Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-12-31

case there were no evidences OF insanity. HI
opinion as to the prisoners sanity was strength
ened by observing the conduct OF the prisoner ii
court; his freQue Interruptions
81 won't interrupt If you tell the truth" broke
The witness continued to recount what had con
| Hrmed his. oninion. He spoke of the prisoner:
habit OF saying the Deity was responsible for the
Eyes, " broke in the prisoner, sand he will take
care or II, too You can stake your life on it, Dr.
| Gray. He will take care OF It,"
The witness having concluded the statement o.
prisoner s said: ''You are paid for your opinion
'Do you believe" asked the district attorney
that the prisoner is feigning or acting natural ii
| cOurt?"
ACTING PART IN COURT,
81 believe" replied the witness, she is acting
part; that he is representing what he thinks OF
believes will impress others with the idea that he
IS acting under, or is influenced by a Divine fn
| spirdtion. do not believe he believes he has any
| such thing"
AS the witness was delivering his answer the
| prisoner talked, too, announcing that he never
t hag anything, and wanted ne truta. "l GU
| "but don't, and the Lord don't"
CRoss-ExAMINATIoN OF DR. GRAY.
| The witness was, at IL O'Clock, turned over to
| Mr.. Scoville for croSs-examination. Being asked
IL he did lnot expect compensation for his testi-
| mony, he said: 81 have expectation about it."
"Send the bill to COrkhill and he will pay it. ~
UNEXPECTED tne prisoner.
| The witness remarked that he came here with
out any regard to his compensation, and that had
not feathers weight OF influence with him.
He's been here living in firstclass style at Will
lardS," said the prisoner.
"Does s., GOO Zee generally have the weight of a
feather on your mind ?" asked Mr.. scovlllc.
:" Not In giving my testimony-not 1900 or
| $1O,OO0," replied the witness
MIR. ScOvile having questioned the witness as to
the number OF cases OF homicide he had appeared
in as an expert, the prisoner asked: SHOW many
N IN
The witness said he could not recall any case in
which he had made mistake either in pronounc-
ing sane man insane or rice ue7'SG.
"Your memory is very short just nOw," said the
prisoner. 'It was very long this morning"
The witness having said that he mad changed
his views in reference to the causes, &c, of insan-
ity as he grew in experience, the prisoner called
OUT fou live to learn, like other people, then. II
you live twenty years you will know more about
insanity then. You may know something about
the Abrahamic style"
Mr.: Scoville read from DR.. Gray's annual report
for 1874, to cTOSS-eXamine him upon the statement
there In reference to his abandoning the theory OF
insanity due to moral causes without physical
lesion.
''In other words" said the prisoner, the science
OF insanity Is a progressive science; men live to
learn on this subject well other subjects. In
thirty years they VIII know more On that subject
than they do to-day. They Will take In the Abra-
hamc style by that time"
TRIAL. NOTES.
At recess time yesterday the hallway In the east
wing became SO damned that it was next to in,-
Offices. The Court in General Term were informed
OF the condition OF affairs by Mr.. r. K. Elliot, Mr..
A. s. WorthingtOn, Mr. N. III. Miller and others,
and the result was that the clerk was directed to
enter an order directing the marshal to clear out
the hallway and keep it clear, that parties having
business In the offices may have lrte access
thereto. 1t was intimatad by some OF the Judges
tnat the east end OF the building was not the en-
trance to the courtroom and hereafter the public
should look to the west door,
MI. ScOvilIe exhibited this morning n leather
medal which he had received by mall 1t was in
ScrlOed In gilt letters follows: "AWlrdei TO
ChaS. j. Guiteau for best plea of insanity. Deem
Der p 1881"
Neither Judge Porter nor Mr. Reed were present
TINS morning. Mrs. ScOvilie and her little taugh-
Ter SAT IN the enclosure appropriated by tho press.
judge Macarthur sat on the bench with Judge
cox n congressman Spc1r, OF Georgia, occupied a
chaI IN the congressional corner" Chief i..ookS,
OF the treasury secret service, sat among the eX-
pertS.
WHY ANNIE FRIsBY Took LAUDANUN,-The
Baltiin or american OF this morning says: Annie
Firstly, colored, aged "a years, swallowed large
dose or iaulanum yesterday morning in the house
No. 33 Foster alley. She WIS discovered in a
Stupor by her friends, who called in Dr. William
Green, who rendered medical ali and the woman
recovered. The reason for Armies attempt to end
her life was the de5ertion of her lover, who had
gone OFF and got married. He visited her for the
last time on Christmas day, when she made him a
Christmas present She had not seen him since,
and heard yesterday he had lifted her and married
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