Daily Republican., 1881-12-03
'1r17EAU AGAIN EXCITED.
,r,.u STILL ON THE WIT
sE>s STAND.

.u STILL ON THE VIII.
sE>s STAND.
,..,er Continues His CrosH.
JHas .,.,,ug-He Declines 10
answer any more 4nes'lss
are Mere KepetitiOns
rne Trial Of the Assa..
.,u SSH IN Detail.
,r,su,SGroN, Dec. 2.-Guiteau ar.
NH W., the court rt-house about y O'Clock
N,w taken AT once to his room,
100 NIu :. ate a hearty breakfast with
fne'e sont relish. While passing from
Nl.,u 10 the courthouse Guiteau re-
ne D"1 s'1 nnon the small number of peo.
H'in' IN waiting to see him, and wondered
la interest IN the great trial had be-
~. 20 wane. He seemed TO be feeling
sn%n s% and in coed spirits, and 80 exp,es-
wei y,h,nse Inn If 20 his attendants. His re-
suu.l,h'e self-estetin and cgotism never
n~ pH." Instant fail him. and his perfect
y, s,.sIance a. in q verdict favorable to him
'.fis % apparently unshaSen.
~ a., 10 o.. sitter the usual appeal from
usr.hal Heury for order in the court
nm ao the court was opened, and the
mSs ,,i.Ouer was placed in the witness-box.
Er;,e,u glanced at his papers minute,
.,A,hen said 81 d' SIRE, Judge Por-
=. n state 70 you and the honorable
,ar,t r that decline TO answer any more
'r@.lops th.t are mere repetitions of
ssSa. we bave already been over.
Jrdge Porter Immediately resumed
as asrrv,,.examiuation with the ques.
ion, WAS one o. your purposes in re-
moving the President to create IA de-
maud for your book ?"
Apswer--"Yes, s,r,with the moditica-
Non that il was to preach the gospel
Witness regarded his book as the
.dlateral gospel in other words, the
rspe, brought down to the present
nme. 49,,
witness soon became excited, and
wildly insisted upon his
INSPIRATION aud that he Lord had Sc
prted him 10 do rhe work. He was no
cl The Lord ilrNcr setec ed fool to 40
HIS wo.k lie had inspired him 10 re-
move Garfield ard left hun witDets)
% u,e his own judgment IN selecting
he means. continuing eNcitedly, land
be Lord has taken care ot me- I've
ersr lu.pu shOt nor hung
,Jndee Porter" And you did not
Xpect to be.
lnswer-"I decline to discuss the
natter with you. did not have
ny thought on the subject. left 1t all
, the Deity"
witness repeatedly refused to an
ser questions, or, as he termed II, to
discuss" the matters under Inquiry.
APPEALING TO THE COURT.
!. one time he appealed to the Court
II protection against the manner OF
le Cross.eXaluination. Judge Porter
the most polite tones, said: Il have
IT ,tattempred 10 force reply from you,
II. Gui,rau II YOU will allow the
ry TO understand that you refuse to
lswer, il will suit my purpose just
well
Witness 1T once turned to Judge Por-
r. and, in equally as polite tones, in-
nred j: "Well, what was your ques-
on, Judge
Witness was then asked If his enc
,ring the Oneida Community was an
aspiration? If his leaving it was an in
pira,ion? and declined to discuss the
ubiect.
Guiteau was questioned upon his al
.eged Inspiration j. attempting to start
at thtocra'ic daily, and confronted by
Judge Porter with two letters written
tv min (Gl iteau) about the time OF
bis leaving the Oneida Community.
Iuiteau readily Identified them, but
he Oiher-which was u manusrr ript Of
everal pages OF tooiscap-evidently
some trap into which he
hight b. led.
Guteau-"I will read it over and
erhaps can tell by the sentiment
neither wrote it,.
Judge Porter-"Let me read 1t to the
ry"
Guiteau-I wouldn't trust you to
I'd it.
Mr.. Scoville requested to be allowed
see the papers and, after inspecting
admitted it, genulueness, as did
litean II Was placed in evidence
{ not read
Guteau, after hastily looking it over
ucAled glecfully and said: That's a
city good thing, Judge; want that
90 H. | want 1t read to the jury. |
we you got any mofe of my dOcu-
nts, Judge? If'you have | want you
put them in.
'ndge Porter then produced Guiteau'1
yk "Irut' )" which witness had |
imed was the result Of direct III
ration from the city, aud compar-
1t paragraph by paragraph with the
ere m" and Oneida Community
* written by John n. Noyes. The
li!ariry OF ideas and identity of eX-
sSion was apparent all through, and
witness struggled desperately to ex.
in away his palpable plagiarisms.
kE OF THE PRISONER BLAsPHEMY.
'ol. Corkhill read the document,
lch had a short time ago been plao.
III evidence. II set forth at great
9Th Guittan's purpose and Ideas up
Inc theJcratic press which at that
e, he desired to establish, and
lmed inspira ion from the Deity that
,GuiteauO "was working for Jesus
ist u Co., the strongest firm in the
i'd"
lhose were my sentiments" shout
Guiteau and that was inspiration.
vas the same inspiration that led me
i've years after to 20 about from
SO to house, az St. Paul did, to
'ch the Gospel and save souls. 1t
the same Inspiration, but society :
h't prepared for my ideas.
aiteau was warned. by the Court not
Interrupt the reading, and remained
ectly quiet until the conclusion.
'ther letter, addressed by Guiteau
ne Community, was then read in
ch the writer contesses his love tor
subsection to John A. Noyes and /;
oneida COmrnunity. Several let .
written by Guiteau about the time
u che time he left the Oneida Com.
MY were then placed in evidence,
tliled BY Guiteau, and read by Cold
[hiH. One Of them, addressed to
sets forth the writer's .