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TRYING THEASSASSIN.
HIS CONSCIENCE PRICKB HIM.
Shortly afterward Guiteau became
very indignent at Judge Porter's use
of the word 'murder,' and shouted
fiercely, 'You seem to delight in the
use of the words kill and murder.
There is no use of your whining in
that way. The mere outward fact of
how I removed the President has
nothing whatever to do with this case.'
Guiteau's shrewdness in detecting
and anticipating any point which
might be made against him was the
marked feature of tbe investigation.
Judge Porter pressed him very closely
to fix the day when he received his al
leged 'inspiration' to remove the Pres
ident, and Guiteau finally shrieked out,
'to remove all this loose talk I would
have removed the President at any
time between the middle of June and
2d of July if I had found the opportun
ity. I would have done it for the
good of the American people.'
Guiteau was permitted to indulge
bis passion for talking upon tbe pend
ing political situation (at tbe time of
tbe shooting) until speaking of the
President's ingratitude to Grant and
Conkling. He was led by Judge Port
er to admit that 'lngratitude is tbe
basest of crimes.'
THE METHOD IN HIS MADNESS
Judge Porter—Stop there. What
would you have thought of your act in
killing the President had he given you
the Paris consulship instead of having
refused it ?
Guiteau bad previously said that
Garfield was his (prisoner's) 'warm
personal and political friend,' that no
personal motive whatever was involv
ed in bis act, and, fearing evidently
some trap was being sey for him, he
hesitated a moment, and then, with
great emphasis, said : 'I want to just
iastea you solid right here. I would
not have taken the Paris consulship
after the first ol Juoe if I had been ap
pointed to it, and tbe President and
Secretary Blaine bad both beseeched
me on there knees to take it. I had at
that time resolved to remove tbe Pres
ident for the good of the American
people.'
THE ASSASSIN CORNERED.
After recess Guiteau resumed tbe
stand, looking very haggard and worn.
The cross-axamination, however, was
continued as before recess. Guiteau
said he bad no special purpose in using
some flattering words to Blaine. 'I
simply made the suggestion to him, in
case be assisted me in getting the Par
is Consulship, that I should feel bound,
in case be was a candidate at tbe na
tional convention, to assist him. The
Judge understands that is the way
politicians get on. You tickle me, I
tickle you.'
Question — Did you write to Presi
dent Garfield, the letter marked 'Pri
vate,' in which you said, 'I intend to
express my sympathy for you on ac
count of the pressure that has been on
you Bince you came to the city ?'
A.—Yes ; I wrote that letter. My
idea was just this, to express my per
sonal regard for General Garfield on
account of the pressure on him for of
fice, and that is what I meant by say
ing I considered bim my personal
friend. I sympathize with any Presi
dent who has this enormous horde of
office peekers at his throat. At the
time those letters were written I bad
not tbe slightest conception of remov
ing tbe President. If you want to
bring those letters against me that
were written at the time when I bad
not the slightest conception of remov
ing tbe President, then you are trying
to do what you cannot do and will not
do,' (banging the railing violently.)
Tbe prisoner being asked how many
times he bad spoken with Conkling on
the street, answered, 'I met him once
on the street. He was exceedingly
cordial, and be bowed and said, 'How
do you do, Mr. Guiteau.' I was on
good relations with all those men dur
ing March and April.'
Mr. Porter (slowly, and with great
deliberation) —Did Senator Conkling-
The prisoner (interrupting)—Oh,
don't look so fierce at mo. I don't
care a snap of my finger for you.
Mr. Porter—But you will answer
my questions.
Prisoner—Put your questions in a
quiet, simple sort of a way aud I will.
Mr. Porter—Did Senator Conkling
ever promise to suppor your applica
tion for the Paris Consulship?
