Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-01-25
Fudge Porter" said the prisoner "He is too far

Judge Porter" said the prisoner "He is too far
| ap for you.'
| WHY GUITEAU's NEWSPAPER PROJECT FsILEp
| Mr.. Porter insisted that he had right to refer
to matters so notorious as that R"v"r,ing again
[ to the Inter-Ocedn scheme he said that while it
| appeared insane to L. w. Guteau, it had been
| shown to be the brilliant conception OF slirewd
and able man. Had II succeeded, this man instead
OF being prisoner in that dock. would be a mil
ilonafre 81 will tell you why he did not suecnei. y
| continued Mr.. Porter because in the 50 COO 900
| people in this country. he could find no on. who
! would trust him except Charles II. Reed, iwho
admitted him to the barr, and ne only to the eX-
| tent OF S25.
GU1TEArs SHEER AT HEBREWS.
! Referring to the witness Edwards, whom the
| prisoner had denounced as Jew, Mr.. Porter said
he had yet to learn that it was dishonor to any
| man who was cOuntryman of the Redeemer OF
Mankind.
"That's very fine," said the prisoner, ''but the
| Lord and the Jews had falling out at the
| destruction Of Jerusalem"
Clamor i'm Court.
THE PRISONER DENOUNCEs Mr.. PORTER AS A LIAR,
AND EVERYBODY TALKS AT ONCE.
MI Porter having referred to the wifeS teStt-
mony, asserted that tn, prisoner had never
kneeled by his bed when with her. or the defence
would have been glad enough to prove it.
| Mr. Scovile arose and objected to Mr. Porters
| stating as proved what had not been proved.
The prisoner at the same time broke out de-
nouncing MT. Porter as liar.
MI DaVldge rose tn his feet too, and began tn
| talk and as Mr. Porter kept right on the clamor
was great.
Judge Cox finally secured silence, and had Mr.
| Scovie state his objection.
Judge Cox said he thought 1t was question for
| the jury to decide.
Mr. scovlle asked permission to note an excep-
Mr. Porter said he objected to an exception
! bs bains taken. as there Was nothing On which to
DaSe an exception.
When Mr.. Scoville asked to have the steno-
grapher read what Mr.. Porter had said, the latter
Tue reporter sum up the case for me-
| reporter read the remarks.
When the war of words subsidized, the prisoner
whose strGent voice was heard constantly above
the din, shouted: ''The extraordinary string of
abuse from that man Porter would make d saint
from heaven Swear.H
Mr Porter then turned his attention to Drs. Kier-
nan ana Sptzka. Referring to the formers theory
IntI one man out OF every five was insane the
prisoner said: THAT will take you in. You rave
like maniac"
Whether he was insane or not, Mr. Porter said,
he thought DR.. Herman would send him to an in
sane asylum. He believed he really imagined that
Colonel Corkhtll Shot the President and Mr.. Dav-
idgs ana ne {the speaker) stood behind him ready
10 snleld MIN after he had shot the President In
the back.
REFERRING TO DR.. SPITzKA
Mr. Porter said, sapping his hand on the volume
OF printed testimony: 'If he stand on this re-
L
WONDER" he continued, 'f Lucifer happened to be
On trial what DR.. SpitZka would say OF him.
Would he call him moral imbecie? Why, satan
1ell py MS inspiration from the Empyrean heights
ana sunk 10 the lowest depths, whence temptation
comes 10 man. But there was change in satan.
Dr SpitZka thought there never was change in
I.lis man. He Was q moral mbecile-Or rather,
moral mOnStrOSity."
REFERRING TO THE SUBJECT OF DEF rsrvE oprrroNs
Mr. Porter asked If there wso any one in the court
fSom who had not formed delusive opinions during
the trfa,. Did they not form an opinion when Mr.
Scovilie made nr: opening, which had since been
proven to be delusves AS to morbid projects, he
asked what made the majority OF mankind poor, II
it were not morbid praiects. Yet no one held that
the majority OF mankind were insane.
GUITEAUs REToRT cN Mr. PORTER.
Referring to the part of DR.. Spitzka's statement
that he considered the prisoner had about the
ability OF a third rate shyster Mr. Porter said:
"ScovlIle can tell you what that is. can't"
some OF your clients can." said the prisoner
AS to DR.. Spitzka's theory that the crime was the
result OF tendency of the mind to morbid projects
who had murdered man, woman or Child placed
on trial: CDR: Sptzka," he said 's called to ex-
anime the prisoner. He then testifies that the
CRIME was The result OF a morbid project rather
tnan deluSion. Would you turn that man lOOSe?n
AS to Dr. SpitZkaS statement about
THE cRooKEDNEss OF THE PRISONERS TONGUE.
Mr. Porter said: "You will notice, gentlemen.
the prisoners tongue has been constantly to the
left-towards the jury" AS to the rhombocephaltc
theory, Mr.. Porter remarked that horse presented
perfect type OF a rhombocephalic head. He pic
horse and DR.. SpitZka coming up and saying:
"Dont do that. This horse has q rhomboceIiic
gently"
CHARLOTTE coRDAY.
Referring to Mr.. Reeds remarks about Charlotte
Corday, he said they had kept in ignorance of
the fact that the beautiful Charlotte Corday was
insane until Mr. Charles Reed had announced it
here TN court After giving the story of the assas-
stnatton OF Marat, Mr. Porter said: ssShe was no
sneaking coward. She left the house In which she
WAS aeasa @ 70 save France to lay her own head
blood"
GUITEAU's CLAMoR.
During the recital the prisoner was very clamor-
Gus. PUT my body in the ground, If you dare"
he shouted. ''God Almighty win follow it"
Mr.: Porter, continuing, said that they had not
learned OF her insanity until f1ppant lawyer,
taking the word from his murderous client-who
was told by that Client as we can fairly infer
CorcOran Gallery, while he was studying prece-
dents-had announced it in court Either the as
sassin sal a. or his counsel made the discovery that
Charlotte COrday-whO was ready to give her own
life for her country-Jhat Charlotte Corday was
insane; @ MI Reed placed this prisoner beside this
fotte Corday in panfaloons"
This nation win roll in blood" shouted the
prisoner, "tf hair Of my head Is harmed"
THIS IS THE PATRIOTIC MURDERERi
exclaimed the speaker. Referring to wilkes
Booth, he said he had for him feeling not that he
was right, not that he had any authority In his
own mind for his act, but after all there were In
his crime circumstances that tend to NIT tigate in
some degree the horror with which we regard
his crime. He must say he had some degree OF COM
miserati0n for the assassin who was at bottom
in some degree impelled by misg uided feeling Of
patriotism. What in this case are the mitigating
circumstances7 This man, this coward, this dis
appointed Office seeker, this dabOlic crafty cal
culattng, malignant, cold-bloOded murdererI
Could he be compared with Wilkes Booth?
THE PRISONER NOT INSANE
Mr.. Porter then opened anew the batteries of his
irony and denunciation OF the prisoner, portrayng
the prisoners love OF notoriety. There were, he
said, those experts who had been called who were
competent, and every one OF them had said, after
personal examination OF this man, that he was
never insane. OF the 13 men placed on the stand.
8 OF them were summoned by the defence, but
after making their examination, notified the coun-
Sci that they must swear that he was sane and re-
sponsfble: Can there be a doubt that these men.
selected because they were the foremost men In
their professionalism all these men say this man