The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1881-12-20

that window to protect me, if necessary.
| want to thunder this in the ears of the
American people"
Davidge, withsan air of disgust-Oh,
this pantomime business is getting play
ed out.
Guiteau--You are getting played out,
and your theory of prosecution too.
Recess.
As soon rs the court was called to
order Guiteau, with flashing eyes and
nervous utterances, shouted out ..There
are good many poodle dogs in the
press, and I want to express my con-
tempt for these poodle dogs Of the
press. The high-toned press Of the
country are beginning to express as
their opinion that it would be crime
To Hang Man
who was. in my condition on the I'd Of
July, when Il was impelled upon the
President"
Some one in the addience cried out, :
"Shoot him now"
Cries of order from the bsiliff reduc-
ed the audience to quiet, and DR.. Spitzka
again took tue stand.
Witness concluded from the shape Of
the face and head, and defective innova~
ton of the facial muscles, and from pro.
nounced deviation OF the tongue 20 the.
left, that the prisoner was born with
unequal development OF brain, and that
his insanity was congenital. Witness
described. with great particularly, the
pecuiarities Of the head formation
which he had detected in the prisoners
case. He thought that in the prisoners
case the inequality in the two sides Of
the head Was three times greater than in
normal head. The inequality could
be taken as an indication of mbrsl i'm
becility only in proportion to its degree.
Witness continued: "If had only that
mans (poiuting to Guiteau) mean face
to judge by, might say he was a de-i
pravcd man or an insane man; but in
PRODUCING the other factors, unequal. for
nation of head aud inequality of facial
expression and deviation of tongue, l
am OF opinion the trouble Is of
CoDgenital Origin. zIA
The closest attention was paid by
Guiteau to the evidence of-this Witness,
and his satisfaction was plainly indica-
ted by the expression of his counte.
nance.
The witness becoming weary, was al.
lowed TO sit down. But District Attor-
ney Corkhill insisted upon mis- standing
up, as he could not see nor hear him.
Witness stood up, saying that it was
trivial matter whether Corkhill could
see or hear him.
Guiteau was immensely amused at his
retort, ard, with chuckle, said, "He's
bad man for you, Corkhill. We've
got some more of them, too"
The witness, upon talking with the
prisoner, found that he based his con-
clusions upon insane and improbable
assumptions, but granting his assump-
tions to be true, his conclusions were
logical. The cross-examination was
conducted with the evident purpose Of
discre1iting the direct examination.
Col. Corkhill sharply questioned the
witness in regard to an article be con-
tributed to the Medical Journal. A
spicy colloquy followed, which Guiteau
interrupted by shouting, sit seems to
cause you considerable trouble. You
Had Better Cool OF,
Corkhill. / haven't seen you heated so
before It's three o'clock and we had
better go nome"
The witness was asked if he had not
appeared as an expert in certain case,
and, after taking fee on one side, re-
turned it and taken larger one from
the other side. The witness replied.
with considerable warmth, "You have
no basis for such a question, and no
| man dares make an assertion upon,
which he could found It,
Guiteau again interrupted in great
rage, and in voice which completely
drowned the utterance of counsel and
witness, yelled out-"That is a very
dirty question for you to ask, Corkhlll.
1t just suits your brain. I'm going to
ask Arthur to kick you out of this case.
Why, this man is one of the first scien-
lists of the country. Why he would
not condescend to spit on you, Cork
hill. You are in bad reputs, Corkhill,
with every member of this bar. You
are an unmitigated nuisance in this
case"
/ Witness finally answered most EN-.
phatically, "No."
The Court then adjourned without
concluding the examination
| Threatening the Assassin.
] Warden Crocker has received mum.
Der of anonymous letters, advising him
to remove the prisoners from the wing
of the Jail in which Guiteau is confined,
so that in the event of dynamite ex'
plosion no life except that of Guiteau
would be endangered.