Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-12-02

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-Guiteau's trial wa
resumed this morning in the presence OF tn
usual throng. Upon entering the witness bo,
Guiteau desired, before resuming his evidence
to make a personal statement, and addresse,
himself to the audience, saying: "Two week
ago l sent out an appeal for money. did i
ON my own account, and the day after Scovill
publicly announced that I was without au
thority. again invite my friends to send mi
money, in the interest of the cause of justice
and for my defense. They can send s., $40 o.
SIS, or $1,000 if they wish. If they dom
want it to be known, they can send without
the name to Scoville."
Judge Porter then began rapid fire of in
terrogations, eliciting from the prisoner in hi
several replies, that physically he was COW
ard and always kept away from personal dan
gers. Morally he was brave as lion, wheI
he thought the deity was back of him. In hi
opinion the doctors killed the president. Tn,
acts of Jones and Mason in attempting to xii
him were wrong, and they ought to be punish
ed, unless they can show they were inspired by
the deity. The witness soon showed signs o.
impatience, and excitability striking his
open hand upon the desk, ht
emphasized every sentence uttered. When
pressed for answers he finally became obstinate
and shouted to Judge Porter: 81 know you
well, and know bigger men than You are.
I've seen you shake your finger at witnesses
in New York, but you can't scare me" and
shortly after, when asked if he believed in t he
ten commandments, he responded in
the affirmative, and when asked il
he believed that the commandment
Thou shalt not kill" ought to read in his
case, "Thou shalt KILL" he became exceedingly
violent, and refused to discuss that matter at
all. There was no murder in his case ard no
killing. 1t was simply for the jury to deter
mine whether or not his act in removing the
president was inspired by the Deity or not. 1t
was all nonsense to split hairs any louger over
that word. 1t must be distinctly understood
that the removal of the president was an act
of the Deity.
The witness proved decidedly obstinate and
after fatty contradicting the testimony of
Gen. Logan, Col. Reed and other witnesses, he
positively refused to answer several questions,
his invariable response being 81 decline to dis
euss that with you" Witness seemed to be
greatly annoyed at Judge Porter's habit of
pointing his finger as he frequently did to en-
phasize his interrogatories and again broke
out angrily, ''You need not point your long
fingers at me, Judge Porter; I've seen you do
that before, but you can't scare me-"
Witness declined to go into boarding houses
as they had no bearing on the case. He sup
posed he owed hundred and fifty dollars
TO VARIOUS LANDLADIEs,
and some time or other expected to pay
them.
Judge Cox directed him to reply to ques-
tions. The witness was readily driven from
one position to another till confronted with
the evidence of his own witnesses, when he
would unhesitatingly pronounce their evidence
false. Once he emphasized this contradiction
by saying: Anything swear to, judge, is
true; you can put that down as fixed fact. !"
Being pressed as to how he proposed to
received the funds which he said he was eX-
pecting to receive, witness replied, 81 intend
ed to borrow it from some Of my friends"
and added, 81 will tell you Judge how bor-
row money. 1t may be of service to you
when you want to borrow for yourself. 1
don't lie nor sneak, but go right up to man
and ask him for what ] want"
The witness was closely questioned about
why he bought one with an ivory handle in
stead of plain one, replied, "becaue
thought it worth dollar more"
Judge Porter-"Did you not say it would
look better in the patent Officer"
Witness admitted he might have believed or
thought the pistol would sometime be placed
in the state department. Shortly afterward
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 words 'kill'' and murder" There
is no use of your whining in that way. The
mere outward fact of how I removed the
president has nothing whatever to do with this
case.n
Guiteau's shrswdness in anticipating any
point which might be made against him was a
marked feature of the investigation.
the day when he received his "inspiration' to
remove the president, and Guiteau finally
,shrieked out: "To remove all this loose talk,
want you to know that l would have re-
moved the president at any time between the
middle of June and the I'd of July if had
found opportunity. would have done it for
the good of the American people,"
Gulteau was permitted to indulge his pas
sion for talking upon the pending political
speaking OF the presidents ingratitude
to Gen. Grant and Senator Conk ling, he
was led by Judge Porter to admit that ingrat-
itude is the basest of crimes.
Judge! Porter-"Stop there. What would
you have thought if your act in killing the
president, had he given you the Paris consul
ship, instead of having refused it?'
oollCdu hdu piCtiOuolJ Sdlu
was his (the prisoner's) warm personal and
political friend, and that no personal motives
whatever were involved in his act, AMI fearing
evidently that some trap was being set for him
he hesitated moment and then with great
emphasis said: 81 want to just fasten you
solid right here. would not have taken the
Paris consuship after the first of June If
had been appointed to it and the president and
Secretary Blaine had both beseeched me on
their knees to take it. I had at that time re-
solved to remove the president for the good
of the American people," Recess.
AFTER RECESS.
Guiteau resumed the stand looking very hag-
gard and worn. The cross examination, how
ever, was continued, as before recess. Guiteau
said he had no special purpose in using some
fiattering words to Blaine. 81 simply made
the suggestion to him that if he assisted me
in getting the Paris consulship, should feel
bound in case he was candidate at the ma.
tional convention to assist him. That's the
way they do in politics, Judge. Understand
that is the way politicians get on-you tickle
me, / tickle you.'
Guiteau-"Did you write President Garfield
letter marked private in which you said
4 intend to express my sympathy for you or
account of the pressure that has been on YOU
since you came to this city," A.-'sYes,
wrote ttat letter. My idea was just this, tc
express my personal regard for Gen. Garfield
on account of the pressure on him for Office
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