Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-01-06
GUITEAUS TRIAL.
THE PRISONERS CASE GETS NO HELP FROM THE
ExrERrs-rHE CASE FOR THE PROSECUTION
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES TO SATURDAY.

THE PB1soNEB's CASE GETS NO HELP FROM THE
ExPERrs-THE CASE FOR THE PROSECUTION
oLosED-ADJoURNMENT TO SATURDAY.
DR.. Gray, superintendent Of the New York
State Asylum at Utica, and one Of the most
noted aiienists 10 the country, was on the
stand on Friday and Saturday Of last week.
DIR. Gray has had under his control and OBJ
servation an aggregate Of about $4,000 insane
persons, embracing all classes OF society, and
every variety Of occupation and profession.
He stated that he made q thorough eXamina-
ton of the prisoner, and had come to the
conclusion that he was sane. The prisoner
had told him that in his own opinion he was
illegally" but not medically" insane, and ex-
planned this by saying that he knew from the
time he conceived the idea Of killing the
President that he could not be held RESPONSE
BILE If he could establish the fact that he be-
lieved the killing to be an inspired act. Dr.
Gray does not believe in moral insanity.
He said he did not find single circumstance
as narrated by the prisoner that would show
insanity. In reply to Col Corkhilrs reading Of
the hypothetical question Of the prosecution,
DIR. Gray replied that he thought the prisoner
sane July 2 In reply TO the question wheth-
err he thought Gutesu had been feigning in
court, he said Eyes, do. He claims an
inspiration from the deity. do not believe
that no believes any such thing, and in such
a sense he is acting and feigning q part.
During the whole Of DR.. Gray's examination
Guiteau was as insolent and outrageous as
possible
On coming into court on Friday morning
he announced to Mr.. Scoville that II that gen
tleman would keep quiet" he would laugh
the case out OF court Shortly after this he
produced and read sympathetic despatch
from "a host Of admirers" and proceeded to
quote Scripture and compare himself to
Christ and abuse Judge Porter and the Dis
trict- Attorney in the most indecent manner.
At the adjournment Of the court on Satur-
day he announced that he you'd hold a New
Years reception and invited every body to
call.
On Tuesday, to which day the court was
adjourned, DR.. Gray's cross-examination was
concluded. The witness said that he did not
believe in any Of the so-called moral insan-
tiles. Kleptomania, he said, is theft, dypso-
mania is drunkenness, and pyromania is in
cendiarism When DIR. Gray left the stand
the District Attorney announced that the tes-
timony for the Government was concluded.
A physician from Kansas City, Mo-, was call
ed as a witness by the defence to contradict
Mrs. Dunmire, Guiteau's former wife. This
witness said that Mrs. Dunmire had often OK
pressed to him the fear that Guiteau was de-
ranged. The prosecution objected to further
evidence on the insanity question: and the
court sustained the objection. Guiteau said
Just as the court was adjourning that he was
willing to let the case go TO the jury just as it
was.
On Wednesday Mr. Scoville filed an affidavit
asking to be permitted to call nine other wit
nesses, and stating what he expected to prove
by their testimony. The court decided against
the application in general, permitting, how
ever, the defence to attempt to show that, on
the day OF shooting President Garfield, the
assassin had claimed TO be inspired Of God.
j. j. Brooks, chief Of the secret service diyi-
sion of the treasury department, was called
for this purpose, but he swore that Guiteau
had not made such a claim to him. lettey
written by the assassin's father in 1875. in
which he pronounced his son a fit subject for
a lunatic asylum was read. The defence was
then declared closed. The law points of the
Government were submitted to the court and
an adjournment was had TO Saturday to en-
able the defence to prepare its law points.
Unless the question Of jurisdiction is raised the
arguments will probably begin next Monday,
and there is ground for hope that the trial
| will reach its end next week.