Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-12-08

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the Lord wanted me to do it, to advertise my
book"
Guiteau said he believed in special Provi-
denees, and had no concern about his personal
safety. He felt the Lord and Government
would take care of him. 1.-THE Lord" he sand.
sis no fool. He uses the best meaps for his
work"
The assassin then briefly reolted his arrest
and incarceration with as little exhibition OF
feeling as If relating the commonest incidents
Of everyday life
When ] vas finally lodged in jail" said
Guiteau, II felt happy. I said. THANH God II
is all over With
After a few questions had been propounded
and objected to, Guiteau broke out !. want
TO define my position on this point. | believe
Gen Arthur is friend of mine He ought to
be, for am the man that made him. or nv in
splration did but | have never vet asked a
favor OF him, and / don't suppose ever shall
have had an idea in my head for twenty
years that should be President of the United
states. ! suppose the people think have been
badly cranked about that | had that idea in
the Oneida community went to Boston with
the distinct feeling that was on the way to
the White House, and I shall make 1t vet II
am ever President it will be by the act OF God
shall get the nomination as Lincoln and Gar
field did, and shall be elected as they were. I
anticipate decided change in the public opin-
ion III regard to me. | don't care a snap of NV
nngers about being President. l don't care
anything about 1t. / don't know If l should
take it if l were actually nominated and
elected"
FIFTEENTH DAY.
Upon the opening of the court, the assassin
resumed the witness stand, and Judge Porter
began rapid lire of inteuogations, eliciting
rom the prisoner in his several replies that
| physically lie was coward and always kept
away from personal danger. Morally he was
| tlaye az ion when he thought the Deity wa
| bSck OF nm. In his opinion the doctors killed
| The President. The acts of Jones and Mason
IN attempting to kill him, were wrong, and they
Ought to be punished unless they can
| show that they were inspired bv
| the Deity. The witness soon showed
| signs OF mpatlence and excitability and strik-
! ing his oscn hand upon the desk. emphasized
| every sent nee he uttered. When pressed for
| answers, he finally became obstinate and
| shouted to Judge Porter +" | know you we'll
| ana know bigger men than YOU are. I've seen
| you shake your finger TT witnesses IN New York
| but YOU can't scare me- shortly after when
| asked If he believed ia the ten commandments
| to which he responded in the affirmative. and
| II he believed that the commandment Thou
! SHALT not kill ought to be read in his case
| Thou shalt Kill" he became exceedingly yio-
| lent. He refused to discuss the matter at all.
| There was no murder in his case and no kill
| ing. Ii was simply for the jury TO determine
-
| dent was inspired by the Deity or not II was
| all nonsense to split hairs any longer over that
| word. 1t must be distinctly understood that
the removal OF the President was an act Of
! Deity.
Witness proved decidedly obstinate, and. af
ter fatty contradicting the testimony of Gen.
! Logan, Charles Reed and several other wit
| nesses, he positively refused to answer several
| questions his lnvarlable response being: II
decline to discuss that with YOU" Witness
seemed to be greatly annoyed at Judge Porters
| habit of pointing his finger at him as he fire.
/ quently did in the way of emphasizing his in
| terrogatones, aud again broke out angrilv
" You need not point your long finger at me,
! Judge Porter. I've seen you do that before
| but YOU can't scare mo-
Witness declined to go into boarding house
matters, as they had no bearing on the case.
! He supposed he owed $3.50 to various land.
| ladies', and some time or other expected to paw
| them. Judge Cox directed him to reply tC
! questions. Witness was readily driven fren
one position to another, till confronted with
the evidence of his own witnesses
/ when he would unhestatinglv pro
nounce their evidence false. Once he
emphasized his contradiction by saying
" Anything swear to- Judge, is true. Yor
can put that down as a fixed fact" Bene
| pressed as to how he proposed to raise funds
/ which he said he WAS expecting to receive, wit
| ness said I" | intended to Lorrow it from some
/
1 Judge, how | borrow money. 1t NAV he Of
/ service to you when you want to borrow foi
| yourself | don't lie, nor sneak. but go right
up to a man and ask him for what want"
Gulteau became very indignanta at Judge Por-
ters use of the word murder" and shouted
iiercely You seem to delight III the words
kill and murder There's no use in youl
wi ming IN that way. The mere outward fac
how | removed the President has nothing what
ever to do with this case.''
