The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-11-26
THE PAPERS DID 1T.
Guitesu Throws the odium Of His
Deed on the stsIwarts,
And Insists That The Doctors Finished
the Work.


s
The Ass.s~iu,s Trial
washington. Nov. 25.-The criminal
court was crowed. mostly ladies. repre-
ssntine the fashionable circles
scoville stated that Guiteau desired
tn mako a statement. No objection be-
inc made Guiteau read from mann.
script substantially as follows: AT pro.
nose To have all the facts bearing on
this case to 20 to the court and Jury.
and To do this have been forced 10 in
tsrrupt the counsel. and witnesses who
,vsra ,n;.t.ken a. to the supnosad fact.
meant no disconrtesv 70 them a. anv
ona Anv fact n nav 90 resr bearing on
ths ,,sst;on a. 70 who arad that shot
ths ns,tv or mvse,f Il ~ v;tal imnort.
.rea in this and + nrono,a Tor # to 90 10
the ,nrv Hence NV PERSONAL political
.,a thao,oc;c., ,acord NAV he devel.
oD.a Tan, .l.d vour honor and the
onr,os,no counsel a "a dIsposed To give a
h,stor,cs, review ~ NV life and ask
~. rrsss and the nnbiic TO do likewise
All want a absolute ,ustice and I
.ha,, not nsrm,t anv crooked work I
have No ;dss- NV counsel viii, want
anv CROOKED uort. thav are often mis-
taksn on spnnosed facts and 7 shall
nave N correct them
last snrino certain nawsnapers IN
New York and washington were hit
terlv danouncino the rreaident for
breehino mn the renubl,can partv nv
imnroner anpointmsnts vould like
for thesa nevspapers To reprint those
editorials now and see how tbey would
loo,r and sonpd. In ATTEMPTING to re-
move the president only did what the
papers said ought to be done. Since
Julv I'd thew have been Deifyinr the
president and denouncinc me for doing
the very thing that they said ought to
be done. Iwant the newspapers. and
the doctors who actually killed the
president to share with me the odium
of his death. Ineyer would have shot
him of my own yolitlon, notwithstand-
Ing these newspapers. IL had not been
Commissioned by the Deity to do the
deed: but this fact does not relieve the
newspapers from the supposed disgrace
Of the presidents removal. II he had
been properly treated be would have
been alive TODAY. Il has been pub
lisbed that I am In fear Of death. It is
false. 1 have alwavs been n religious
man and active worker OF God. Some
people think that I am a murderer:
hut the I.ord does not. for He insp,red
the at !. IN the c.se of Abraham ana
n score ~ other case. IN the bible The
assault made upon me on Saturday last
bv . .scr,nr,, 10, baen condemned NV
the rre.. The c;v;l,zed world are
vatchino this case and q hehooves this
coprt and the Metronol;tan nolice 10
nrotact ma at ali hazards 7 berebv
warn ali crants of b,cb or low degree
In keen avay from me-, under the nen.
altv of instant death He would have
baer sbot daod Saturday bnt for Tho
rearing of the horses In the van As
the oficer was shooting the horses sl,oolk
the van 40 he lost his aim and though
the van nnrsrad him be temnoYar;,v o.
caped. waste arguments ON cranks
An thew can see IN this case ia a NO.
liceman,. revolver Again 7 saw n
thew valne their lives they must keep
awav from me. desire this court and
jury to DISPOSE of this case on facts and
law. and leave all responsibility about
1t to the iury.n
E. o. Foss testified as to the scene at
the depot on the morning Of the shoot
ing. There were several sharp passages
between Ecoyille and counsel for the
prosecution during the questioning Of
this witness.
Charles H. Reed. Of Chicago, detailed
several incidents in Guiteau's career as
alawyer at Chicago. The witness was
prosecuting attorney for twelve years
and met Guiteau frequently, but his re-
lations with him were never intimate.
He had loaned him money which is still
due. He always regarded him as very
earnest and sincere man, but un-
balanced. He never saw any indIca-
tion Of violence, and always deemed
him harmless man until recently.
Witness saw Gulteau here several
times last spring. Frequent references