The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-12-13

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atone. Blaine was with him. 1t was hot
night Witness was not feeling we'll. so he
aio not Try to shoot the President that night
Judge forter-Did You think it would make
you hotter to pull that trigger?
phitteau angrily and mUttrring at Judge
fotter's manner Of speaking: !sNo; don't YOU
pat on that trigger business
! LII the course of his cross-examination the
witness s'ld: 81 had to make myself up to it.
| all he lime"
| Judge Porte" Your conscience troubled
| you, didn't ilp
| Witness became very angry and excited,
and retortCd: "Conscence rad nolhiug 10 do
with it. From the first of June never had
| any doubt Of the necessity for the re,npyal
| The act was OF the Deity and conscience had
nothing to do with it,"
Being pressed for his reasons for wanting
ts 90 to Jail after killing the President, CUT
teau sai0:'"For my own protec len. didn't
know what would be the effect on the ponu-
lar mind, didn't want 10 be exposed to a
bowling mob; | thought they would say:
Yes; disappointed ofiice-seeker: let's hang
him up and / knew / would have no time
or chance tn maze known my motives and
inst ira lon."
The examination of Guitteau was contin-
ued till 2:l5, and the prisoner resumed his
seat between his brother and ScUyille. At
$3.50 court adjourned.
" ASHINGroN, Dec. 2.-Guittcau left the
stand THIS afternoon, after his three days
siege, broken man. He was tired 0At,
haIgard, faded, disGuSted, sulIen and ugly,
and Il ere seemed 10 b about him d COnsr-
ousness that Judge Porter, the terrible cluss-
examiner, lad, despits his cunning theorirs
and his persistence III them, shown tha, the
Inspiration theory was simply part Of the
dpfpnSa nlunpal hmm bafnra A oP
Gutteau brought him to the rlyer's bank 10
fire at the mar Il reeds for targets
E'Do you feel any rAn0rse?' was the last
question winch Judge Porter asked, after
having pressed hun earnestly upon that point
for Sotue mon cUtS.
The prisoner announced at last, suleniy.
desperately: Il have felt remorse, Of course,
as far as my personal feelings are con-
! cerned.'
Judge Porter as quick as lightning, aud
| dramatically said; '' hat will DO, prs0ner
| TOur cross-eXamindton is ended"
Guirteau, writing under the trem"nduus
| force Of Judge Porter's question, saw the
terrible effect tf his confession, During all
these mnaths, one part of his defence has
! been to say to al! that he had nnta single SEN
timent of remorsC. During his cross eXamt-
| nation he has said dozens of times 70 Judgr
Pu-ter's terrible questions, that his mind was
a blank upon that subject. TO all the eX-
pe1ts who have called upon him during these
weeks, he has insisted with gleeful per!na-
city that a thought, Of remOrse nover came 10
him-that his mind upon that subject was
blank. Yet tonight, at the end OF three
days cross-examination, al the crisis of as
rigid a cross-exaranation AS a prsouer in the
Jury box was ever subjected to, he admitted
hat which seemed TO bring shudder to his
relatives and caused a sensation il. the court
roor1. He had killed the President and haC
suffered remorse.
With = -'atltke qnickncss Guitteou rsllie,
rom VIII It seemed almost !jka a pa"alysi~
| caused by the trAmen Gus Numbering Ui-
| Jud .e Porter at him. and endeav0rei to cor
rect what he plainly saw was the result q
! that admission. Jude Porter would not Hat
en- 80 word, bt waved his hand. ScoT'lie
tried to parry the effect, but apparently with
ont success. and Gutteau left the stand NOR
discouraged than he has appeared al any tint
during the trsl. Guitt"au although eo"e'
and driven into corner, saw the force 0
every orr Of Judge Porters points and an
deavored to evade them, aud manifested un
! doubted skill. There were some words WDICi
almost caused him to vince with terror. II
shrunk and seemed to wiLher in the witne'
box when Judge Porter used the word
'murder," "kill," assassin"
Judee Porter made it clear that ,,uittpa
was able to conlrol the divine presence u.
day that Mrs. Garfield came to the depot wit
the President, and emphasized this tac
which has snch al. i'm nOrtsnt hearing up0
the question of responsibility. The cross-eN
animation was eminently successful. 1t life
the mask, showed that the rlOt TO murder tn
President was premeditated and deliberate
aud was the result of malice and revenge
The prisoner felt it keenly. Judge Port"
broke down the wonderful, quick, suppl
witness.
The first witness was j. o. P. Burnside, dis
nursing officer of the postotfice department
He had lived in Freeport, Illinois, and knew
the prisoners family. Mrs. Gu tteau was al
invalid.
Charles Allen, Of Missouri, lived in Ere"
mort in 1899 aud 1870 He knew the Gnittehl
family. Mrs. Guittesu was in feeble healt1
Emory A. Storrs, of Chicago, knew Cult
team in that city BY sight as 9 young lawyer
saw him perhaps dozen times at the Nation
al Republican Committee looms
New York during the last Presidential car
vasS The prisoner came up t. him giee!hii
and pattinc him on the shoulder, 8alo: ~ o
are on the right track. Witness never sa'
t:ntteau doing anything at the comnittf
raatns other than reading jhe pal"r.; Il
. seemed to have nu especial employment. II
April saw prisoner at Washington. lie sal
he was going to have the Austrian nlNsio'
Witness told him that the place was an III
. nnrtaut one and in Bla'nps line, and that II
Blaine was well known politician. ! "
prisoner replied that lie was ''SoId "
Blaine" Witness thought tina. tn" r0nverSS
, ton was leading mp to request ter M
(witness) 70 visit Blaine in Gruittea" li"r
est and forestAlled il OY saving that his rel
hat h,EA RfF1l
not possibly aid him, OhN prisoner) any.
Witness had formed an opinion as 70 Hu'
teau's mental disease hut could no" exp =
f al opinion as to his sanity or insanity, II
impression was that Guitteau had an lily ia
lanced mind; in common parlance, ne d
not have good common sense" NiIhe
was asked in relation to his political stat