The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-01-01
The Guiteau Business.


court Guiteau called ont. "0ce OF MP
eleven pound baby for q new years
present" daughter. ia which the jury
heartily joined.)
Dr.. Gray resumed the story Of bis
conversation with the prisoner in Jail.
Gu'teau interrupted, ''Thst don't COR
respond with your evidence yesterday.
doctor. You went into Inspiration then"
Scoville objected to the statement Of
witness saying, he said nothing of inspi-
ration or divine pressure, end urged that
witness must give the conversation or
substance VI it, IS it occurred; that it
would be the province OF the Jury 70 say
what should be inferred from il. Wit
mesa qualified the statement by adding,
Il asked him questions aud my state-
ment was based upon his replies" Wit
ness continuing said, 1.-THE prisoner used
the expression when made up my
mind" Guitesu shouted, "Ths Masking
up Of my mind was the result OF grinding
pressure; that's where toe Inspiration
came In. Please get that straight while
you are about it.
Scoville again objected th.t witness
" 40 iOSAHA S'Rhs VI VIZ Q4Cc+AOA 0IN SO-
ing into an argument.
Guitesu.-"Be has f,rgott4n VIA. he
testified to yesterday Corkb,li must
have gotten hold OF HIM
Scovills disclaimed any desire % IN
terrupt witness, but the pros9cu.lol ne
him TO the strict requirement taat he
should make bis objection specifically.
He must, therefore, stop witness a. every
point where az WAS satisied al 90 ectioo
would lie.
Guitesu continually INTERCEPTED COM
ments, and with ScoviIs's frequent objec
tons, witness soon became sensioly dis
turbed, and when asked to go On said,
There has been so many Interruptions l
don't know where I am" Gulteau
quickly retortpd, u snouldn't think you
did, nor any one else. l have been try
ing all the morning TO ind cut WHARF,
you are. The facts are badly mixed
chs morning, Doctor." Witness vas
ID ut to state some reasons which in
duced him (witness) to form the
opinion on that prisoner was sane st the
time he visited him at the jail when
Guitesu again interrupted with: "Dr.
Gray Is devoting himself to an argu-
meRt to the jury this morning, which he
has no right 70 do. He should confne
himself to facts. Porter will take care
Of the arguments (sarcsstically). Judah
! Porter, | mean ScoViIle again OBJ.
seed that witness was volunteering an
argument instead of sdbering 30 8 state
meDt Of facts. Wi ness (Wltn sOoe feel
ing) replied: 81 am under oath. Mr.
ScoVille, snd do 10. care to volunteer
anything which is not strictly and sp-
propriately evidence 10 the case Wit
ness did't find a single circumstance az
| nsrrsted by the prisoner 20 indicate in
sanity. He thought him sane.
Corkhill read . hypothetical question
similar TO that approved by ScOVlIle.
Witness analysed the question, clause
by clause, and refused TO answer It be-
cause it did mt describe IN insane person.
The prisoner, as the reading proceeded,
interrupted with: "All 6osh. That's
false. How do you know? That's
Smiths lie," etc."
Witness then stated at length what in
Guitesu's actions in court led him 10
believe he was sane. Being asked IL he
thought Guitssu had been feiKning, he
replied, "Yes, l do. He claims an IN.
spiratlon from the Deity. don't believe
be believes any such thing, aud 10 such q
sense he is feigning."
Guiteau-No such thing. I never
feign. lou are paid for you' opinion,
the jury is not.
On cross-ex mination, witness stated
that he hal never, as an expert, pro-
nounced a sane man insane, or sdjudged
al nsRne one sane. He admitted, how.
-ver, having changed his views since he
began to study the subject.
Guiteau-''You may reach Abra ham
IN ao1ut twenty years. Doctor. You are
growing msu
Wi ness said ne abandoned the moral
insanity theory As Ioag ago as '54.
GuiteaG-"rh5 amount Of it Is. these
-xp.1ts will swe y to anything for money.
tie subject VI insanitJ is progressive"
WLn-,s laid lie was uwilting to come,
but he U esidrnt OF th cir board thought
he should, and telegram summoned
him.
Gu tea4 "How about CJrkhills
money! I guess that was the influence
| that brought you mere. This fellow Cork
MI has got bunghole in the treasury
that will run out 100000 before
ne gets through with this case
1t is about time President Arthur was
attending to his case. l wouldn't LET
him stay here q week, il l was Presi-
dent. However, I'll attend to Corkhill
| in "a
Scoviils attempted to get witness
to confess that conversation and conduct
we're the chief means of determining
sanity or insanity. Witness held that il
was only an incident, not an essential
element Guiteau interposed that ex.
perts on this case wanted to kill man
and examine MS brain to determine Oh
his sanity afterwards.
Witness had seen some forty CAGES Of
feigned insanity. Guitesu was teignine
Insanity.