The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1882-01-07

nlin II ne says word" Then they moved
across the room with him. he going quietly,
put looking very pale. He had hardly seated
nlmself In the dock, however, with q guard ON
each side OF him and three standing behind
MN, when he recovered his old spirits and be-
! gan to make good his threat to be noisisy than
ever, thanking Corkhill sarcastically for such
good seat, haunting Porter, and, later on, when
the cast of his head was produced. which
looked like a whitened skull, throwing the dig
nlf1ed into commissions of laughter by calling
out: That looks like 'Humpty Dumpsy'" Is
was not long before he was pounding the bal
ustrade in front Of him In the familiar man
ner, raising his voise so as to fill the court
room.
The dock to which Guiteau was removed,
ana In which he was placed ON entering the
courtroom On the thirty fifth day of his trial
Is simply raised Enclosure on the south side.
OF the room, in which criminals are seated while
awaiting trial. 1t is about eight feet long by
1our wide, and its furniture consists of THREE
chairs, two with cane seats for the baihhs, and
one with wooden seat for the prisoner. The
dock ID close to large window, which, for the
purpose OF ventilation, is generally kept open
ana the prisoner when seated in 1t was exposed
TO far greater extent than when sitting at the
counsel table to the bullet of an assassin A
big policeman patrolled the vacant space be-
tween the dock and the window, and kept
q sharp lookout for suspicious persons.
Gulteau, from his wooden seat in the dock.
was as active and as noisy in interrupting the
proceedings as when he sat q: the table with
the lawyers. He complained that the usual
guard of policemen about the prison van had
been Withdrawn, and there was danger hat
some crank might shoot him as he was going
between the van and the courthouse. The
lawyers were quarrelsome during the day, and
the judge had to int rfere to stop dispute
between Colonel Reed and Lawyer Porter.
rirk Att .1,,1I
ing OF DIR. Spitzka, who had testified for tho
defense some weeks ago, as o "horse doctor"
The counsel for the defense protested, and
Judge Cox told the distrct-a.torney that his
words were not proper and not admissible.
DIR. Calendar, OF Nashville, was cross-ex-
amined. During his examination Mr.. Scoviue
introduced letter recently written to Don
Cameron by Guiteau, who in this letter says
that be is Stalwart of the Stalwarts that he
likes General Arthur, who was made President
by his inspiration, and that he needs $500,
which, II he cannot repay it, is to be charged to
the Stalwarts Mr. Scoville asked DIR C2llen-
dar whether the writing Of such letter, under
the circumstance would not indicate un-
soundness of mind. The witness thought not,
and Guiteau agreed with him. Guiteau abused
Mr.. Scoville for presenting the letter, and his
brother for not giving it to Senator Cameron,
as he had been told to do. The witness after
ward said the writing of such letter was not
compatible with common sense, and upon the
hypothesis of the defense, as set forth in Mr..
Scovllle's hypothetical question, he thought
the prisoners insanity was self-evident propo-
stion. Dr. Walter Kempster, of Winnebago,
Wis, superintendent of the Northern Hospital
for the Insane, next testified that In his opinion
Grliteau was sane on the I'd OF last July, and
was now feigning insanity.
AS Guiteau was passing through the coart-
room on his way to the dock on the thirty
sixth day be said to Mr.. Scoville: IF you keep
quiet | will laugh the case out of court to-
day" He then broke out in his usual morn
ing harangue, saying: "Some of the leading
papers of America consider me the greatest
fellow they have met in some time. At 8
o'clock last night l received telegram which
| will read for the edifcation of the court the
jury and the American people:
Mr. CharlessJ. Guiteau, Washington, d. c.:
"'All Boston sympathizes with you. You
ought to be President
"A HOST OF ApMIREns
81 don't know but two men in America who
want me hanged. One is Porter, because he
expects to get $1,000 for it; the other
is Corkhil. Corkhill is booked to be
removed anyway. He wants to get even
with me, because he thinks / am the man that
did it." Then after q Scriptural reference, the
assassin continued: 81 refer my nomination for
the presidency to the Republican National
convention of 1884. will be there. do not
think that this jury is going into the hanging
business in order to enable Mr.. Porter to get
$4,000. The American people do not want to
have me hanged They might as we'll try to
hang man for killing another during the war
as to hang me. Ny motive was patriotic,
der Divine pressure, TO save the nation from
another war. But l am going to DISCUSS that
when we get to tho ,ury'' The cross-examin-
alton of DR.. Kempster, OF Wisconsin, who
thought Guiteau was sane, was concluded, and
DIR. John P. Gray, of Utica, medical supe,in-
tendent of the New York State Lunatic a. ylum,
was then called as the last witness for the pros
ecution He was also of the opinion that
Guiteau was sane. There was, during the day,
tilt between counsel on the question II
Fastening the end of the trial Mr. 500
vile said he would probably require
ali of next week to present his testi-
money in surrebuttal. He also wanted to in
troduce some new witnesses, and would ask
the court to allow him to do go on the ground
Of newly discovered evidence. The counsel
for the prosecution said they would resist any
attempt to reopen the case Mr.. Scoyille CON-
planned ttat it was unfair for the prosecution to
try to hurry the case along at thi- stage. He
said he had spent month and half endeavor-
ing not merely to save the prisoners lie but to
try the ca>e 20 that it would not be disgrace
&, the Jurisprudence OF this coun ry, and he OBJ
jected 70 it's being brought TO an unseemly end.
during New Years was discussed but Judge
Cox was hardly prepared to take the RESPONSE
bility of such a STEP The fot eman put an end
to the discussion by announcing that the jurors
did not want to separate until the trial closed.
On the thiry-seventh day Dr. Gray. of the
Utica Asylum for tn Insane, resumed his te-ti-
| mony 1t was frequently objected to by Mr..
Scovijle, and continually interrupted BY
Gniteau, who contradicted assertions of the
witness in regard to the prisoners utterauces.
The witness became confused and said he did
not know where he was, whereupon Guiteau
remarked, "We'll have to send a small boy
to find you" DIR Gray declared his positive
conviction that Guiteau was sane, and had not
been insane and that he was playing a part in
court. Mr.. Scoy lille tried to have 70 testimony
stricken out, on the ground th.-t sas based
upon belief that Guiteau va so. Sg The
court overruled the objection, ant, efditsau re-
marked that the question of jurisdiction " as
going to settle the trial. In reply to the
hypothetical questions of the prosecution the
witness stated that, in his opinion, the prisoner
was sane at the time OF the shooting. While
the questions were being read the prisoner
continually interrupted with such expressions
as False" That's false" "AbsoIutely
false" "The substratum of that question il
false" "One word in ten is true, the rest
false" While waiting for the counsel for the
prosecution to enter after recess the prisoner
exclaimed: II have nothing else to do, SO |