Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 January 1882 — Page 7

Shorn of His Dignity

TkeAssassin’s Tongue at Last £rets Him Into the Doch, Gateau and His Counsel Cliim is an In vita* v,„ tion to Shoot Him, / B*-Secretary Boutwell, who tniide, examination of the ins ane asylums Massachusetts, is of the Guiteau is insane, j He baseeiife' opinion on his laugh and he says,, are always peculiatftfi jhaane people. vxrr- f rHIRT Y-SIXTH DAY. J iir. McDonald, Supericitend«nhbf‘Wird,s Islanjfl Insane Hospital, testified that daring his practice he had 6,000 cases of insanity. He had given speciafift tentidn to tne study of insanity.,, AVrfqesp stated the differe icAhetween “defcatooaii and “insane delu^ny’—the ohe being the' subject of 'the judgment and thetoerteefe, the latter not being correcf3tl&i<«id for;that reason denomi- * na(|'C[ sq jnsftad delusion. Also, of illuiioas v and hallucinations, giving from his own experience. judging from experience, that the claim of inspiration frequently by insane persons proceeded froiSjk& .JSQurcp of hallucination or

affecting the senses. Tha witness was then asked if a personas under the claim of “inspfrjljftion” would indicate It in any other way than by their assertions, andHtetfittea: “Their actions and behavior would indicate it as well as their assertions. To illustrate it: A person claiqung to be Jesus Christ, and nrnjpy an inspiration clothed him selflike''jsiq Saviour, gave away his pro#«jj? abet; slept out of doors, be-| cau»|h% Sjfviqur had not where to asked if such persons wou Id feel _ apprehension of bodily injury, or would take any precaution to guard against danger. He repiied: Inspiration always overrides all fear, bodily* pain or injury, the petsou who believes lie i% actingunder inspiration wholly oblivious to suck considerations. WUiaeK asked if such persons usually planne<! with delileration ; ,aud replied: “On the contrary, their acts art sudden both in conception and execution, as a rule, and they Beldom attempt to avoid the consequences in afiy way. o ; 1 ' - ‘“There two kinds of insanity, Do<Jiof h > sd&gested the prisoner; “the insanity and "the Abraham insanity, The latter is the school I belong us what you think of Abrpham, Doctor. o 'Witneydescribed what is commonly called temporary insanity, where the siftjif fcbinto Mi an act which is the only •evidence of hfe insanity and where the person is, to all appearances, perfectiy sane in ail other respects, both before and after the act. —- I That’s just my case exactly.

Witness —I do not believe in such in= swrilty, and in all my * experience have never seen an instance of it. v Colonel CorkhilJ —Doctor, we had a young-,nan beye from Chicago, an agnostic, Who testified that one person in every five was insane. What would you say of that? Bcovifie asked to have question read bjr the reporter,' and sharply rebuked the District Attorney for his persistent attempts to injure? thife character of, and to cast slurs upon, ths Witnesses for tlieciefense. “I do not care.” he continued, ‘‘to be continually objecting to such matters. He may continue to do so it he chooses. ,We will wait till We get to the jury.” Corkhill—Well, then, suppose you waiti , - V Witness in reply to the question: “In the group of which that Young makes one, the other four will be pretty safe.” Witness thought that a person acting under an inspiration to commit certajii deeds would not be deterreddrom the commission of that act through any consideration of personal harm to other persons. AGuiteau—Oh, you are talking about cranks; now I don't belong to that school.' ’ V

Witness visited prisoner in his cellatthe jail, remaining two hours and making the usual mental examination in such cases. He talked over with the prisoner 411 the main incidents of his life up to and includimg the shooting of the President. Tift prisoner spoke of the act as “my con-' oeptian,” an<ieoon after, “I conceived thb removal of the President." Wit*ess asked, why, if the act was .the Almighty's, and he was simply the .the agent, he was so particular to practice his aim, and why he did not trust details to the Almighty, and the prison hesitated, flushed a little, and 4aid, “the Almighty, often trusts details to his agents.""’ Witness talked at cdbsiderable length with the prisoner in regard to the crime, and asked him what plans or expectations he had for the future, and his reply was to the effect that while he *iid not consider himself insane, he had ‘kthflldff'up the subject of insanity, and Jbeifewthl*- would be. found bv k 5 jury

