The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-12-03
NOT AN EXPERT.
Guiteau Refuses to Answer Because
He Is not An Expert.
A Question for the Experts and Jury
to Decide-and They Viii.


papers = moment and then said: de-
sire, Judge Porter. to state to yon and
this honorable court, that decline to
answer any more questions. mere repe-
titions of what we have already been
oyer.
Judge Porter Immediately resumed
the cross-examination with the ques-
tion: Was one of your purposes in re-
moving the president to create a de-
mand for your bookP
A. Yes, sir; with the modification
that It was to teach the gospel. Witness
soon became excited and gesticulating
wildly insisted upon his inspiration and
that the Lord had selected him to do
the work. He was no fool; the Lord
never selected fools to do his work; He
had inspired him to remove Garfield
and left him (witness) to use his own
Judgment in selecting means; contin-
uing excitedly. aud the Lord has taken
care of me; I've been neither shot nor
hung.
Judge Porter And you did not ex-
pect to bep
A. l decline TO discuss the matter
with you. l did not have any thought
on the subject. left It all to the
Deity.
A letter addressed by Guiteau to the
Oneida community. was then read. in
which the writer confessed his love
for, and his subsection to John II.
Noyes and the Oneida community.
Several other letters written by Gui-
teau about the time be left the Oneida
community, were then placed in evil
dence. identified by Guiteau and read.
One OF them addressed to the COM
munity, sets forth the writer's repent
ance for his insubordination, and con-
tained q confession that be acted under
influence Of his own self -willed, con-
ceited and fanatical disposition.
Guiteau insisted, in spite of warn
ings, In making his explanations as
the reading progressed. was elbow
ing my way out of the community
then, said the witness. You want to
imagine yourselves in hell, ladies and
gentlemen, and trying to get out, then
you can understand my position at
that time. Witness believed in the
personal existence Of the Deity and the
devil, and when the impulse to remove
the president seized him, be wrestled
and prayed to find IL it came from the
Lord or devil. and had 1t not been for
the political situation and the evident
necessity for his removal for the good
Of the country and the American peo-
pie be would not have shot the presi.
dent, but would have believed the i'm
pulse was prompted by the devil.
Witness was then asked: Are you
insane at alp
A. am not an expert; let these
experts and the jury decide that.
Being pressed for his opinion, witness
declined to answer.
The witness repeatedly refused to
answer questions, or. as he termed it,
''discuss" matters under inquiry. At
one time he appealed to the court for
protection against the manner of cross
examination.
Judge Porter said: l have not at
tempted to force y reply from you, Mr..
Guiteau. If you will allow the jury to
understand that you refuse to answer,
1t will suit my purpose Just as well.
Witness at once turned to Judge
Porter and inquired: Well, what was
your question, Judge?
Witness was then asked IL his enter
ing the Oneida community was inspir-
alton, II his leaving it was inspiration,
and declined to discuss the subject.
Judge Porter then produced Gull
teau's book, "Truth,' which. witness
had claimed was the result Of direct
inspiration from the Deity, and COM
pared 1t paragraph by paragraph with
the "Berean." the Oneida community
book written by John H. Noyes. He
was then subjected to rapid questions
and soon began to exhibit irritability
and anger, and his replies, when given
at all, were in short jerky sentences.
He was asked II he laid in wait for the
president in an alley, by night, and
after short wrangle, said: Now, that
you are on that, will give you q little
news. / will tell you what occurred
on that evening, July LIST. Witness
then detailed hls movements up to the
time he saw the president and Secretary
Blaine emerge from the house of the
latter and walk down 10Th street. Said
Guiteau: They walked along so loving
ly arm In arm; they had their heads to-
Rether like two school girls; their fell
lcwship was delightful and It confirmed
me in the belief that Garfield had sold
himself and soul to Blaine, and that
Blaine was using him to ruin the stall
wart wing Of the republican party.
0uiteau here became furiously excited,
and plunged into wild harangue, de-
nouncing Blaine Rs q bold, wicked, de-
signing man, who wanted to ruin the
republican party. in revenge for the
two times he had been slaughtered by
political conventions. Striking the
desk With considerable violence, be
shouted, Yea, sir, in my opinion Blaine
y morally responsible for the death Of
Garfield.
Recess.
At nvs minutes past one O'Clock the