Morning journal and courier., 1882-01-04
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. CU|TEAU'SHARVEST The Opportunity for Airing
 His EIoquence. PARTING SHOT AT AN EXPERT. The Closing Testimony for the
 Prosecution.
 A Demand By the Defense For Expert Testimony in'Sur-
 RebuttaI.
A Demand By the Defense

Gutteau's TriaI-Close of the Prosecu-
 tion's Case-A Likelihood of the Assas-
 sims Hanging.
 WASHINGTON Jan. 3.-The usual audience gathered early in the court room this morn ing. AS soon as he was placed in the dock he shouted out that he had had happy New Years day, and had received plenty of visit ors heightened, middle-toned and low toned" all of whom were of the opinion that he ought not to be hanged and would be &C., quilted. The cross examination of Dr. Gray, of Utica, was resumed. His answers were somewhat rhetorical in manner and involved in style, the exact meaning being often ob- scured by words. This annoyed Mir. Seo- vile and he did not get along very smoothly with the witness. Nevertheless Dr. Gray contrived to make it understood that he ad- hered to his opinion expressed last week that the prisoner is sane Incidentally Dr. Gray expressed an opinion that suicide taken by itself was not an evidence of insanity. Over work, worry, disappointment, enfeebled health, don't produce insanity except through the intervention of disease of the brain. In regard to his ability to judge of a persons sanity or insanity from photograph he thought he might be able to suspect case of dementia. Murder of ones own child is greater presumptive evidence of insanity than ordinary homicide, because unnatural. Mir. Scoville released the witness at 12 o'clock, and then the latter detailed @ number of cases of homicide from one of his tabulated reports at the request of Colonel Corkhill. In all these cases there was marked evidence of insanity, aside from any contained in the act of homicide.
 After recess Dr. Bowker, of Kansas, was called in surrebuttal. He said at the time Guiteau was divorced from his former wife, Mrs. Dunmire, she was so much in doubt as to his sanity that she thought she ought to remain with him.
 The defense then called MT. Mills, the sculptor Another legal controversy between counsel occurred at this juncture as to where the limit of the subject of skull formation should be stopped. MT. Davidge put in strenuous objection and the court sustained the objection, stating that this matter of cra- nioIogy had been gone into far enough. Guiteau warmed up and exclaimed that he had S letter from some of Garfeld's old friends which sustained his position. Judge Cox sternly told the prisoner to keep quiet and the marshal told the guard to keep the assassin quiet. In mocking tones Guiteau said he had got through with his remarks.
 Mir. Mills was dismissed and John w. Gui- teau was called to the stand to state wheth- CT his brother was sincere or not in writing letter to Senator Cameron request ing loan of $500. The prisoner refused to keep quiet, notwithstanding the marshaTs eff forts. He said: sT address fifty millions of people here when talk. don't talk only to this court and jury. Other people are interested in. this business than those here" 1.-The trial is so protracted, ,'' said Mr. Davidge in closing long speech against the admission of this evidence, that the health of every man engaged in it is endangered. For myself I may say have no voice to ad- dress your honor on account of the con- dition of the court room" J. w. Guiteau then left the stand, and MT. Scoville said he intended to introduce evidence showing the ! condition of the mind of the prisoner on the 1 1st of July. MT. Davidge opposed any re- | opening of the case in order to allow the de- l fense to introduce cumulative evidence in | support of their theory. He said if the trial l was ever to have an end it would only be l through the enforcement of the rules of law and practice established for cases of this | kind. He objected to any reopening under 1! any excuse or pretense.
 Mir. Reed suggested that the question of !! further testimony by the affidavit of MT. Scoville should be left to the court and said l an adjournment should be agreed to in order that such affidavit should be prepared.
 Mir. Corkhill wanted the other side to sub
 init the witnesses they intended to produce
 and the points as to which they would testi fly. He said the government were willing te ! submit the case to the jury now and they
 were anxious that the trial should close. l Court adjourned at twenty minutes to o'clock.
 i Guiteau was very quiet during the after
 noon. He appears anxious in regard to tho
 verdict and is beginning to think his days
 will be ended on the scaffold.
 Marshal Henry mingled among the crowc
 outside the court this evening. He was very
 indignant at the conduct of Guiteau before
 adjournment and said 'Well, if tho judge
 would allow it I would keep hia quiet.
 "How2" asked reporter. ''Oh," said he
 ''Pye got good stiff wrist. There's way to quiet him if necessary" Marshal Henry
 was unusually severe in his demeanor ant
 looked as if anxious for chance to gag ol
 choke Guiteau.
 In conversation with the agent of the Ma tional Associated Press John W. Guiteau sait
 his brother did not have one chance in {
 thousand for his life. There was no use il disgusting the fact. The course of the pros ecution, he said, was reprehensible. Undue
 haste was being used and unfair advantage had been taken in a good many ways by tht government. There was yet hope that Sec
 vile might by his argument bring some ju
 TOT to his way of thinking, but even then, he
 continued, the majority can easil.
 talk an obstinate one or two over
 Such one may think Gui
 teau insane, but there Is the weigh of public opinion and it's effect on his family
 He says to himself: I don't know anything
 about this kind of thing, while here are {
 dozen experts who say he is sane. The re
 suit is that the hesitating man is won ove
 and the man is hung Too many people
 think, sane or insane, that the best way tt
 dispose of the case is to let the man hang
 This is great wrong but the wrong will b.
 done. His insanity does not consis
 in his inspiration, but in his su preme egotism. Perhaps when h.
 is sentenced to be hung he will come down
 He can if he wants to. Mir. Guiteau furthe
 said that he presumed his brother would b
 hung as possible after the verdict
 It was by no means certain that post-mor
 tenn examination would be made, althougl
 there might be one. He also said his broth
 CTS conduct during the trial had been decid | edly suicidal