Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-12-30

OH IIInA III ~ tts ss
am q Staiwart OF Stalwsrts. and 90 are
you. You think q great deal Of General
Arthur. and 80 do I. My inspiration
made him President, and I am going to
ask you 10 let me have $500. II I get
out OF this I will return II; II not, charge
It to the stalwarts. Yours for our cause
and very cordially,
(SiRnsd): CHARLES GuIrEAu.
In Court. Washington. D. c., Dsoem.
Der 10. 1881.
P. s.-Please give your check to my
brother. John W. Guiteau, Of Boston,
and mako 1t payable to my order.
The prisoner commented: ~ don't
care q snap about II. y way or the
other. II you had delivered II, you
would probably have gotten the money,
but as you concealed 1t In o mean,
sneakinp way. You didn't get the money.
It is o very good letter any way, but I
don't like this way Of stopping and
stealing my private letters and dragging
them into court"
Scovilis then asked witness: "will
you give your opinion whether such Q
letter az that. written to . man he did
not know. does not indicate unsound-
ness OF mind?
wiln.ss-I don't think II indicates
unsoundness OF mind. It seems to me
consistent with his character and habit
through life OF soliciting money from
sources where be had no reason 10 expect
il.
Guitssu-I don't think so. either. It
only shows what Q jackass you are, SEQ.
Vile.
Colonel Corkhill - Your Honor. II
these interruptions on the part OF the
prisoner are to continue, I must request
the dock to DO placed in another part OF
the room.
Scoville (impatiently)-You can place
it in the cellar, II you want. We won't
object.
Corkhill-You can't object.
Scoville-Ws don't desire to object.
All we ask Of You 10 to make your mo.
ton. II you have mi to make, and not
haraneus the jury. a. you did yesterday.
Scoville then read witness the hypo-
thetical questions OF the defense. and
witness replied: upon that hypothesis
be Is insane. Il IL o sell. evident prop
osition."
DR.. Walter Ksnpster, Superintendent
Of the Wisconsin State Hospital for the
Insane, had devoted bis attention to the
study OF insanity for fifteen years. Wit.
ness was familiar with the process Of
taking the conformity OF the head. and
did not bslisvs much importar .. % Q
rule, could DO attached 10 the shape Of
the head in determining the question OF
sanity or insanity. Witness exhibited o
number Of slips showing the shape Of
the heads OF o number Of gentlemen,
including Treasurer Gil6llap, Colonel
Ingersoll. Judge Carter. w. j. Siblsy
aud Colonel Corkhill. In the case OF
Colonel Ipgsrsoll. witness remarked,
pointing with his finger, ''this side aP..
pears fat as compared With the other"
Guiteau-Tbat shows Bob and / are
both cracked In the Same direction.
"Colonel Corkhill's head" said the
witness. ''has q very marked depression
upon one sids."
Guiteau (intsrruptipg)-In bet you
could put your foot in the depression in
his head.
Witness (coutinuipg)-Ths depression
Is very similar 10 that noticed In the
prisoners head. Laughter.
Guiteau-Oh. he 10 cracked Q great
| deal worse than j am.
Witness related incidents within his
knowledge Of persons while acting under
the influence OF insane delusions, aud
defined what he considered insane delu'
sions to DO.
Witness was asked II he had ever seen
q case where q person committed o crime
and claimed divine inspiration, and II
so, how such persons deported them
selves before and after the act. He re-
piled that In such cases the delusion OF
inspiration, as they claim II to be, comes
to persons suddenly and with intense
pressure, and such persons act quickly
and with sudden impulse. delaying
neither to consider opportunity nor
weapons; that It would be impossible to
conceive. without actually witnessing II.
the energy. impetuosity and dstsrmina-
ton with which persons acting under In
sane decisions carry out their purposes;
that IL would be equally impossible to
describe IL with language.
Guitsau-You don't agree with Abra-
ham. Doctor. He took plenty Of time to
make his arrangements.
Witness stated that he did not believe
In q distinct type Of insanity which
could DO called moral insanity. It was
simply O convenient term invented to eI.
cuse the commission OF heinols crimes.
Witness had never seen q case where an
insane man. after committing o crime,
paraded bis insanity and urged Il as an
excuse for his crime. Insane murdsrerl
do not boast Of their acts, but, on the
contrary, very rarely alluds TO them. nm.
less o good deal Of ingenuity Is used to
draw them out. Witness, until he en-.
tered this courtroom, had never heard
of o case OF alleged inspiration that came
from within. Always such persons
claim to have heard the voice Of God. or
seen bis image. or something Of that
sort. Such an inspiration is never q
conviction arrived OF after mature rsfec.
ton on the part Of the person so afflicted.
Witness was asked II the belief Of the
prisoners father, T. W. Guiteau, that
disease could DO cured by prayer, should
be taken as an evidence OF insanity. and
replied: "By no means. We oil know
that thousands and thousands Of sans
people prayed daily for the salvation OF
President Garfeld's life. They would
hardly have done SO II they had not en-.
tsrtained some belief in the efficacy OF
prayer"
G%uiteau-It shows that the Lord and
the people don't agree on this business.
The people arc beginning to come over
to my side and the Lords, though.
Corkhill then read the hypothetical
questions Of the prosecution. and wit
ness replied to each: Taking the facts
set forth to be true. in my opinion be
was insane"
The thronR that bssisgsd the doors OF
the courtroom after recess was greater
than upon any previous occasion. and