Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-12-31
I'd Edition.
GUITEAU TRIAL CONTINUED.
DR.. GRAY CROSS.ExAMINED.
liz THINKS THE PRISONER Fs.eNInc,

o MO in ,-ia,s -, 80 referred u the
nifty, the prisoner said "WhCi.. ho,SS thaf
u sc experts don't know anything abo,: r. They
vii swear 10 things to-day that they souIdnt
| n - thought or swearing TO % years ego and
w Ildn't Sweart) % years hence. The science OF
LIS an " is a progresSvn one.p
Later the prisoner anEouncel: "rhe idea that q
IN IN can't be insane without disease % the BRAIN
Is 4 anSense. Read what the Saviour iys Ii IL
spTitoogy, not Crtaiougy, we want in this case -
rae witness having sid he was influenced in
can NJ here Dy the advice or the president OF the
. m OF managers OF the asylum, wei as the
I 81 uuionS OF the government, the prisoner asked:
low about Corkhill'S moneyen
turning TO the dist,it attorney. the prisoner
said: Hes got bunr hole un the re at the Treas
ury which he had better shut or He has run out
SlO,o0o on this case understand. He'll get shut
Oh himself, guess, before hes many days older
III was President, he wouldn't be here a week
VIII attend TO him in 81 II Arthur doesn't attend
TO 1t before"
The court then, at 1880, took recess for half
an hour
GUITEAU ON THE AUTOGRAPH BUSINESS.
when the court reaSSembled Guiteau was the
first TO break silence He said: ''As there is moth
ing else to do, might as will write my autographs
forany one who wants them without money and
without price. wouldn't take-if could get 500
for my autograph wouldn't touch 1t. There's no
money in this business for me. don't care that
there should be; don't want any money about
lt-nOt one cent"
THE CRoSS-EyAMINATIoN OF DIR. GRAY
was then resumed by Mr. Scoville.
The witness said he had never had case Of IN
sanity that he didn't find some disease OF the body
rejected in the brain, or some actual disease Of
the brain Itself
Mr.. Sroville having asked If he hid examined
Tn ofa}nS OF all his patients, the witness said
br aim
II didn't know what modern science might do"
remarked Mt ScoEile.
GuITEAU or KILLING A MAN To EXAMINE HIS
THAT'S the way these fellows do said the
prisoner. "ThPy Kill a man and then eX mine his
brain That's what the experts are trs ing to doc
this case, suppose
Mr.. SCOyiIe questioned the witness upon an arti-
Gle he published In 1871 in the american Journal
OF L!Sla,jty on The :. Pathology OF Insanity"
Write something, doctor, on spirltoosy Of in
SANITY, next time, INTERCEPTED the prisoner.
FFlGNED INSANITY.
The witness said he had investigated 10 or 80
cases Of feiSnCd insanity.
''Di1 you eyer,' asked Mr.. Scovillc, ssknow OF
any case OF feigned insanity like that OF the pris-
Onpr?"
81 have not considered" the witness replied,
ct, tn t the prisoner at the bar has made any mani
fSt@tton OF Insanity
The witness was asked If he had not testified
t1at me prisoner was feigning. and he replied
tl2t hA SAID he was fegnlg in TAR as he tried
u !inPttso people that he WAS acting under an
stricken out as 'nOw he has"-hegan Mir. Sroville,
..PuJ MS foot into it," INTERCEPTED the prisoner.
LET the cat out OF the bag" continued Mr.. Sco-
The witness has now declared that his belief is
"tnat the prisoner is telling lie"
The witness insisted that he based his judgment
on Tie prisoners conduct
III is tact for the jury to pass upon," said the
prisoner. whether he refers TO the testimony or
The witness said he did not pass unon the ques-
ton whether the prisoner was lying or not
81 never lie sir, shouted the prisoner.
The court oyerruled Mr.. Scoyilie'S objection to
the testimony.
,,a Am your tall is different from what you said
mCorEhill must have dem0raliZed you last night?
