The daily gazette., 1881-12-28
SECOND EDITION
GUITEAU ON TRIAL.
An Opinion Fortified by Striking
Proofs that the Accused In
Playing q Part.


WASHINGTON, December 27.-The
seventh week of the Guiteau trial be-
gan to-day with no appearance
Of any abatement in public interest.
Dl. Macdonald, Medical Superintend-
ent of the New York City Insane Asy-
lum, was called to the stand. Before
the District Attorney could open the
examination Gaiteau said, in jubliant
tones:
81 had nice Christmas; I hope
everybody else did. l had q nice
Christmas dinner-fruit, flowers, can.
dies, and plenty of lady visitors"
The Court raped vigorously for si-
lence, and the prisoner was cut short in
his harangue.
THE PRISONERS INTERRUPTIONS.
The Witness-I was about to instance
the prisoners conduct towards his di-
voIced wife-his threats against her if
she should appear in court, and his fail
ure TO fulfil these threats after they had
been spoken of as an evidence OF de-
pravity.
Guiteau-That was because Corkhill
let her of.
The Witness-I noticed the fact of his
Interruptions being mainly of those wit
nesses who were called tor the prosecu-
tion, and not those who were called for
the defense.
Guiteau-They were just as much to
the witnesses for the defense as to the
witnesses for the prosecution when they
told falsehoods. All my interruptions
were caused by persons not telling the
truth.
The Wltness-I noticed that the pris-
oner's abuse of counsel was confined at
the opening of the trial to one OF the
Government counsel, and that it was
afterwards extended to the other two.
Guiteau-That was because Corkhill
demorallZed the whole set. Evil COM
munications corrupt good manners. So
you had better get rid OF Corkhill.
The Witness-In general way /
would say that the conduct of the priso.
ner in court was not such as my obser-
vaiion of insane persons would lead me
to expect as the conduct of an insane
person.
-Gulteau-Now, tell us about Abra.
ham. Do not forget that. Then your
talk will have some peItinency to the
issue. The rest OF 1t is all rubbish.
Here the Court took recess for thirty
minutes.
GUITEAU on EXPERTS.
The afternoon session was opened by
the prisoner. "These experts" he
said, "are doing good deal Of parrot
talk. DR.. Macdonald deviated some-
what, and l think it important to say
That did not tell him l had examined
The law on this matter, as he tssti-
fled to-"
DR.. Macdonald resumed the stand
and the hypothetical questions of the
prosecution were propounded to him.
Guiteau kept up running comment
upon the question as it was read by The
District Attorney: "fhat's ialse;"
"False again." ou don't know whether
paid my debts or mott" "That is Shaw's
lie;' 81 never said so;" "The doctors
murdered the PRESIDENT" "AbsoluteIy
false" aud the like.
The witness expressed biz opInien |
that the prisoner was sane on July 2.
The witness was cross examined by |
MIR. Reed. He said in reply TO ones.
tion that the fact that a man previously |
harmless should without provocation |
raise An axe against his sister would be
no evidence of sanity or insanity.
q Suppose at the same time the man
manifests symptoms of insanity, would
that be any evidence? A. If q person
manifested symptoms of insanity he
must necessarily be insane. (Laughter.)
The cross examination became rather
tedious at this point, and Guiteau with
an air OF disgust, and declaring call this
thing to be stale," demanded of the
witness what his opinion was about
Abraham. His interruption was not
noticed, ho seyer, and the examination
was continued, but not closed when
the Court, at O'Clock, adjourned, the
prisoner G wing the witness a parting
admonition not to forget Abraham.