The prisoner—My expectation about
tbe Paris Consulship was that I would
get it through my personal influence
with tbe President, Blaine and Logan,
and that when my nomination went to
tne Senate Senator Conkling and that
sort of men would see it through. But
I don't think it necessary to discuss
this matter of tbe Paris Consulship. I
went over it all yesterday, and I de
cline to discuss it further. There is no
use in wasting tbe time of this honora
ble Court on it in going over it again.
If you do not know tbe facts about it
yet you had better read this morning's
papers, and vou will find them
MALICE TOWARD BLAINE.
The prisoner was asked about the
inspiration of his suggestions to Gar
field that he would succeed himself in
1884. He replied in a resolute tone,
'I decline to discuss this matter any
further. You have gone over it two
or tbree times, and I decline to discusß
it any more. If your idea were correct
about my having malice in tbe matter,
Blaine was the man for me to have
shot. What possible ill-will could I
have had against Garfield ? Blaine
was the man to have been shot, ac
cording to your theory. My getting
or not getting office bad nothing to do
with it, whatever. It only shows how
absurd and nonsensical your theory is.
If General Garfield had paid respect to
those letters, it would have been all
right, but what did he do ? He went
and sold himself, soul and body, to
Blaine. He did not appreciate the
sentiment and kindness of those letters,
but threw himself into Blaine's bands
and allowed Blaine to use tbe Presi
dency to destroy Conkling and Grant.'
| Question —Diu you say to Presi
dent Garfield he would have no peace
. till he got rid of Blaine ?
i Prisoner—Yes, aud that was tbe
BUTLER, PA., WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 14.1881
way Stalwart and Liberal papers all
over the country talked. That was
the way the Washington Republican
and Gorham and that kind of people
talked.
Mr. Porter—Did you say Blaine was
a wicked man ?
Prisoner—Yes, because he was using
President Garfield, who was a good
man and a kind man, but a weak poli
tician. Garfield just sold himself, body
and soul, to Biaine. That was what
General Grant himself said iD bis let
ter denouncing Garfield for selling him
self out to Blaine
Mr. Porter—Did you say yesterday
you did not desire the removal of Sec
retary Blaine ?
Tbe prisoner—l did not, and you
cannot find it in the record- I insist
now upon you finding it in the record.
I want to fasten something on to you.
I am as good a man as you are.
Mr. Porter—l know you think so.
The prisoner (angrily)— Yes, and
the public will think so, too.
Mr. Porter—Was your motive for
demanding Blaine's resignation because
he had said to you on the Saturday
preceding never to speak to him again
on the Paris Consulship ?
The prisoner (excitedly)—l told you
that had nothing to do with the Paris
Consulate. I want to ram that into
you and put it down deep. [Laugh
ter.] lam talking now about nation
al politics, and not about a miserable
office, and if you would try to get your
brains to take that in it would be bet
ter. lam not a disappointed office
seeker.
ANOTHER RANTING SPELL.
In the course of further cross-exami
nation tbe prisoner said in relation to
the term 'murder,' 'The Deity seemed
to be on my side, and every one else
against me. But there is a great deal
better feeling towards me now than
there was some three or four weeks
ago. Some of their bitter crauk papers
have been toning down wonderfully
for the last three or four weeks. What
tbey want is a change of heart. They
want conversion ; they want new ideas
about tbe President's removal. Noth
ing but a change of heart will satisfy
tbeir diabolical thirst for blood. It is
not likely the Deity will gratify them
in tbeir thirst for blood. They begin
to see it and they will see it more and
more.'
The prisoner having expressed the
belief that the Deity protected him
from the day be sbot the President to
this day, Mr. Porter said, 'lt depends
more on whether the jury believe you.'
The prisoner—Exactly what the jury
is here to pass upon. Whether tbe
Deity and I did the act, or whether I
did it on my personal account. And
I tell you further, I expect there will
be an act of God to protect me, if it is
necessary, from any kind of violence,
either banging or shooting.'
The prisoner asserted his act saved
the country from another war.
Mr. Porter—There would have been
war now but for you ?
HE ASSUMES THE PATHETIC.
