Show t TELEtRPHiC TEE GUITE U Ti1dLL Goiteau Placed in the DocJs but lie Gets in BUs Work the Name Washington 28Guiteau came into the court room this morning looking paler than usual He had not slept well A man was placed in a cell near bin who was suffering from a most violent type of mania caused by the excessive use of morphine and during the whole night his shrieks rang through the jail Guiteau was annoyed and asked what was the occasion for such a riot The keeper replied I Weve got a crazy man on our h6nds to night I Well said Guiteau why dont you choke him and make urn keep quiet and not let respectable respect-able people be disturbed In this way bv a miserable lunatic Dr McDonald was crossexamined by Scovile mainly on the temporary insanIty insan-ity The witness was asked if in his practice he had not met an instance of temporwy insanity He replied U Yes SIr j I know of a man who was insane for twentyfour hours Scoville eagerly And then he got well wellWitness Witness No sir he died laughter at Scovilles expense The witness wits asked what he meant > esterdy by say tiog I think he the prisoner has been playing a part ia tho court and replied re-plied I believe ho has been feigning what he bel eed to be insanity not really insanity I believe he has been attempting to give the impression in court that he is insane and with that idea he has been acting a part Scoville soon became involved in a discussion with counsel on the pertinence of a quection when Guiteau shouted You had better let go you are making altogether too much of him If you have not got enough sense to see it I will have to tell you Allusion was made to the ax incident when Guiteau commented contemptuously Oh nonsense non-sense that axe story is i the merest fiction It is all rubbish and shortly afterwards after-wards Doctor just tell something about Abraham and we will let you go Witness was asked if he were not discharged dis-charged for granting a false certificate of health to Wm M Tweed when the latter lat-ter was in confinement in the penitentiary peniten-tiary and replied I never gave Tweed a certificate of health or illhealth and I was never discharged from any position in my life D Randolph Barksdle superintend ant of the Central Lunatic Asylum near Richmond Vaf visited the prisoner at the jail Had also closely observed him in the court and from bis personal examination ex-amination and observation WAS of the opinion that he was sane Witness also testified that he believed Guiteau had been feigning in the court Witness believed be-lieved taking as true the facts set forth in the two hypothetical questions of the prosecution that the prisoner was sane when he shot the President Dr John H Cullender of Nashville superintendent of the Tennessee asyium for the insane had given special attention atten-tion to the study of insanity for the past twelve years Had seen about 2000 cases during his connection with the Tennessee asylum The witness visited the prisoner in jail and also closely observed ob-served the prisoner in court and believed him perfectly sane The witness did not believe the Deity ever inspired a man to kill a fellow creature and anyone who labored under such an insane delusion would show it in act if not by worda Answering the hypothetical questions he said the prisoner was undoubtedly sane Scoville excepted and Guitem interposed inter-posed his remarks ricoville made a sharp croJ examination After recess Scoville put a hypothetical question which embraced the cau e Suppose the person believed himself to be a partner with Jesus Christ Judge Porter protested against the question as blasphemous and it would be a disgrace to the court to justice and to the Christian nations to allow it to be entertained for a moment Scoville replied that if no allusion could be made to what was claimed by the prisoner to be the actuating motive or influences that led to the act then the whole defense would be wipadjaway at a single stroke Judge Porter proceeded to insist upon his view and declared that the time had come when in the name of the American people and on behalf of the government in the federal court he felt it his duty to demand that the prisoner be removed to the dock Guiteau meeringlyIOh you do you big mouthed Porter The court officials sitting behind the prisoner attempted to quiet him when he wheeled round and snarled at one of them will you mind your own business or Ill slap you in the mouth you fool youJudge Porter continued his remarks ami Guiteau again interrupted him and shouted Well you bad better mind your own business < Judge Porter That is my business here today and your honor I must now insist upon my motion of Saturday that the prisoner be removed to the dock dcoville arose to speak when Judge Cox said Let me know first if counsel desire to be heard upon the motion to remove re-move the prisoner to the dock Judge Davidge then proceeded to speak to the motion He believed the time had come when every one present was perfectly satisfied that the prisoner was perfectly sane in respect of his behavior be-havior and amenable to the same rules as other prisoners In the case of Gen Sickles who was tried in this court for murder the judge refused to deviatfc from the rule although he was a tSnrrnisfcprl lawyer and a member of Congress at the time be sat in the prisoners pri-soners dock during his trial Scoville said he would assent to any proposition which might be deemed necessary ne-cessary 2To one had suffered more than he had from the prisoners behavior Guiteau interrupting Well its because be-cause you are a jackass on this case if I had decent counsel I shouldnt have any occasion for remarks You are doing well enough on your theory but theory is altogether too narrow your You have not got brains enough for this case Colonel Reed denied the assumption that the prisoners sanity had been established es-tablished No human knowledge could fathom the workings of the insane mind ard humanity would dictate that 11 reasonable rea-sonable doubt must exist and that a leniency be extended towards him He thought an admonition from the court would suffice Corkhill insisted on the removal of the prisoner to the dock and the removal from around him of the special policemen who were not regular attendants of the court that ha should kept in the dock with no other special protection than is accorded any other prisoner IIJ 4ui teas trembling with anger or ap prehension shouted out You want to shoot me do you Corkhill You cant convict me soyou want to get me shot You might aa well hang me up outside and tell men to shpot me I tell you raising his voice almost to a shriek God Almighty would cursa you sir it I was i put in that dock and shot you miserable wrftch you I Scovill with much feeling protested agaiufat the proposition of the district at torney which could not be understood by any one other than an invitation to all who heard it to shoot the prisoner if opportunity offered After a most impressive im-pressive argument by Judge Porter in which he repelled the reflection of counsel coun-sel for defense upon the district attorney Judge Cox gave his opinion sUting that no certain measure to silence the prisoner could have been taken that would not have ab idged his constitu tional rights whereas it had been deemed and he thought rightly that the prisoners behavior and utterances would prove the best means of determining his mental condition He ordered the prisoner pris-oner removed to the dock whoh was then done The prisoner spoke to the judge in an insinuating voice and promised to keep quiet if allowed to remain with his counsel but Judge Co replied You will go to the dock because no reliance can be placed in your promises Then I move your Honor that the courtroom court-room be cleared A passage was made through the crowd and the prisoner was finally seated in the dock hI hint Afraid he shouted to walk through the streets of Washington God Almighty Al-mighty will protect me as he has doae After glancing around from his new place he called out II Oh I rather like this your honor it gives me much better opportunity op-portunity to aeeJ After one or two outbursts out-bursts on the part of the prisoner the exmaination progressed for several minutes min-utes without incident Scoville banded up the plaster cast of Guiteaua head and inquired if the irregularities were sufficient suffi-cient to attract his attention That looks like the humpty dumpty shouted Guiteau as the witness held up the bead and closely examined it Corkhill Im indebted to you for ibis fine seat its a great improvement The witness thought the head was decidedly well shaped though he attached very little importance to such matters He had in his asylum insane persons with very symmetrical heads and knew plenty of sane people with very illehaped heads The witness did cot believe Guiteau had been feigning insanity in the court house but thought he had exaggerated his natural nat-ural characteristics vanity insolence and audacity Guiteau shouted You mean when I am assaulted I hit back You see old Porter has been promised i 5000 it he would get me hanged He sees the American people dont want me hanged and his fee is therefore slipping through his grasp That makes him mad As the crier announced the adjournment ad-journment of the court Guiteau called out Oh Ill get in my work ever here dont you worry about that Adjourned till 10 a m tomorrow |