
, lquestion as blasphemous and that ,
would be disgrace to court of justic
n and to a christian nation to allow it t
/, be entertained ior moment.
Scoville replied: IF no allusion coul
be made to what was claimed by the pr
soner to be his actuating motive or tn
influences that led to his act, then til
whole defense would be wiped away at
single stroke"
Judge Porter insisted upon his vie
|. of the case and declared that the tin
had come when in tho name Of theAmc
ican people he should demand that tt
prisoner he treated US other prisone
!. were.
T. Judge Cox gave his opinion, stain
that no coercive measure to silence Il
prisoner could have been taken til
would not have abridged his coDstit
; tional rights; whereas it had been deer
" cd, aud he thought rightly, that Il
prisonsrs behavior and utterances won
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