Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1881-12-31
GARFIELD'S ASSASSIN.
MONDAY. DEC. 10.


when the announcement WAS made OF the death
OF the wife Of Juryman Hobbs When the roll
was called, Mr.. Hobbs, at the request Of the
Judge, left the jury box, and coming upon the
> 5ench, had whispered conversation with the
Judge, when Mr. Hobbs returned to his seat the
district attorney had whispered conversation,
and tbs judge returned to Ills place. The dis
trict attorney, addressing TIE court, said that
one Of the cad Affections OF life common to hui
manity had befallen one of the mem
said, is one OF difficulty Still the Interests Of
humanity demand that some steps be taken to
allow tho iuryman to render his last duties to
his dead wife. With the concurrence of the
defense he would like some order made to al
low the juror to perform his last duty to the
memory Of his deceased. Mr.. Scoville rising
said the defense concurred in the suggestion.
Re not only concurred, but it was his wish that
the juror should have such privileges as he
desired without being encountered by the at.
prcpor that 0SG Ss ooare should as 0u ea
the attention Of the jury to the matter of
communication from outside. The court
remarked that the bailifs had full instructions
on that point.
II have entire confidence" said the prisoner,
Sin every member Of the jury. Judge Cox
said that the court would ALLOW the juror to
attend at his home and rejoin his associates
to- morrow afternoon as soon after the funeral
as his, feelings would permit. An adjourn
leaving the court room o-day, stopped at the
district attorneys desk and said: ssCorkhill, I
have had o model taken from my head for
bus. will be great man yet CorAhill, if
you let mo al0nen
WEDNESDAY: DEC. 81.
DR.. Hamilton Of New York took The stand.
Seville desired to have the other experts ex-
Guided during his testimony, but the court
ruled against him. During the argument on
The Witness WAS questioned at great length rel
atlvo to the operations Of mems minds, the sig
nifcance Of dreams and unconscious express
sion as indicative OF mental processes. The
counsel for the prosecution protested against
the apparently objeclless direction Of the in
quiries
When the Witness was asked if the people
adjudged medically insane we're not neverthe-
less capable of judging between right and
wrong, Gaiteau, who had been writing Tor some
'What bearing has thatl When a personis
controlled by Irresistible impulses. That's ell
there is to this case Striking the table violent
ly;,and all this talk don't amount to anything"
scovllle objected, but Judge Cox admitted the
many insane people-medically insane-who
appreciate the difference between right and
wrong" In response to another question,
Hamilton continued In nearly all asylums the
systems Of rewards and punishments ia in
it's recognizsnce in the treatment OF the insane.
They can distinguish between right and wrong,
and can control their actiens"
DR.. Worcester, of Salem Mass, who refused
when upon the stand for the defense to answer
the political questions proposed by Scoville,
testified that in his opinion the prisoner was s
sane man.
ctuiteau (sharply)--How much do you ex-
pec5 to get for that opinion, cir? suppose
that will be worth $500 to you. That is the
wou ia hi bad
think it will be worth snap with that jury, not
,CorkhilI then read hypothetical questions
which covered all the material facts in the prls-
oner's history from boyhood down to his ret on
the "a OF July, and inquired: Assuming all the
facts to be true, in your opinion was the pris-
oner sane or insane when he killed President
Garfield? A. I believe him to have been
sane.
Guitean (sneeringly)--Yes, sir, and you expect
to get 5000 for your opinion.
Coz: Corkhill then read her hypothetical
question, setting forth in it's most unenyiable
light the career of Guiteau. The prisoner
WINGED under the record, but confined himself
to , sort OF growl, .That's falso" or ''1hat's
lie" In concluding the reading, Corkhill again
inquired of the Witness edo you consider the
prisoner was sane or insane on the I'd Of JuIv?n
A. In my opinion he was sane
ae was asked how he came to form the
opinion in Salem that the prisoner was insane
and when he had written counsel (Scoville)
that such was his belief. He replied: tsFron1
statements have seen that he Was actuated
when he shot the president, by an insane de-
fusion, and that the uncomfortable impulse
n n which ne acted was the outgrowth of
that insane delusion. I wrote you thinking
might be of service to tho insans man" The
witness had changed his opinion as to the in
sanity of the prisoner, because he no longer
believed to be true the statements upon which
ne had based his opinion hrfoce coming to
Washington.
As ls always the case when the current of
evidence flows against him, G1litesu became
early in the day very much excited, and contin-
ued to grow much more excited, until at the
close OF the proceedings he WAS almost beside
himself. Or course, he blacbguar5ed Tho wit
nessss, as he always does. He called them
liars and knaves. He referred 10 them as though
they were common per urers and mover wearied
Of hlnglng in Worcester's face the assertion
that he Was to be paid 5000 for his testimony:
butthe major portion Of his sbuse he reserved
FOR poor seovsale, who WAS pronounced with |
dan1nablo iteration 'ina ass," a sconsunomata
jsckass," an ''old fool, aud an ssidiot, lacking
the wit OF ten-ysar- ola sch oolboy" Tho as
notorietyZ, and asserted tat if he had not
''crawled into the case" because Of these DUAL.
itles, john d. Townsend snd Judge Maeruder.
together with Charley Reed and himself, would
nave won 1t for the defense. Scoville for once
manifested annoyance at the vilification poured
upon him, and every one pihed him. Gull
teau shouted, and stormed, and laughed, and
sneered all day long, and left the court room q.
3 o'clock completely exhausted
THURSDAY, DEC. %.
Another expert summoned originally by the
defense, Dr. Diamond of Auburn, N. Y,
gray haired physician Of sixty five years, testi-
fed to-day in the course OF an examination last
ing over five hours, that Guiteau is and was at
she time of the shooting of President Garfield,
perfectly responsible. His examination was
tedious in the extreme to the audience and
wearisone to him. At the end of the morning
session he was SO faint that he