The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1881-12-08

here that my getting Office Or not getting Of
tice had nothing whatever to do with my re
moving moving the president That va IN .ct Of in
After relating his efforts to get IN Office. and
coming down to tho assassination, he said:
Wednesday evening after Conkling's resigns
ton the thought came to him that il 0ar6eld
was out Of the way all would go well He etriea
time it had become liked resolve. He % prsved
and prayed, and asked God II Garfield were
thus to be removed to get rid Of him in some
other way. Tho removal was necessary to aave
the nation from ruin. II knew the Lord en-
ployed me because he always employs the best
material felt the Lord wanted mo 10 do it 70
He briefly recited his arrest and incarceration
with as little feeling AZ ono would exhibit in
relating the comm0nest incidents Of every dev
life. When was finally lodged in iail. said
GSite',n: God n, o!s9 's!. ;,;R ;hsRPS said: Thank
In the croes-examins!ion by Judge Porter for
the prosecution Guiteau said, In substance. two
or or three times; want it distinctly understood
ton, but on the inspiration OF the Deitv. T
mover would have shot the president on nv
own personal account The Deity insp;red the
sct and the Deity would take care of it The
Deity Furnished the money with which bought
the pistol. l was the agent and tho Deity in
aent se!s' .nd md u.d ssmors resort the pr;s
cwh means 70 accomplish the Deity's wiz
l say that the removal Of the president Wa An
act OF necessity from the situation aid the good
OF the American people. That is the idea I
want you to entertain, and not settle down on
never had the first cc11cept;cn OF murder in the
matter.
Court adjourned without concluding Cross
examination
THURSDAY, DEC 1.
The cr0ss-examination o-day was begun as
econ al the prisoner wes seated In the box It
was marked by persistent but rather wander
ing inquiry on one side; and by wild invective,
petu1ant defamation and imptdent replies up
on the other. Judge Porter attempted to lead
the prisoner from bis theory OF Inspiration,
but while the latter was often f1urried and on
the wrong track, he kept in sight of his chosen
characte. Of, !"Agent Of the Deity" and the
prosecution MAIDS te~ points against him.
ciations at the leading council tor the prose-
cutlon without stint His abuRe was
monotonous and shortived, butt was at the
same time disgusting and ont of place The
prisoner caused much amusement several
dmss By clesel5 irritating Judge Porter's man-
nor and vosce THO distinguished practitioner
hss sort Of crushed tragedian tone and man
nes.aa nes: whtcn Is supposed 1 to make strong i'm
upon Guiteau wittho1: eGat. se7ersl stu times %
when the prisoner became excited E6 leaned
ont Of the box aud pointed his finger solemnly
At Judge Porter and gave IN impudent reply in
the ghost. o. father sort Of voice used
by Porter.
When asked If he believed in the ten Com
mandments-to which he responded in the A.
frmatiye-and If he believed that command
naent; ''1heu shalt not kill" he became ex-
ceedingly violent and refused to discuss that
matter at all There! was ne fnuraer in his
case and no killing It was simply for the
jury to Determine chethsr OF not his act in
removing ,he president wis inspiEed ty Deity
or not. It vas all nonsense to split hairs any
longer ovar that word. 1t may be distinctly
understood that the removal Of the president
was an act Of Dsity. The witness proved de-
cide&ly obstinate, and after fatty contradicting
the testimony Of Gen. Logan, Col. Reed and
to answer several Of the questions. His inva-
| riable response being, ''! decline to discuss
that with you"
Guiteau became very indignant at Judge
Porter's use Of the word ':murder, and shouted
! ierccly:
You seem to delight in the use Of the words
"kill' and murder" There is no use Of
! whining thst way. The mere outward fact of
! how removed the president has nothing what
ever to 90 with this case.
! GEitoau's ehrewdness i'll detecting and an
ticipating any point which might be made
| against him was marked festutc OF the in
| vestigation.
Guiteau said he had no special purpose in
nsing some flatteripg words to Blaine
| Ieinply made tho suggestion to him thst il he
! assisted me in getting tho Paris consulship
! should feel bound, in case he was = candidate
at the national convention, to assisthim. That's
| the way they do In politics; Judge Iurder-
stand that is the way politicians get on. You
| tickle me, tickle you.
Theplisoner being asked how many times he
| had SPOKEN with MI. Conkling on the street,
| answered.:
ceedingly cordial, and he bowed and said, ''How
| do you do, Mr. Guiteau?" was on good rela-
tons with all those men during March aud
April
NJ: Porter (elo~'y and with great tdeliberaion)
Tho Prisoner Qnterrupting)-Oh don't look
90 fierce at me- don't care snap of my In
! ger for you.
! Porter-But you will answer my question:
| The Prisoner-Put your questions in q quiet,
! simple sCrt Of way and will.
| Porter-Did Senator Conkling ever promise
to support your application for the Paris con
The Prisaner-My expectation about the Par
is consulship was that could get it through
my personal influence with tho president,
Blaine and Logan, and that, when my nomins-
tion went to tie senate, Senator ConEling and
that sort Of men wonld sec it through.
Blaine's resignation because he had said to you
on the Saturday preceding not to speak again
on the consulship?
! The Prisoner (excitedly)-I told you that had
nothing to do With the Paris consulate twant to
ram that into you and put 1t down deep.
[Laughter.1 am talking row about national
politics, and not about q miserable Office, sud
| II xrnnI6 fo v0s1e hrQinR tn that
in it would be better. I Am not disappointed
ofice-seeker.
The examination went on after the above
! style for some time; at last the prisoner COM
planned Of being tatigucd. saying that he WAS
the court adjourned.
! FRIDAY, DEC. z.
Judge Porter continued his cross-examina
ton, which at times proved irritating to the
prisoner, and which he resented ut times cav.
agely and again insoiently, and with IN impu-
dent mimicry Of the interrogator:
alton was an act Of dod, his removal an act o
God, did you have Napoleon's bulletins in You
mind2" A-(Apparently gratided} }-''That i
the way express myself; sLarp, pointed sen
tencee. II you want to see specimen OF tha
kind Of style, look thros,h my book. t.t'
fact that the Deity inspired the act I am no
fool The Deity never employeda fool to d
his work He put It into my brain and hear
and left me to work it out In my own way"
Q-"And did your"
A-tsUnder sanction Of the Deity. The pres
sure on me commenced about six weeks befor
tho sctual shooting. was the predestined maj
from the Foundation Of the world to do this 81
and I had to do it
Q-''And your destiny was to kill Garfield?
AT was my destiny to obey the Divin
will, and let him take care Of it 1put up M
life and have not been hung or shot yet
! Q-"And you did not expect to beS"
Al had no expectation except to do tn
Divine will and let him take care Of me. N
satisfied with the Deity's conduct in this cas-
up 70 the present moment"
Porter went in to cress examine tho prisone
with the object Of showing that the pretende
inspiration in regard to the theocratic daily, tn
book called ''Trutb," to the lecture on the 'tSec
ond Coming Of Christ" and soforth, wer
merely borrowed from ideas Of Noyes, an
that portions OF the book and lecture we're pla
giarisms from the book calle
1.-THE Bureau" and this he showe
conclusive|y. Similar ideas and identity Of ex
preston was apparent all through, and witnee
struggled desperately to explain away his pal
He wsa ssked II he laid in wait for the pres