A.—l do not pretend the war was
immediate, but I do say emphatically
(and here be began to declaim in a
dramatic manner and in tbe style of a
stump speaker) that tbe bitterness in
the Republican party was deepening
hour by hour, and that by two or
three years at least tbe nation would
have been in a flame of war. In the
presence of death all hearts were hush
ed, dissension ceased. For weeks and
weeks the heart and brains of tbe na
tion centered on tbe sick man at the
White House. At last (and here tbe
speaker lowered his voice so as to be
almost unintelligible), he went tbe
way of all flesh and the nation was in
mourning. That is a paragraph from
a speech I intended to make two weeks
ago,' be said, resuming bis natural
tone, and apparently well satisfied with
his effort. 'lt comes iu very pertiuent
here, and I am glad I had a chance to
deliver it.'
PERPLEXING QUESTIONS.
Counsel asked the prisoner tbe ne
cessity of requesting General Sherman
to send troops to the jail to protect
bim from having obeyed the Deity.
A.—l would have been shot and
hung a hundred times if it had not
been for the troops at the jail. t
Q. —Any harm in that ?
A.—That is a matter for the law to
Eass upon. (Impatiently.) I will not
aye any more conversation with you
on this sacred subject. You are mak
ing light of a serious matter, and I
will not talk about it.
Going back to the letters, Porter
read that in which the prisoner stated
Garfield's nomination, election and 're
moval' were acts of God, and then ask
ed 'Who nominated him ?'
A.—Tho Chicago convention.
Q. —Was that inspired?
The prisoner hesitated and seemed
about to dodge the question, when Mr.
Porter stopped bim with an impatient
'now, now, now.'
A.—(mockingly—Now, now, now.
I thought Grant or Blaine would be
nominated, and when Garfield was
nominated on the thirty-sixth ballot it
was the act of God. Tbe facts sur
rounding bis election would sustain
the position that it was the act of God,
and the facts surrounding his removal
would sustain the same position.
The prisoner complained of being
fatigued, saying he was not used to
speaking five hours at a time, and the
court adjourned.
OUITEAC'B CROSS-EXAMINATION CONTIN
UED.
WASHINGTON, Friday, December 2.
Immediately upon opening the Crimin
al Court Guiteau was placed in the
witness box. He glanced at tbe papers
a moment, and tben said : 'I desire,
Judge Porter, to state to you, and to
the honorable Court, I decline to an
swer any more questions, mere repeti
tions of what we have already been
over.'
Judge Porter immediately resumed
the cross-examination with the ques
tion, was it one of your purposes in re
moving the President to create a de
mand for your book ?'
Answer—Yes, sir, with the modifi
cation that it was to preach the gospel.
Witness soon became excited, and
gesticulating wildly, insisted upon his
iuspiratioa and that tbo Lord had
lected him to do the work. He was
no fool. The Lord never selected fools
to do His work. He had inspired him
to remove Garfield, and left him (wit
ness) to use bis own judgment in se
lecting the means. Continuing, excit
edly, 'and the Lord has taken care of
me. I've neither been shot nor hung.'
Judge Porter—And you did not ex
pect to be ?
Answer—l decline to discuss the
matter with you. I did not have any
thought on the subject. I left it all to
the Deity.
THE ASSASSIN PERPLEXED.
Witness repeatedly refused to answer
questions, or, as he termed it, to 'dis
cuss' matters under inquiry. At one
time he appealed to the Court for pro
tection against the manner of cross-ex
amination.
Judge Porter—l have not attempted
to force a reply from you Mr. Guiteau.
If you will allow the jury to under
stand that you refuse to answer it will
suit my purpose just as well.
The witness at once turned to Judge
Porter and inquired, 'Well, what was
your question, Judge ?'
The witness was then asked if his
entering tbe Oneida Community was
an inspiration ; if his leaving was an
inspiration? and declined to discuss the
subject.
