Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-01

OF the incidents of the End OF July?
Guiteau, smilingly-0h, yes; certainly.
Witness then briefly recited his arrest, and
Incarceration, with little exhibition of
feeling as one would exhibit in, relating
the commonest incidents of everyday life.
When l was finally lodged in Jail, said
Guiteau, felt happy. said, thank God
it is all over with"
After a few questions had been pro-
pounded and objected to, Guiteau broke
QUIT want to define my position on this
point. / believe
General Arthur
is friend OF mine. He ought to be, for 1
am the man that made him, or my jnspira-
ton did; but never have yet asked favor
OF him, and don't suppose ever shall"
Guiteau continued: A few weeks ago L
addressed Bennett note suggesting he
send me ffve thousand dollars, and think
it very likely he will send it. owe prob
ably one thousand dollars, and that is every
cent | do owe in the world, and il Bennett
sends me the money, | shall pay off some
of my boarding bills. The Herald did me
great deal of damage in 1874, but Benefits
a good d-hearted fellow. had an idea in my
head for twenty years that should be Pres
ident of the United States. suppose peo-
pie think have been badly cranked about
that. ! had an idea in the Oneida commun-
ity. went to Boston with distinct feel
ing was on the way to the White House,
and shall make it yet. Laughter spread
through the audience at this prediction.l
If am
Ever Pretident,''
continued the witness, 'it will be by the
act of God. / shall get the nomination as
Lincoln and Garfield did, and | shall be
elected as they were. anticipate a de-
l. IL ~ mi ini in n
me. The idea being in my head for twenty
years that would be President, did not
want to get the Herald down on me. That
is all the reason why l did not press my
suit against it. 1 do not care now snap
of my fingers about being President. l
don't care anything about it. don't know
if should take it if were actually nom-
mated and elected
Witness related the story of his Person
al" inviting correspondence with view to
matrimony, and said, " want TO say word
now in reference to my
Cross Examination. .
The prisoner bore the examination with
considerable self possession, although he
occasionally got furried and excited.
Q.-You determined to kill General Gar
field did you not?
Al decline to answer that Thatisavcry
strong way to put it t,(with some exctementl
consider myself the agent of deity i'll the
matter. had no personal volitiOn i'll the
matter
Q.-Did YOU say to officer Scott on
leaving the depot, after the murder of the
Presidcnt-Gencral Arthur is now PreSi-
dent?
Al decline to answer that
Q.-Why do you object to answering
that?
Al suppose did say that. (Then he
added excitedly): | want it distinctly un-
derStoOd that did not do that of my own
personal YolitiOn, but OH the inspiration OF
the Deity. | never would have shot the
President on my own personal account.
The Deity inspired the act. and the Deity
will take care of it. The Deity furnished
the : mey with which bought the pistol.
| was the agent. The Deity inspired me to
rnmoyc the President and | had to resort
to my own means to accomplish the Deity
will.
O.-Thc only inspirrtion you had was to
Use the pistol on the President?
Divorced Wife,"
The court-No; not now.
The prisoner-I do not know anything
about her, nor have known for years past
but she had no business to come here for
the prosecution.
QueStlOleu ABOUT lllt IcNlS'u chltloii vi
Truth" witness answCrcd-There is no
money in that business, in anyway, shape
or manner and never has been. When Col.
COrkhill cane to me in July and talked OF
some greatlot of money and of some great
men backing me with money, and all that
kind of nonsense, told him about my cir
cumstanCes and convinced him that l had
no money.
Judge Potter now began the
A.-The inspiration consisted III trying
TO remove the President for the good OF
American people and impatiently) all
these detaili are nothing to the case. The
whole malt,r was in the hands of the Deity
and Gmpatently) do not want to discuss
il any further. IapprcCiate the fact of the
! Presidents long sickness as much as any
any person N the world. but that is very
narrow view to take oil the matter.
Odd YOU contemulatc his removal
otherwise tlrn BY murder?
A.-No. sir don't like the word "mrr-
der" don't rccollect the actual facts in
that matter (excitcdlyl. If | had shot the
President of the United States on my own
personal account, no punishment would ne
too severe nor too quick for me, but acting
as the agent of Deity, thatputs an entirely
different construction 9p the act and that
is what want TO put 40 the court aud
Jury. and to the opposition counsel | say
that the removal Of the President was an
act of necessity from the situation, and
for the good Of the American people. That
is the idea wish you to entertain, and not
settle down on the cold blOOded idea OF
murder. because never had the first con-
ception of murder in the matter
MIR. Parker-"Werc you aware IL was
against human law|'
The Prisoner-'I felt Deity would take
care of me. | never entertained an
idea of murder in the whole matter. |
never had any conception OF the matter as
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