New-York tribune., 1881-12-17

,ooi botover on the point and with all due respect
the Court do not think that the Court IN '"u' "O
The Disrict-Attorney asked the witness whether "
her association with the prisoner sho nad & eyer
The Dstric-Attorney said to Mr. scoviiIe' iou H"'
THINK YOU Mr. Corkh said the prisoner ironiclly;
that is the deGentst thing you have done .nnposed IN S TO-
be decent t'ns man. and so is Mr. Dayldgo."
short scovle and let us get TO some
Mr. scoyile asked the witness whether she had stated
since the 2d Of July last that she hhd con- % Her
prisoner Of unsound mind when she llycd WIN NM ''
renv was No. never have 'ald % 80. of obuse on
Then the prisoner opened his fOOdgaes OF hy W. iU',
Mr. scoye, saving 70 him. What s the uia $500 ~ s''
into tha Scove You are @ nm ' nv this case
than yOu. You have got no BRAINS, no cohc,P@ @
Sn1 @ SfG do foot & anra@ b%snes o, S % could
got three or our frsclass lawyers 10, 10 b yomr
cOnsumniae egOtism AMI vanity fou ar; IIh,ne Ihae
altogether too much responsibility on yourself nJ
the jury" ,,oa,
As tue prisoner finished this TRADE, he bent IN, head
the table ana in1ulccd for some time III qlet
Alftr Mr. Scovle had resumed the crOsse ~ ~
he made some mistake In putting question IIu" W III Of
ness and said promptly Excuse me; was Ihnh'nN "
81 sI",iId suppose YOU wcrc" said the prisoner, with
a self satisfied iau a. YOT mad better go none ana ~
TO bed You have got straight since tue Hlie VI
MIR sc1vilc TO tue wirncsa)-Dld you state that you
regretted having procured dlyorc a. you S'o,r o"re
have remained with your husband aud have aLeh caio
OF MIN on account Of the condition OF his mll ,,a
TIE witness-NO, sir; never said anything OIL 'no
The prisoner with an expression OF disgust-iou had
better st down, Scovilc. ,,,os
Mr. Scoyle hen proceeded to nterrogate the witness
I'm regard her statement to news aper reporters anu
Others in Colorado on her way To Wasih gton 4, ,b
Again the prs ner in errupted and sld: What is the
usc your going This business iou are the bSgeht
fool ever met" ITO the COurt)- object 10 9.on
matter of law aud as maer Of dceency lie has got
lot of letters and other I'll bisn here ana ehpecS u
spread himself i'll the crDss-eXa eXamlnaticn" ,,,
Mr. scovil TO the wtnes Did on say 10 rep@ortn @
in to question what you thousa WouIu oe 'o"o
with the prisoner that he Ought To Do num-
The wi ness-I did not say anything o the kinu. ,
drtcte to Mr. scovlc on account Of the impor an.e
which he attached to letters written by cranEs al iuoH
WHO was supposed to haVewrten one oi tn"se g,a
a Garfield avenger, had denied II ana VIE oh'i'S"
reward % $500 Tor the discovery OF lis auI hor HI,
Alter some further unIp0ii an. tesiony Mr.
sal 81 will not ask tIs witness any more Questions
,a,: know nothing against t6s iaiy's christian
character, except that Know her to be nl-h.ond
G@1Stli' Sdr h1r A'y Know "'r "''' anu "1'' "'''"
After an hours recess the Court rcassembled and the
DsIrictAttorncy called as an expert, Dr. tTancls -,
had made a spec a " OF d. ase OF the an ear He
has been IN the hI examining the OF pa tents
for the purpose Of determining whether or mol u w
pcarancc Of the gives indication Of sease OF the
rain He cxnmned tho prisoners eyes at the Jai. on
November 80 and Dcccu her ., aud bad found nohlg
f 9 both bot cye c"aIT,ecd m ani SxpnGcd ttaray Tace
was inequality III the strength OF the muSllfS
tiriep produced something like aqumt. But that had
no connection with disease of the brain.
DIR. ALLAN Milan. HAMILTON TEsTTFIEs.