to be legally insane at the time of the commission t of the act and would be acquitted. He was asked, “Wliat do yo» suppose will be done with you?’’ and replied, “I will be sent to an insane asylum, and I find 1 , under the law, that I can, after a few months, have" a commission of lunacy to pass upon my case, and of course they will find toe sane, and I will be discharged.” Witnbte believed from his examination and observation of the prisoner in court that £e is a perfectly sane man. The witness then proceeded at some length to give th* reasons for his opinions, using the expressions: “I have frequently noticed that his most violent interruptions have been made when the weight iof evidence was against him.” , , Counsel for defense _ objected that the witness was usurping the functions of the jury, who alone could pass upon the fact that the evidence was for or against the prisoner. The court overruled [the objection, and the exception was noted by the defense. Guiteau, who had kept unualiy quiet all through the morning, here addressed the witness/(speaking without any show and excitement): “You are making a great ado about nothing, Doctor. I don’t pretend that lam insane now. Tell us what you know about Abraham. Get your money and go home.”

Witness, continuing, closely analyzed conduct and remarks of the prisoner during the trial, and conehidedthat lie had been playing a part ever since the first day. At the outset the prisoner, he said, had directed all his abuse against one of the counsel, and afterward against all of them. Guiteau—Weil, you see, Doctor Corkhill has corrupted the rest of them. “Evil com|nunications,” you know, “corrupt good manners.” The first hypothetical question of; the prosecution was read and objection made by the defense 10 the clause “assume that he raised an ax to his sister, which act the prisoner himself denies,” on the ground that the witness could not be asked to pass upon a hypothetical question containing two propositions diametrically opposite. After argument, the court sustaining the objection, the prosecution modified their question, and in a modified form it was put to the witness. " He replied: “I believe the person to have been sane.” Objection to the question, and reply , was noted by the defense. After recess Dr. McDonald again took the stand, Guiteau, who ha 4 Just taken his seat, looked over to the jury aud said: “These experts are doing this business with a good deal of parrot-like talk. Dr. McDonald deviated somewhat from the course pursued by the rest of them. I deem it, but justice to myself to say I did not say to him I had examined the law in relation to this master.” Corkhill then read a second hypothetical question upon which Guiteau commented en passant with such expressions as “That is absolutely false,” [“That is that fellow Shaw’s lies,” “That is all rubbish,” “It is nobody’s business where I got the money,” “I did not kill him,” “Doctors killed him,” etc. j*.

Witness answered: Assuming the facts set, forth to be true, and adding (that statement to others, it strengthens my opinion that the man was sane on the 2d of July. Exception to the" question, and answer was noted by the defense. THIRTY-SEVENTH DAY. The Guiteau defense has decided to present more expert testimony, so the case will not end for some time yet. Guiteau came into the courtroom this morning looker paler than usual. He complained that be had not slept well. Last evening, a man was placed in a cell near his who was suffering from the most violent type of mania, caused by the excessive use of morphine, and during the whole night his shffifcks rang through the jail. Guiteau was annoyed, and asked what was the occasion ! for such riot. The keeper replied: “We’ve got a crazy man on our hands to-night.” “Well," said Guiteau, “why don’t you choke him aud make him keep quiet, and not let respectable people be disturbed in this way by a miserable lunatic.” Doctor McDonald again took the stand this morning, and was crossexamined by Mr. Scoville. the questions were directed mainly to the subject of temporary insanity, and the witness was asked if, in his practice, he had not met an instance of temporary insanity. He replied: “Yes, sir. I know of a man who was insane for twenty-four hours.” t Scoville (eagerly)—And then he got well?

