Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-11-30
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/ diately occurred, "here is the oppol
tunity to commit this crime, to aveng
: myself and shelter my action undc
the claim that II was the out
: growth Of the present strife . and b
, Systematically and cunningly prepare
an apology and defence of his crime il
accordance with this.
You will learn by tho testimony tha
|, will be presented to you, that from tn
time of his arrival in this city, and IN
I'll he had lost the expectation Of favor
to be received, and made up bis mint
to kill the President, a period of nearll
three months, he was an earnest so
called Garfield man. He announced :,
the President, as will be shown by hi
own letter his devotion and iealty I,
him in the contest then going on. II,
desired constantly to impress upon th,
President that he was for him as agains
every one else. You will find him, OF
May 7tb, announcing to tho Presi
dent that IN the contest gong on b,
stood by him. But when he had los
all hope Of the appointment desired
under the administration of President
Garfield and all expectation Of ofiicia
recognition from this source, he re
solved to seize upon the pretext afforded
by the situation to crafty his revenge,
to kill the President and shield his rea
motives from the public. After thi,
had been fully settled in his mind, with
his knowledge of the world, with biz
experience Of human affairs, with biz
observations Of sOciety--ior be is o man
Of no ordinary ability in these dircc
tions-he carefully determined to make
the situation of advantage to him, and
when he had fully conceived this idea
when 1t had fastened itself on his mind
he went to work to accomplish his pur
pose with a spirit of vindictiveness-
with 9 cool determination that has
scarcely parallel in the annals oi
crime.
How many efforts he made to do this
deed, or when and where bo decided
upon the exact method of its commits.
sion no human mind can tell. On the
9Th day OF June he borrowed from an
acquaintance in this city SIS, repre-.
senting that he was ont Of money and
desired the amount to pay his board
bill. After procuring this loan he at
once visited the store of Mr.. O'Meara,
on the corner Of 18th and f streets, for
the purpose Of purchasing a weapon.
In this, as in all other acts connected
with the commission of this crime, he
displayed the malignity of his deter.
mination and the wickedness of his
motives. He asked for a pistol of the
largest calbre and one that would do
the most effective work, and was shown
and purchased tho pistol which he
finally used, a weapon terrible to be-
hold, carrying bullet Of the largest
size, a weapon that was selfcocking,
in order that there might be no delay
in its use when an emergency occurred.
How for twonty-iour days he carried
that deadly weapon, and how often he
dogged the footsteps of the unsuspect.
ing President, how he watched his
carriage, how he made bis arrange
ments at the church, how he followed
him from the residence of Mr.. Blaine,
watching and waiting for the fatal
hour, he alone can tell.
But on the morning Of the 18th OF
June be ascertained, from publications
in the newspapers, that the President
would 90 to Long Branch, and he de.
termined to kill him at the depot.
How he went there fully prepared for
that purpose and was deferred from its
accomplishments his own words best
tell Returning to his room he wrote
WAsHGSeroS, jane 18th, 1881.
! intended to remove the President this morn.
| ng OF the depot as ho took the cars for Long
Branch, but Mira. Garfield looked so thin, and
clung so temerly to the Presidents arm my heart
| failed me to part them, and decided to take him
alone. Il will be no worse for Mrs. Garfield tC
part with her husband this way than by natural
death. lie is liable to 60 at any time anyway.
CO.
And after this came another period
of watching and waiting. 1t might be
story of thrilling interest to know
how often the fatal danger threatened
the lamented dead, and how often,
while buoyant with life, the shadow Of
death haunted him. But again, we
are IN the field OF conjecture until We
come to the morning of the murder,
the occurrences of which / have
already described.
And this completes the story of this
crime:
This ends the recital Of the circum'
stances attendant upon this national
Bereavement. For it cannot be for.
gotten that the effects ofthat fatal shot
were felt throughout the land that
not only one family mourned, but
around every hearthstone and about
every fireslde there hung q shadow
and it is not rsurpising that many fol
time forgot law and doubted Provi
dence, for il seemed so terrible that
this man in the full tide Of his career
Of eminence and usefulness should fall
murdered without warning or notice
No verdict of yours can recall him
He "sleeps the sleep that knows nc
waking on the peaceful banks ol
beautiful Lake Erie, whose limpid
waters wash the boundaries Of his
native State, overlooking the city he
loved so we'll and beneath the sod oi
that State whose people had crowned
his life with the highest honors. 1t IL
too late TO call that husband back tC
to the bereaved wife and fatherless
children. For that waiting little mother
whose face will never fade from the
nations memory, there can be no re
ici in this world. The fatal deed |,
done and its horrors and griofs must
remain
You have been each asked whether
you were governed by religious con
victions, and upon your oaths you have
answered aflirmatively.
Eighteen hundred years ago it was
written by the pen of inspiration as the
law of that merciful God whom you
revere: "Woe unto the world because
of offences, for it must needs be that
offences come. But woe unto that man
by whom the offence cometh
% y Ii were better for him
that milestone were hanged about his
neck and that he were drowned in the
depths of the sea"
And tho honest, patriotic, law-abid.
ing people Of this country are
waiting for your verdict, to SEQ II
the man by whom this great offence
came shall suffer the just and meritcd
punishment of the law.
GUITEAUs INDIFFERENCE.
During the delivery of the above
address quiet reigued in every corner
/ of the court room. Guiteau himself