Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1882-01-11


witness had made the study of insanity
his business since 1885, and in that
time has treated or investigated twelve
thousand cases of insanity. He has
never seen a single instance where the
only indication of insanity was an ex-
hibition of immortality or wickedness.
He did not believe in what had been
called moral insanity 1t was i'm
possible to discover mental insanity so
as to locate the impairment of moral
nature that was not accompanied by
intellectual deterioration. Insanity in
itself had no more tendency to excite
crime than neuralgia or any other di-
sease. IL puts nothing new into a
mans nature. 1t only perverts what
is already there. Witness at some
length classified various groups of in
sane that had come under his attention,
T. and described the various phases and
peculiarities of each He did not be-
lieve any type of insanity exists out
side of asylums that has not its proto-
type in asylums
The court here took recess.
RESULT OF EXPERT EXAMINATION.
After recess Dr. Gray stated he had
made a thorough, complete and satis-
factory examination OF the prisoner at
the jail and gave at some length the
details of his examination and CONVEX
sation with the prisoner.
After half an hour had been thus
taken up, Guiteau remarked, This is
a very interesting story, no doubt, but
it must be familiar by this time to
every one. The doctor is telling it
very well, however, and is getting in
all the facts as I told them to him. |
have no objection to it,
The witness, continuing, said: Il
asked the prisoner the question, Sup
pose the President had offered you the
Paris Consulship during the time you
were rejecting upon the subject of re-
moving him, would you still have shot
him p and he replied, Well, that would
have settled the matter. l should have
taken the position and left"
Guiteau called out from the dock,
i said if he bad offer d it to me at any
time before the first of June. If he
had offered it after the first of June it
would not have made the slightest diff
ference
The witness asked the prisoner how
he came to shoot the President, and
his reply was: Il came to the con-
clusion the political situation justified
it. | gradually became convinced of
this, and | resolved upon his removal
Guiteau shouted again: That
knocks you Paris consulship and shows
there was no malice in it not the ele-
ment of murder in it, but political
necessity
Witness-I then asked him upon
what grounds he resolved to remove
the President, and he replied: 4 con-
sidsred thu removal of the President @
political necessity
Il then asked him. said the witness,
how he arrived at that conclusion, and
he replied, If you will read the papers
of May and June you will find exactly
what the political situation was and
you will perhaps appreciate what l
mean by political necessity
Witness inquired of the prisoner in
regard to his alleged inspiration and
asked him if it came to him in the form
of voice or vision, or direct command,
and his reply was, NO, 1t came into
my head as conception, and l reflect
ed upon it until I resolved that it was
justified by the situation
Witness then asked the prisoner how
this statement accorded with his theory
of inspiration, and his reply was, The
inspiration was in the form of q pres
sure constantly upon me to commit the
| act.'
Guiteau-That's all there is in the
case, short and to the point. You can
talk about it six years if you want to.
DR.. Gray continued the story of his
interview with Guiteau, with OCCASION
al comments by the latter of assent and
dissent, but not to the extent of annoy
ing interruption, until the hour of ad-
journment.
Adjourned until tomorrow.