The Worthington advance., 1882-01-05
GARFIELD'S ASSASSIN.
TUESDAY. DEG ".

dARHlELDS ASSASSIN.
TUESDAY, DEC. %.
The ecourt room was dcnsely packed EInar
reaching his seat Guiteau looked around l:at
and said: 81 had e nire Christmas
lots Of fruit, flowers and lady visittIs, and s
good time Or. \. E. McDonald, supt:iiit;'il-
ent of the Wards land insaue hospital, i:.'ti
lied that during his practice be had treated
5000 clst OF insanity. He had given special
attention TO the study of insauity. Wltness
stated the difference between de]us!ors and in-
sane delus!on, tho ono being subject to cocrec-
ton by Judgment and tho senses the other rs 3
not correctsbie, and for that reason is deg
ignated as insane delusion Ho also described
illusions and hal!ucinations, giving Illus
trations from his o#n experience
Witness described what is commonly called
temporary insanity when a man comlEits> an
and when the person is, to all appearances, Fer
fectly sane id all other respects, both before
and after the act
Guiteau-Thats just my case exactly
Witness-l don't believe in such insanity, ,aIh
in all NV experience have never seen au il
stance of it.
Witness, in reply to question, s'ln tie
group Of which that young man makes ono, tha
other four will be pretty safe;' thought y per-
son acting under an inspiration TO commit Ger
tain deeds would not be deferred from tne
commission OF that act through ally consi.oi H.
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 case5. He
talked over with the prisoner the main Incl
dents OF his lite up to ana including tie shoot
ing of tho president The prisoner always
spoke Of the act az 'my conception, !" and so on,
and latter conceived the removal OF the pres
ident" The witness asked why, if the act was
the Amighty's, and he was simply al agent, he
was 80 particular as to practice his aim and
why did he not trust the details to the Al
mighty; and the prisoner hesitated. flushed s.
little and said: ''rhe Almighty often trusts de-
tails to his agents.
Witness believed from his examination and
observation Of the prisoner in court that he is
u perfectly sane man. Witness then proceet!e:i
at some lergth to give reasons for his opinion,
using the expression: II have frenuently ne
tlced that his most violent Interruptions have
been made when the weight Of evidence Las
been against him." Counsel for defence OBJ
Jected that witness YVES usurping the functions,
OF the jury, who alone could pass upon the fact
that the evidence was for or against the rris-
oner. The court overruled the objection, and
an exception was noted by the defense Cult
the morning, here addressed the witness, speak
ing without any show OF excitement: 'sYou
are making great ado about nothing.
doctor. 1 don't pretend to be insane now
Tell us what you know about Abraham Get
your money and 60 home" Witness, coi.iinu-
ing, closely anal> zed the conduct and remarks
of the prisoner during the trial and concluded
the prisoner had been playing part ever
since the hrst day. At the outse'. he esi7, the
prisoner had directed all bis abuse against one
OF the counsel and afterward against all of
them.
Assuming the facts set forth to bo true and
adding that statement to the others, it strength
ems my opinion that the man was sane on the
"a ofJuly. Exception to question and answer
was noted by defense.
Adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, DEo. %.
The feature Of the day was the seating OF
Guiteau in the criminals box or dock Having
disregarded the admonitions of tie court to or.
whining pleas Guiteau had been
unusually noisy and abusive. Finally Scoyille
asked Of witness hypothilicsl question in
volviDg recital of the fact that Gulteau once
Claimed that be was . member Of the firm of
Jesus Christ Co. Porter arose, and in his
impressive manner bjscted to what he termed
the irreverent and biasphemous use Of the
abusive manner, and Porter, Immediately fol-
lowed by Corkhlll and Davidge, demanded his
removal to the dock. 1t was very dramatic
scene. Porter, the attention Of judge, jury
and audience riveted on hls fine head, reiearsed
most impressively the facts in the case and de-
N t,lded,, i'll the name Of tho law, religion and
be placed where he belonged.
NO one would run the risk, i'ortsr said, Of
shooting worthy deputy marshal in tho per
formance Of his daily duties. Meanwhile
Gaiteau, who was very much excited, insisted
sg il aud again that he would not be placed in
the dock, since he appeared as his own counsel,
ana that he would not have interrupted at ali
il he had not been abused. Judge Cox, in a
very sensible decision, ordered
DICK, explaining that he p'1 Would have benz sse
placed there long since had it not been thought
that his presence at the counsel table afforded
peculiar facilities for observation. For Guir-
practice, that criminal who has counsel has
waved his right to appear as his own counsel
Gu'teau had not expected this ruling He
*l,ed anG would have broken down entirely
had not John Wilson Guiteau, who sat next
him whispered fcrcibly ''For Gods sake don't
With : feebs II will be quiet if you
lot me stay here" twice repealed,
~ shook bis he. .ni lie shufliel of otf'u to
the dock. The latter consists OF u lons bench
to the left Of the judge, running for some dis
tauce by the side OF the audience, surrounded
by wooden railing. Hele the assassin sat
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 great
GeA throughout the remaining hours Of the
afternoon session, but 1t was al in the oharac-
ter OF sane criminal and not Of insane ooun-
sek Judge Cox overruled.
The testimony was that OF experts was whoi
~ against Guiteau. Dr. A. Il. Macdonald OF
New York still continues his assertion that GLi
teau IL and always has been sane and res gonhi-
bla throughout severe CROSS examination
Or. Rudolph BarAsdale, typical Virginia
Rhysici:n: superStendens mt Of the central 4Ss2i
mond, and DR.. John II. Cal. .endar Of the Nash
vile (renn.) state hos 1ltal asylum testified,
as Macdonald had done, that after q
careful examination in the jail sud careful
observation in the court rom, they believe the
man to be sane and responsible now and On the
"a OF July: Their testimony WAS simply dam
aging to the defense, and Gulteau was as
jury.
THURSDAY, DEC. 20.
Dr. Walter Kemf ster o. the Northern Wis
pert summoned by the government, added his
contribution TO- day to the pile of testimony ris
ing 90 rapidly to the sanity Of Guiteau. BE
testified in the strongest manner possible that
he was on the I'd Of July perfectly sane anil
perfectly responsible A rigid cross ss-exanina-
ton conducted by Scoville aud Reed e.icited
no contradiction Of the evidences given
on the direct examination.
6coville recalled DR.. Calender, OF Tennessee,
and asked hin whether . letter written by Gui-
team to Senator Don Cameron on Dece mber
10, asking loan OF $500 to defray the ex-
penses OF the defense-''a loan from q stalwart
to stalwart" be repaid Iii Iget ont of this
1t not, to be charged to the stxlwarts' was the
letter of sane or of m insane man. DR.. Cal
lender promptly said that it was the absurd let
ter OF sale man. Over the production of
this letter Guiteau waxed wrathfully.
He held forth for several minutes on the
mean, dirty conduct Of his brother, who, having
been entrusted with this personal appeal to :
political friend, hsd delivered il, not to CAM
er0n, but to Scoville He scornfully said that
it was not possible that these hubble persons
who bad crawled into his case for the sake Of
the notority it would give them, to appre ciate
the re,atoDs existing between himself aud
Grant, Conkling, Don Cameron and t'those
kind of men" il poll ics and Moody in theol-
oSy. At least they might have done the bid
ding OF a superior being Ike himself without
meddling with his private correspondence.
The letter reads:
''Hon. Don Cameron-Dear Sir: lam on