Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1882-01-05

the "court, the jury and the American neo,,1a
merry Christmas" He did it with an air
winch testified unmistakably his actual belief
snas ms leasnsome compliments would be well
TUESDAY, DEC. 27
The court room was densely packed. Upon
reaching his seat Guiteau looked around pat
ronizingly and said: 81 had nice Christmas
dinner, and hope everybody else did. had
lots OF t; tnult flowers and lady visitors, and
ent OF the Wards Island insane hospital, testi-
ned that during his practice he had treated
5000 cases of insanity. He had given special
attention to the study of insanity: Witness
statea me dltterence between delusions and in
sane delusion, the one being subject to correc-
ton by judgment and the senses; the other was
not correctable, and for that reason is des
| ignated as insane delusion He also described
illusions and hallucinations, giving illus
!rahons from his own experience.
temporary insanity when man commits an
act which is the only evidence of his insanity.
ana when the person is, to all appearances, per
fectly sane in all other respects, both before
| and after the act
Guiteau-Thats just my case exactly.
| Witness-I don't believe in such insanity. and
IN all my experience have never seen an in
stance of it.
Witness, in reply to question, Gin the
group of which that young man makes one, the
| o0AioA leuA WILL pretty Shlos GQOuRQG per-
son acting under an inspiration to commit Ger
tain deeds would not be deferred from the
| commission of that act through any considefa
alton Of personal harm to other persons.
Witness had visited the prisoner in his cell at
the jail, remaining two hours and making the
usual mental examination in snch cases. He
talked over with the prisoner the main Incl
dents OF his life up to ana including the shoot
ing of the president The prisoner ALWAYS
spoke Of the act as s'my conception" and so on
and after conceived the removal of the pres
| 1dent." The witness asked why, if the act was
the Almighty's, and he was simply an agent, be
was so particular as to practice his aim, and
why did he not trust the details to- the AL
mighty; and the prisoner hesitated, flushed a
| little and said: "Ihe Almighty often trusts de-
Witness believed from his examination and
observation Of the prisoner in court that he is
| 8 perfectly sane man. Witness then proceeded
| at some length to give reasons for his opinion,
using the expression: II have frequently no.
| ticed that his most violent Interruptions have
| been made when the weight of evidence has
| been against him." Counsel for defence OBJ
| Jected that witness was usurping the functions
! OF the jury, who alone could pass upon the fact
that the evidence was for against the pris-
! oner. The court Overruled the objection, and
an exception was noted by the defense Quit
| eau, who had kept unusually quiet all through
the morning, here addressed the witness, speak
ing without any show Of excitement: ssYou
| are making great ado about nothing,
doctor I don't pretend to be insane new.
| Ieu us what you know about Abraham. Get
your money and 60 home" Witness, continu-
| ing closely analysed the conduct and remarks
| OF the prisoner during the trial and concluded
the prisoner had been playing part ever
since the first day. At the outset. he said, the
| prisoner had directed all bis abuse against one
| of the counsel and atterward against all of
! them.
| Assuming the facts set forth to be true and
adding that sta. ement to the others, it strength
ems my opinion that the man was sane on the
was noted by Defense
| Adjourned.
| WEDNESDAY, DEC %.
| The feature of the day was the seating of
Guiteau in the criminal's box or dock. Having
| dlsregarded the admOnihons of tue court to or
der and silence, he was placed there despite his
whining pleas Guiteau had been
unusually noisy and abusive. Finally Scoville
asked of a witness hypothilical question in
claimed that he was member of the firm of
Jesus Christ & Co. Porter arose. and in his
impressive manner objected to what he termed
the irreyerent and blasphemous use Of the
name Of the redeemer of mankind. Guiteau
promptly interrupted in the most
lowed by Corkhll and Davidge, demanded his
removal to the dock. It WAS very dramatic
scene. Porter, the attention of judge, jury
and audience riveted on his fine head, rehearsed
most impressively the facts in the case and de-
manded, in the name of the law, religion and
decency, that the obscene blasphemous wretch
be placed where he belonged.
No one would run the risk, Porter said, of
shooting a worthy deputy marshal in the per-
Torrance of his daily duties Meanwhile
Gniteau, who was very much excited, insisted
again and again that he would not be placed in
the dock, since he appeared as his own counsel,
and that he would not have interrupted at ali
If he had not been abused: Judge Cox, in a
Gniseau sensible to be p psoed in 0rdef tSa
dock, explaining that be would have been
placed there long since had it not been thought
that his presence at the counsel table afforded
peculiar facilities for observation. For Quit
eau's benefit he laid down we'll known rules of
practice, that q criminal who has counsel has
waved his right to appear as his own counsel.
Gu'teau had not expected this ruling He
wilted and would have broken down entirely
had not John Wilson Guiteau, who sat next
break down now. Go to the dock like a man,
With feeble II will be quiet if you
he got up, when Judge Cox stern
| ly shook his head and he shuftled Off to
the dock: The latter consists of a long bench
to the left of the judge, running for some dis
| lance by the side Of the audience surrounded
| by a wooden railing. Here the assassin sat
down, surrounded by deputy marshals having
| found spot that suited him where he could
sit and hear the witnesses and everybody else,
and prepared to execute his threat to talk more
in the dock than out of it He did talk a great
| deal throughout the remaining hours Of the
afternoon session, but 1T was all in the charac-
ter of a sane criminal and not of insane coun-
sell Judge Cox overruled.
| The testimony was that of experts was who,-
ly against Guiteau. DR.. A. E. Macdonald of
New York still continues his assertion that Gui
teau is and always has been and RESPONSE
| BILE throughout a severe cross examination.
Dr. Rudolph Barhsdale, a typical Virginia
physician, superintendent Of the central hospi-
| tai for the insane at Rich
mond. and Dr. Johr 81, Calendar of the Nash.