Judge Porter then produced Gui
teau's book, 'Truth,' which the witness
claimed was the result of inspiration
from the Deity, and compared it, par
agraph by paragraph, with the 'Bu
reau,' tbe Oneida Community book, !
written by John H. Xoyes. The sim- 1
ilarity of ideas and identity of express
ion was apparent all through, and the
witness struggled desperately to ex
plain away his palpable plagiarisms.
HIS ONEIDA EXPERIENCE.
A letter addressed by Guiteau to the
Oneida Community was then read, in
which the writer confessed his love for
and subjection to John 11. Noyes and
the Oneida Community. Several other
letters written by Guiteau about the
time be left the Oneida Community
were then placed in evidence, identified
by Guiteau and read. One of them,
addressed to the Community, sets forth
the writer's repentance for acts of in
subordination, and contained a confes
sion that he acted 'under the influence
of his own self-willed, conceited and fa
natical disposition.'
Guiteau insisted, in spite of warnings
in makiDg his explanations as the read
ing progressed. 'I was elbowing my
way out of the Community then,' said
the witness. 'You want to imagine
yourselves in hell, ladies and gentle
men, aud trying to get out, then you
can understand my position at that
time.'
THE DEITY OF THE DEVTL.
Witness believed in the personal ex
istence of the Deity and a devil, and
when the impulse to remove the Presi
dent seized bim be wrestled and pray
ed to find if it came from tbe Lord or
tbe devil, and had it not been for tbe
political situation and tbe evident ne
cessity for bis removal for the good of
the country and the American people,
witness would not have shot the Pres
ident, but would have believed the im
pulse was prompted by the devil.
Witness was then asked : 'Are you
insane at all ?' and replied : 'l'm not
an expert. Let these experts and the
jury decide that.'
Being pressed for his opinion, the
witness declined to answer. He was
tben subjected to a rapid series of ques
tions, aud soon began to exhibit irrita
bility and auger ; and bis replies, when
given at all, were in short, jerky sen
tences. He vvas asked if he 'ay in wait
for the President iu an alley by night,
and, after a short wrangle, said: 'Now
you are on that, I'll give you a little
news. I'll tell you what occurred that
evening, July Ist.'
BLAINE HELD RESPONSIBLE.
Witness then detailed his movements
up to the time he saw the President
and Secretary Hlaine emerge from tbe
house of tbe latter and walk down Fif
teenth street. Said Guiteau, 'They
walked along so lovingly, arm in arm ;
had tbeir heads together 14ke two
school girls. Their fellowship was de
lightful, and it oonfirmed me in tbe be
lief that Garfield bad Bold bimself body
and soul to Blaine, and that Blaine was
using bim to ruin tbe Stalwart wing
of tbe Republican party.'
Guiteau here became furiously excit
ed, and plunged into a wild harangue,
denouncing Blaine as a bold, wicked,
designing man, who wanted to ruin
the Republican party in revenge
for the two times he bad been slaugh
tered by political conventions. Strik
ing tbe desk with considerable violence
he shouted: 'Yes, sir; in my opinion
Blaine is morally responsible for tbe
death of Garfield.'
The court here took a recess.
THE PRISONER REQUIRED TO ANSWER.
The court having been called to or
der and the prisoner brought in and
placed in the witness stand, Mr. Por
ter rose to pursue tbe examination, but
was interrupted by the prisoner, who
said, 'I desire to say to you, Judge, and
to this honorable court, that I decline
to answer any more questions, being a
repetition of what we have already
had. If you have anything new, lam
read}* to answer; otherwise not, unless
by special direction of tbe court.'
The cross-examination then continu
ed.
Question —Was it one of your pur
poses in killing the President to create
a demand for your book ?
Answer—One of the objects was to
preach the gospel as set forth in my
book.
Mr. Porter repeated the question and
was answered with a sullen, 'I have
answered it,' from the prisoner.
The question being repeated once
more tbe prisoner appealed to the court
as to whether he had not already an
swered.
