Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-12-16
GCITEAU ON DECENCY.

any smut on the examination OF this witness
| People need not go out" The prisoner stopped :
moment. and then dropping his paper. said
| "Corkhill had no business TO put this witness oI
| the stand any way. II you had any brains yo,
| wouldn't do 1T. You want TO nauseate the Amer:
| lean people"
Mr.. Scovllle said he objected to the evidence o
the witness, as she had been the prisoners vile.
| The court said that when any Objectionable cvt
dence was offered by the witness it could be con
| sidered then.
Guiteau Breaks Out Again.
II don't know anything about this woman said
| the prisoner, "and 1 haven't seen her for eigh,
years. understand that she is married and has
children. Isay it is an outrage On decency fol
| Corkhin to dig up this womans record, and OF
course 1t will have to be dug up II he puts her on
| the stand. He's got no character; no conscience:
no 1lt sense am going to ask President Arthur &c
| KICK him on the case. There are some ifrSt-claSs
lawyers in New York city who are political friends
OF Oh Gen: Arthur One of them would be a hundred
bln, IN the name OF the people, to kick this man
Corkhill off. made him President, and l nave a
! rishC 10 ask This as personal favor"
Mrs. Dunmire's Testimony.
Mrs. Dunmire testified briefly to her marriage
with Guiteau in Chicago in 1869, her subsequent
| Journey to New York. and her life with Guiteau
there until their separation She spoke of his being
| engaged in political work. He expected as re-
ward for this work. the appointment to the mission
| to Chill.
Guiteau here interrupted the examination, de-
| clared that the testimony was irrelevant, and,
| addressing the court, said: "With the utmost re-
| Spect for your honor, don't think the court in
mOny."
Mr.. Corkhill being checked I'm his questions hy
Alr. ScoVlileS objections he said to the witness:
VI VIII ask you to say to the jury whether in your
association with him. you ever saw ANYTHING that
| indicated any unsoundness OF mind?'
.! never did" replied the witness
. n ou may take the witness" said Mr.. Corkhill.
CajI fIn
ana then addressing Mr.. Scoville he said: 'Now,
cur her OH snort on cross-eXamination, and let
get 10 something else"
MRS. DUNMIRE CRoSs-EXAMINED.
Upon cross-exanination Mrs. Dunmire said she
had never stated since July I'd that she thought
the prisoner insane.
Mr.. Scoville mentioned the names of a number OF
people, and She said she had never stated such a
Her opinion is of no value, one way or the
offher" OF G saia the prisoner What does she know
way Off in Leadville, Colorado"
GUITEAU CALLS MR.. sCovILLE CoNsUMMATR
JACKASS.
AS MI. Scoville continued to ask questions In the
same line, the prisoner said to him: "You are
about as cOnSummate jackass as know You
haven't got as much brains as ten-year old boy.
Get OF the case and 1 Will take it myself I could
nave got half dozen first-class lawyers to take
IillS case II you hadn't, In your egotiSm and van
ity. shOuldered them on / have got to do the
heaVy work myself, before this court and Jury"
the prisoner then burst into fit OF laughter, and
hid his face in his hands. Looking up with his
race red with laughing, he said: Ever since you
aellvered that lecture, Scoville, you have been
The witness was asked in reference to state
ments she was represented as having made In in
m terveWs with newspaper reporters while en route
II was interviewed several times by newspaper
reporters She said.
peka Capital, in which she represented as say
ing: "l don't know but he ought to be hung"
~ did not say anything OF the kind" said the
The same interview reported her as saying: "We
lntend & to 90 all we can to hang him."
KIND, either" said the witness.
"Can you not testify positively that you did not
say that?" asked Mr.. Scoville.
81 win state that have no idea that said any,
thing Of the kind. 1t is all new to me. l never
made any remark that we were coming on here to
kind" - ~
THE PRISONERS COMMENTS ON PARAGRAPH FROM
THE STAR.
Guiteau, who was reading copy OF The EVEN
ING STAR, here interrupted the examination and
said: "Heres one OF your crank letters, Scoville,
that has been denounced as forgery" He then
read the telegram OF Mayor Beatty, of Washing
ton, N. j., from yesterdays STAR, and said: 'Ths
man Beatty is htgh-tOned man and offered $500
reward to any man who can produce the man who
wrote that letter. That's the way it Is" he said
mOfalizing. lone crank writes letter to you and
you give it out. That starts another crank and
q
When Guiteau finished, Mr. Scovifle said: i" I
tiOnS" 1
Upon redirect examination, MIS- Dunnlire said
she had seen DR.. Barker zone OF the gentlemen
mentioned by Mr.. ScovIlle) here; DR.. Barker said
that now he was here he would give hundred
dollars to get away, as he could do Mr.. Scoyille'S
case no good; he wanted her to go with him to
MT seeve ,a and get hi him on put she
vile, but she refused to soe them, as her husband
would not permit her to see them until after the
trial
GUITEAU WISHES HIS DIVORCED WIFE WELL.
% have not known anything about this lady for
years." said Guiteau as Mrs. Dunmire was leaving
the stand. I" / understand that she is wei! married
and has children. She is high-toned Christian
lady, and know nothing against her at all. wish
her WELL"
The court then, at 1905, took recess until
O'Clock,
The Afternoon Session.
The court was called to order a few minutes
after one O'Clock.
DIR. LORING TEsTIFIEs AS 10 GUITEAU's RyEs
Dr. Francis B. Loring, of this city, was called
to the stand. He testified that he had made a
speciality OF diseases OF the eye and ear and was
now surgeon in charge OF the Washington Eye and
Ear infirmary. He had been in the habit OF ex-
amnng the eyes OF persons to discover diseases of
the brain. On the 30th of October and the 5th OF
November he had examined the prisoners eyes
carefully at the jail. He found no indication of
disease OF the BRAIN he found at his first eXamina
ton the eyes in good condition except that one
Of them was slightly inflamed; the powers of
sight of one eye was up to the standard: the other
slightly below It, He had advised the prisoner to
use glasses, and when he got the glasses there
followed an improvement in the condition of his
eyes The inequality in the muscles would pro-
duce peculiar appearance OF the eye; an appear-
ance like a SQuint might be produced: his eyes
were in a very fair condition.
Sc0ville " A.
ANOTHER EXPERT ON THE STAND
DR.. Allen Mclean Hamilton, Of New York, was
next examined. He testified that for nine years
he had made diseases OF the mind and nervous sys-
TEN special study. He had made three personal
examinations OF the prisoner at the jail; the first
was made on October 30th. the second November
1st, and the third on November 9Th. He had also
examined the prisoner in the courtroom. |
There was no paralysis, no loss OF power, no |
indication OF any nervous disease or any |
disease OF the brain. The witness, taking a dia-
gram explained the peculiaritfes OF the prisoners
head; he said it was an exceedingly well shaped |
head. He found that Gulteau was eccentric, and |
probably bad tempered.
..When l am abused am eccentric" said the |
prisoner 81 have taken more abuse in this case /
than ever did before i'll my life"
THE SPIRIT, AND NOT THE FORM.
When the witness had made some remarks about |