The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-12-08

y lWi'u wv, ~ IiWvNt tufhfiIf ana fU
! llh 10 tso hls own Judgment NJ selecting
The means. Several letters written by OUT
tcni were read, and witness Inter.
rupted tho r0ndlng several times 10
7 mako explanations The crossoxamlnnlion
was resumed, and In answer 10 .ho 4ues-
ti9ni "AIc you insane ut alY' Gultoaii re-
Piled - am not an expert let these 81
perts ana thc jury decide that" Being
pressed for his opinion, the prisoner de-
clined TO answer. He was subjected 70 a
rapid series of questions and be-
gan TO exhibit great iritability
and anger. On Being asked If liz e
laid In wait for the President by night, said:
Now, rs you are on that, viii give you
little news; will tell you what occurred
MS movements up to the time he saw the
President and Blaine emerge from the
down Fifteenth street. lie be-
came fnriously excited and plunged
! into wild harrangue, denouncing Blaine
as bold, wicked, designing man, who
wanted to run the Republican party in re-
venge for being Slaughtered by political
conventions, and striking the desk with
considerable violence, shouted, "Yes sir;
and in my opinion Blaine is morally re-
sponsible for the death of Garfield"
| Recess was taken for one hour.
| After recess Porter put some questions as
to the occurrence Of the 18th of June, when
the prisoner RETAINED from shooting the
| President on account of Mrs. Gariield's
presence, and finally asked: ,
"If Mrs, Garfield had been with the
President on the I'd of July would you
| have shot him?" asiNae'
| Answer-"No, should not have shot
him, whatever the effect might be on her."
Question--"Then it depended entirely on
| your will?"
Answer-"It depended on whether had
a suitable opportunity
Porter 1. enq shre why he would
The prisoner--"If your head is so thick
that you can't get an idea in it, | will
try to pound it in. Don't ask your
questions in a mean, sickly sort of a way.
Porter pressed his question, whereupon
the prisoner quietly took paper and, adj
justing his eyeglasses, began to read, pay.
ing no attention whatever to counsel. Z
Porter" What are you reading?"
Prisoner, without raising his eyes-"I am
glancing at the New York Herald"
-Porter-''Don't you think that the time
of the court and Jury is of some value?"
Prisoner-'Not in the way YOU are inter-
rogating in this matter; it has been dis
cussed and repeated over and over again."
and the prisoner settled himself back in his
chair to quietly read.
Scoville here interrupted in support of
Guiteau's objection to the repetition, and
after some discussion between counsel the
cross-eXamination was resumed directed to
the events ofthe morning of the I'd of July.
WASHINGTON, December Judge Porter
then proceeded 10 question the prisoner as
10 the events Of July ID. The witness de-
scribed the manner in which hr Swallowed
the President and Blaine, from the moment
they left the executive mansion until they
arrived at the depot and said:
Blaine was blowing and blowing, and
the President was listening They
were on most intimate relations.
Blaine got out of one side of
the carriage and Garfield out of the other;
they walked. into the depot and passed
within few feet of the prisoner, who drew
his weapon and fired twice, and hit him
once"
''Oh, you shot him in the back?n
Al did not fire at any particular
place"
Q-.Did you not fire at the hollow of his
!, Any intention was to shoot him in
Q.-"Did you think if he got two balls in
his back il would remove him?'
Al thought So"
,Q,-"And you intended to put them
there?'
Al did,
Q.-In solemn manner)-"And fron
that hour to this you have never felt re-~-
greet or remorseY'
Al regret giving pain or trouble to
anyone, but have no doubt as to the ne
cessity of the act or the divinity ofthe act"
Q-"You have never limited at any
remorse?"
A.-',.My mind is perfect blank on
that subject"
Q.--"Do you feel any more re-
morse about rendering his wife a widow
and his children tatherless than about
breaking the leg of that puppy dog?n"
murder A;@ri Or h hrys no conception Of ~
Q.-"And you feel no rema-,e2r'
AIN a low tone)-" Or course I
feel remorse SO Ear al my personal feel
ings are concerned, l feel remorse, as must
any man, and regret the necessity Of the
act, butt (raising his voice.
Porter ross.examination is closed.
But" continued the prisoner ex-
citedly, "My duty TO the Lord
and the American people over
came my personal feelings. If the
Lord had not inspired that act it would not
have been done"
Scoyille then proceeded with the redirect
examination, apparently seeking TO remove
the impression created by the conclusion OF
the cross-examination. Guiteau then left
the stand, and other witnesses were called,
most of whom did not respond.
Court adjourned.
WAsHlNGTON, december 3.--lnere was no
apparent diminution in the crowd HlIat
pressed for admission 10 the court room Ills
morning, notwithstanding the general i'm
preston that Guiteau having left stand the
proceedings for day or two would be OF
an unintercsting character. The num-
Der OF applicants for tickets was
other day. It was soon whispered about
the court that the defense had subpenaed
President Arthur, Vice-President David
Davis, Speaker Randall and Senator Bay
ard to appear in court this morning, and
the interest in to-day's proceedings was inn
mensely increased.
Court opened at 10 O'Clock. and Scoville
began at once by calling Colonel j, A. Burn
side, distributing officer of the POstOifice
Department. Witness formerly lived in
Frceport, Illinois. and knew prisoners
family. Mrs. 0uiteau was an invalid and
Chas. q. Allen, Of Missouri. lived ia
Freeport in 1887 and 1870 and knew the
Guitcau family. Mrs. Guiteau was IN feeble
health. and before the birth Of the prisoner
was for some time confined TO her bed.
Emory A. Storrs, Of Chicago. knew
Guiteau in that city BY sight as a young
lawyer. Five or six years ago the prisoner--
overlook witness and handel him bis busi-
ness card; did net speak with Linn above
three minutes; witness saw Guiteau per-
haps dozen times at the National Repub-
llcan COmmittee rooms during the fleti-
dental canvass.fhe prisoner came upto.him
Eieefully, ana patting him on the back,
sald: You are ON The right track witness
never saw Cuife1u doing anything At the
c0mmittee's rooms other than read
ing papers; he seemed 10 have
no special employment; be thought
Guiteau had a badly balanced mind,
but never discovered anything 10 indicate
be could moi Distinguish right nom wrong.
The evidence creafcd quite stir IN the
courtroom and seemed 70 staccer those
about the defense table. The sister Of the
prisoner was particularly excited, and ina
key distinctly caught BY the reporter, said.