The Court having held that the ques
tion must be answered more specifical
ly the prisoner replied in the affirma
tive.
Q. —You regard your book as gospel?
A.—As an important explanation of
tbe Bible I claim that it is collateral
gospel. I undertake to say tho book
is the Bible brought down to tbe pres
eat day, lu so far as there is any
truth in any book, it comes from the
Deity and I claim it contains important
truth.
Q —Have you read a good deal
about Napoleon?
A.—No.
Q. —When you wrote, 'The Presi
dent's nomination was an act of God,
bis election was an act of God, bis re
moval was an act of God,' did you have
Napoleon's bulletins in your mind ?
EGOTISM ILLUSTRATED.
A.—(Apparently gratified) that is the
way I express myself—sharp-pointed,
sententious. If you want to see a spec
imen of that kind ot style look through
my book
Mr. Porter—l think you have re
markable power of brain, and whatever
your brotber-in-law may think, I ap
preciate your ability.
Prisoner (highly pleased)—l thank
you. Judge, for your good opinion.
Mr. Porter (significantly)—l think
that is the opiuion of every juror.
Prisoner (excitedly)—l take my
chance before this court and jury on
the fact that the Deity inspired the act.
I am not a fool and the Deity never
employed a fool to do his work. He
put it into mv brain and heart and left
me to work it out in my own way.
Q —And you did ?
A.—Under the sanction of Deity.
The pressure on me commenced about
six weeks before the actual shooting.
I was a predestined man from the
foundation of the world to do this act,
and I had to do it
Q. —You believe iu the doctrine of
predestination ?
A.—Most decidedly. I claim I am
a man of destiny. You spoke of Na
poleon. He thought he was a man of
destiny, though be had a different work
from me. lam as much a man of des
tiny as the Savior, or Paul, or Martin
Luther, or any of those religious men.
Q. —And your destiny was to kill
Garfield ?
A.—lt was my destiny to obey the
Divine will and let Him take care of it.
I put up my life and have not been
hung or shot yet.
Q. —And you did not expect to be ?
A.—l had no expectation except to
do the Divine will and let Him take
care of me. lam satisfied with the
Deity's conduct of this case up to the
present moment.
Q. —When were you first inspired?
AGAIN REFUSES TO ANSWER
A.—l decline to discuss this matter
with you any further. If you want
any more ideas on that subject I refer
you to the papers. I will not be an
noyed in this way any more. Tbe
court and jury and tbe country under
stand it. Now, if you have got any
thing new I will entertain you, other
wise not.
Mr. Porter—But the jury is not per
mitted to read the papers.
Prisoner—They have beard my
statement on that point several times,
and that ought to satisfy any gentle
men.
AS A PLAGIARIST
Mr. Porter went on to cross-examine
the prisoner with the object of showing
that tbe pretended inspirations in re
gard to a theocratic daily, to the book
called 'Truth,' to lecture on the second
coming of Christ, <tc., were merely bor
rowed from the ideas of Noyes, and
that portion of the book and lecture
were plagiarisms from the book called
'The Bereau.' In connection with the
prisoner's leaving tbe Oneida Commu
nity, Mr. Porter put in eyidence a let
ter of tbe prisoner's of April, 1865,
wherein be says be is living in obedi
ence to irresistible conviction; that if
he did not do it woe would be upon
him ; that be must obey tbe will ol
God; that God and his conscience were
driving him to battle, and that he dar
ed not draw back. The package of
manuscript tied together was shown
tbe prisoner, aud admitted to be bis
writiDg, although be said it appeared
to be mutilated, having neither head
nor tail.
Tbe District Attorney then read the
document from the printed slip, and the
prisoner cautioued Mr. Scoville to fol
low the reading with the original, as
be was afraid to trust those men.'
The document is the paper written
by Uuiteau to the Oneida Community
at the time of his leaving it, and is
principally devoted to advocating his
theory of establishing a great theocrat
ic paper. The prisoner listened atten
tively to its reading, interrupting now
and then to make some explanation.
