Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-01-06
"CRAzY AS 4 MARCH HARE. J"

sCRAZY AS MARCH HARE"
The prisoner was taken without
demonstration TO the prisoners dock.
located about 25 feet from the counsel,
on the left of the room, narrow pas
sage seperating'it from the large win
dow which oyerlooks Louisiana avenue
Guiteau glanced around the room
and then out of the window, and
eyinced some nervousness at his APP.
parently exposed position. Guiteau
started on to make his usual morning
speech: 81 noticed" he said, "as |
rode up III the van this morning, the
usual guard of police had been with
drawn. | want to say emphatically.
if | was turned out tomorrow, | would
take care of mysele, but so long as |
am in the custody of this court, the
court is bound to protect me. There
Is more danger of my being shot when
riding to and from the Jail in the
van than on any other time,
and l want your honor
to make an order that the usual guard
shall accompany me. The cranks are
not all dead yet, though they are fast
dying off. As matter OF fact it would
require but one crank, with sufficient
nerve, to shoot me in the van. That's
where the most danger is. / am MAX
ing frienas every day and getting lots
of sympathy. l don't anticipate any
danger except from cranks."
DIR. WALTER KEMPsTER.
superintendent of the Wisconsin North
ern insane hospital, had devoted his at
tention to the study of insanity for the
past fifteen years. Witness was famil-
lar with the process of taking confnrmi-
ty of the head and did not believe that
much importance could be attached to
the shape of the head in determining
insanity. Witness exhibited num-
Der of slips showing the shape as taken
by the conformity of heads of num-
Der of gentlemen, including Treasurer
Gilifillan, Col. Ingersoll and Corkhill.
In the case of Col. Ingersoll, tie wit
ness remarked-p pointing with his fin
ger-"This side appears flat as COM
pared with the other"
Guiteau- shows that Bob and |
are cracked in the same direction.
"Col. CorkhilPs head" said the wit
ness, "has a very marked depression
on one side"
Guiteau (interrupting) I'll bet you
could put your boot in the depression
IN his head.
Witness continuing THE compost
ton is similar to that noticed in the
prisoners head. (Lauahter.l
Guiteau-Oh, he is cracked great
deal worse than l am.
Witness related incidents within his
knowledge of persons who had COM
mitted crimes while acting under in
sane delusiops, and defined what he
considered insane delusions to be.
Guiteau shouted to him: "Oh, you're
talking about cranks; tell us some
thing about Abraham, and then there
would be some sense to your remarks
The witness being asked if the belief
of the prisoners father-that disease
could be cured by prayer-should be
taken as evidence of insanity, replied:
"By no means; we all know that thous-
auds Of sane people prayed daily for
salvation for the presidents life; they
would hardly have done so if they had
not entertained some belief in the etii-
cacy of prayer"
Guiteau-It shows that the Lord and
the people don't agree on this business.
The people are beginning to come over
to my side, and the Lords, though"
Csrkhill then read the hypothetical
questions of the prosecution, and wit
ness replied to each: Taking the facts
set forth to be true, in my opinion he
was sane"