Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-01-04
STILL IN THE pocK.
The Beginning of the End of the
Long Trial.
he Assassin Commences the New Year
smiIingIy, and Behaves Better
Than UsuaI-hore ex-
pert Testimony,
THElaRESENT STATUS OF THE CASE,

lTuVin1 nc killing, aS IL can now. mat a
cstimOn. established the body oil the h
.rime, an all that has since been adj
rarced rs simply tended TO befog and
the public and the jury.
We rresrne there is no one who has
followedhe testimony Of the case, who c
now has tv reasonable doubt either of 4
the Guilt h the sanity Of the assassin.
'Thc onlyiyo experts who have testified !,
tbsf fbeyibslieved the prisoner insane :
Nyrra pejtir Of them, men OF. large eX- a
) established reputation, On Z
The conterv the testimony OF Df. I
Diuon ~ he insane department OF the
AuLlun puitentiary, where he Is IN
constant n ercourse with the criminal
insane. of)r. Mcdonald, of the insane
"s,,Iun onNard's island, Of DR.. Kemp
Ser of tht Wisconsin insane asylum,
ond NJ DIR gray, OF the insane asylum
in Trtico. il almost identical III terms,
and i uneolivOcally fOrthe prosecution.
TbeSa men ave, for many years, made
fine study ofinsauity in all its phases,
fhair byisinFSS, and stand at the very
front OF thei profession. They have no
Foubt that the prisoner Is sane, ana
rL,t Il, does not himself, believe that
be yyas INSPIRED. In fact, he admits As
much. by Ginning that the doctors ana
NOT he. killI the President. His eX-
nIanatinn o his alleged inspiration Is
conclusive against the truth otthe story
He saws that he conceived the ldea;
tbgt br,Iid LIT know for weeks whether
m act ON il o, not; that he nervcd ,hlm-
self 10 his wo-k by reading the polluCai
otracEs ON tie President made IN the
papers. and inally, in his Christmas
ScTeed. hy SAYS tC woIld not repeat ms
act for = million dollar,--a franHcOntes-
sion that he committed his crime under
a motive. and not under Irresistible I'M
puIse. The conversations OF General ,
REYNOLDS ant Drs. Mcdonald and Gray /
with him i'm iail show that the story of .
insanity a,fa, ,ifrss istiblc impulse was an !
aftqrthouyist. and tthat the crime was /
committed for political o3Ject, ana
that he expected 90 earn the Sralluue
Of the StalWats h bringing Mr. Ar
thur into the Presidency. Atthe De$in-
ming of sthe trial Guiteau claimed 10
be insane, something that the reStiS m
sane do mot do; them he modified ms
claim, and Insisted thai nc was insane
on July 2, but Is now as sane aS anyone
in the coeFt room. 4ateIy he has again
modified a his story, and claims that he
was not insane in the ordinary sense
even on tile day Of the ASSASSINATION i
bll; Ma acting mtdef DIVINE lllsplra-
ton. or an irresistible impulse. Of this
there i not q particle OF evidence, unless
his unsupp0Fted werti ne taken rs evil
deucc, and IL that establishes anything
no man can ever be convicted OF muir
der: his simple statement that he cOthd
not help himself viii compel an acquit-
tai. In not one particular has Guiteau'S
conduct siDea LIlxy y bepn that of a man
,,,,.,,o,ScJ of a reliVio.,s. deIusiOn,
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Tiny nil withouf dissent express The
r,,;r;o, -Esr shall he uc,tiitted
'D- G-aL. ;ksn soo 4 thets and. and Scoyille
resumed thc eros SANITATION. Witness
I nj rnt in rfxfrs LIS ty,Nition ON direct ex-
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s.(rC 1'+,,-NtLHt iIr r'ri-,rcr ia sane and wa,
| so,,c IN, -bc Di - Iulr WI neSs was asked
| ifbe was familiar with the .asc of Lieut..
J Sanborn. who WAS killed Ly DR.. Wright at
| Norfolk. Va. and replied; Its, sir; was sent
I by the President to make an examination
| and give an opinion on tie cIse.
How much I'D y0U sd or it, shouted
| Guiteau. Your ile5, DOCtlr, thatamau cant
be insane unleS. his hraiHES diseased. is rath-
| crfriv0Iuus. NgIdoU't S.tv with tie Savior
| and YOU ought 20 ~,.:dy IT. on spir!tolOgy,
\ and then YOU would Catel Some new ideas
| Witness diiG't lceye y what is termed
! by some writers a. end Unal insanity
] ar moral insanity. kleIOmCnia he con-
| dcrcG simply :Licy.rg: dtSoHauia drunk !
| enness. and ivsomaria ini ndariSm. Their !
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