"That's a very strong idea,' he contin
ued when tbe idea of establishing a
theocratic paper was mentioned. 'The
idea was to make the world an entire
community. It was a grand concep
tion, but not at all feasible the way this
world is ruu. There are too many bad
people in this world.'
A note was also read which had
been written to the Community by
Guiteau, and in which he confessed his
love for and subordination to Noyes,
and withdrew all charges previously
made against him.
The prisoner's comment on this was
made iu a conversational tone: 'You
want,' he said, 'to imagine yourselves
in hell, ladies and gentlemen, and you
will get some idea of my feeling in the
Oneida Community.'
A letter addressed by Guiteau to a
member of the Community was also
introduced in evidence. In this ho says:
'Wbeu in tbe world I bad a programme
of my own, but God smaghed that and
hurled me into tbe Community.' He
also refers to himself as the creature of
predestination, and that having God's
work to do be would not leave it for
the wealth of the Rothschilds and the
fame of Napoleon. 'That is so now,'
murmured the prisoner.
A letter written by Guiteau asking
to be received back into the Communi
ty was next read. He states he gave
up bis project of establishing a theo
cratic paper because he was not up to
tbe 'tricks of the newspaper trade,' and
further that the project was 'a devilish
delusion.'
The peisoner— It was no devilish
delusion. It was an inspired idea but
not feasible.
PREFERS 'REMOVE' TO 'MURDER.'
The cross-examination was again re
sumed.
Q. —And it was in view of the polit
ical situation you decided upon mur
der ?
A—(interrupting excitedly)— Don't
use that word murder. You are en
tirely too free with the word.
Mr. Porter—Are voa noi, on trial for
murder?
A.—So it is said. Can't you U9e
the proper word—'remove?'
Mr. Porter—l can use the word 're
move,' but it is as repulsive to me as
murder is to you.
The examination was addressed to
occurrences of the night te'ore the
shooting, when the prisoner followed
: the President and Blaine
The prisoner said he had not shot
that night because it was hot and sul
try.
'Do you think it would make you
hotter to pull a trigger ?' inquired Mr.
Porter, raising his arm and making a
motion of shooting with a pistol.
Prisoner (contemptuously)—Oh,
don't put on so much style with a trig
|
Mr. Porter having again questioned
, the prisoner as to his pistol practices
| prior to the shooting, the latter turned
I to the Court and said, 'lf your honor
| please, I want to know if it is necessa
i ry for Judgn Porter to go through the
business again ? Ido not see the per
tinence of this kind of talk, and I ask
the protection of the court. If you
have any new question I am willing to
solve it. I object to going over this
ground again. If you have any new
ideas you waat to show and elucidate,
I will assist vou.' p
Mr. Porter then called the prisoner's
attention to the fact that he had made
arrangements to go to jail, and asked
why he had done so.
The prisoner replied he was afraid of
being mobbed before he could explain
his views to the people. They would
say he was a disappointed office seeker
and would hang him up. That was
the only possible motive they could
conceive for the act
THE ASSASSIN CORNERED.
Mr. Porter then asked the same ques
tion as to the occurrences on the 18th
of June, when the prisoner refrained
from shooting the President on account
of Mrs. Garfield's presence, and finally
asked 'if Mrs. Qarfield had been with
the President on July 2d, would you
have shot him ?'
Prisoner—No ; I should not have
shot him in her prcseuce. I did not
know what effect it might have on her.
Q. —Then it depended entirely on
your will ?
A.—lt depended on whether I had a
suitable opportunity.
Mr. Porter asked why he would not
have shot in Mrs. Garfield's presence?
Prisonea—lf your head is so thick
that you can't get an idea in, I won't
try to pound it in. Don't ask your
questions iu a mean, sickly sort of a
way.
