The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-13
GUITEAU's TRIAL.

WAsHINGToN, Dec. 12.--As soon as the
court was called to order, Guiteau, with
flashing eyes and nervous utterance shout
ed, There are good many poodle dogs
in the Press and I want to express my con.
tempt for them. The high toned Press o1
the country are beginning to express theil
opinion. 1t would be crime to hang q
man who was in my condition ON the Cd
of July, when I was impelled upon the
President.
Some one in the room cried Shoot him
now" Cries of "order" from the baliffs
quieted the disturbance, and DIR. Spitzka
again took the stand. Witness con-
cluded from the shape of the face
and head and the defective innovation
of the facial muscles and from the pro
nounced deviation of the tongue to the
left that the prisoner was born with an un-
equal development of brains; that his in
sanity was congenital. Witness described
with great particularly the peculiarities of
the head formation which he had detected
in the prisoners case; thought there was
inequality in two sides of the head. This
case was three times greater than in a nor
NAL head. The inequality could be taken
as an indication of moral imbecility only
in proportion to its degree. Witness con-
tinued: eff had only that mans (point-
ing to Guiteau) mean face to judge by, /
would call him a depraved manor an in
sane man, but introducing other factors
the unequal formation of the head, the inc
quality of the facial expression and the devi-
alton of the tongue, / am of the opinion that
the trouble is of congenial origin. The
closest attention was paid by Guiteau to
the evidence of this witness, and his coun-
tenance plainly indicated his satisfaction.
Witness, becoming weary, was allowed to
sit down, but Corkhill insisted upon his
standing, as he could not see or hear him.
Witness stood up, saying it was a trivial
matter whether Corkhill could see him.
Guiteau was Immediately aroused by this
retort, and with a chuckle said, ''He's a
bad man for you, Corkhill. We've got
some more of them"
Witness, upon talking about the pris-
oner, found that he had based his conclu-
sions upon insane and improbable assump-
tions, but granting his assumptions to be
true his conclusions were logical.
The cross examination was conducted
with the evident purpose of discreditln9
the direct testimony. but Spitzga was more
than match for the auestioners.
Corkhill sharply questioned witness re-
oarding the article he contributed to the
Medical Journal A spicy colloquy fol
lowed. which Guiteau interrupted by
shouting, '.It seems to cause you consider
able trouble. You had better cool of
Corkhill haven't seen you heated Sc
before. It is o'clock. You had better
90 home"
Witness was asked if he had not ap-
peared as an expert in certain case, and
after taking fee on one side returned ii
and taken a larger one from the other
side Witness warmly replied; f'4ou
have no basis for such a question, and no
man dares make the assertion upon which
he could found it."
Guiteau, again interrupting yelled
That's very dirty question for you to-
ask, Ccrkhill. 1t just suits your brain,
I'm going to ask Arthur to kick you out
of this case. This man is ene OF the hrst
scientists of tue country. Why, be would
not condescend to spit on you Corkhlil.
You are in bad renute with every member
of this bar, You are an unmitigateG null
Sance in this case"
Witness, finally making himself heard
answered: ''Most decidedly, no.
Adjourned without concluding the ex-
animation