The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-12-03

WASHINGTON. December 2.-Guitcau ar
-.,cl M the courthouse about . O'Clock.
.r1 ate q hearty breakfast. lie seemed TO
h. ,eciing in good spirits. His remarka-
tI. .eli-c.tecm and egotism never for an
,,..snf isil him. and his perfect confidence
RI verdict favorable 10 himself Is appa-
rniy mistaken.
Al 1880 O'Clock, after the usual appeal
from the marshal for order in the court
ION. the court was opened. and the
rri.o1cr was placed IN the Witness-5oX.
Cu',eau glanced at his papers q moment,
and then said:
81 desire. Judge Porter. 20 state to YOU
and fle Court that | decline TO answer any
morc questions that are mere repeated ones
~ what We have already been over"
Tho following is the Stars report OF the
proceedings:
CRoss-EXANINATION RESUMED.
Mr.. Porter asked the prisoner if his pur-
no.e I'm removing the President was TO get
SHE for his book.
The prisoner answered indirectly that il
w4,to preach the gospel. Being compelled
bv the Court % answer The question direct
a. mo said: Yes, sir, with a modification,
s, previously stated, to preach the gospel
D., I'll forth I'm that book"
E.ing asked Il ne considered his writings
q, thc gospel and inspired, he said at is
ac1lle,crll and parallel inspiration TO the
SAVIOUR. ! viii say that the book is the
Nhlc brought down 70 the present time.
with ail due respect 90 the biblical writers.
n came from the same Deity that inspires
them.
Wr. Porter referred to the Napoleonic
rim. az certain Of Guitcau's declarations.
Yhr prisoner said he had never read
mg.h about Napoleon or Caesar; these sen
tnce, were from his own brain his book
lll lots OF specimens OF Che same style.
Mr.. Porter here complimented the pri-
,0nor as man Of brain-pOwcr, and re-
marked ;hat he thought the jury agreed
with him.
IL thank YOU" said the prisoner.
cit is IN honest OPINION" said Judge
Por;or.'
"I stake my chances on this court and
Jury 10 soc." said the prisoner, that the
Deity inspired the act and am no foot.
TIE Deity never employs fool TO do His
work"
A MAN OF DESTINY.
Being questioned Is TO whether he did
not believe himself man Of destiny like
Napoleon. the prisoner said: Il want to
say claim that an q man Of destiny. As
much o. the Saviour, or Paul, or Martin
Luther. or any Of those kind Of men,
WAS your destiny to remove the Presi-
dcnty"
.'Mv destiny was TO execute the divine
will"
when were you first inspiredf"
Il decline to discuss this question with
YOU any further
Being questioned further he said: %
won't be annoyed this way any longer. Ii
your Honor please, ask the protection OF
the Court from this kind OF crOss-eXami-
nation"
Mr.. Porter asked II the prisoner was not
inspired TO start theocratic daily.
The witness said "Ges."
Mr.. Porter asked if it was not 4 failure
a question which stuck the prisoner.
The District Attorney here gave Mr..
Porter some papers. one Of these q let
teri was handed TO the prisoner for ldentl-
fcation. After perusing il he said: "Ihls
/, my letter. sir, and will read it,"
Nj. Porter objected to il at first, but the
prisoner insisted.
"This was written" he said, "abOut the
time left the Community-in April, 1860 !;
but il is not dated" The prisoner then
read the letter.
Mr. Porter then handed upa large roll Of
mu,ty manuscript and asked the prisoner
10 identify it. The prisoner grinned as he
turned over the pages. my name Is
signed 10 it," he said. 81 amnot prepared
10 swear that this is my handwriting. 1t
NAV be a forgery. 1t doesn't look like my
handwriting now"
The prisoner was allowed permission to
look over the paper, and when he had
glanced over it said he would read 1t aloud.
Mr.. Porter objected.
IL wouldn't trust you to read it," said
Guiteau. "The document looks rs though
il had been mutilated," unused the prisoner.
"The head Of il has been cut of"
"That's not the question:" said Mr..
Scoyille.
..Well. it is very important question:"
said the prisoner, d" il they have mutiated
thi, paper and then want to put it in as
evidence"
Mr.. Scovile said that he would like to
look the paper over before IT was read
aloud: 40 il was handed to HIM fol- pcrusal.
at i full Of theocTatic ideas and inspi-
rations. and sounds just a. | used TO talk
Il that time said the prisoner, rs he sur
rendered the paper. The manuscript was
long statement Of his purposes and rea-
sons for establishing a " thcOcratic daily.
Mr.. Scoyille consented TO have the paper
submitted in evidence.
Mr.. Porter said he would not read IT all
now.
The prisoner said 81 want it 10 go TO
the Jury. want YOU to bring out all such
paper, a. YOU can" He then cOmplimented
the paper a. we'll ~ the writer, and seemed
10 have a huge satisfaction in the eonteln-
patiOn Of his own work.
GuITEAU DEFENDS HIS PLAGIARISM.
Nj. Porter asked if he had not taken the
views he put in his book from John II.
Moves.
The prisoner proiessed that he had rs
much brains as Moves, and did not neeu 10
borrow anything from him. O,
Mr.. Porter took then copy OF "1he
Truth" written by Guiteau. and copy OF
Noyes'S book. ana, reading from certain
portions, showed the similarity OF inc
words, which he referred to as colncl-
dences.
81 think / improved the entire para
graph by adding some OF my own ana
leaving out some Of his Words said the
prisoner, who was not at all staggered
Mr.. Porter said he had marked the SINH
lar passages which occurred in the books.
He displayed the books, apparently unin-
lentionally, and as the leaves new open IL
was seen that they were dog's-eared all
through.
"The mere fact that person one hun
dred years ago or two hundred years ago
had the idea that the second coming OF
Christ occurred at the destruction OF
Jerusalem had nothing TO do with my in-
sSmtion," declared the prisoner, adding,