Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-03
STILL ON THE STAND:
CONTINUATION or the CROSS eAhl'
NATION OF the PRISONER.
Guiteau esgias to Vince Under the Ssarehss
ing Questions Of Porter and Refuses 10
RspirStH Claiming ilsiy as Hs
Inspiration and Protector. -
AssAUlrlNG SECRETARY BLAINE.

The cro~s-examination ofGuiteau wss
continued yesterday, Judge Porter act
ing for the prosecution. He simply
elaborated the line which wili-te follow
ed by the government: that Gulteaa
was inpired only by hatred and dhsap-
pointment, instead Of by the Deity, -
murder the Preritfrnt, and hts questions
were devoted to proving that while The
assassin had claimed 10 be inspired IN
everything he did, he Was but following
out the dictates- Of his own depraved
| mind IL was demonstrated thnt the
| to have been wholly the product OF
| Divine inspiration. was simply = plagar-
/ ism of the basest kind, having bsea
I stolen almost bodily from Noyes' "Ber-
ean," published by the leader Of tho
Oneida Community. Aside from this,
nothing Of interest MAS elected. .,
Tn. Day. r...-.A,.s..
WASHINGTON December 2-lmmejiateiy
| upon the opening Of the criminal court
! Guiteau WAS placed in the witness box. He
| glanced at the papers moment and Thea
said; Il desire, Judge, Porter, to state -
this honorable court that decline 70 an
| swer any more questions which are. nero
| Ttptllllon VI Whot w haHe sses'y Nv"
| over
! Judge Porter Immediately resumed the
| cross examination with the question: Wes
| one ~ your purposes In removing the IRE
! sidcnt 10 create n demand for yonr bookf
Answcr-Yes, sir. with the modification u
was To preach the gospel. Witness soon be-
came excited. and gcsticulating wildly, IN
| sisted upon his inspiration and thai the
| Lord had selected him to do the work. he
| ras no fool. The Lord never selected fools
To do Iii, work. He had inspired him "
remove Garfield and left him iwitnesSl -
use his own judgment in selecting. ne
means Continuing. chcitcdly-And ue
Lord has
Taken Care ofMe.
| have neither been shot nor hung
Judge rorter-And you didn't expect
10 be?
Answer-I decline 10 discuss that mstier
with you. didn't have any thought o.
the subject. left il all TO the Deity.
The witness repeatedly refused 10 answer
questions, or as he termed u, Ia discuss
matters under inquiry. A, ono time he
appealed to the court for protection against
the manner OF crosse 1amination.
Judge Porter said Il have not sttrmps'
ed To force reply from you, Mr. Guihau
II you will allow III" jury To understAns
you refuse to answer, At will suit my Pur-
| pose just N well.
Witness az once turned to Judge Porter
and inquired, well. Judge. what ~1
your question:
| Witness WAS then Aksi III ms chFHsS
the Oneida Community
was IN Insptvaties.
and n his leaving vas an inspiration, and
, ,,clined tn discuss th" s"Ni ,,s.<
Iorter then produced Guitcnus boob
"Trutb." which the witness had claimed
was thr result Of direct inspiration fron
Deity, and comparcd u, paragraph by psrs-
graph, with THE Bcrcan," the Oneids
Community book written by John II. Eoyss
A similarity Of ideas and identity OF eI-
preston was apparent all through, and The
wiin"..:. struggled desperately 20 explain
| away his palpable plagiarism.
A letter addressed by Guiteau u the
| Oneida Community was read, in which the
| writer confessed his love for. and sublAc-
4 tion to, John II. Noycs and the Oneid4
| Community, -....
! several other letters written by Gsi,sss
4 about the time be left the 0ntidh Commu.
nifty were then plnred In evidence, Ident-
fed by Gui,eou and read. One Of them, "a.
dressed TO the Community. vets forth tbe
( writer's repentance for acts ~ insubordins-
| ton and contained the confession that he
noted under the influence 81 his own ssif.
willeG, .. .....
Ceneeited and YanstiesJ
| disposition. Guiteau insisted, In spite q
warnings, in maa ing his explanation a. the
reading progressed. u was clbowing my
way out of the communi,, then" said the
witness. You want to imagine yourselves
In hell, ladies and gentlemen. aud trying
| to get out. Then you ran understand my
| osition ut the time" Witness believed
III = L - a IL A
devil. and when the impuls" " remove tho
President seized him be wrc6tIcd and pray
ed 70 .iud II IL came from
The Lord Or shs Devil.
and Ind it not been for the political situa-
ton and the evident necessity for his re-
moyI for the good of the country and tho
| American people. witness would not bsse
,Iiot the President. but would have believed
the impulse was prompted by the Devil.
1 Witness was tbrn asked: "Arr you In
sane d, ailT' and rcplied; I'm not On eI-
pert. let these experts aud the jury de,
eide that. Being pressed Tor his opinion.
witness declined tD answer. He vA then
subjected toa rapid series II questions, ana
soDn began 10 exhibit irritabiliiy and sp-
ger. and his replies, when given nj NIL, were
| in short, jcrky sentences. He was Asked "
he laid in wait for the President in u. alley
by night, and after short vraDgle. sAid:
Vow you are ON that. ri give you little
news: ri tell you what occurred tha.
his movements up to the time he saw tho
President and Secretary BlsiD- smsrgs
from the house of the latter and walk dOvn
| Fifteenth street. Raid Gujtsau-I -I1hsv
walked along 10 lovingly.
| Arr is Asns
1 They bsd their heads together like tvs
school girls. Their fellowship was deliEht-
| ful, and Il confirmed me In the belief tha1
Garfield had sold himself. body and soul,
| 90 Usne. and that Blaine was using hin
to ruin the stalwsrt wing Of the Rspnbai-
| cnn party. ..-
and plunged int . Wild hzrangue, denounc-
ing Blaine ~ . bold, wicked. designing
man, who wanted 10 ruin the Republics
party In revenge for the two times he hsf
been slaughtered by political conventions
Striking the desk with considerable foeos
ne shouted, Yes. sir; In my .opiniea
Blaine j. morally responsible iof he dnsih
u Garfield"
Recess.
the cross-examinaGon vN continued.
Judge Porter following the oourSe - V Ne
morning eonfniBg hfs questions - Gui-
teau's aIlsRsd Inspifsftoh, and 70 showing
4 the fsct thst the books arittsn By the psts-
oner wsse simply rehssh o. the work q
4 Cher, and that al the i1eas and mveh -
4 tho lanxuargs vefs stolsn. The Witaeap
was Gnst1y asked II Il w4s In slev o ths
tpolfticai situstion you decided upon The
IN urterT'
A.-lInterrupting eIeitedIy, Don't oss
thst word murder" you are entirely ses
Porter-Are you not on trial for muSdest
A.--So it r. ssid. Cent you uss tAs
proper word "remOvey'
Port<s-I can use the voed "rsnoss."
but IL 1, ~ repulsive TO me ss "murdsr 10