New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-12-30

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The prisoner-Tnat is good Ietter' b 5ir iye vour
cheti TO NV brother John W Guiteau. Of Boston, and
The prisjner-If my brother had presented the iet9r
would not be decent preferred 10 actin mean dirty
way, he did not get the money
THE WITNESS AND THE PRISONER AGREE.
Mr. scovIle continuing his questOn)-Suppose man
acting in this manner writing that letter IN al soou
faith and sincerity believing that the presentation OF
TO Mr. Cameron would bring him q check Of sou
90 senator Cameron sir not Mr. Cameron" the pts
oner laimed), IN your OPINION, lhlshl "'"1 '''
any degree uusoundness of mind go.,,,o,, tho
T6@ TnesspTGe writing of that letter is entirely
consistent with great deal OF the acs 3 ,In hos
i'm his previous life which have heard mere hG HaS
been impOrtuuate for money from sources run fr
he had no reason 10 expect ~ s. 81 ,ynness of
take that letter rs an indication OF ms un'"un' VI
mind. 81, a., o,ost,on
voHr own IMPRESSION and ideas OF the man from any
Thing else avn calling your attention to thus sin"iG
letter and want to KNOW from that eile APne, bi
taxing Inc man as ne - p'toe' " sen,tor Came
life whether the writing OF mat letter 80 va
The prisoner GnterruptnSt-NOW what 40 You hn'",
Sc0ylc about my relations with senator OAho'on Vi
Mr. Scovlile lcontiunnc)-The conviction on his part
that the letter woud bring the money - ,,o,+od
The prsOner-Ies and my broiher hal PieseI ~
the note he would probably have got tie money Hon'
shows what consunmaie ass you are u,,,nr al these
circumstances might b. considered as hn nc"'lo" VI
The gitI,css- apprehend yoar question but cannot
alter my answer lido think that that letter Is an IN
dication OF unsoandncss OF mind
The prisoner 10 not, either - ,on "a.
The witress-t is absurd and preposterous unoer ,J
circumstances hat 1t does not change my o0
tbr prisoners character That specihc nc, was III
ing ana consistent with his character ana WIN '"o "'
| tOTv of his lie Ms detailed here. ,,..
Mr. saoye-Did you hear Of such thing In com
! mon parance ga crack-brauod person =
The will. ss-That expression Is usc.l a.. -. &,
Mr. scovllc-what docs it meant Does 1t mean III
The iiDes5Not in the sense intended by the persons
who use il. think. "Cfackbraned' ana Eranh ar
suppose, about syn non ynsc"iiar re'n'
60" MI ScnyeoYon don't understand them to mean the
| THE witncss-I do not. ,.,
Mr. Scoyc-Yon do rot understand them as indicating
| any phase of insanity
| The witness-I do not. . :, -.
| Mr. Scoyille-Do you understand them 20 be synony-
NOUS with souudHoss of mind aud common stnse 49,.
The witnCss-NOt common sense Inc "TI'IAB Vi 'nN'
letter a very foolish idea. 49,. ,o.,or e.ovIlc 70
The ursoner-Ii you had sent that letter. ScoNuc W
senator Cameron you would have evidence tnat S y"
were a crank But You have COY no sYauS treat s,ch
| men as Cameron iou u'" INV" "
The wness-such letter is not compatible with com
i Mr. seoyille-Izit compatible with common reason
The witness with some he5itancy)-Ncli, should say
The prisoner-I was in friendly relations with Senator
C,mcron and there nothing strange IN my Wlllmg
| Thai letter Anybody but numhskuu IKE S coElHe
would it. claim 10 be on pereetS 1on d t Kim
and me knows ne. There is nothing inconsistent ID NY
writing to him for money my DroIer ua roahy rot
the letter ike decent man wOhlu nave pio,p3 20
the money You had better get on the case scove anu
| hack Chicago.
5Usance here Ny brother too had better 20 back to
Boston and try to get some money 10 pay ms I c
herc do NOT know anything about Them and do not
care anything about them We had not been on Hpea"-
| GUITEAU Still. INTERRUFTING THE PROCEEDINGS
The District Attorncy-f these Interruptions keep On
shall ask that the dock he placed IN another par Oh
! the house.
