The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-12-08

| nOI IuIn IHOSe l6GJ6IS dRdlnSJ ulu.
he was then crOSS-eXamined about
the alleged intimacy with republican
| leaders. Guiteau became very much eX-
cited when asked where he met COnk-
| ling, and said at several places, once on
| the street. But when pushed for dates
he said he would not be frightened by
counsel, and he refused to say anything
more about the Paris cOnsulship, for if
counsel did not already understand, they
must be very dull, and the matter was
| irrelevant anyway. Blaine'S letter tell
ing Guiteau never to speak to him again
was read, and witness claimed all let
| ters counsel read were written before
| Garfield tried t. disruptuTe the Republi-
can party, and it was not fair to use
them against him now. He was never
| inspired with the belief that Garfield
would be renOminated. Refused to an
| swer several questions. and finally broke
in with Garfield should have stuck by
| Grant and COnkling, who made him,
and cast Blaine overheard. Blaine used
him for his own purposes" Pressed
| closely to say who told him Garfield's
death would unite the party, he said his
| inspiration did. Human life was of lit
| tie value if one was ready to go. No
doubt Garfield was happier now than
any man on earth. His Christian char
| acter was excellent, but he was in a pO-
Deity prompted his removal; said he had
no enmity towards Mason and Jones if
they were inspired by the Deity.
FRIDAY.
Guiteau continued that he regarded
| himself as much in the employ Of the
Deity as Paul or Martin Luther. The
same inspiration that carried him into
the Oneida community, moved him to
| 70 foh
lishment of theOcratic paper, Guiteau
said he failed because the time had not
yet arrived for such journal. His idea
in founding theOcratic daily paper
was to make it the organ of the Deity
in this world. Said the ideas on the
| Truth" were his own, written four
teen years after he left the Oneida COM
munity, and had no reference to ideas
entertained by NOyes, the founder of
the community, adding: 81 have got as
much brains as NOyes." Holding
NOyes's book in one hand and Guiteau's
in the other, Judge Porter continued the
examination, endeavoring to show that
Guiteau's book was not inspiration,
but strict copy of NOyes's. Guiteau
held his book was inspired. He re-
peated his book was written without
any reference to NOyes or his book. He
would have left the Oneida community
| UVAVlV3 htlu iC uVG IuOuBHJ IL UOu Will
| that he should remain. A letter object
ed to early in the day was here admit
| ted. In effect it discussed the estab-
lishment of theOcratic dailies in large
cities of the world, and the good they
| would the cause of Christ on earth.
Such papers would bring Christ to the
| breakfast table every morning instead
OF once week, as at present. During
| the reading Guiteau interrupted with
frequent explanations. The letter was
written when Guiteau was 25, and
| states the writer did not expect to eX-
! ert much influence in that direction un-
til he was 80. Several notes and letters
| written by the prisoner relative to the
oneida community, were recognized by
him. Porter resumed his examination
on points mentioned in the letter. The
prisoner said the idea of establishing
theocrattc press was sound, but not
feasible, NOyes and few others were
the only men in the community who
! protected social intercourse. He pFis
Oner) was shaker; he did not believe
in deyll1sh delusiOns; never had any
| such, delusiOns; believed in 4 personal
devil and personal God; believed in
| temptation, and when he feels its pres
sure he has first to decide whether the
Epressure comes from the devil or from
God. Counsel using the word ''mur-
derer,"a Guiteau broke out, "Judge
Porter is using that word too
tton of insanity 1lGuiteauA said
J that as he was not an expert,
he could not say whether ne was insane
| or not. Referring to his seeing the
President one night with loaded pistol,
| coming from Blaine's house, the prisoner
said he did not intend to remove him at
that time. The prisoner here broke out
in ribaldry about Blaine and his disrup-
tIOn of the Republican party. Return
ing to Garfield's visit to Blaine, the
prisoner said he did not follow the Presi-
dent to the White House. He had
visited the Presidents church several
times, and on all these occasions he had
his pistol. He had surveyed the position
of the Presidents pew; did not take out
his pistol or point it at the President;
did not know of a better place to remove
a man than at his devOtiOns. Counsel
here said: Newspapers inspired YOU.
Guiteau said: "The Deity inspired me
and the newspapers confirmed the in
SpiratiOn; put it in that shape and you
have it," He was not ready to remove
the President until June 18th. The
prisoner said he did not intend to remove
the President at church, Went to the
Jail about the first week of June. Wanted
to see the accommodations there. Was
|
the Jail was to look at it's interior. Ex-
pected to live at it after the removal of
the President. He hired hack to 90
toward the cemetery, not Jail, sat in
front because of the heat and not for an
opportunity to shoot the President. Al
the same time he had his pistol with
him; was an unusually early riser; may
have gone to the river on the morning
of June 18th; fired h. s pistol off when
he walked to the river; still maintained
he took the precautiOn to send for Gen
Sherman to receive protection, because
the crowd would think him dis
appointed Office seeker and hang him be-
fore he could explain the motive which
prompted him. Mrs. Garfield's presence
the prisoner again stated, saved the
Presidents life, June 18ih. The prisoner
here took up paper and refused to an.
swer questions unless something new
was asked, and ScOville said he thought
the prisoners objections well founded
A legal spat then took place between
ScOville and Porter. Continuing, wit
ness said when at the depot July I'd, saw
Blaine and Garfield in most intimate re-
latiOns in the rotunda engaged in close
conversation; shot twice at President
in the back; felt remOrse at the deed
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