The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-12-21
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Gathered From All Quarters.
GUTTEAU's TRIAL.

DECEMBER 13.-Dr. Spitzka resumed
his testimony and gave his reasons for con-
sidering the prisoner insane. He thought the
proper way to summon experts would be for
chances as to what their testimony might be.
Oorkhill, insisted the witness, had attacked
the character and honesty Of experts who were
supposed to entertain an opposite opinion
from himself on the prisoners insanity. He
said be did not hesitate to reiterate his opin-
ION that the expert who would testify that the
prisoner was sane was, in his opinion. no ex-
pert or q dishonest person DIR. Fordyce
Barker, of New York, was next examined.
theory of the prosecution. Judge Cox re-
quested the witness TO explain 10 the jury
answer was: "Perversions of emotions to such
decree as to produce conduct entirely at
and 70 such degree as TO completely
control the viii power, would consti-
asked: .Doctor, when a i man is impeiied to
By an ne
Gnisesn. % With ' an S air ~ Of perfect sstsfsction.
said that was Just his case. q. 7. Ketchum, Of
had known the prisoner some years. Never
saw ANYTHING to indicate that he was Of un-
knew MIS- 0uiteau, some members Of his fam
Iy having rendered her service. Guiteau here
took occasion TO slander his wife in the most
her before did. You can draw your own in
ference" Samuel b. Phelps,a broker of New
nsE haa Sim IN Gtesn nGs @
tremely angry at the statements made by the
witness, and ratified . perfect TRADE Of abuse.
could proceed. The witness, in the fourteen
years he had known the prisoner, never saw
anything 70 indicate that he was of unsound
mind. The cross-examination was continued
till the hour of adjournment, and was freQent-
" interrupted by Guiteau with contradictions
DECEMBER 14-The session of the
x,a-v trfaR -, a,oo,,r& ~ one ~ . ka
jurors being taken sick. Several witnesses
were examined and all testified that they new
er saw the least unsoundness of mind, but, on
able shreWaness' Gs Guites1 % Wss more than
usually abusive towards the Witnesses
DEcKMEBER 15.-Mrs. Dunmire, form
or wife of Guiteau, was called to the stand.
Scoville objected to the testimony unless the
record proof Of the witness divorce was shown.
The witness was then Withdrawn, Corkhill re-
marking that he would introduce the witness
later, after he obtained the necessary copy of
the court record DR.. Noble, . young physi-
eral conversations with the prisoner. he con-
sidered him perfectly sane; General Joseph
5; Reynolds visited the pr prisoner or In the 3aii
with him the prisoner. in speaking of his
crime, used the word assassination" and
during the interview. Guiteau frequently de-
claimed against the witnesses, the prosecution
violence, bis biliinssgate being especially d.
rected against the Prosecuting Attorney. Rc-
ferring TO Colonel Corkhill, he said, "He's get
thing he knows God Almighty will take him
OF and send him down below"
DECEMBER 16.-George D. Barnard,
Deputy Clerk of the Supreme Court of Kings
Co, NY, took the stand to prove the divorce Of
Anna J. Guiteau from the prisoner. The wit
order Of the Judge for his 1.-THE witness'1 at
tendance Scoville objected 70 the admission
OF the papers on the ground that they were not
certified to by the clerk of the court, required
by act of Congress. The Court overruled the
objection and admitted the papers as originals
Of tne an Gs sSsolute divorce W upon the % sround q
adultery, no answer having been made by the
defendant. General Reynolds was recalled
occasion of his first interview with Guiteau.
Quoting the prisoners words, he read: "If
Conkfing. Logan and Governor Cornell are
big guns, among the stalTarts, and 1 rank
With asHrcss mrs ai,s anna mas inan nn1Is Sni d
very much TO the surprise Of every one,
Witness and her statement in reply to the
insanity in the prisoner while lived with him
witness by the prosecution. The cross-exam-
inatiou Of Mrs. Dunmire was tedious and
Wholly fruitless. As she left the stand Guiteau
hish-toned Christian lady, and have moth
station she may be-" DIR. Francis b. Loring,
in charge of the Eye and Ear Infirmary, Wash
ington, testified that he made an examination
OF Guiteau's eyes soon after his arrest, and did
not find any indications OF any disease of the
BRAIN DR.. A. McLane Hamilton, or New York,
who has made diseases of the mind and nerves
q special study for the past nine years, also ex-
amined the prisoner at the jail and closely
November. The witness found no defects in
the physical conformation of the prisoners
head or face. nor any physical peculiarities or
On the contrary, he found, from accurate
measurements, that the prisoner had a sym
metrical and excellently wellshaped head.
The witness found no external evidence OF
any mental or physical disease in the prison
er. He considered him an eccentric man. Pend
frR the cross-examination of this witness the
court adjourned until the 18th.