Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1881-11-19
aeputy-bailifis were being sworn in by

GUiTEAU spRANG TO HIS FEET AGAIN,
and attempted to address the Court, but
was ordered to take his seat which he
done, saying, Il don't know, but, after
all, / Will defend this case myself.
He was Quoted finally, the jurymen
were instructed not to converse with
outsiders or read the newspapers, and
after deciding to take recess daily at
noon for half an hour, and TO adjourn
each day at o'clock, the court At Ito
o'clock adjourned.
For several minutes after the adjourn
men1, Guiteau, his counsel and sister
and brother stood conversiDg in a
group
GUIrEAU TALKING EXCITEDLY.
Mrs. Scoville attempted to quiet him,
but he roughly thrust her aside aud
pounded away on the table insisting
that his statement, which be had pre-
pared and desired to deliver as speech
to morrow morning, should be placed
in the hands of members of the press.
Inside the east corridor of the City
Hall, along which Gui,eau was to pass
When leaving the building, was thronged
and posse OF police guarded the way.
TAKEN BACK TO JAIL.
At 2.15 o'clock, escorted by two pc
licemen, Guiteau, earring bundle and
pair of new shoes in his shackled
hands, his SLOUGH hat drawn down over
his eyes, and accompanied by eight Off
GERS. lie
APPEARED VERY MUCH SCARED,
and shook as be was hurried along out
of the building and through the crowd
which made passageway for him TO
the prison van, which stood with its
door open TO receive him at the curb
stone.
As he passed along the crowd pressed
vaguely forward to catch glimpse OF
him, and various comments passed
among them by group Of colored wo-
men, who exclaimed: "Fore God, is
dat him; is dat de thing wot shot the
President. Lordy, desc hyar men kin
break him in two if dey wants to. ;"
But no demonstration was made.
GUIrEAU sPRANG QUICKLY
into the van; the door was closed with
sharp snap; policeman sprang to the
seat with the driver; another, with a
colored bailiff, sprang upon the step be
hind. and the van drove off to The Jail,
reaching there without incident. The
FIVE iurymen were escorted to the jlry
room after Guiteau's departure and
locked in, and forbidden strictly to
communicate with any one outside.
GUITEAU's APPEAL FOR JUST CE.
Gujteau had in his pocket on Mopdoy the
manuscript of an elaborate adde's, which he
had prepar, d 10 deliver when the court opened.
He, howeve was checked in his frequent at
tempts TO speaE. Tie following Is the text OF the
aGjrss:
II The court please, desire TO address your
honor at the threshold Of this case am in the
p'tsercs of this hon orahl; codit charged with
"maliciou'iy ard "ickedly uurdeTirg one James
A. Ga field. Notlicg can he more Absurd, be-
cause General Garfield DIED from malpractice.
The syi.ogism 10 prove Ii i this Three weeks
utter he vas shoL his phy,i inns held careful
,xumin ,'iur, aud officially al led he would re-
cover Two months after this Otil ial announce
physicians hu was NOT fatally saoi. The doctors
who ms,reated him oug L Ia bear the odium OF
lis death, and not Ills aesailant. THEY ought TO
be Indicted fcF numbering james Garfield and
lot me. Bat nave been ,ndi;t, AID must staid
my t-;al for tie alleged hoacide Gen. Garfield
was Pr sdenl OF the United ST .tes and am one
of the iu,u that made Inn President. his uOul-
nation was All accident His election the result
ot the greatest activity on The part OF the stall
warts and is removal o special Providence.
rttsin ~ n ~
ticiau. BriUg President he MAS III position TO
do vast hahn to the Republic and he VAS doing
il hy the unwise use of p1troEage, and the Lord
ard took the
RESPONSIBILITY OF REMOVING HIM.
l certainly never should have sought 10 remove
him on my o~u account Why Should 1 shoot
lim! lie never harmed me- From him expected
au important Office. ] considered him ms po!it-
ical and personal friend. But my duty 10 the
Lord AMI 10 The American people Overcamc my
personal feeling, and sought to remove him.
Not being maIksman nc was not fatally shot,
but incolnpet, mt physicians Gnehed the work,
and THEY and not ms are responsible Tor his
death. Nothing but the political situation list
spriug juslii, d Geo. Gafsd's removal, The
freak in the republican party last spring was
wideDi week by week; aud / forsaw civil
war. My Inspiration was to remove the late
President at once, and Hereby close the brcac
before IL GOT so wide that nothing hut another
hesrtrerding and dc ollling wsr could close H..
and u billion OF mouey. The Lord wanted 10
prevent a repetition Of this dissolution, and In
spirtd me TO cx' cut His vii Why did He in
Il ire tue in preference TO some one e's,? Be-
riuse Lad the brains aud nerve probably I" do
the wtIk. Tie Lord docs not employ lpcotDDe-
tent persons 10 serve Him. He uses the best MA
TRRIAL He can find. No doubt there were th, US
auds Ui republicans that felt az did about Ger.
GaIficld's wrecking the republican party last
spring and hid they ibe conception. the nerve,
h. rai womb have
removed him. Of all the world was rhe only
man who had tie conception. % the trial OF Il y
case propose to summon
SOME OF THE LEADING POLITICIANS
of the republican and democratic parties; also
the leading New York and Washingto e. iLorf,
, TO show the political situation aud the periis
which surrounded the republic last spring.
propose TO 20 into this branch Of my defense
| extensively. Another reason the Lord inspired
! me TO remove the President In preference to
come ore else is because He wished 10 circulate
my Theological work, 1.-The Truth" This book
was written to cave souls, and not for money,
and the Lord, in circulating the book, is after
| souls BY il He breaches the Gospel, and pre-
pares the world for their judgment which some
people think, and with reason, is uol far distant.
| have been delayed i'll getting out a new edition
OF Ills book, which will ipclude graphic uarra-
tive or my life, but expect 1t will be issued
! shcrtly More than one hurdred witnesses have
been summoned by the prosecution. Two-thirds
OF them know nothing about, and the court, l
presume, viii de ids they are irrelevant, The Is
! sue here is:
| WHO FIRED THAT sHoT?-THE DIETY OR ME-?
The Dety seems we'll disposed TO father II
thus far aud expect he will cort,uue 10 father
it 10 the end 1t is not likely he will allow NE TO
come TO grief for oBEYING Him. How do you
know IL was the Deity? | was 30 csriain of ii
that Pot mp my lite on t., and l undertake to
say the Deity Is actively engaged in my defense.
| an conf l,ni lie will chtckmale the wise heads