Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-02
CROSS-EXAMINATlON.
JUDGE PORTER PuNCTUReS THE EGO
TISM OF THE ASSASSIN.

Full Report ofthe Dav's rTroeeedops-eui =
teau q cc'ujeets 10 the Word Murder" Be.
ing used in Connection With His
Crime.
! INSISTING ON HIS inspiration.
The proc., 1dings of the Guitcau trial
were not of sc, r,sational character YES
terday. Judge Potter conducted the
cross-eXamination of the prisoner, who
became at times excited aiHrd then stub
born. Nothing new was deve.' 'oped, eX-
66f what he deems to his own advaHt-
age. His most serious objection is to
| Judge POrter's insisting OH characteriz-
ing his crime as murder and stripping it
of all the wordy ornaments with which
he has industriously clothed it. The at
tendance was large, rs usual, and the in
terruptions less frequent, though equally
| ill-timed.
| The Guiteau Trial.
WASHINGTON, December 1.-The Guitcau
ence of the usual throng. Upon entering
| the witness box, Guitcau desired before re-
| Suming his evidence, to make a personal
| statement and addressed himself to the
audience saying: Two weeks ago ] sent
out al appeal for money. ] did il on my
own account, and the day afterward SEQ
vile publicly announced it was without
his authority. again invite my friends to
send ME money i'll the interest of the cause
| Nt ,,,U, Il =. Tln,-
send five. ten or fifteen dollars ur a thou
sand, if they wish. II they don't want it to
he known, they can send without name to
SCOvillc.
Judge Porter began n rapid fire of in
terrogations, elCting from the prisoner. in
his several replies, that physically he was
a coward and always kept away from per-
sonal dangers. Morally he was
Brave M n Lion,
when he thought Deity was at the back OF
him. In his opinion. the doctors killed
the President The acts Of Jones and Ma
son. in attempting to kill him, was wrong
and they ought Ia he punished. unless
they can show that they were inspired by
Deity. Witness soon showed signs Of impa-
thence and excitement and striking his hand
upon the desk, emphasized every sentence
uttered. When pressed for answers, he
finally became obstinate, and shouted to
Judge Porter:
Il know you well, and ! know bigger
men than You are. I've seen yOu shake
YOUR finger at witnesses in New York; but
you cant scare me- and shortly after when
asked if he believed in the Ten Command
mcnts. to which he responded in the at'im'
atiyc, and if he believed that the command.
ment Thou shalt not kill, ought To read
..Thou Shalt KILL"
ne became exceedingly violent. and refused
TO discuss that matter at all. There was no
murder in his case and no killing. II was
simply for the jury 10 determine whether
or not his act, in removing the PRESIDENT
was inspired by Dety or not. 1t was all
nonsense Ia split hairs any longer over that
word. 1t must be distinctly understood
that the removal Of the President was the
act of Dicty. Witness proved decidedly
obstinate, and after fatty cOntradirting
the testimony Of General Logan, Colonel
Reed and several other witnesses, he posi-
lively refused to answer several questions
H." a.. nmr"ri"bl" response being, II dcrhIIc "
+" 'i~SS b rn"t riat with YOU" WmSsSs- WsSS isSfi"fa s
habit Of p0iIItins Ii. finger at him, as he
frequently did in the way Of emphasizing
his interrugationS, and again broke OUT an
grily: You need not point your .l0ng
finger at me, Judge Porter. I've seen you
do that before, but you
"Can't Scare Me-"
and then with great emphasis said:
Iwant to just fasten you solid right
here. | wouldn't have taken the Paris
Consulship after the lst of June if had
been appointed To it. and the President and
Secretary Blaine had both bcsccChcd me on
on their knees Ia take il. | had, at that
time, resolved to remove the President for
the good Of the American people.
The witness declined to oiuto the board
ing house matters, rs it had no hearing on
the case. He supposed he owed one hun
dred and fifty dollars 10 various landladieS,
and some time or other expected to pay
them.
Judge Cox directed the prisoner to reply
to the questions.
Witness was readily driven from one po'
sitiOn To another until confronted with the
evidence Of his own witnesses, when he
would unhcsitatingly pronounce" their cvI-
dence false Once hc emphasized his con-
tradction by saying: Anything swear to,
Judge, is true You can put that down as
a fixed fact" Being pressed rs Ia how he
proposed to raise funds which hc said he
was expecting to receive, witness replied
IL Inten dcd TO Borrow
il from some Of nv friends" and added,
"Tll tell YOU, Judge, how borrow money.
II may bc of service 10 you when you want
TO borrow for yourself. don't lie. nor
sneak, hut go right up t0 man and ask
him for what want" Witness was close
ly questioned about the purchase of the
pistol, and asked why he bought one with
an ivory handle instead uf plain one, ana
replied. because thought il worth dol
lar more.
Judge Portcr-Did you not say ii would
look better in the Patent Office?
Witness admitted he might have believed,
or thought the pistol wonld sometime b"
placed in the State Department. shortly
afterward Guiteau became very indignant
al Judge Porter's use Of the word
murder"
pnd shouted fercely. You seem todelight
in the use Of the words kill and murder.
| There's no use Of your whining in that
way. The mere fact of how ] removed
the President has nothing whatever to do
with this case
Guiteau's shrewGiness in detecting and
| anticipating any point which might bc
made against him was marked feature Of
! the investigation Judge Porter pressed
| him very closely to fix the day when he
received his alleged inspiration to remove
the President. and Guiteau finally shrieked
! out-sTo remove all this loose talk want
YOU TO know that would have
Removed the President
at any time between the middle OF June
and the md Of July. If | had found an ap,,
portunity; would have done 1t Tor the g''d
of the American people.
Guiteau was permitted to indulge ms
nassion for talking upon the pending politi-
tsi situation at the time OF the shooting
until speaking Of the Presidents ingratl-
tude to Grant and COnkling, he was led by
Judge Porter, 70 admit that ingraatude Is
4 the basest Of crimes ..
Judge Porter-Stop there. What would
YOU have thought Of your act in killing the
4 pTesident, had be given you the Paris
consulship instead Of having refused it;
Guitenu had previously said that Gar;
field was his, the prisoner warm personal al
,"aasfres whatever were involved in his
act ct and fearing. suddenly, some trap was
being set for him, he hesitatcd a moment,
and then with great emphasis saId