Guiteau WAS permitted to indulge his passion
for talking upon the pending political situation
at the time of the shooting, until speaking OF
the Presidents ingratitude to Grant and Conk-
ling, be was led by Judge Porter to admit that
"lngrautude was the basest of crimes"
Judge Porter" Stop there. What would
you have thought of yotr act in killing the
! President had he given YOU the Paris Consul.
ship instead Of having refused it?'
Gulteau had previously said that Garfield
was his (the prisoner's) warm personal and po-
litical friend that no personal motives what
ever were involved IN his act, and fearing, evil
IDENTIFY, some trap was being set for him, he
| hesltated moment and then, vita great EN-
phasis, said III want TO just fasten YOU
Gold right here. | would not have taken the
Paris Consulship after the lat of June if had
been appointed to it and the President and
| Secretary Blaine had both beseeched me on
their knees to take it. l had at that time re-
solved to remove the President for the good of
the American people,"
SIXTEENTH DAY.
Judge Porter continued his eross-exan1ina-
ton, which proved, as usual, irritating to the
prisoner. who made insolent responses occasion
ally. "Was it one of your purposes In re.
moving the President to create a demand fol
your book?" asked Judge Porter
Answer" Yes sir; with the modification
that it was to preach the gospel"
Witness soon became excited, and gesticulat-
ing wildly, insisted upon his inspiration, and
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 to remove
CARRIED, and left him (witness) to use his Owl
judgment in selecting the means. Continuing
eXcltedly: And the Lord has taken care OF
me. I've neither been shot nor hung
Judge Porter And you did not expect to
he?"
Answer-"I decline to discuss the matter
with you. l did not have any thought on the
subject, l left it all to the Deity"
Witness repeatedly refused to answer ques-
uons, or, as he termed IT. to "diseuss the
matters unGeJ inquiry
Judge Porter produced Gutteau's book
Truth, which witness had claimed was the
result OF direct inspiration from the Deity.
and compared It paragraph by paragraph with
he Berean' the Oneida community book
written by John Ii. Noyes
Similarity Of ldeaG and Identity OF expression
was apparent all through, and the witness
struggled desperately to explain away his pal
pable plagiarisms.
witness believed in tha PERSONAL existence OF
the DEITY ana the devil, and when the impulse
10 remove the President seized him he wrestled
and prayed to find if it came from the Lord or
the devil, and bad it not been for the political
situation and evident necessity for his removal
Tor the good of the country and American peo-
PIE witness would not have shot the President.
out would have believed the impulse was
prompted by the devil
Wlthess was then asked, Are Won insana al
all 2 ard replied I'm not am expert. Lei
these experts and the jury decide that Being
pressed Tor his opinion, witness declined I'd
answer He WAS then subjected to a rand
SERIES OF questions, and soon began 70 EXHIBIT
Hil@bAlty ana anger, and his replies when
given at an, were IN short jerky sentences.
lie was asked II he laid in wait for the Prcsi-
dent IN an alley by night, and after a short
WshGie SAID; !" Now you are on that III give
You a httie news. I'll tell yot shat occurred
that evening OF July l." Witness then de-
tsled ms movements up to the time he saw
the President and Secretary Blaine emerge
from the house of the latter and
walk down Fifteenth street. Said GuiteauI
They walked slcng SC lovingly, afni.in-aru
lhey had their heads together lika two school
girls. Their fellowship was delightful and
It confirmed me in the belief fiat Cssr6ai|i
had sold himself, body and soul to Blaine. and
mat Blame was using him to ruu the stalwart
wing OF the Republican party. Guitesu here
became tuneasiy excited, and plunged into a
via hefansnei denouncing Blaine as a bold.
WICK q. desl5nlng man. who wanted to ruIn
"a" IsaPhahcan party IN revenge for the two
dnes he had been siaag Uttered by political con
Venuons Striking the desk with considerable
Eio.eho'' he shouted: :" Yes sir, i'll my opinion