Mr. Porter pressed his question,
whereupon the prisoner took up a pa
per and adjusting bis glasses began to
read the paper, paying no attention
whatever to the counsel
Mr. Porter—What are you reading ?
Prisoner (without raising his eyes)
—I am glancing over the New York
Herald.
Mr. Porter—Don't you think the
time of the court and of the jury is of
some value?
Prisoner—Not in the way you are
interrogating the matter. It has been
discussed and repeated over and over
again (and the prisoner settled himself
back in bis chair to read.)
Mr. Scoville interposed that counsel
was goiug over the same ground four
times.
Mr. Porter—l would like to hear
what be said on the subject.
Prisoner—You must be a very stu
pid man, the papers are full of it ; the
papers are full of my answers.
Mr. Porter—What were your an
swers ?
Prisoner —I decline to answer.
Mr. Porter—l suppose you have no
objection to answering what you did
on the day you killed him ?
The prisoner then gave an account
of his actions on the morning of July
2d. He had slept the previous night
at the Kiggs House, had risen early
and sat in Lafayette Park sometime
before breakfast. After breakfast he
went to his room and put his revolver
in his pocket. A little before 9 o'clock
went to the depot and had his boots
blacked.
Mr. Porter—Did 'you want to be in
full dress when you killed him ?
Prisoner (drawling)—No; I didn't
want to be in full dress. I don't want
to be interrupted.
Mr. Porter—And I don't want to be
interrupted.
Prisoner—Then keep quiet.
HE DESCRIBES THE SHOOTING.
The prisoner then prsceeded with
his story : Blaine and the President
drove up in a single horse carriage and
not in the White House carriage,
which showed how much the President
was under Blaine's influence. Blaine
was blowing and blowing and the
President was listening. They were
on the most iniimate terms. Blaine
got out of one side of the carriage aud
Garfield out of the other. They walk
ed up to the depot aud passed within a
few feet of the prisoner, who drew his
weapon and fired twice and hit him
once.
Q. —You shot him in the back?
A.—l did not fire at any particular
place.
Q. —Did you not fire below b'*s back?
A.—My intention was to shoot him
in the back.
Q. —Did you think if he got two
balls in his back it would remove him?
A.—l thought so.
Q. —And you intended to put them
there?
A—l did.
Q. —(In a soletun manner)— And
from that hour to this you have never
felt regret or remorse ?
A.—l regret giving pain or trouble
to any one, but I have no doubt as to
the necessity of the net or the divinity
of the act.
Q. —You have never hinted at any
remorse ?
A.—My mind is a perfect blank on
that subject.
Q. —Do you feel any more remorse
about rendering his wife a widow and
her children fatherless than about
i breaking the leg of that puppy dog ?
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A.—l have no conception of it as
murder or killing.
Q. —And you feel no remorse?
A.—(in low and almost inaudable
voice) —Of course I feel remorse so fir
as my persourl feelings are concerned.
I feel remorse as much as any man,
and regret the necessity of the act, but
(raising his voice) —
Mr. Porter—The cross-examination
is closed.
'But,' continued the prisoner excited
ly, 'my duty to the Lord and the
American people overcame my personal
feelings. If the Lord inspired
that act it would not bavu been done.'
Mr. Scoville then proceeded with the
re-direct-examination, aud the prisoner
said, 'I have been just clear as to the
divinity of the act and the necessity of
it for the good of the people Bince the
first of June as a man can be on any
thing.'
When the examination of the priso
ner closed, he was conduDted (looking
completely worn out) from the stand
to his regular seat desides his counsel.
ANOTHER WITNESS CALLED.
Mr. Scoville then called Dr. Alex
ander Hall, of Columbus, 0., who tes
tified to seeing the prisoner there some
three or four years ago. The prisoner
was then engaged in the laudable en
terprise of trying to lecture on theology
and sell an inspired volume of his own
authorship, and which he said was one
of the finest literary productions that
ever came from an inspired pen.
