New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-02

n,ore correct views regarding moral anu
local responsibility for crime. James
Stevenson. who has had general charge
Of the Government explorations among the
vestiges of the prehistoric races of the Far
West. has obtained valuable information re-
carding the aucicnt Cliff DwelleTf, end the
Pueblo or Village Indians, whom Fe' believes
70 be their descendants.
RESULTS OF THE GUITEAU TRIAL THUS FAX
lnY TELEGRAPH TO THE rRmuNE.i
UAsu1>cToN. Jan 1.-The expert testimony IN
The trial of Guiteau. which has practically closed
Ur. tray's cros,-o xamnation only remaining would
alone make IT celebrated case. I"eh,A~
three phyScians have been examined upon the
stard with rcclrl to insanity. One. DR.. Fordyce
Barker. was questioned generally upon the suDlec'
rs bearing upon esponsibiiy for crime, etc, With
o,t any direct reference 10 the prisoner Seven
,,hvsicians were asked and answered a hypo'heti-
cal ouestInn for the defence, which assumed the IN
sanity of tie prisoner and could hardly he an
swered if at all, III any other way
than hy an admission that, assuming the statements
70 he true he was insane These were DIR. Charles
Z. Nichols. of the Bloomingdale Asylum; Dr.
Charles F. Folsom. of the Harvard Medical Col
lege. Dr. Godding of the Government Hospital
for the Insane; DIR. James II. McbHde'
of the ASYLUM near Milwaukee. Wis; DR.. Walter
C1anuing of Brooklinc, Mass; Dr. Theodore W.
Fisher. of Boston and DR.. James G. kiernan. ot
Chicago. The defence made no attempt to elicit
f. m these gentlemen the result of examinations
made AT the Jail II is understood that if they had
been questioned upon tn point. most, if not all, OF
them would have pronounced Gu.teau sane.
Fourteen experts in insanity have testified that
Guteau is, in their opinion, sane. These included
four expert originally summoned for the defence =
Dr. Samuel Worcester of Sa en-, Mass, DR.. lheo-
dorc Dimon, of Auburn, DR.. Selden II. Tal"ott, OF
the New-York Homeopathic Asylum at Middle
town. and Dr. Henry 7. Stearns Of the Retreat Tor
the IuSaae at Hartford Conn. The remaining ten
were DR.. Loring. the OccullSt, DIR. Allan McLane
Hamilton of Ncw-YorE, Or. Janin Strong Of the
ASYLUM near Cleveland. O. Dr.. :. w. Shew OF the
Niddletown Conn Asylum, DR.. Orpheus Evarts'
Of the College Hill Asylum near Cincinnati, Dr. a.
L. Macdonald of the Now-York City Asylum, DIR.
Randolph Barksdlle of tie Richmond Asvlums,
Dr. John II. Calender Of the Nashville Asylum,
Or. Walter KempSjcr. of the Northern
AsylHm OF Wisconsin, and Or. John +.
Gray, OF Uuca y. Y. All these gentlemen posi-
lively pronounced Guiteau sane. TO their number
can be addeI Or. Noble Young, the jail physician.
or the tweuty-four physicians i'll all examined, one
ony-Dr. f. c. Spitzka, of New-Iork-
gave it as his personal judgment that
the prisoner Is insane. Iner6 were uulhDct
Of e,pcr IN atsesssSce. such as Dr.. Pliny Earie
who would have testified that Gui eau was sane,
bu, were allowed to 20 home on account of sickness
or lor domestic reasons.
The testimony given by the fourteen experts
cover, every ground upon which insanity has been
or can be claimed. As accumulated, it is an ava
lqucho OF proof AGAINST the assassin. Il has be II
shown That be has # the phy steal signs OF i'll
sanity; IN tie shape Of the skull condition OF the
skin. tongue or palate, appearance of
the eye habits of steep, digestion
etc Ii has been shown that if he is insane, he is an
exception TO all the intellectual manifestations
seen i'm the experience of the most distinguished
aheui,ts. lie has an the traits and symptoms
winch q man claiming his delusion ought not to
Rave and hlr none Of the symptoms and trait7
which hc o|ch to have. If be rs insane there mu-
be anew classification of insanity, and GutcauiSm
must he gwen place iu the books with mania,
mrs'caoia and Cemcu'ia.
number Of persons. however, 90 10 the court
room and come away with the imprc sion thar Gul-
team Is insane or at least o. dlsOrdeICd mind. There
j. GOOD reason TO believe that tins b., due IN most
cat 30 tle appearance OF ls eyes WHich yves hn
'ClHiiN when uc lS at uaN M thc colH'-l"olH-
eOuet.uug of wild look. IN" no'tors STATE iu2i
this prcutar JE&uce results manly 'l"u q
weakness OF the muscles moving the tAchilL IH~
gives !A- i.it cNeiu particular sirdIucd lOoh d..
IoIiug- careful examination Oi tine eyes revealed
10 evidence OF disease oi line brain.
The uuauimIty OF tho experts has bc"l TcmIrs-
able There has been Practically 40 difference cd
opinion except upon the point Nhclner OF not
Gu.-lU Ld- been playing q par. Many oi me
r-I.au, who have uceu present cX!gc~, grJtI.ca-
ton at the Isct that IN the trial, which VIII proba-
b.f Doe precedent upon the subject OI u-aliy Iur
many wears. sound ana strict rule OF rc>pon~nIuN
tor crime Als been Ina down, winch Io Ilely 10 put
az eHi 70 many false aud loose notions upon the
subject.