The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-12-01

Inspiration did. but / have never yet
asked favor Of him, and I don't sup
pose ever shall.
Guitteau continued: A few weeks
ago l addressed Bennett a note, sug-
costing that he send me $4,000, and
l think it very likely that he will
send it. owe probably $1,000, and
that is every cent / do owe in the
world, and if Bennett sends ne the
money l shall pay off my boarding
bills. He said he did me a great
deal of damage in 1874, but Bennett
IS a goOd-hearted fellow. l have
had the idea in my head for twenty
years that l should be President of
the United States. 1 suppose the
people think l have been badly
cranked about that. had that idea
IN the Oneida community. l went
to Boston with the distinct feel
ing that I was on the way
to. the White House, and / shall
make it yet. daughter spread
through the audience at this pre-
dlctlon) If 1 am ever President,
continued the witness, it will be by
the act Of God. l shall get the nomi
nation as Lincoln and Garfield did.
and L Shall be elected as they were.
anticipate a decided change of
public opinion in regard to me. l
dld not want to get the Herald
down on me, that is the reason why
l dId not press my suit against it.
l don't care now the snap of my
finger about being President. I
don't care anything about it. l don't
know if I should take it if was
actually nominated and elected.
Inc witness related the story of his
personal" inviting correspondence
with view to matrimony, and said:
want to say word in reference to
my divorced wife.
The cOurt-NO, not now.
The priSoner-I do not know any,
thing about her, nor have I
known fer years past, but she had
no business to come here for the
prosecution. Hewas questioned about
the revised edition of Truth. The
witness answered: There is no
money in that business in any way,
shape or manner, and never has
been. When Col. Corkhill came to
me IN July and talked about some
great lot OF money and some great
men backing me with money and
all that nonsense, told him about
nay circumstances and convinced
hlmI had no money.
Judge Porter now began the cross
examination.
The prisoner bore the examine
ton with considerable self-posSes-
sion, although he occasionally got
Hurried and excited.
QuestiOn-You determined to kill
General Garfield did you not? An
swer-I decline to answer that.
That is a very strong way to put it
with some EXCITEMENT. I consider
myself the agent of the Deity in the
matter. l had no personal yolition
in the matter.
Odd you say to Officer Scott,
on leaving the depot, after the MUIR
der Of the President, General Ar
thur is now President?" Al de-
cline to answer that.
Q.-Why do you object answering
that? Al suppose did say that. |
Then he added excitedly, 1 want |
it distinctly understood l did not do |
that of my own personal volition,
but on the inspiration of the Deity.
/ never would have shot the Presi- /
dent Oh my own personal account.
The Deity inspired the act, and the |
Deity will take care of it. The /
Deity furnished me the money with
which / bought the pistol. l was
an agent; the Deity inspired me to
remove the President, and 1 had to
resort to my own mind to accom-
plish the Deity's will. |
Q-The only inspiration you had
was to use pistol on the President?
A-The inspiration consisted in try
ing to remove the President for the
good Of the American people, and
(emphatically) all these details are
to the case. The whole
matter was in the hands of the
Deity, and (emphatically) L do not
want to discuss it any further. I
the fact Of the Presi-
dents long sickness as much as any
person III the world; but that is a
very narrow view TO take of the
matter.
Odd you contemplate his re-
moval otherwise than by murderP
A.-No, sir petulantly). l do not
like the word murder" l do not
recollect the actual facts in that
matter (excitedly). If l had shot
the President of the United States
on my own personal account, no
punishment would betoo severe nor
too quick for me; but acting as the
agent Of the Deity, that puts an en-
tirely different construction on the
act, and that's what 1 want put to
the court and the jury, and to the
opposing 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 I want you
to entertain, and not to settle down
on the c0ld-blooded idea of murder,
because l never had the first concep-
ton of murder in the matter.
Q.-Were you aware it was against
human law?
The prisoner Il felt the Deity
would take care Of me. Inever en-
tertalned the idea of murder in the
whole matter. I never had any
conception of the matter as murder.
NV mind Is n0rfoaf1v b1onk ot, Shat