The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-01-05
GUITEAU'S TRIAL.
The Celebrated Case Dragging
Slowly Along.
More Experts Say Guiteau is Sane and
is Acting a Part-Some Shrewd 4
Comments by the Prisoner.
THURSDAY.

after examining the dock, showed salts
f9ctiOn that no one was behind it and
none near him but the officers and
counsel. He said: Coming up in the
van from the prison, this morning, L
noticed that the usual policemen were
withdrawn. Now, L want to say em-
phatically, that if L was turned loose
but as long as | am in the custody Of
this court and its officers they are
bound to take care of me. There is a
great deal more danger of my being
shot coming from the prison than any
where else, and | ask your honor to
have the usual number of officers for
my protection. The cTanks are not all
dead, though they are dying rapidly.
daughter got fifty letters yester-
day, most of them from sympathetic
people wanting my autographs, and
hoping for my acquittal. But one
crank is all that is necessary to do this
business. | am always quiet when not
abused. In the Jail have the Teputa-
tion of Being perfect gentleman.
They think | am great man and a
good fellow, but when l come into
court 1 am abused and villified. No
human being can stand it and | will
defend myself" Judge Cox decided
that the question of furnishing extra
guards to the prisoner belonged entirely
to the marshal. Guiteau then shouted
that if the marshal did not do his duty
some crank would shoot at him. He
did not believe he would hit him but
might hit some person else. DR.. Cal
read letter by Guiteau to Senator
Cameron written ten days ago, in order
to get the views of the witness whether
such letter could be written by a sane
person. Guiteau became furious, and
said that he simply asked Senator Cam
erOn to lend HIM $500, and gave the let
ter to his brother John, who betrayed
him and gave it to ScOville. He said
that his brother was a perfect nuisance,
and that between them there was no
fraternal feeling, and had been none
for years. He said he had always assO-
ciated with high-tOned gentlemen
cost; in politics, like Grant and
COnkling, but that his relations were
crawling into the case to get little no.
tOriety. He repudiated the entire crew,
and wanted them all, including ScOVille,
to get off the case. Following is the
letter:
"DEAR SENATOR am on trial for my
life, and | need money. am stalwart
of the stalwarts, and so are you. You
think great deal of Gen. Arthur, and
so do l. My inspiration made him Pres
idenD. and | am going to ask you to lend
me $500. If / get out of this L will re-
turn it, if not, charge it to the stalwarts.
Yours for our cause and very cordially,
CHAs. GUITEAU. In Court, Washington,
Dec. 20, 1881.
The witness said the letter was con-
sistent with a good many of Guiteau's
acts and utteTances and previous life,
and in the line of his opportunities for
money from many sources, from which
he could not reasonably expect it, and
was no indication of unsOundness of
mind. Guiteau again violently abused
ScOville, and COrkill said if he cOntin-
ued his Interruptions he would move to
have the dock placed in another part of
the room. ScOville petulantly said that
COrkh1Il could move to put 1T in the cell
lar if he liked The next witness was
DR.. Walker Dempster, superintendent of
the insane asylum at WinnebagO, Wis.
His evidence was confined to a cOmpari-
son of craniums of various important
people with that of GHiteau, as an eVi
dence that malfOrmatiOn was not evil
dence of insanity. Bob Ingers0lPs chart
showed a big bulge on one side, and
Guiteau shouted that he and Ingersoll
were both badly cranked.@ Witness said
the difference between ordinary insan-
ity and belief in special divine COM
mands, was that the approach Oftthe for
mer was slow and gradual, while the
latter WAS almost as instantaneous as
the act. The energy, force and rapfdity
with which people acted under the lat
ter delusiOn were almost beyond de-
5criptiOn. The claim that an act of al
legged inspiration Sprang from a pOlit-
ical situation, was the best evidence the
actor could furnish that he was not in
sane. The expression, "Divine pres
sure" witness had never before heard
applied to an insane delusiOn. Witness
said the hypothetical questions describ-
ed sane man.
DR.. Dempster said Guiteau told him in
Jail his inspiration to remove Garfield
was somewhat the same as that which
him to join the Oneida COM
to start the TheOcrat, and write
Truth, only it came on more slowly, and
that when he shot Garfield he was le-
gally insane; that the inspiration was
by certain articles in the
newspapers denOuncing the President,
if he could get the jury to be-
lieve@ he was acting under an inspira-
ton when he fired the shot, they would
relieve him of the responsibility. Wit
ness did not agree with Spitzka, that
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he had fairly shaped head, of full size
and that there was nothing unusual in
the expression of his face. "I think"
said he, "the prisoner has been feigning
insanity. When people come on the
stand with whom he has been acquaint-
I'D, he greets them as good fellows; and
when their testimony goes against him,
he abuses them. The prisoner, in my
opinion, is unsuccessfully endeaYorin9
20 simulate insanity. Guiteau said: 81
zee by my letters that people are Begin
ming to address me as Hon. Chas Gui-
eau. That's an improvement over two
months ago. fhave a letter from gem
,leman who says he has 80 instances of
specific inspiration from the Bible, in
which Almighty God directed people to
kill other people, and he said he could
ind more. [Laughter.] L have also
etter from doctor in Chicago, who
jays lady cousin of his is expecting a
)aby, and if its boy she intends to call
t Guiteau rather than Garfield"
Laughter.l
FRIDAY.
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