Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-12-02
EASTERN intelligence.
THE TRIAL OF aUITEAU RE-
SUMMED.
He Invites His Friends to Send
Him Money.
he ADMITS THAT PHYSICALLY He Is
A COWARD.
He Thinks the Doctors Killed the
President.
He Was Quite lmpudentto Judge
Porter.
He Was Quite Impudent to Judge
Porter.
The Removal Of the President wa the Act
Of the Deity.
THE IRISH NATIONAL CONVENTION STILL IN
SESSION.
Especial TO THE SENTINEL.

ing his evidence to make q personal state
.ent and addressed himself to the audience,
1.-TWO weeks ago l sent out an
appeal for money. l did it on my own &C.
count, and the day afterward Scoville pub
announced that it was without his
authority. Isgain invite any of my friends
to send me money in the interest OF the
OF justice and for my defense. They
can send S., $40 or SIS, or 81 1000 if they
wish. If they don't rant to be known
they can send it without name to Scoville."
Judge Porter then began a rapid fire Of
interrogations, ~eliciting from the prisoner
in his several replies, that physically he
was a coward, and always kept away from
personal danger. Morally he was as brave
as a lion, when he thought the Deity was
back of him. In his opinion thed doctors
killed the President. The acts Of Jones
and Mason in attempting to kill him we're
wrong, and they ought to be punished,
unless they can show that they were in
spired by the Deity. The witness soon
showed signs OF impotence and e%xcitabill-
ty, striking his open hand upon the desk
us cuiPLdBlS W oNCIy cCHtCdNO hO uttoASo.
When pressed for answer he finally be-
came obstinate, and shouted to Judge
Porter: 81 know you we'll, and know
bigger men than you are. I've seen you
shake your finger at witnesses, but you
can't scare mo-"
Shortly after, when asked if he believed in
the Ten Commandments, he responded in
the affirmative. When asked If he believed
in the Commandment, Thou shalt not
kill" he became exceedingly violent, and
refused to discuss that matter at all. There
was no murder in his case and no killing.
1t was simply for the jury to determine
whether or not his act in removing the
President was inspired by the Deity or
not. 1t was all nonsense to split hairs any
longer over that word. 1t must be dis
tinctly understood that the removal of the
President was the act of the Deity. Gui-
teau proved decidedly obstinate, and after
fatty contradicting the testimony of Gen
eral Logan, Colonel Reed and several other
witnesses, he positively refused to answer
several questions, his invariable response
being, Il decline to discuss that with
you." He seemed to be greatly annoyed
at Judge Porter's habit Of pointing his
finger at him, as he frequently did, in the
way OF emphasizing his interrogatories,
and again broke out angrily, You need
not point your long finger at me, Judge
Porter. I've seen you do that before; but
you can't scare me-"
Guiteau declined to go into his board
ing-house experiences, az 1t had no bear
ing on the case. He said he supposed he
owed $3.50 to various lsndladies. When
Judge Cox directed him to reply to ques-
tons, Guiteau was readily driven from
one position to another, till confronted
with the evidence Of his own witnesses,
when he unhesitatingly pronounced their
evidence false. He emphasized his con-
tradiction by saying that anything I swear
as a fixed fact" Being pressed as to how
he proposed to raise funds, which he said
he was expecting to receive, he replied: II
intend to borrow it from some Of my
friends" He added: "Ill tell you, Judge,
how I borrow, for 1t may be Of service
when you want to borrow for yourself. I
don't lie nor sneak, but go right up to q
man and ask him for what I want" He
was closely questioned about the purchase
Of the pistol, and was asked why he
bought one with an ivory handle instead
of a plain one. He replied, because I
thought it worth a dollar more"
Judge Perter-Did you not say 1t would
look better in the Patent Office?
Guiteau admitted that he might have
believed or thought the pistol would some
time be in the State Department.
Shortly afterwards Guiteau became very
indignant at Porter's use Of the word
murder. and shouted 1ercely: "You
seem to delight in the use OF the words
kill and murder. There is no use OF your
whining in that way. The mere outward
fact OF how I removed the President has
nothing whatever to do with this case"
Proceedings I'm the Irish National
Convention.
CHICAGO, Dec. 1.-The Irish Nationa
Convention met this morning at $50. The
Committee on Credentials was not ready
to report. The announcement Of this fact
was received with some marks Of disap-
probation. 1t was stated in behalf of the |
committee that the credentials of the New
York delegation were not yet at hand, but
subsequently these were obtained. and the
reported 1888 delegates in at
tendance. There was ome question % to |
the official authority Of some OF the dele |
cations, and there was q running debate
over some of the names. A telegram was
read from Patrick Egan, from Paris,
he had learned that the tenants on
500 properties, representing q rental OF
f10, 000, 900 a year, had already refused to
pay rent In obedience to the Land League
manifesto.
Danford In q Bad Box.
CALDWELL (Kan.), Dec. 1.-Nothing has
been done with Danford yet. The action
Of the committee sent to Wichita this
morning is awaited. The indications are
that unless Danford shows up hard money
TO the satisfaction of the creditors he will
care nothing for banks or bankers before
morning. Everything Is quiet, bnt the
is deep, and the determination to
have the money or his life is very strong.
. crowd Of armed men are here from
to take Danford as soon a. the
Caldwell fellows get through with him.
He IL in q bad box whichever way he
.urns. Two Of his instruments, Tanner
md Roman, have given him away. They
we're invited to do 30 last night. or take q
walk to the timber. They then talked
1t is not probable that anything will
DO done with them or Smith II Danford 10
silled, but the people may take q notion to
wipe out the entire party.
Compelled to Procure AN Injune-
ton.
New YORK. Dec. General Sickles
pent four months in Europe, during
which time bis residence was closed. Not
outstanding this fact, the Manhattan
Company sent in q bill for 1000
eet per month, and he was compelled to
,rocure an injunction TO prevent the
emoyal Of the meter.