'I am sorry to contradict you,' in
terrupted the prisoner, 'but I never
said so.'
The witness had several conversa
tions with him, and was under the im
pression (which he expressed to his
friends at the time) the prisoner was a
lunatic.
Mr. Scoville caHfcd Emory A. Storrs,
Charles B. Farwell and other witnesses,
but as none of them responded the
Court adjourned.
THE DEFENSE STILL CALLING WITNESSES.
WASHINGTON, Saturday, December 3.
—The interest in the Guiteau trial
continues undiminished. The first
witness was Col. J. O. P. Burnside,
Disbursing Office of the Postoffico De
partment. He formely lived in Free
port, 111., and knew the prisoner's
family. Mrs Guiteau wis an invalid.
Charles C. Allen, of Missouri, lived
in Freeport in 1839 and 1840, and
knew the Guiteau family. Mrs. Gui
teau was in feeble health.
Emory A Storrs, of Chicago, knew
Guiteau in that city by sight as a
young lawyer; saw him perhaps a
dozen times at the National Republi
can Committee rooms in New York
during the late Presidential canvass.
The prisoner came up to him gleefully,
and patting him on the shoulder, said:
'You are on the right track.' Witness
never saw Guiteau doing anything at
the committee rooms other than read
ing papers. He seemed to have no
especial employment. In April saw
the prisoner at Washington; he said
he was going to have the Austrian
mission. Witness told him the place
was an important one and in Blaine's
line, and that he (Blaine) was a
known politician. The prisoner re
plied he was 'solid with Blaine.'
Witness thought the conversation was
leading up to a request of him (wit
ness) to visit Blaine in Guiteau's iu
terest, and forestalled this by saying
his relations with Blaine were such
that be could not possibly aid him
(the any. Witness had
formed an opinion as to Guiteau's men
tal size, but could not express an opin
ion as to his sanity or insanity. His
impression was 'Guiteau had an illy
balanced mind; in common parlance,
he did not have good common sense.'
Witness was asked in relation to the
political status just prior to the shoot
ing of President Garfield—if there
were not elements of discord in thea
Republican party which threatened ta
disrupt it. The reply was. 'I thinlr
the Repulican party a prety difficult
one to disrupt, and while there were
elements of discord, my belief in the
good sense of the rank and file is such
I think it would have held toge*,her.'
BELIEVES GUITEAU RESPONSIBLE.
Upon cross-examination witness
said, 'never saw anything in Guiteau
to indicate that he could not distin
guish between right and wrong; never
saw anything in the conduct of the
prisoner that would indicate he did
not know the difference between guilt
or innocence; never saw auything to
indicate he would not be responsible
for crime.'
Mr. Scoville noted several exceptions
to the rulings of Judge Cox in favor of
the admission of these replies. Tho
evidence created quite a stir in the
court room and seemed to stagger those
about the defense table. The sister of
the prisoner was particularly excited,
and in tones distinctly caught by the
reporters said. 'He has perjured him
self; that is all there is about it.'
Edward Daniels testified to Gui
teau's peculiar religious views, and his
impression was that ho was crazy.
DISTINGUISHED WITNESS CALLED.
After the witness left the stand Mr.
Scoville announced that he had sub
pomaded several witnesses whom he
would now call. The first name called
was Vice President David Davis. As
the names of Speaker Randall and
Secretary Bayard were called all eyes
were centered on the witness door, but
none of the withesses appeared, and
Mr. Scoville read a number of news
paper slips found on prisoner at
the time of his capture.
Guiteau interrupted to say he bad a
hundred of them when arrested. They
were taken from Stalwart, Liberal and
Half-Breed papers. Whenever
anything which confirmed his inspira
tions he cut it out and pondered over
it.
When an extract from one of the
papers was read referring to the re
ported bargaining of Jno. Davenport in
New Yort concerning the marshalship
Guiteau said 'That shows bow weak
Garfield was, and bow determined be
1 was to crush the Stalwarts.'
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