Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-12-06
GUITEAU,
THE CHASTITY ASSASSIN,
NERVOUS AND EXCITED.
But Still Persists in Talking About
Himself
Continuation of Evidence for the
Defense,

WAsH1Ne2oN, d. c., December O.
Guiteau was brought into the court
house little later than usual, and
court was not opened until II o'clock.
An immense crowd had gathered on
tae side walk, and when Gu;teau
aliehted from the van he
EyI .CzD UNBAsINEss
and trepidation, and begged the
officers to take him around to the
back e. trance He was assured iha:
The escort was ample for his safet,-,
and with trembling steps and cring-
;ng gait quickly shutfied through the
angry crowd. Abject fear was
dep c!.el upon his sallow countenance,
and it was several minutes after
he reached his room before he re
regained his usual composure
Ex>SPEAEER RANDALL appeared in
answe4 20 a subpoena, but was at a
loss to know why he had been sum-
moned. Immediately after the open
ing Of the court Scoville called to the
stand Dr.. James Rennon, of Chicago.
Before any questions could be asked
the witness Guiteau de>ired to adj
dress the court, and without waiting
for an assent or dissent on the part
of the court said quickly and nervous
ly: I want these expert witnesses to
pass upon this point When man is
impelleo TO do an unlawful act by
powe1, which he cannot possibly con
troll. or overlule, and by which
his moral agency is dominat~
ed, is he to be considered
SANE OR INSANE ?"
Judge Cox-''We will have that
question discussed"
Witness said he was managing
editor of the Chicago Medical Re
view and lecturer upon mental dis
eases at the Chicago medical schools.
He delivered his first lecture last
Up il. The witness replied to q
hypothetical question predicated up
on t.ustworthiness of evidence to
which he had listened-that he had
no doubt of the prisoners insanity.
The witness admitted that when a
man committed a crime, while act
ing under the delusion of Divine in
spiration, and then conducted him
self precisely as criminal who had
found defense, it would be presum
tive evidence against his insanity
Guiteau, who had been quietly fol-
lowing the witness, interrupted, ex
citedly. saying: "There's nothing
of the kind in this case, Judge
Davidge-..Well we'll see''
Guiteau (angrily)-"You're going
too fast in this matter We want
facts; not your judgement. The
witness has lost sight of one thing.
He iniects inspiration and then let's
a man use his own judgement That's
the way get my inspiration. The
Lord don't employ fools TO do his
work. He gets the best material. .
DAvidge then put a stronger
hypothetical case, using the terms
like common vulgar criminal
Guiteau turned te Davidge, and
with an air of immense superiority.
said: There's nothing vulgar about
bis case. It's all high-toned
Laughter, quickly suppressed by
the court.
The witness thought an insane MI n
in Carrying out an inspiration would
act according to his peculiarity Ct
manner and temperament, altht ugh
there were types of insanity where
mans gene al character became
changed. The witness gave scientific
name.
Richard X. Hinton, editor of The
Washington Gazette, had seen the
prisoner at the Republican headquar-
ters in New York, and formed the
opinion that he was exceedingly lily
balanced, cranky and egotistic. he
witness was asked what he Thought
of ,risoner's speech, Garfield and
Hancock and replied that in his
opinion it was a ridiculous and dis
jointed affair.
Guiteau, who had smiled complac-
emily when the witness came on the
stand became very much jncensed,
and shouted out, "Well, it is
not anything of the kind.
You don't know what you
are talking about. My speech
received the endorsement of the
best men in the country"
The witness resumed by SAYING
the prisoner seemed to be a pre-
nuisance about the rooms, but wa
interrupted by Guiteau who stated,
''You were nuisance yourself. |
would rather be hung as a man than
acquitted as a fool, and I won 't>have
any more of this kind of evidence"
Witness added he was laughing
stock SO far as / could see.
Guiteau became greatly e,raged,
and turning to Scoviile shouted:
'If you put any more of these cor
rupt fellows on the stand I will
score you again. 1t was a great
piece of impudence on your part to
put Judge Davis on the stand with-