Show TRIAL to be mad or not to be Mad thatis the question Guite guiteaux aua brother and sister D declare him insane t ry BY WU W U tele raph to th allo II oral orald l TOm nov 28 the criminal court room was densely densely crowded thia this morning at kt 10 mrs scoville Sc res resumed timed ler lier testimony she described Guit caus actions during his visit in 1878 end d said eho she was then convinced thin lie ho waa was insane and should bo be put I ii an insane asylum frequent objections were raised by the counsel for tile prosecution to the character of the questions propounded by scoville leand lc and continuous discus bion ensued between the th counsel upon the admission of cr catain fain evidence den c e at times some irritability was manifested the witness docs does not understand the rules of evidence gentlemen said scoville Scovil lc yes but you arc are supposed to was the he reply re lilly the witness when asked if she site had ever before been upon the witness stand replied with much emphasis no and im no lawyer alt c either C r mrs Scoville villes examination was wag concluded the crose examination was postponed t to allow goo D burrough of chicago to testify as lie desired to leave toda today to da day this witness boarded with scovil scoville at the time of Guit caus visit in 1875 iio ile made up his mind that the prisoner was cither a fool or prisoner cri crazy he ae was satisfied guitian was unsettled unsettled in intellect there was a brief interval before the next witness appeared and guiteau took advantage of the opportunity and broke aut with I desire to tell till all these there crank newspapermen newspaper men that I appear it lacre ere as its my own counsel that is is my answer to all the silly tuff they have been delivering themselves of ot for some days past some of these newspaper men have pone gone crazy I appear here in part as my own counsel as I have right to under the law and constitution of america no effort was made to check guiteau and no notice whatever of the interruption taken by the court C S joselyn of the tile oneida community thought guiteau s marked characteristic was intense egotism john IV guitrau Guit cau brother of the prisoner was next examined he lie prisoner Fri had lad not been on good terms with his brother for some soine years but had no dolbt of his sanity until lie received some letters in october since lie had bad bome fome come on oil here and seen his brother in in the court room and that at the ja jail ho to had become satisfied that t lie was insane on oil being cross examined the witness admitted that before lie had come to to washington he lie had always in talking of tho the case said he believed believed his brother was responsible but not cane sane at some period of liis his life the prisoner prisoner had voluntarily surrendered himself to evil practices rather nather than good guiteau winced under these statements evidently fearing liis his brothers candor would injure his case and with considerable bitterness interrupted my brother and I havo have not be been on n good terms for fifteen years he lie always sympathized with my father on t that h at on oneida cl d a co community in bu business sinew while scoville Sc and my sister sympathized with me rue the last time I saw my brother brot lier in boston we had borne some angry words so he does not care to testify for me with the ordinary force a brother usually does an and I arn anit glad to find that ho lie has changed hia his views however in in my case I want the public to understand about this guiteau continued to interrupt ex plain ill and correct the witness once judge davidge attempted to stop him but no lie waved his hand imperiously saying you yon keep quiet judge if you please shortly after the witness was asked in connection with an incident he lie had related if ho be at tit that time thought the prisoner insane G guiteau quickly anticipated liis his reply by saying why of course he has alway always thought I I was badly cracked the tile witness said he lie never detected the tile slightest traces of insanity in his father |