Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1882-01-05
GARFIELD'S ASSASSIN,
FRIDAY. DEC. %.

FRIDAY, DEC. %.
Two more experts summoned by the defense
and placed on the stand by the government tes-
titled to-day in the gloomy old court, room that
Guiteau is sane and responsible and was sane
and responsible on the day that he shot the
president. DR.. Spencer n. Talcott, superin-
tendent of an asylum for the insane at Middle
town, N. Y, and DR.. Henry B. Stearns, superin-
tendent of the Hartford institute for the insane,
Hartford, Conn, testified that after careful
personal examination at the jail and careful
personal obsel vations in the court room, they
had reached the conclusion that he was sane
and responsible, and in reply to the hypotheti-
cal questions Of the prosecution, said they be-
ieved him to have been perfectly sane and re-
sponsible on the I'd Of July. A. severe cross
examination did not affect the testimony of
either. The prisoner saw, as every one else
did, what holes were sent in tbs fabric of his
case by such q broadside snd endeavored fire.
quentiy 10 break its force. The experts, he
said, testified for hire. They knew nothing
about his mind anyhow. He would not give q
snap of his fingers for the testimony of 500
experts AS a last desperate resort he said:
The Lord will protect me. He will see that
get justice. 1t may take all act of God to do it
One Of these men may have to be taken off the
panel. The wife of one of them, am very
sorry to say, has died. It was very sad oc-
currence But another juror may have to be
tax en- off by an act of God beforeI get justice;
but he'll see that getlt.
One other witness was examined, William A.
Edwards, q law clerk from New York, ner-
vous diffident man, easily confused, who,
in the hands Of Charles 81. Reed
of Chicago (who had been introduced by Gui-
teau az associate counsel with Scoyllle) turned
out to be one of the most entertaining Witness
es put on the st and since Officer Carney testi-
fed Corkhill saw as soon as the cross exami-
nation began that he had Numbered in placing
Edwards on the stand Scoville made him ad-
NIT, without explanation, thatD McIeon Shaw,
whose clerk he was and whose testimony he
was called to corroborate, had been
indicted and tried for perjury; that Shaw
swors falsely when he said, in detailing the
conversation in his Office ten years ago, wherein
Guiteau said he proposed to win notoriety if
he had to initiate Wilkes Booth; that Guiteau
and he were alone; that Shaw he'd exaggerated
the strength of Guiteau's conversation; that
neither Shaw nor himself attached any import
ance to the assertions of Guiteau, and that
both of them considered him "strange"
Guiteau was livelier than usual He talked
almost necessarily, so that but little progress
was made in the trial
The following is fair specimen of numer-
GUS Interruptions by Guiieau: Corkhill was
about to call a witness, when Guiteau broke
out excltedly; 'Theres a vast amount of
rubbish getting into this case that has nothing
to do with it. I would like to know what this
has to do with my condition of mind on the
I'd Of July? You can't tell what is going on
now in that foreman's mind or Judge Cox's.
How can you tell what was going on in mine on
the I'd Of July? All this nonsense about
has nothing whatever to do with this case.
SATURDAY, DEC. "a.
DR.. Stearn took the stand and Scoville re-
Bumed the cross examination relah tive to various
forms of insanity. The witness stated that the
faculty Of memory is generally the first to show
impairment in most all forms Of insanity. The
examination progressed with frequent objec-
tons on the part of the prosecution requiring
about to retire Guiteau said ''Allow me to ask
if you hold the opinion that man cannot be in.
sane in specific act without having diseased
brain?" Scoville assented to the question, and
the witness replied that insanity meant disease
of the BRAIN
Dr.: Jamin Strong, of Cleveland, visited the
jail and Investigated the mental and bodily con-
dition of the prisoner. As he was about to
state the results of his examination, Guiteau
looked up and said:
''Doctor, let me cut this short by saying I'm
are"
Judge Porter arose and again demanded the
interference of the court to put stop to inter-
ference on the part Of the prisoner.
Att point Guits au again lost his temper
and discretion and shouted back at Judge Por-
ter, while the latter addressed the court in his
most impressive manner. For few minutes
neither could be distinctly understood. Judge
Cox finally secured silence and stated that
while he did not desire to act in hostility he
should punish him for contempt if the prisoner
again transgressed the bounds of propriety.
Guiteau--Very we'll, your honor am
within the discretion of the court. but do not
appear here as an ordinary criminal, and your
counsel, and have so acted for the past six
weeks.
Mr.. Abram M. Shew, superintendent of the
Connecticut hospital for the insane, stat
ed that he had made two examinations Of the
prisoner at the jail, for the purpose Of discoy-
had noticed the conduct of the prisoner in the
court room since November 26, and had
formed an opinion that the prisoner is sane.
Guiteau-Sane now, but insane on the I'd OF
July.
Corkhill-Assuming the facts set forth in the
hypothetical questions, which you have heard
read, to be true, do you think he was sane or
insane on the I'd Of July?
Guiteau-He don't know anything about it
The witness-I think he was sane.
Gulteau interrupted once, and with some ex-
element, said:
These experts may all be very preferable
men, but don't care q snap for their testimony.
would not give one cent a bushel for it whet6-
er for me or against me.
Judge Cox-Be quiet, prisoner. You have
promised to keep STILL
Guiteau-Au right, Judge, but wanted to get
that idea before the jury
The witness stated that he did not think the
prisoner had been acting part or feignlng in
court He thought he had been acting purely
according to his natural characteristics.
DR.: Orpheus Evarts, superintendent of the
private insane asylum, College Hall, O., was
called. He said:
There is no uniformity of head disease as re-
CARDS size or form, in either sane or insane per-
sons The expression of the face, while some
Indication, is in no sense a sure Indication de-
termining the sanity or Insanity Of q person.
Inc witness had examined the prisoner in
Jail, and conversed with him. and had watched
his conduct during the trial, and had formed the
opinion that the prisoner on the I'd day of July