Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-01-05

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but he did not mean that the prisoner should
be exposed to any danger. He should have the
fullest protection.
The prisoner Speaking quietly and as though
he desired being placed in the dock, which was
filled at the time with spectators Ito settle
the matter, I will sit quietly here. Will it
not he satisfactory if keep quiet and stay
here. If 1 sit in the dock may be worse.
The Court ordered the marshal to open the
dock and place the prisoner there.
During the confusion and noise incident to
this movement, the prisoner exclaimed in
subdued tone :''I have no objection to going
to the dock if your Honor says so."
The Court say so simply in hopes of keep
ing you quiet
The prisoner-I move that the courtroom
be cleared. If going in the dock, want
the courtroom cleared. -l.
The prisoner having been placed in the dock
and quiet having been restored, Mr.. Porter
said "It is to be borne in mind that the
chmera, which seems to haunt the prisoner
has no foundation. He is in no danger ex-
cept from the hangman's rope, and so long as
an officer of the law stands beside him, no man
will imperil that officer in the discharge of his
public duty, by firing a shot at the prisoner
(Applause.)
The Court directed the Marshal to place the
prisoner where he could have full view of
the witness. ...
The prisoner Cfrom the dock II am doing
very we'll here a; if your honor please. 1t is on
ly confession of the prosecutions weakness.
l would not be afraid to go all over Washing
ton alone, or New York, or Boston. Thunder
that broadcast. God Almighty will curse the,
prosecution. Take time on this, Corkhill.
You are having your way for few minutes
but God grinds slow, but sure. You have got
no case, and you know it.
After the examination of DIR. Mcdonald
was concluded, the next witness examined was
DR.. John H. Calender, of N ashville, Tennessee,
Superintendent Of the Tennessee State Asy-
lum for the Insane. He had given special at
tention to the study Of insanity for the past
twelve years; had seen about two thousand
cases during his connection with the Tennes-
see Asylum. The witness visited the prisoner
in jail and examined his head and face found
the head somewhat unsymmetrical, but the
lack of symmetry was not more than is fire.
quently found IN some people. Witness had
also closely observed the prisoner in Court and
believed him to be be perfectly sane. sgs
When the Court opened on the 29th, some
delay in the proceedings ensued and Guiteau
made his usual morning speech. He COM
planned that the usual guard of policeman had
been withdrawn from the prison van and that
there is more danger of his being shot when
riding to and from Jail than at any other time.
He requested the Judge to order the usual
guard of policeman to accompany the van;
that it would only take one crank with sufi-
cient nerve to shoot him in the van; that the
only danger he anticipated was from cranks
DR.. Calender was called.
Judge Cox said that a statement had been
made yesterday that the Court had surrounded
the prisoner with unusual guards and protec-
tion. He would state that the prisoner was
in the custody Of the Marshal and not of the
Court, and whatever extra guards had been
furnished had been suppliedby him.
Guiteau: "Well, Their, your Honor, If the
Marshal wont do his duty I appeal to the
Court If the Marshal wont furnish proper
guard, kick him out and let's have new
Marshal g..t
The Judge: II have no doubt the Mar
shal will do his duty in this connection"
Scoville read to the witness a letter written
by Guiteau about ten days ago to Senator
Don Cameron asking for five hundred dollars
and asked for his opinion whether such a let
ter to man he did not know does not indicate
unsoundness of mind. A.. -s-fas. ~
Answer: II do not think it indicates un-
soundness Of mind. Itseems to me consistent
with his character and habit through life OF
soliciting money from sources where he had
no reason 10 expeCU IL. ~
Scoville then read to DR.. Calender hypo-
thetical case Of the defense, and the witness
replied: ssUpon that hypothesis his insanity
is self-evident proposition" sl.,. ..j.,i. .l:
DR.. Walter Kempster, Superintendent OF
the Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane,
had devoted his attention to the study of in
sanity for the past fifteen years. The witness
was familiar with the rrocess of taking the
conformity of the head, and did not believe
much Importance, as rule, could be attached
to the shape of the head in determining sanity
or insanity. The witness exhibited a number
of slips showing the shape, as taken by con-
formitor, of heads of number of prominent
men, including Treasurer Gilfillan, Col. 1nger-
soil, Judge Carter and Col. COrkhiii: Consid-
erable amusement was created by the illuStra-
tions of the witness and running comments
of Guiteau. Not single diagram disclosed
symmetrical head, the witness remarking
that possibly not single perfectly symmetri-
cal head might be found in the Court room.
In the case Of Ingersoll the witness remarked,
pointing with his finger, ":This side appears
flat, as compared with the other" e1Gs
Davidge-"It bulges On the wrong side %
Witness-"Yes, some would say so."
Guiteau-"That shows that both he and
are cranked in the same direction.
''Col Corkhill's head" said the witness,
''has very marked depression on one side."
Guiteau (interrupting) g)--"INl bet you could
put your foot in the depression in his head. y,
Witness continuing depression is
very similar to that noticed in the prisoners
head" Laughter.
Guiteau-"Oh, he's cracked great deal
worse than am"
After some further examination of this wit
ness, Court adjourned. g..
When Court was opened on the Both, as
soon as Guiteau reached his seat in the dock
he shouted out q: s'Some Of the leading papers
in America consider me the greatest fellow
they have met in some zine. at O'Clock
last night received telegram which will
read for the edifcation Of this audience and
the American people," He then read, 'SMr.
Charles Guiteau, Washington, D. c.: All Bos-
ton sympathises with you. You ought tobe
President. Signed: A Host of Admirers"
Pausing moment he then branched off into
ramblingharangue ending by saying, II shall
submit my name to the next Republican con-
vention 1 shall expect to be before it. There
are only two men in the country who want me
hung. One is Judge Porter, who expects to
get $1,000 from the government if am con-
to get bounced, and who knows I am the cause
of it."
DR.. Kempster's cross-examination was re-
sumed by Mr.. Scoville. Witness did not be-
lieve in temporary insanity, in the sense that
a person could be insane and wholly recover
in an hour. He believed Sickles was sane,
but that Coles who shot HiscOck at Albany
was undoubtedly insane. ..
Mr.. COrkhill announced that he had but one
more witness to introduce on the part OF the
government and inquired Of Mr.. Scoyllle how
much time he would want to consume on the
Mr.. Scoville replied that he had