Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1881-12-10

lst of May and my course afterwards. Up to
that time had no idea of removing the Presi-
dent.
Judge Porter, with much gravity and a
solemn countenance asked the witness several
questions as to his letters.
Guiteau. oh don't look so fierce at me.
| You don't scare me. Cool down and speak in
genial, quiet manner
Judge Porter pressed the subject, and read
| letters to show that the witness was angry be-
cause he had not gotten Office.
| Guiteau.-If your idea of this Office matter
| is correct, l ought to have shot Secretary
Blaine and not the President. The Office had
nothing to do with it. God inspired me to dc
the act for the good of the American people.
| Judge Porter.--Were you ever inspired tina
President Garfield should have a secont
| term ?'
Guiteau. oh, that was my own idea.
| Judge Porter read from one of Guiteaus let
| ters to Garfield the expression ''The idea OF
1884 flashed through me as an inspiration"
Guiteau.-Well perhaps it may have been
| but the President did not come up to it. He
sold himself to Blaine and began to disrupt
| the republican party.
| Judge Porter. Did you then believe in this
| inspirationp
Guiteau.-I won't discuss this matter with
you. Garfield failed in the requirements OF
the situation he did not do what was right,
and God required his removal.
Judge Porter.-On the whole, you are of
the opinion that the President committed
suicide?
Guiteau.-P suicide.
Judge Porter called witnesses attention to
a letter in which he spoke of Blaine as san
evil genius"
Guiteau said he always thought that Blaine
was an evil genius who was using the power
Of the administrat ton to thrash Grant and
Conkling and the men who made him. That's
what General Grant said in his letter, in
which he bitterly denounced Garfield.
Witness was again asked as to his idea of
the inspiration for the murder of Garfield,
and he said that he believed Garfield was now
happy in Paradise. Garfield was very good
man, although they did tell strange stories
about him in the Credit Mobilier. Witness
did not know about their truth. Witness did
not consider it irreverent to say the Lord
Jesus Christ was a vagabond. He said him
self, "He had no place to lay His head" and
that was being a vagabond.
''You are very mean man and very dis
honest one in trying to twist my letters to mean
what they don't mean."
When asked in few minutes after if he
thought the Americon people sustained his act,
Guiteau said that they would soon come to do
so. The papers are toning down on the subject;
he wanted the jury to know that, for they are
not allowed to see the papers. He then
declaimed in a loud, ranting voice: 81 shot
VI.
during the war if I saw him tearing down the
American flag" An attempt was made to stop
him, but he said '"Hold on wait till get
through" and he finished the quotation from
the letter.
| Judge Porter cross-examined the witness
| again upon the distinction he drew between his
| shooting at President Garfield and Mason an6
| Jones shooting at him. 'Do you think" pur
| sued Judge Porter ''that if these men ar
punished you also ought to be punished?"
Guiteau. That's for the Lord to say, you ar,
making light of very serious subject.
| decline to discuss the matter with you.
| Guiteau complained of being exhausted, and
at 2.45 p. NJ the court adjourned.
| WASHINGTON, Dec 2.-Guiteau arrived at the
courthouse and while passing from the van to
| the courthouse he remarked upon the small
number Of people in waiting to see him, and
| wondered if the interest in the great trial had
| begun to wane He seemed to be feeling well
| and so expressed himself to his attendants.
| His remarkable self-esteem and egotism never
for an instant fails him, and his perfect conf
| dence in a verdict favorable to himself is
| apparently unshaken. +, .,rr
| Guiteau glanced at his papers moment and
| then said 81 desire, Judge Porter, to state to
| YOU and the honorable court that decline to
| answer any more questions that are mere repi-
titions of what we have already been over"
| Judge Porter resumed the oss-examlnation
with the question, ''Was one of your purposes
| in removing the President to create demand
| for your book?"
| Answer Yes, sir, with the modification that
it was to preach the gospel.
| Witness regarded his book as the collateral
gospel in other words, the gospel brought
down to the present time.
Judge Porter And you did not expect to
| be punished?
Answer decline to discuss the matter
with you. did not have any thought on the
| subject left it all to the Deity.
| Witness repeatedly refused to answer ques-
| tions, or, as he termed it, to discuss the
| matters under inquiry.
Witness soon became excited, and, gesticu
lated wildly, insisted upon his inspiration ant
that the Lord had selected him to do the work
He was no fool The Lord never selected
fools to do His work. He had inspired him tt
remove Garfield, and left him (witness) to ust
| his own judgment in selecting the means
| Continuing excitedly, Sand the Lord hal
taken care Of me; I've neither been shot mol
| hung"
| Judge Porter continued to question him OF
his inspirative doctrine, the answers to whicl
| were repitition of previous replies.
| Witness was then asked, ''Are you insane a
ALL" and replied, 81 am not an expert lei
| these experts and the jury decide that"
Being pressed for his opinion, witness de-
clined to answer. He was then subjected tt
| O rapid series of questions and soon began U
| exhibit irritability and anger, and his replies
when given at all, were in short, jerky sen
tences He was asked if he laid in wait for tn
President in an alley by night, and after shor
wrangle said:
''Now you are on that. I'll give you little
news. I'll tell you what occurred that even
ing, July l."
HEsITATiNG ON THE BRINK.
Witness then detailed his movements up Il
the time he saw the President and Secretar!
Blaine emerge from the house of the latte
and walk down Fifteenth street. Said Gui
teau, "They walked along so loving arm ii
arm, they had their heads together like two
school girls. Their fellowship was delightful
and it confirmed me in the belief that Garfield
had sold himself, body and soul, to Blaine
and that Blaine was using him to ruin the
stalwart wing of the republican party.
Guiteau here became furiously excited, ano
plunged into; wild harangue denouncine
Blaine as bold, wicked, designing man, who
wanted to ruin the republican party in revenge
for the two times he had been slaughtered by
political conventions. Striking the desk will
considerable violence, he shouted "Yes, sir
and in my opinion Blaine is morally respon-
sible for the death of Garfield"
Witness did not intend to remove the Presi
dent on the night that he visited the Christian
Church. He went to see where the Presiden
sat. He intended to remove him whenever h
could find a favorable opportunity. If he hat
removed him then he would have shot hin
| through the head. He visited the jail abou