National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-12-31

charge " chcirduly as citizens. They win endure
that inflclion to the end rs they have endured y
thus far give fair notice that this court will sit
to-iuorowj that we will 20 through this case, and
That so far - we can possibly, In the interest Of
Justice, crowd u along we shall do SO. The I'm
pmation Of counsel that these eminent gentlemen
(meauig the medical cxpcrts) have been meeting
nightly and weaving their meshcs around the
criminal Is as uncnllcd for rs II Is untrue.
The Prisonor-Thcy testified 10 II themselves.
The District Aitorney-Thoy are men who need
no Gelsnse from me- they are men who ad 1Gn
are men who are recognized throughout the Chris.
tan world rs authorities on the question about
which they speak; they are men whose counsel
and advice are taken by representative men OF
their States on that question: they are men TO
whom arc entrusted the unfortunate insane of
gentleman (Mr Scoville) to say In the presence of
those distinguished men, who must he silent, that
they have been meeting nightly to weave meshes
around this criminal. He has woven them around
himself And It comes with still poorer grace
when It is known that the only two men In this
country who dared to go on the stand and say that
this criminal is insane were two spawns Of the
profession who were unable say that they believe
n God lApplause. ! leave the defense OF OF
these gentlemen to the history Of this trial and its
result
The Prisoner-These mon are all heightened
Christian gentlemen but the money which Cork
hill has taken from the United States Government
Is too much for them. They have been meeting at
Willards Hotel every night consulting with CORK
Mr. Porler-1 must Insist if this clnmor continues,
that the dock shall be removed to n distance from
the jury, so as TO relieve the jury and the Court
from t.
The Prisoner
DISMISS TuR INDICTMENT;
and that will relieve the Court aud Jury.
Mr. Porter-1 do not nsk immediate actlon but
/ nsk your Honor to give the subject consideration.
Judge cox0lf anything can be done in that d.
rection shall order II to be done.
Mr.. scovillc-I wish that MIR. Porter would
make motion when he says he intends to do It.
He says he proposes no action now, and yet he gets
Mr.. Portcr-As have perfect right to do.
The Prisoner (mockingly)-0h, yesi Do that
| again. Judge; you did II first-rate.
Mr.. Scoyille-I think IL Ii Unfair, at this stage Of
| the case TO talk about hurrying II along My as
sociac and myself have been sitting. here, With
| out lee or reward, or any expectation OF such,
| while these gentlemen (meaning the cxpcris) are
to be paid full compensation for their time. II Is
unfair to insinuate thnt the defense Is trying TO
prolong this trial and will not have such nsin-
| untion repeated II can prevent It. ask these
gentlemen for the prosecution TO net like honora.
BILE gentlemen in this case and to treat us as
We have treated them, and TO believe
| las Your Honor Will belieye) that we Will
not unnecessarily do single thing TO prolongthis
| trial. Having spent amonth aud u half here EN-
deavoring not merely to save the life Of this man,
but to try the case so that It will not be disgrace
to the Jurisprudence of this country, so that the
name OF the American people as well as of It's
courts shall be sustained with dignity, trust
that this trial is not to be brought to unseemly
end by our being driven from the court with rdl.
Guile by such suggestions as were made yestcr.
tbs lime 50 The i'm mot goSss tho p.tTo' '
| Attorney may be dictatorial ns he plcases
lie may say whether Your Honor will sit to.mor-
row or whether Your Honor will grant us an addi.
tionalday OF preparation or not He may have the
power which he assumes to have but 1 doubt IL
| We arc going to take Just as much time as we
think necessary We are going to present our case
be buried along with an unseemly haste.
The Prsoner-That Is n good speech.
expert witnesses Tor the prosecntlonl. was then
called 10 the stand. lie stated, In reply to ques
tons by the District Attorney. that he Is medical
Asylum, and has been connected with that insti
tuition since September 1850. He has had under
his immediate control and observation an aggre.
gate of about twelve thousand insane persons, EN-.
brncing all classes of society, all occupations and
professions. He defined insanity as a disease Of
the BRAIN In which there is all association of men.
tai disturbance, change in the individual, a de.
parture from himself and from his own ordinary
standard Of mental action, and a change in hii
way of feeling, thinking, and acting
Here the witness was
INTERRUPTED ny THE PRISONER
shouting out; That Is my case shot th'
again for million dollars
The witness went on to define and illustrate the
distinction between deluslons Illusions and hal
prisoner shouting out: "You arc very Learned
man, Doctor; but you forget. that Abrahamic
The witness said he did not believe In moral In
sanity, and had not for years That term was In
tended to signify peryc,son Of lhe moral char
The District Attorney-lfa man Is an habitua
liar and cheat, would those qualities indicate In
The witness-No, sir; they would Indicate de
prnyity.
The District Attorney-Has insanity any ten
The Witness-No No more than neuralgia, o
dyspepsia, or anything else. II is only disease
II does not put anything new in man. 1t onl!
recess of half mn hour was taken at this poin,
For the past few days, owing to the fact that th
In the passage leading to the court room has been
at the hour OF recess, very great and the eounse
returning This morning however. the Court iii Il
General Term Issued an order to the Marshal 4
clear the passage, and when the court reassemble'
at one o'clock that oficer proceeded to execute tn
order.
AFTER THE REcEss,
DIR. Gray again resumed the stand, and proceede,
The witness was interrupted by Mr.. scovlle will
the request that all the blinds in the room be raised
Although this was done, the gloom was not dissi
pated 10 any extent, the darkness Of the afternoon
being great that II was difficult for counsel to Sc
to write. There is no way In which the courtroom
placed on the table OF the official stenographe
only tended to throw into darker shadow the res
of the room. The gloom seemed to make some i'm
preston on the prisoner, who sat quietly restn
his head on his hands and gazing into the street
for only once or twice during the long recital Q
the witness did he make any interruption, am
then 1t was in subdueG tones
The witness then proceeded and ftnther detaile
the interview with the prisoner. He stated tina
REMOVING THE PRESIDENT
flashed across his mind in the night Witnes
asked him how he finally came to the conclusion
that he would do the act. He said that he had re
solved to do IT. that he believed that the polticu
situation fully justified y;
The Prlsoner-That kills the Paris consulshi
proposition. The prosecution cannot convict m
unless they con show some kind of malice. Tn
only malice which could come was from the Parl
consulship idea, and what the Doctor says kill
Witness further stated that the prisoner hs
claimed that he was legally insane, not MEDICAL
insane.
The witness then proceeded to read the notes {
the interview, which he had taken at the tim
and read to the prisoner. but they containe
nothing that has not already been elected in tn
the prisoner when he came to think ofInsanity O
u defense. He replied that he knew from tn
time he had conceived the act that he could nc
be held responsible before the law If b
the killing IN Inspired act. The responsi
bility lay on the Deity, and not o
him, and that In law was Insanity. He said thu
the jury was bound to Rcqnit him on that grount
He admitted that he knew what the law was an
the punishment for his act, but declared that
had been committed under divine pressure.
referred to his fathers Oneida Community view
as showing that he was crazy on the subject of re
ligion and stated that heredity would be q stron
point In this case. Witness had not subjected th
prisoner TO physical examination, but had note
therexpresson of his face, the tones of his voic
and his general appearance and had formed IN
was continued until few minutes past thrC
! o'clock, when the court adjourned until to-day.
VIRGINIA NEWS.
Theodore A. Richards, OF Temperanceyille, hi
; been appointed postmaster.
Sheep in some parts Of the Valley are In "a
way TO be annihilated by the dogs