HOW much are you going to get Tor this extra
work, WORK? II oughto be worth about thousand dol
lars more thln IL was yesterday"
Inc witness, having declined to answer cues
Ton catesoricaly, the prisoner remarked: 'The
doctor is getting badly denioralized this after
Mr.. Scoville having questioned the witness in
i's TO the decisions OF drunken men, the
tor. man can't get drunk or crazy without his
Dr1lh IS diseased. That shows how much you
know about it,"
The witness said insanity could not be produced
10y lear or other emotions without an intermediate
physical disturbance. This disturbance might
come from the qulckeNed action of the heart,
eau sing fusion OIL blood In the brain.
GUITEAUs NEW YEAR GREETING.
Inc crOSs-examnatton dragged along until
nearly O'Clock, when the prisoner stopped it by
saying: sits most 3 O'Clock, Scoville To-mOr.
row will be New Years day, 1882 1 receive my
calls this year at the Jail; any who comes can
get in. will be glad to see any who comes.
wish everybody happy New Years"
The court was then adjourned till Tuesday
MRS. ELIZABETH A. BALL. wife OF Mr. Robert
ban, zone OF our well-knoWn citzenS.l and lady
6eiovei by all who knew her, died about noon To-
day, aged 81 years, at her residence 23 q street.
The funeral will be Monday afternoon.
THERE WAS STAMPEDE and almost a panic yes
terday afternoon at the government printing
Office Icy the cracking OF timber or an iron bolt
connected with the building, making Earring Of
be generally heard. As no evil results followed !
the employees returned somewhat timidly 10 their
by the employees there. Mr. Entwisle, the building
lnSnector, states that United States government /
buildings do not come under his jurisdiction, but
under that OF Mr.. Edward Clark, at the Capitol, /
1Or examination as TO safety.
LET HIM OFF EASY BECAUSE HE WAS SHOT IN THE |
HEAD.-Sam Duckett, the notorious negro rough, |
who assaulted Officer Branson While ATTEMPTING to |
make an arrest in South Washington Christmas |
day, ana who was shot In the head 10y the officer,
was up for trial at the Police Court this afternoon
and through his attorney, Mr.. III. II. Wells, jr, he |
entered a plea of guilty: The court said that in
OF the suffering he has undergone
from the pisto!-shot wound he would only impose
a fine OF SO or thirty days.
.oulI .thAlNSi NhS- NJ ma SLAhh 1AlNES.-MaTy
Ellen Randolph to-day, by MeSSrs. Durant and
IIorner, filed bill against Mrs. Myrl Clark Gaines
Plaintiff is the widow and reSiduary legatee OF W.
NJ. Randolph, who died January Sth, 1876. who was
employed in the prosecution OF Mrs. Gaines claim
against the estate OF Daniel Clark for which She
became indebted to him $4,000. payable at the
rate OF So so on each s1O0 She therefore prays a
1ecree for the same and for diScoy OF the
amounts Mrs. Gaines has obtained judgments for
"RED BILL" ARRESTED FOR THE ROBBERY AT
rHE CAPITO--Oficer S. p. Hineline, of the 5tl pre-
,1nct, last night arrested a man who gives his
name as Charles Howard, but who is known by
5he police as s. Red BILL on suspicion OF being the
,hief who stole the 1856 yesterday morning from
Mr.. Winshp. late paying teller under Sergeant-at-
Arms Thompson, at the Capitol, as mentioned in
HE STAR. The arrest was made at the instance
II Detectives Miller and McElfresh, who were
aware Of " Red BiiS " arrival In this city. He is
md an expert In all. He halls from Boston, but
has recently been operating in Baltimore as
holiday holster" or Shop-lfter; and has also
lad experience In bank work He is q years Old,
md gives his occupation as machiniSt He Is at
)oltce headquarters
THE BOND OF THos. C. ACTON, as q. 8. assistant
treasurer at New York, was to-day received and
approved at the Treasury department 1t is for
10000. The sureties Qiable for $4,000 eacl) are
desSrS, K. ID. Morgan Jackson S. Schultz, Charles |
Dana, Geo. Jones, William Dowd, David DowS.
samuel r. NJ. Barlow, and VIM. II. Fogg.
THE INTEREST payable by the Treasury on the |
st OF January amounts to 81, 16O, 900, being the