New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-12-22
THE ASSASSIN BEGINS TO FEAR THAT BE
WILL BE HANGED.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.-Guiteau would have
done better to resist the batteries of
Clark Mills The clean-shsven face which
he showed to the jury and crowed courtroom this
morning is to tho ordinary observer at least mora
sane and more depraved than the ragged, bearded
face of last Friday.
Generalizations upon countenances are dangerouss
no doubt depraved face may look insan C, and an
insane face may look depraved; but whether Guf-
teau be sane or not, he has shockngly bad vsags-
The old wild, haggard look is gone the new faeo
suggests forgery or countereitng. II is liyfd with
the palor of long confinement; the long sharp nose
projects; the lines running down from either sids
of the nose are strongly Marked and the mouth Is
firmly closed. giving it something of a protrudlns
appearance there is roughness of three days
beard on the chin and checks the irregularities
are seen to be less marked than they seemed tbs
general expression is one of determination, watch
fuluess and-wickedness. If it could be con
ceived that Guiteau could ever get back TO the
world. he would never again be trusted for board
bill or be advanced money on life insurance risk,
unless he wore beard
To-day he was as complacent as ever. Several
times he turned his back on the Judge and surveyed
the crowd through his eyeglass with visible salts
faction at the commotOn and neck-stretching
among the women. He had two rivals however. in
disturbing and diverting the spectators. One w15
child that cried at the beginning and then seemed
to have been suppressed. The other was dog.
which whined at intervals, without any spparees
effort by the officers in the back of the room to ne
move him. The most striking occurrence of the
day was Guiteau's own revelation of his growing
fear that he will De convicted. lie never abused
Mr. Scovlc so freely for what he calls his brother
in-law's stupidity but which is in reality the forro
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cross-examination. and which a much more skilful
cross-examiner could not break, and every blow Ok
which the assassin shows he feels in his inmost SOUL
He found new epthcts for Mr. Scoylle-" idiot
and consummatest fool" and before the day vu
over had worn them threadbare. Three or fDur
times when the result of Mr. Scovilles crOss-exsTt
nation was only to bring out reply damagingto to
Guiteau he flew into q rage, and, pounding t1e
table, told Mr.. Seoyille TO get of tho
case d" / won't have you compromise my case 10
would shout; my life is at stake" and then as
would pour out food of abuse. There was Que
strange passage in this exhibition OF brutal ingra
tnde He had been abusing Mr.. Scoyllle for Ms
miserable crOss-examination" and for his van
ity" and "egotsm' that had pushed him into tn
case, and shouting that nc wouldn't have him
COMPROMISE my life" Mr. Scoyile asked Dr-
Worcester then On the stand some savage questions
Have you any bargain as TO what you are to get ~
he asked when Guiteau broke III with stream or
the 6ercest abuse. telling him he might have had
plentv of better lawyers and mentioning Charles IL
Reed Mr.. Scoville remained silent a moment, and
then in a broken voice sald that it not b S faule
that Mr. Reed was not here. He then sat down, bis
ewes brimming with tears, and was silenf
for some time. At another time Gulteau
turned to his brother and sister, address
inc himself especially TO the latter, and said,
"I wish you had stayed IN Chicago. He
lations arc a consummate nuisance. If all mias
had died twenty years ago. father and ALL IL wouh
have been great deal better for me-" Most OF ms
abuse however. was leveled at Mr.. scoville. Tbs
most significant outburst of the day was near
the hour of Adjournment, when some damaging
statement had come from the witness under Mr..
Scoyilles cross-examination. The assassin cried m
great excitement, shall be hung If you don't sst
off thus case. Scoville"
Every day adds TO the prospective length of tbs
trial All of to-day was practically consumed with
the examination OF one expert, Dr. Samuel W orces-
ter of Salem Mass, who was first summoned gy
the defence, he then believing Gnteal insane ns
Crkhill read TO Dr. Worcester two long hypotheti-
cal questions covering the evidence OF the proseou-
ton one including undIsputed facts, the other In
GLIDING both these and the facts claimed by the
nrosecutiOn. On both Dr. Worcester expressed tno
onnon that the prisoner was sane. This statemens
angered Guiteau, and he repeatedly insulted tho
witness by talking about $500 he was to got for his
opinion. Guiteau could not easily have looked his
disgust more than he did at the moment OF his be-
ing called sane really insane person would
usually have accepted this as a choice compliment
THE FULL REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 21.-The Court was
called to order at 10 o'clock promptly, all the jurors
being in their seats Dr. Allan McLanc Hamilton OK
New-York was recalled the stand for the purpose OF
crosse xamination. Before proceeding, Mr. scovins
aed the Court TO enforce the rule TO exclude the az
nart witnesses from the while other experts we're
heiro examined He wOuld not make tins appllcsuon'
b ad il IL were not that the crossexamnaiion OF eacn
| one would be precisely the same.
The trct-AttorneyThere never was such rule IN
any court in the world.
THE Court never the rule enforced In the casa
OF expert witnesses
Mr. scovIe contended that the rule was more neces-
sary in the case experts than in the case OF any other
witnesses inasmuch they testified only TO opinions
| and not to facts. ,,.,.hu..o.o ord "a,
The prisoner-YOu state your side OF the case ana es
the nr6secuton state theirs Don't WORK on DOth hoeA
Mr. Dayidge contended that the application uilde Oy
| NJ seoyl,e was without precedent E1peTts were
| q. " In ~.