Show TRIAL comparing cranial as to the inspiration theory knocked sky luab hi ah isy by na V ut to the 29 scovil loblien lc then read to the witness the hypothetical question of the tho defense and the witness replied upon that hypothesis his insanity is a self evident proposition dr walter kempster superintend er bof tub wisconsin state hospital I for insane had devoted his attention to the subject of insani insanity tv fifteen years the witness was familiar in with the process of taking the conformity of the head bat did not believe much importance as a rule arule could be bo attached to the shape of tile head in determining the question of sanity or insanity the witness exhibited a number of f slips showing the shape as taken by the conformity of the heads of a number of gentleman including treasurer gilfillan col sou judge carter AV J silbey y and col co Cork corkhill lAll in the case ot col colinger I nger soil the witness remarked pointing with ills his fingers this side ati appears pears alatas flat as compared 11 floether the flo other Guite guiteau that shows bob and I are both cracked in the ammo direction col Cork hilla bills head said the witness haa has a very marked depression upon one side guiteau interrupting ill bet you could put your list fist antho in alie depression sion in his head the witness contini continuing fing the tile depression is very similar to that noticed in the prisoners head led laughter guiteau lie i Is cracked a great deal woree worse than I am ain the witness related incidents within his knowledge of persons who had committed crimes while acting under the influence of insano insane delusions and defined what he lie considered insane delusion to be the witness was asked ifcic if ho had ever seen abase a case where r e a person erso n committed u bitted a or crime T e and c claimed laim ed di divine vi ne inspiration ration an and d if so how such per persons ons deported themselves before and after the act he lie replied that in such cases the delusion or inspiration as they claim it to be cornea comes to the persons suddenly and with intense pressure and th that at such persons act quickly and with sudden impulse delaying neither to co consider the opportunity nor the file weapons that it would be impossible to conceive without actually witnessing in it the energy and impetuosity and determination with which persons acting under insane delusion carry out their purposes that it would bo be equally impossible to describe it with language guiteau you dont agree with abraham doctor ho lie took plenty of time to make lib the witness stated lie did not riot be licko in a distinct type of insanity which could be railed called moral insanity it was simply a convenient term which lias has been invented to excuse so the commission cioll of heinous crimes the tile witness had never seen abase where an insane man after committing a crime paraded bi his in sanity and urged it as an excuse fo for r his crime insane murderers do not boast of their acts but on the contrary very rarely allude to them unless a good deal of ingenuity is used to draw bliem out the witness until he lie entered this courtroom had n never ever heard of ccase ar caso of alle alleged geil inspiration that camo came from within wit liin always such persons claim to have heard the voice of god or sen his image or something of that t sort such inspiration on is is lie never ver a conviction arrived at a after fer mature reflect reflection iun on the part of the person so afflicted tho tile witness asked if the belief of the tie I prisoners father T W guit guiteau can that tha t disease could bo be cured by prayer raver should bo be taken as an ovi evidence arice of insanity replied by no means we all know that thousands prayed d daily for the salvation salvati oll of president garfield li lifo fo they would hardly have done so if they had not entertained some belief in lie tile effa cacy of prayers after recess guiteau opened the proceedings with the request for pen and ink if your honor please ho lie remarked I have a good many letters hero here that require to be answered if I could have paper pen and ink I would put in a great deal of the time to advantage the throng that besieged the court room doors this afternoon was greater than upon any previous oce oc cassion assion and hundreds were unable to gain admission another expert for the defense lias has been discovered through the following telegram which cel col reed received this morning jacksonville dec 20 29 iron chas reed washington D C dr mcfarland has treated a member of the guiteau family he ile is a thorough expert and believes the prisoner insane you remember him here cereo in th abo hopps case subpoena il him in ur dr kempster again took the s stand tand ho ile had bad visited the jail and egami examined alie ie prisoner prisoner with a view of determining his As mental condition witness detailed at some leneth length the conversations ho lie had with t the ie prisoner with occasional contradictions from gui beau witness asked the prisoner if lie ile thought he was wits insane and his reply was not what you experts call insane but legally insane when asked what he lie meant by that term the prisoner said if he lie could pet get the tile jury to believe ho he ats acting under inspiration I from the ird lord I rd when wilen lie shot the th president that would be all he wanted they would then acquit him col corkhill doctor there was a young liere here a horse doctor who col reed juin jumping ping to his feet I submit to your honor such language is entirely improper judge cox so ruled and Cork corkhill bill s somewhat contemptuously added well then a doctor in a horse college col reed I submit the same objection jec tion 11 jud judo o cos cox the form of question is not admissible corkhill I did not intend it as a reflection but merely to distinguish the witness in question from those medical medica I gentlemen who have testified here and have knowledge of what they testify S lovil Scovil lc you meant iowia it reflect tion and spoke it in that way because the gentleman is not riot here to answer you corkhill I said the sa same ine to him when he lis was here judge porter thought tho preface to the question manifestly improper a mistake however ho lie I orter might havo have made had he lie been in the tile place orllis of his colleague witness was cross examined by col reed ato produced a pamphlet lit report pre prepared pored by witness as superintendent in of tho the wisconsin insane asylum and read extracts from it during the rea reading dinga a dispute arose between counsel who seemed to have gradually developed a vast amount of bitterness judge porter several times insinuated ted that col was falsely reading for the purpose of deceiving the jurand jury and upon the lat latter indignant denial denla and demand that the reporters notes be read in his vil vindication ass asserted sorted that counsel could defend himself ifcic if ho desired to put punt himself on trial in place of the tile prisoner col reed with an effort kept his temper despite the tile badgering bade enn of opposing p s ing counsel and insisted upon re til i ng ff the notes the reporter read reid then them and his notes compared with the exception of two words hat that were quoted in the report which counsel had not mentioned some fifteen minutes had been condit consumed in ed in the dispute and tile court adjourned jour ned |