The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-12-22
FULLY RECUPERATED,
RESUMPTION oFTHEeuITEAu TRIAL.
The Insanity Plea Receives aPsW Vigorous Blows
From UnprJudIesd EEpsrtS-Ths Assassin
u TltupsralITs AS USuAl-EIlI BaSS
IngratltadS 70 Mr.. SsOTIlls,

! WASHINGTON, December 2l.-The Gul
:, teau trial was resumed this morning, AM
: DR.. Hamilton, Of New York, took the stand
> Mr.. Scoville desired 10 have the othe
: experts excluded during the taking Of tes
, timony, but the Court ruled against him.
) During the argument on this point Mr.
Dayidge was interrupted by Guiteau, wht
! said, ~ will cut this short, Judge, by say
ing that / am perfectly willing to have
them here, Iwant them to learn oil they
can; hdye SO much confidence in theil
honor and integrity"
Davidge-"That Is precisely what au
coming to-
Guiteau-"You are on the right track
Judge, I'll take you on my side. You are
engaged for my side Of this case"
Witness was questioned at great length
relative 10 operations OF the mind, the
significance OF dreams and unconscious ex-
pressions US indicative Of mental processes.
The counsel for the prosecution protested
against the apparently Obiectless direction
OF the inquiries.
Scoville-smiling-"Well, gentlemen,
told you did not know much about this
subject"
TIE DREARY FOOL,
Guiteau-Then you had better get of
the case, II you don't know anything about
it. think Reed and can do better than
you, judging by the way you are laboring.
Looking over the notes which Scoville had
in his hand, he continued: "You have got
q lot Of stuff. 1t Is not In your handwrit-
ing | guess 1t must .have been con.
trihuted by some crank"
Guiteau appeared 10 be dissatisfied with
the results OF the examination and finally
said to Scoyille: "Oh, tear that stuff IN,
Scoville. Send this man down and call
Clark Mills. He Is good deal better man
for you than this one, He took q cast Of
my head the other day, thinking some
people would be Interested to SEQ It. lie
took n bust OF Andrew Jackson and he
thinks I'm a greater man than jackson
was. He found one side OF my head badly
deficient hough." The prisoner then
branched Off to the "inspiFation theory"
and ratified on for some minutes bis OF re.
peated hanngue on the subject Of "irress.
tlble pressure"
AnAD WITNESS FoR GUITEAU.
After tho examination had apparently
been concluded, Davidge asked the wit
ness II people adjudged medically insane
were not, nevertheless, capable OF judging
between right and wrong. Guiteau, who
had boen writing for some minutes, looked
up quickly, and shouted: "What bearing
has that when the person is controlled by
an irresistible impulse. That's all there Is
to this case striking the table violently
and all this talk don't amount to any
thing"
scoville objected, but Judge Cox admit.
ed the question, and the witness replied
'fhere are great many insane people,
medically insane, who appreciate the dii-
ference between right and wrong"
In response to another question, DR..
Hamilton continued: 'In nearly oil the
asylums the system Of rewards and pun
ments are in vogue in dealing with the In.
sane, and the showing recognized in this
treatment Of the insano Is that they can
distinguish between right and wrong and
can control their actions"
On the whole this witness testimony
was against the theory Of insanity and ives
fairly sustained.
THE INSANITY DODGE GETS ANOTHER BLOW.
DR.. Worcester, Of Salem, Mass, who re.
fused, when upon the stand for the defense
to answer the hypothetical question pro.
posed by ScOville, testified that In his opin.
ion the prisoner was sane man.
Guiteau-sharply-How much do you
expect 10 get for that opinion sir. l sup.
pose thatwil be worth $500 TO you. That
Is the way Corkhill Is running, but | don't
think II will be worth q snap with that Jury;
not snap, sir.
Corkhfl then read the hypothetical ques.
tion, which covered all the material iacts In
the prisoners history, from boyhOod down
to his act on the I'd OF July, and enquired,
assuming all these facts 10 be tue, In your
opinion was tho prisoner sane or insane
when he killed the President2
| believe him To have been sane.
Guiteau-(Sneeringly.) Yes sir; and you
expect 10 get $500 for your opinion.
All through the reading OF the hypothe.
tical question Guiteau continually shouted.
'"Thats false, absolutely false"
At one time he said: "Tlat's false, sir.
Get the iacts right for your hypothesis, or
| WIluteVeT yUu Chll w Vuube 1OIltT ulubl
have got that stuff up for you, Corkhill.
You have not got brains enough. | want 10
say right here that Colonel Corkhill has
made u very good outward statement Of
facts, but lb hasn't touched at all upon
what was going on In my mind at that
time. That's a matter for the Jury, the
Court, the Deity and me TO decide. We
four"
Col Corkhill then read another hypothe.
tical question, setting forth Ia It's most
unenvablo light the career OF Gniteau.
The prisoner WINGED under the record, but
confined himself to sort Of growl, "thats
false, or thats absolutely false"
On concluding the reading, Mr.. Corkhill
again enquired Of the witness:-Do you
consider that the prisoner was sane or In.
sane on the Cd Of July?
Ans-1n my opinion he was sane.
Recess.
ANOTHER SPEECH FROM "roTAL pEPRAvirY."
After recess DR.. Worcester again took tue
stand, when Guileau insisted upon being
heard, and with some impetuosity said:
'it want II distinctly understood that on
the 81 Of July / gave Col. Corkliill and his
reporter, In two hours interview, my
views on this whole subject-the inspira.
ton, tho political situation and all the
ca,lses that impelled on the President,
and this man Corkhill destroyed his notes
40 lie could not Use them upon this trial.
m Is a burning shame for him TO come In
here now and say never said anything
about inspiration until three weeks after
the shooting"
riLr BETWEEN COUNSEL
DR.. Worcester then turned to Judge Cox
and said: III the Court please, | under.
stand that appear here as an expert, SUN,
moncd by the Government 10 testify lust
"A believe impartially In this case"
Col. COfkhill undertook toexplain thai
the witness had remained in the city Who'll.
" against his will, when he was interrupted
, X, ScoviIia vhn. With evjdent a ,,os ,,sn