“No, sir. He died." [Laughter at Scoville’s expense.] Witness was asked what he meant yesterday by saying, “ T think he (the primmer) has been playing a partin court," 1 and replied: “I believe he has been feigning what he believed to be Insanity; not really insanity. I bell a he has been attempting to give an impression in court that he is insane, and with that idea has been acting a part." - .«• j : k ■ Scoville soon became involved in_a discussion with counsel tfie pertilicacc question, when Guiteau shouted:

“You had better let him go. You are making altogether too muoh of him. If you have not got sense enough to see it, I will have to tell you,” i Allusion was made to the axe incident, when Gniteau commented, contemptuously : “Oh, nonsense, that axe story is the merest fiction. It’s ail rubbish,” and shortly afterwards: “Doctor, just tell us somethjng about Abraham, and we will let yon go.” Witness was asked if he was not discharged for granting afalseoertiftcate of health to William M. Tweted when the latter was in confinement in the penitentiary, and replied: “I never gave to Tweed a certificate as health or ill health, and I never was discharged from, any position in my life.” Dr. Randolph Barksdale, Superin* tendent of the Central Lunatic Asylum, near Richmond, Va., visited the prisoner in jail. He had also closely observed him in court, and from his personal examination and observation, was of the opinion that he was sane. Witness also testified that he believed Guiteau had been feigning in court. Witness believed, taking as true the facts set forth in two hypothetical questions of the proseerftion, that the prisoner was sane when he shot the' President.

Dr. John H. CoHenae*, of Nashville, Superintendent ol the Tennessee State Asylum for the Insane; had given special attention to the study of insanity for the past twelve years, and had seen about 2,000 cases during his connection with the Tennessee asylum. Witness visited the prisoner in jail, and also closely observed the prisoner in court, and believed him perfectiy sane. Witness did not believe the Deity ever inspired a man to take the life of a fellow creature; that if a person labored under thejnsane delusion that, he was inspired to kill the President of the United States, he would, even if he did not talk about it, disclose his purpose by his changed manner and conversation. Witness not having heard the hypothetical questions, they were read to him by Corkhill. o J i Guiteau prefaced the reading tiy saying: “Your whole question is jfull of falsehoods and, misstatements. I make this assertion now at the outset to avoid interrupting you as you go along.” Witness believed, taking the facts set forth to be true, that the prisoner was undoubtedly sane. Guiteau again commented: “Twc,-. thirds of that stuff is ail bosh,” ScoviJle noted an objection to both questions and answers. Upon cross- exrmiDation Scoville took up the hypothetical question, clause by clause, and questioned the witness closely as as to the weight and bearing of each in tbe formation of hia (witness’) opinion. Recess. After recess, Scoville put a hypothetical question which embraced the clause: “Suppose the prisoner believed himself to be a partner with a Jesus Christ?”

Judge Porter protested against the question as blasphemous, and said it would be a uisgrace to a court of justice and to a Christian nation 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 this act, then the whole defense would be wiped away at a single stroke. Judge Porter proceeded to insist upon his view, and declared the time had <%ne when, in the name of the American people and on behalf of the government in a Federal court, he felt nis duty to demand that the prisoner be remanded to the dock. Guiteau (spitefully)—Oh, you do; you big-mouthed Porter. Court officials sitting behind the prisoner attempted to quiet him, when he wfiirled around and snarled atone of them: “Well, you mind your business or I’ll slap you in the mouth, you fool, you.” Judge Porter continued his remarks and Guiteau again interrupted him and shouted out: “Well, you had better mind your business.” J.V Judge Porter—That is my business here to-day, and your Honor, I must rfcw insist upon my motion of Saturday, that the prisoner be placed in the dock.

Scoville arose to speak, when Judge Cox said: “Let me know first, if the counsel desire to be heard upon the motion to remove 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 satisfied that the prisoner was perfectly sane in respect of his behavior, and amenable to the same rules as other prisoners. In the case of General Sickles, who was .tried in this court for murder, the < Judge refused to deviate from the rule, although he was a distinguished lawyer and member of Congress at and he sat in the prisoner’s dodk during his trial. Scoville said he would assent toa&y proposition which might be deemed necessary. No one had suffered more than he had from the prisoner’s!behavior. Guiteau (interrupting)—Well, it’s because you are a jackass on this case. If I had decent counsel I should not