The next witness was r. Allan McIane Hamilton, OF
New-York physician lie stated that for he past nine
years he has made special study OF mental and ner
vous Diseases and hal written extensively the su
Icct lie had made three personal examinations o. the
urisoner and proceeded stato the points. lie found
him be a sp build. five feet lv" ant three
quarter inches IN height of nervous WIN
llIsH Is gray h' Mi,n 'U ia tnamd nar6ing ybaeyr t
IA dpfg
assymuc neal. ire ar; but that was very com
mon thn;. lie t9nnd an appchraho oi .a'"'s "n @ tno
he nr.otcrs head which, ho eEbiirtrd in dinrran
and sGid h, ircEulanty oi contour The face
tln, but Tymnttri'1l The un's ON either shIt ~
thr were perfectly REGULAR Tue lip1 wer. rcgal
the teeth In Of idosy aud inbeciiity II
oIt'n nappehr ,hit Ino V ,cot ar
are, pcrhap- two rows or gone peculiar IeFrIoumthI
| and he hal examined the prisoner with thht view.
there nothing wrong with tie roof ~ the mouth
The uontb WIS perfectly ~ Imt'tI.'l an 10 M ln
hands II shape. Tgerr no OlIlc ~
the nails, generally no feed In certain .ind- ~ con
| gen ta u9l1lg. Inc nnSrl. "eLt 'Ei1rhru ulGil, ,
AMI the hands were Of Ike size. TIE skln
none Of the ap earanccs which c.a-act' rize The
sin % mean" person. There vas nohinf TO niichte
& 20, anI oi'u % t,r9 tilS sliyiy ~ i ia bgt bc diI
not attach any importance To hat because tue prisoner
had apparent perfect control O hs tongue Ibrrc WIS
no ,ttr6ry In the tongue ns l.. often found in ~
al disease There ptTalt -i-, loss nf
power KIND nothing nnicI'ing any disease oi tue
During the examination tle prls Incts manner wS per
fcct Guic and he answered politely aud nationally the
questions s.krd hi'n whole circumfcr of t's
6cld was the mcasurcrncnt bcingtLon
lower than It is ak bY na' 'tcrs The hhters bcast
wnich ia the average sized head The head perfectly
synnetrlcal with the execution or slish bnring on
one side There was no evidence of bony grow'h on
tine skull and no ridges or prOtubcr1ncf IN the Orciptl
process II wac very i"ir,rhen hrai, ,,. o,o,,,.
tiou would enable you u detcrnrne wncthr there was
any mental disease III existed
Tho wiuess-It would 50 far M external appear
ances GO .,
evidence OF mental or PHI seal discisei Al did
Of hereditary taint existed IN a man would any
attempt by him tho lie Of another bn cod and tenn
perste would II be te result of violent explosion
A.-Thd primary insanity (as described by Dr. keiuam
is verf regularly IN suiis 'tei, eu any deliberate
crime committed by the patient by s)mc violent cN-
po-ion of temper, and some vbcnt ioEin of dced.
Q-Did you ind In the prsoncr any peculiar iIMts OF
ch91eteri - f9Gm1 , @ t me- nc " s gcGsnrig % ana IrED
his behavior IN Court tain he f. IN cec,g,rc man
The prisoncr-l am when avn aJusct have taken
abuc since got Eto this courtroom than ever
did before In my life.
Q-Was there anything peculiar about the prisoners
faci! EXPRESSION that would strike You as significant
A.-Nothing 1T ALL
The prsonerl dc not take much stock In these grings
OF the head IT Ia the sprt with thump on the table 10
give emphasis to The word that gets into aman and ina
drives him u do 10 do. Get acquainted with spirit
oogy, Do'tor ami you VIII get more sense thhh WIN
yOar craniooPy.
Tine witness that there great differ
between the cOnd ct OF the tac ia al
sell ssed Offering the doGt every chance 20 cN-
anime him Ills manner and behavior I'm court made
Tne prison'r-I nef play part, Doctor. go on the
square You anj splizaa do not agree. spiizkn Is
much bigger tnan you In the business You are
nothing but ruL" uyhter.l
Q-I- the hereditary tendency 90 insanity much more
prominent on the mothers side than the fathers A.
IL Ia.
THE ASSASSIN PRONOUNCED SANE.
Q-From your thorough examination OF the prisoner.
your observations of hm In tie court and in the
jail have you anything to Indicate that he Is, In
any respect the victim of hereditary tendency 10 In
sanity that there IL in him any condition Of mental
unsounuess that would prevent his distn gushing right
from ,ronR. thoroughly realizing the fun couse-
quenccs OF an act personally to himself and before the
law Al believe the 10 DO although eccentric
and be- able 10 distinguish between right and wrong
and 10 know the consequences of any act he may com
mt.