The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-12-03
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
steps Being Taken to Form Scottish
Land League-.Mr. Beck Uuani.
mously RenOminated.
cross Examination Of the Arch. .Assas.
Continned..NO Resting Place
for His Weary Feet.
Florida Day at the Atlanta Cotton Ex.
position A Failure, and
Fatal Accident.
Weekly Cotton Ciscular ..- Criminal
Calendar-.-Stock Market.
Regulations of the Louisville Jockey
Club..-A Dead Cardinal.
Other Foreign and Domestic News.
Regulations of the Louisville Jocke,
Club.--A Dead Cardinal.
Other Foreign and Domestic News.
The Gulteau Trial.

WASHINGTON, december 2.-Guitean ar
rived at the courthouse about 9 O'Clock,
and ate hearty breakfast. He seemed to
be feeling in good spirits; his remarkable
self-esteem and egotism never for an in
stant failed him and his perfect confidence
in verdict favorable to himself
is apparently unshaken. AT 10 a. M, after
the usual appeal from Marshal Henry
for order in the courtroom, court was
opened and the prisoner was placed in the
witness-box. Guiteau glanced at his pa
pers and then said: 81 desire Judge Porter,
to state to you and the court that decline
to answer any more questions that are mere
repetitions of what we have already been
over"
Judge Porter Immediately resumed the
cross-examination with lhe question:
" Was one of your purposes in removing
the President to createa demand for your
book ~
Answer" Yes sir; with the mod.
itication that il was to preach the Gospel. /"
Witness regarded his book as a collateral
gospel; in other words, the Gospel brought
down to the present time. Witness soon
became excited, and, gesticulating wildly,
insisted on his inspiration. and
that the Lord had selected him to
do the work; he was no fool; the Lord never
selected fools to do the work; He had in
spired him to remove Garfield, and left
him to use his own judgment in selecting
the means. Several letters written by Gut
teau were read, and witness inter.
rnntpl thn raa1inu
make explanations. The cross-examination
was resumed, and in answer to the aues.
tion, Are you insane at alp" Guiteat re-
piled; =" am not an expert; let these ex-
perts and the jury decide that" Being
pressed for his opinion, the prisoner de.
clined to answer. He was subjected to a
rapid series of questions and be-
gan to exhibit great irritability
and anger. On Being asked if he
laid in wait for the President BY night, said:
Now, as yOuare or that will give v9r !
little news; ! will tell you what occurred
that evening, July 1st" lie then detailed
his movements up to the time he saw the
President and Blaine emerge from the
house OF the latter and walk
down Fifteenth street. lie be-
came furiously excited and plunged
into wild harrangue, denouncing Blaine
as a bold, wicked, designing man, who
wanted to run the Republican party in re-
venge for being slaughtered by political
conventions, and striking the desk with
considerable violence, shouted, "Yes sir
and in my opinion Blaine is morally re-
sponsible for the death of Garfield"
Recess was taken for one hour.
Alter recess Porter put some questions as
to the occurrence of the 18th of June, when
the prisoner refrained fiom shooting the
President on account of Mrs. Gariield's
presence, and finally asked:
"lf Mrs. Garfield had been with the
President on the I'd of July would you
have shot him?"
Answer-"No, should not have shot
him, whatever the effect might be on her. -
Question-"Then it depended entirely on
your will?"
Answer-"It depended on whether had
a suitable opportunity"
Porter enquired why he would
not have shot in Mrs. Gar
fields presence.
The prisoner-"If your head is so thick
that you can't get an idea in it, ! will
try to pound 1t in. Don't ask your
ques ms in mean, sickly sort of a way
p n pressed his question, whereupon
N soner quietly took n paper and, ad-
jN yhi9, eyeglasses, began to read, pay
In. a ltion whatever to counsel.
e. o. W'N"t are you reading2"
ftsyv ytraising his eYes-"I am
glancing aetifS lsesn York Herald"
Porter-"Don't you think that the time
of the court and jury is of some value2"
Prisoner-"Not in the way you are inter-
rogating in this matter; II has been dis
cussed and repeated over and over again."
and the prisoner settled himself back in his
chair to quietly read
Seoville here interrupted, in support of
Guiteau's objection TO the repetition, and
after some discussion between counsel the
cross-oxamination was resumed, directed to
the events ofthe morning of the ID of July.