have any occasion for remarks. You ate doing well enough on your theory, but your theory is altogether too narrow* Youhaven't jjot hrsina enough for this ease. |4r. Reed denied the assumption that the, prisoner’s sanity had been established. No human knowledge could fathom the workings of the insane fclud, and humanity would dictate, if a resonable doubt; should exist, that leniency be extended toward him. He thought an admonition from the court would suffice. Mr. Corkhill insisted upon the removal of the prisoner to the dock, and the removal from around him of special policemen who were not regular attaches of the court; that he should|be kept iii the dock with no other special protection than is accorded any other prisoner, . Guiteau trembling with anger or apprehension, shouted out: “You want to shoot me, do you, Corkhill? You can’t convict me, so you want to get me shot. You might just as well hang me up outside aud tell the mob to shoot at me. I tell you (raisinghis voice almost to a shriek) God Almihty would curse you, sir, if I was put in that dock aud shot. You miserable wretch, you.” Scoville, with much feeling, pro tested against the proposition of the District Attorney, which could not be understood by any one other than an invitation to all who heard it to shoot the prisoner if opportunity afforded. After a most impressive argument by Judge Porter, in which he repelled the reflection of counsel for the defense upon the District Attorney, Judge Cox gave his opinion, stating that no certain measure to silence the prisoner could have been taken that would not have abridged his constitutional rights, whereas it had been deemed, and he thought rightly, that the prisoner’s behavior and utterances would prove the best means of determining his mental condition. He ordered the prisoner removed to the d >ck, which was then done. The rumor that Jett Chandler, o" ts Louis, is to be counsel for Guiteau is denied by Chandler himself. ‘ The report that Mrs. Scoville had started home was incorrect. She re fusts to go though her friends , desire her to do so. (

The Use of Short Words.

Ex-GoYCJPor Horatio Seymour. We must not only think in words, but we must also try- to use the best words, aud thoke which in speech will put what is in our minus into the minds of others. This is the great art which those must gain who wish to teach in the school, the church, at the bar, or through the press. To do this in the right way they should use the short words which we learn in early life, and which have the same sense to all classes of men. The English of our Bible is good. Now and then some long ufbrus are found, and they always hurt the verses in which you find them. Take that which says: “0 ye generation of vipers, who har.h warned you to flee from the wrath to come?” There is one loDg word which ought not to be iu it, namely, “generation.” In'the old version the <>id wonF'brood” is used. Read the verse again with this term, von feel its fuil force: “O ye viper’s brood, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?” Crime Sometimes does not look like crime When it is set before us in the many folds of a\ long word. When a man steals wev call it ‘defalcation,’ we are at loss to know if it is a blunder or a crime. If he does not tell the truth, and we are told! it is a case of ‘prevarication,’ it takes us some time to know just what we should think of it. No man will cheat himself in wrong doing, nor Will he be at loss to judge of others, if he thinks and speaks of acts in clear efisp terms. It is a good rule, if one is at losjs to know if an act is right or Wrong, to write it down in a short straightout English.

Louis Napoleon’s Courage.

At Strasburg, when the Regiment on which h)e depended refused its support, he ran and was found in a state of abject terpjr hiding under a carriage. In the Boulogne attempt, when he had got halfway across the channel he became alarmed, and wished to turn back. The people about him called for champagne, and kept him to his purpose by making him half drunk. As he approached, and no friends appeared, his alarm returned. The first troops that met hint were under the command of a sensible old officer, who, when he* saw the! strange procession, accompanied by the tame eagle, and was told that Louis Napoleon was at its head, instead of joining him, summoned him to Surrender. Vaudreuil had said that at Strasburg Louis Napoleon bad not dared even to fire a pistol in his own defence. He recollected this mob kept a pistol in his hand, and fired at the officer, but his hand shook so that though the man was not five paces off he missed him and wounded a poor cook, who, in his white apron, was standing at a door toeee what was going ou. | Louis Napoleon turned, ran into the sea, and got into a boat. A boat from the shore pulled after,hlm.He gave himself up, begged them not to hurt him, and said that, he had 200,000 francs in his pocket which he would give them. He was landed, and begged M. Adam, the maire, to take the 200,000 francs. Adam said he would take care of them, but, with ..businesslike habits, chose to count thbm first. It was lucky for him, for when it was counted in the presence of the crowd, there were found to be only 120,000. This sum, when he was on trial before his peers, he claimed, and the 'cruel government of Louis Philippe let him have them. He never crossed the Ticino. He was smoking in a bouse during the whole time. At Solferino, where he was two miles in the real, he did not move or give an order, but be smoked fifty-three cigars. We know this, as he always carries ! with him li tl ■ boxes, each of which

