The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-01-05

Uulienu linlmfipilnrl ',I'N htt you
gog, cclla li nv your loot !" 'l'e depression"
Witness tcnnllnmng,--,,The depression
| Is very similar IN that noticed ln the pris-
0ncrs head" tLnughtcrl
Gulieau--"Oh, he's cracked great deal
worse than am"
Witness was thcn asked II lac had over
seen case where prisoner coliniittci
crime and claimed divine inspiration and
| ic 80 how suclI persons deported themselves
before and after the act. lie replied that
IN such cases, delnsion,. or inspiration us
they claim II, occurs suddenly and with IN
tense pressure and that sucn persons
net quickly and upon the sudden I'M
pulse and delayed neither to con-
slider the opportunity nor the weapons
! flint IL would be impossible
to conceive without actually witnessing It,,
the energy, ilnpetuosity determination
with Which persons act under an insane
dclusion TO carry out their proposals
Witness did not believe in distinct type, OF
insasity which could be called moral IN
sanity. 1t was simply convenient Term
which had been invented to excuse the
commission OF heDlous crimes.
| Witness had never seen case where an
insane man, after committing crime,
4 boasted of his insanity, and urged 1t
as an excuse for the crime
Insane murderers do not parade their acts
but on the contrary very rarely VIII allude
to them unless great ingenuity is used 10
draw them out. Witness until he entered
this courtroom had never heard OF case OF
alleged inspiration, and said that always
such persons claim TO have heard the
will Of God, or seen His image, or
something of the ssrt Such inspiration is
never conviction arrived at after mature
reflection on the part Of the person SO al
fcctcd.
Witness was asked if he believed the
opinion of the prisoners father, Il. w;
| Guiteau, that disease could be cured
by PRAYER, should be taken as any
evidence of insanity and replied, BY no
means; We all know that thousands and
/ thousands of sane people prayed daily FOR
the salvation of President Garfield's, life
this summer. They would not hardly have
done so if they had not entertained some
belief in the efficacy of prayer"
Guiteau-"It shows that the Lord and
some people don't agree on this business,
and people are beginning. to come over to my
side and the Lords, too"
Corkhil then read the hypothetical qnes,,
lions of the prosecution and witness replied
to each, taking the. facts set forth to
be true: "In my opinion he was sane
Witness had visited Guiteau in prison
and had there asked him if he considered
himself insane. His reply was,
mot what you experts call
Insane, but legally insane"
When asked what he meant by the term;the
prisoner said if he could get the jury to be-
| lieve that he was acting under an lnsplra-
| ton from the Lord when he shot the Pres
ident that would be all he wanted, ana
would acquit him.. :,
| Guiteau had been engaged with his mail
| for some minutes and yelled: " would
| like to have you know, ladies and gentle
men, that my letters come addressed, Hon.
Charles Guiteau'-quite change from last
| summer"
Witness was cross-questioned by Colonel
Reed, who proSuced a pamphlet report
prepared by witness as superintendent OF
| the Wisconsin Insane Asylum and read ex-
tracts from it.
During the reading a dispute arose
| between counsel, who seemed to have
gradually developed vast amount OF BIT
| terness. Some fifteen minutes had been
consumed in the dispute when the court
admonished them that the trial must pro-
| coed without consuming SO much time IN
immaterial disputes.
| The cross-examinstion was continued by
| Scoville, with an occasional outbreak on the
part of the prisoner until adjournment.
sic came here" said Guiteau, referring
| to witness, ''as an expert for the deiense
that's what he said, when he was III my
| cell, DuU IOOQ ilNlllS dJ w lilsiu INV w
! hills money have been too much for him. :"
HOW THE JURY is SAID TO STAND.
There is a rumor current that the duitcau
| jury, with one exception, are satisfied OF
| the legal responsibility of the prisoner. The
twelfth juror, it is said. stoutly maintains
that Guiteau is as crazy as march hare.
WASHINGTON, December 3O.-The court
room was literally packed this forenoon.
As soon as Guiteau reached his seat in the
dock, he shouted out: " Some OF the lead
ing papers in America consider me the
greatest fellow they have met in some time.
At s O'Clock last night received tele-
gram which will read tor the editication
of this audience and the American people
He then read:
To Mr. Charles J. Guiteau Washington, D. c.:
All Boston sympathizes with you; you
ought to be President.
(Signed) A Host OF ADMIRERS.
Pausing moment, he then branched OIL
into rambling talk, ending by saying II
shall submit my name to the next Republi-
can Convention. ! shall expect TO be be-
fore it. There are only two. men
in the country who want me
hung One is Judge Porter who
expects to get 5000 from the government,
| If / am convicted, and the other is Cork
hill, who expects TO get bounced, who
knows / am the cause oft
DIR; kempster then took tne stand ana
ScoVlle resumeu .ue cross- eAa liuII
witness ana not oeneVe IN temporary IN
sanity III me sense lhat u person couiu re ge
insane anu Mnoly Iecofel an az n.y. ~
Deileved clckles was sahe, put Soic wiz WIZ
shot Hiscock at Albany was undoubtedly
insane.
Corkhill announced that ne nau put one
more witness 10 introuuce on 'ne p are W
tue government, ana inquired OF Scoville
how much time he would want 10 consume
on the sur-reouttal;
scoyllie replied that ne hau several VIII
nesses whose namesw presence since tne
close OF the case ana would ask me court 10
permit them TO be sworn on the GROUND
that the newly discovered. evidence
was material TO the case;
Corkhill wanted to know what ne sx-