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The Trial

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Day
23
Month
December
Year
1881
Copyright
Public Domain
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Thursdny of last weck tlic tetiinniy w :is still more damasing to the prlsoner. Col. Corkhill introduccd evklence to tbc effed that ten years agoGuitcau on applyinjr for au insurance policy had sworn that Uure was no insanity iu his family. Gen. t'. I'eynolds, of Chicago, wlio has had several interview-: with the prisoncr in jail. tesUfied to his belief in the assassjn's sanity. Mrs. Dunmire, Qaitean't lirt WÜ9, WM called as a wltnett, hut owing to ber uot being able to prodnot record proof of her divorce, she was witlnlniwn. The principal teatimotiy 00 Friday mi jriven ly Mrs. Dunmire, wlio totitkd that she MTl slgns of losaDity In Gaitau wliile living with him as bit ife. Slic was Mkad but two or thri'c iinstion?. and the prisonir made no interruptioii?. Au expert doctor testified that he beliered In the sanity of the prisoner from nbservations made while viiiting him in liis ccll. Owlng t the death of the wlfe of one of the jiirors, the trial was Mjapénded on Monday and Taday, luit on W't'diHídav t was (intiniifd. Two expert doctors rn cxainincd and both testifled as to their belief in the sanity of the prisoner on tli 9d of Jal. Tli country is getting tired of tlic ptMtedtagl of the trial, and the rct of the civilizad world is getting di9gtisted. It is thoujjht, however, that it will run ovur into January. The prigoncr will undobtedly be found guilty, but after the trial he lias had he can not complain of lnjustice. For concelt he is unbear.ible, and for slamlcr tod abuse he is notorious. There seems to bè not a spark of gratitude in hia constitution toward his relstives for their ssistance In this time of need. When 5e is bang he wlll probably be mourned by uo one.

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Ann Arbor Courier
Old News