Mr. -coyille-Pace 1t the cellar, II you like Piaee
if in the basement We perfectly content We viii
| to
Tnr >Dis,Iici-ittorI ey-You can't.
mo- Inc rtnan should make lis motion in plain
words and maze 1t an occasion !OI e'!i'h,o ana
| Mr. Porf,r-I inief that the cOunsci viii not oppose
! the motion to quiet MS client IN inaIthhg NM!
eIr Sco.lle then prap"dEAcd 10 me witness the h'No
tlea Gucsiion which assumes a, true all the 'iIcn'"
given Tor the defence, iuciuaing te prisoner own
abr witness replied that under the hypothesis, the
prlFoner'- insanity sci, -cN idtht r"bo,'"n
| 'I,r walter Kcm.,stcr. OF Wiunchaso, WIS., was the
pryi v,0r.s Hctcsdiied mat he IL the superintendent
/ "a o. nm, w. r. For alc years Lad been associate
cUitof ~ me American JoHH o. htSHH ~ II. a. ~
OF Inc ln-anc. H. hau examined Tue head OF ne li'-
ourr and mad thought that the dryatios III II W,r r
was sigt deviation IN the head OF tLe prisoner rom
symne,lIcM mead im,e MgrG rr.} bir" pc1Ie nv Inc
courtroom WHO had perfectly TSHmcttlc'. "'.HH. lH,
master cast rcr,scuteu yeIy WcisIaped hehca head
b,t conn irci iayuIably with the majority o head- both
a, 10 shape ana size, aHd thOISh a H..io h'.ttr on
ono side than on the other with NIUE pIonlh,hrt I'
one point, Il showed no .Lcl want 81 ~ hhi5 AS !" III
dcate lack OF development in TIE brain. Ahr "itdt''
men showed TO jury diagrams 81 tIc shape {" the
heads of various gentlemen, ~uOm he slated were al
gentlemen Of Pr"nn es o. 1on ca nfi Ghe ca
of The Supreme Court ~ Inc DlSHcl OF OOuD Jhubc
G. IngersoiI and Dstrict-Attoney CorktL la pointing
Out the deviation IA the various Atau7 'uo PI""h,
stated that thai Of 1I ing 1901" uu6c" O' WI! '''"
Mr. Davidge-lt bulges ont on the wrong SIDE doesn't
Rae nrs1lierIIt shows that Iugcrsoll and badly
me diagram of Mr. Corkhlrs head was greeted by
the prisoner with: Iha IL crank. You can put your
Wr Dayigge iokingy referred to Mr.. Ccrkhs he Id
Ma oluOnic, wihe inc witness Pyl'SH 1u' n","c
slight resemblance between 1t ana Le mead % the prs
re pgisoner-That shows that you bad am,
% itnc. slated that no; a singl, one Of these heads
, | was symmetrical. TIE shape O. the hcl4 mac itcl
n"tnI as 10 sanity or insanity unless the Iorn OF Ag
head deVIatCd grossly irOm WAL Was calico ~ iltal
| head. In such a mead the cat represented, there
nothing 10 hu'cIte Ia an! HtEito li' I''souI
| ness OF insanity Icing questioned ~ 10 the proportion
OI pe5Ons IN the w"Id' Ia stated 10 bc ABOUT
Q.DWnat do you understand by &" insane deu,iou"i
| I'nr Ur ,lUc.-l lntau8 DIVINE pressure.
Tne replied tHat II "aa an c1taEaant idea Of
person. violence oil winch e vas uh''i' 20 reason
Ine prlsonrr-You are taking cranIs. Tell
something about Abraham, ana the tnctc VIII DC some
ODid SOU ever find an insane who said that he
haS Cnlii..nd frOiu Tod do ACT Dut that
| tie detail, act were leit u mn A-NO; mai
would utterly prrus'rfOu5 me dctAllh ~ ht AlluS
matters Oi no cons qnence 10 nm lie s'Ie7 ne
frs oDec put us hands on to DO the act 40 one
| intensity, NIgor ana Ztdl "hcH insane
! men pui intU their IL IL proycrDal among those
having charge the insane, that iHC srUko al aInadnau
| rs IKE a s.rUAe OF lgatn.ug. IL cannot be avoided.
the witness on TO STATE that pcI1On ncung I'M
der Divine ms IrdtOh "Ouid PoiIoih' we a'' instantly
| 'Tnc prIsOucT-Iou anu Abraham doht agree. He
took plenty time do ns worA. lie was very dehD-
crate II his WORK
O-!Iave you ever met an insane man VINO paiaded IN
pubic ais nramty an apology Tor me cOh"lsaon Oi
Inc crituct A--NO SIR; nave not 1 nave nad under
INV care quite a number vi persons VINO had committed
murder IA they are not APT 10 tax about IT, but
wnen spoken they would TAX Oil III Dod, fearless
O-Suppnse YOU should hear mal state that there
us mo- destiun OF right wrong Ia hB nci, but the
only question was whether the Deity AIRED the sIOt OF
MOI: Mould you consider nim rs IabOnns under au III