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contains fifty cigars. One was quite exhausted, aud three had been taken out of the other. Once a spent ball came near him, but that is the only oocasion on which he could be considered as under fire. I saw letter from one 6f thp Cent-Susses to/his mother: “You need be under no anxiety about me. Pam with the Emperor, aDd therefore out of danger.” Iu fact, none of them were hit, ! - :

Crazy on Cats.

PhilaUelpb La Press. } : Cats recently,!! not in mfet ages,have been accepted as the syujbplic representatives of maidenhood pfwsed to the sere and yellow leaf ■ of unmarried de'* cadence- In fact, caricaturists have provided aged spinsters with" '®' common coat-of-arms consisting of cats rampaut and couchant, and in various other attitudes of heraldic significance, quartered upon shields of azure, gules, etc. Miss Esther M. Myers, who died two days ago at the ripe age of 78,seems to have been the only recorded instance of acceptance as a fact of what had come to be the emblem of pointed satire. It is nearly a year since her friends charged with her welfare,found her in an almost starving condition, surrounded by Angora, pi&ltese, and less pure-blooded tabbies ; aud totals, who starved rather than make a meal off their benefactress,who bad cultivated a small family of them numbering fifty of all ages. This squalor was due to no lack,of support but rather to a diseased condition of mind whlph preferred the companionship of pets to association of those with whom her early and midale as well aa declining years had been spent , , , Quite sixty years ago,a most attractive young woman was a pupil at the most fashionable school or this' city of that day,kept by Mme. Jordan. There are not many to-day living who recal the tall, slender 'blonde Whose attire was the envy of ffiany blessed with, a plentiful wardrobe and in. accent of a a island cotton, which not a few .thought it tony to Imitate. With bills promptly settled, and teachers treated with consideriitlMi, feHow-pupils regretted the lot that consigned ;them to plain clothes and stringent discipline. The favored h&ldenj was she whose 1 death is herein recorded. In her later year* m little bouse iu the outskirts of '

the city was all too large for the aged lady, who manifested a great interest in the propagation of chickens and ducks as well as cats. The former furnished food in eggs and meat for herself aod favorites. This eccentricity was not discouraged; in fact, the the kind and charitable peqple£wbo were interesting themselves rather encouraged it as a harmless and not expensive way of solacing the retirement of their ward. Letters were written to addresses given by the recluse an those: 1 ; of her relations, but no replies having been received tbeir existence began to be doubted. As the figments of a dis- ' ordered brain. It is related that she was never happier than when she watched a favorite tabby, feloniously appropriating the meal 4. which she ought to have eaten herself. JThey grew so bold that they would even paw it out of the stew pans in which it was cooking, while she looked on - in ecs—tacies of merriment at the cleverness of her pets in running over a hot stove.

Work of the Whiping Post.

Toronto (Ont.) Globe. , James Coulter.for attempting to outrage Miss Campbell at Ktngnon last month, and who, for this outrage was sentenced to two years in Central Prison, and fdrty-elght lashes with the cat-’o-nine-tails, received the first installmen whipping to-day. The prisoner “was stripped and placed on ' the triangle. He snowed considerable terror at the approaching punishment One of the guards bared his aims, and taking hold of: the instfrument of torture, he swung ijt around bis head afid bringing it dowii With great force over the prisoner’s bare back, who roared with terror and pain, and implored the doctor to have menjy on nim. His ories were unheeded, and again and again the blows fell with redoubled ■ force, while the victim continued his. cries lor mercy. After the flogging was fever the prisoner’s back was tom and bleeding, and ho was taken to the prison hospital,where a cloth saturated with oil was placed over his back. He will receive the balance of the flogging. _ Ip nine months: ' ■ • :; - Resonance in puunu nans can bo . modified or prevented by stretching wires across the ceiling so that the vibrations are absorbed, conveyed from one wire to another, and spread over . the building.