The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-12-02
HE ASS0UlATED PRESS.
The Editor and Manager OF an Italian
Newspaper Imprisoned and
Fined for Attacking
the Pope.
The National Tariff Convention Re-
solves Itself into a Mutual Ad.
miratlOn Society.
An Ascending Express Messenger BE.
comes COnseience.Stricken and
Returns Funds.
Battle Between Guiteau and Porter.
"DOn't Shake Your Finger at Me.o
Fluctuations Of the Stock Market.
Another Earthquake.
Other Foreign and Domestic News.
Fluctuations Of the Stock Market.
Another Earthquake.
Other Foreign and Domestic News
Guiteau's Trial.

WASHINGTON. December IA heavy
shower, which passed over the city about 0
o'clock, served to deter many from going
to the courthouse to-day. At the opening
Of the court, however, every available
spot in the courtroom was occupied.
The majority of the visitors to-day were
males, but still quite number of ladies
were present. Upon entering the witness
box, Guiteau, before resuming his evidence,
made an appeal to the public for more
money to conduct his defense. Judge Por-
ter then began rapid fire of interroga-
tories, eliciting from the prisoner that
he was physically coward and always kept
away from personal danger; morally he was
brave as lion, when he thought Deity
was back of him. Deity influenced him to
remove the President; in his opinion the
doctors killed the President, not he
the acts of Jones and Mason in attempting
to kill him were wrong and they ought
to be punished, unless th6y can
show they were influenced by the
Deity. The witness soon showed
signs of impatience and excitablity,
striking his open hand upon the desk,
emphasizing every sentence uttered. When
pressed for answers, he finally became
Il know you well, and | know bigger
seen you Shake Your finger niger
at witnesses in New York, but you can't
scare me-" and shortly afterward when
asked ifhe believed in the Ten Command
ments he replied in the affirmative, and if
he believed that commandment, "Thou
shalt not kill" ought TO read,
Thou shalt kill?n he became
excited, violent, and refused to discuss that
matter at all; there was no murder in his
case and no killing; it was not his account;
killing the President was inspired by
Deity. 1t was all nonsense to split
hairs any longer over that word; it must
be distinctly understood that the removal
of the President was an act of Deity. Wit.
ness proved decidedly obstinate, and after
fatty contradicting the testimony of
General Logan and others, posi-
lively refused to answer several
questions, his invariable response being: IL
decline to discuss that with you" The
witness seemed greatly annoyed at Judge
Porter's habit of pointing his finger at
him by way of emphasis to
his interrogatories, ana brake
out angrily; "Tou need not point your
bony finger at me, Judge Porter; have
seen you do that before, but you can't scare
me-"
The witness was closely questioned
with regard to different boarding.houses
at which he had lived and
became very uneasy at the bad showing he
was making by his own evidence for hon
est dealing with his landladies and declined
to go further into the clearinghouse
business, as it had no bearing in
the case. The court decided he must
answer. The witness was readily driven
from one position to another, until con-
fronted with the evidence of his own wit
nesses when he would unhesitatingly pro-
nounce, their evidence false.
Once he emphasized his contradiction
by saying; Anything that swear to,
Judge, is true. You can put that down as
a fixed fact" Being pressed as to how he
had said he was expecting TO
receive, witness replied; "I Intended to
borrow il from one OF my friends, and told
how he borrowed money, The witness was
questioned as to the purchase of
the pistol. Guiteau became very
indignant at Judge Porter's
use of the word murder and shouted
fercely "You seem to delight in the use
of the word murder, there is no use of
your whining III that way the mere
fact of how | removed the President
has nothing whatever to do with
the case" The prisoner, with flushed
cheeks, and an air of tiger at bay, hurled |
his replies at Judge Porter for two hours,
continually interrupting, however, the
course of question and reply
to insist upon his position in
regard to the Deity being thoroughly |
understood and his shrewdness in detect
ing and anticipating any point which
might be made against him was the marked
feature Of the investigation. Judge
Porter pressed him very closely to tx |
the day when he received his alleged |
inspiration to remove the President, and |
Guiteau finally shrieked: ITO remove all |
this loose talk, want you to know that | |
would have removed the Presi- |
dent at any time between the mid
die of June and second of July, ifII
had found an opportunityi would have !
done it for the good of the American
people,
At l2 o'clock a recess was taken for one
hour.