The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1881-12-03
GUITEAU ON THE STAND.
Chilled Iron Cheek of the Ruthless As
Sassin.

A large crowd was present yesterday,
when Guiteau entered the witness box.
He addressed the audience, saying:
''Two weeks ago / sent out an appeal
for money. ] did it on my own ac-
count, and the day afterward Mr.. SEQ
vile publicly announced that it was
without his authority. i again invite
my friends to send me money, in the
interest of the cause of Justice and for
my defense. They can send five, ten
or fifty dollars, or thousand, if they
wish. If they don't want to be known,
they can send without any name to
Scoville."
Judge Porter then began rapid fire
of interrogatories, eliciting from the
assassin in his several replies that phys
ically he was a coward, and always
kept away from personal danger. Nor
ally, he was as brave as lion when he
thought the Deity was back of him.
In his opinion the doctors killed the
President. The acts of Jones and Ma
son in attempting to kill him were
wrong, and they ought to be punished
unless they can show they were inspired
by the Deity.
Witness soon showed signs of impa-
thence and excitement. Striking his
open hand upon the desk, he empha-
sized every sentence uttered yesterday.
When pressed for answers he finally
became obstinate, and shouted to Por-
ter: 81 know you well, and l know
bigger men than you are. I've seen
you shake your finger at witnesses in
New York, but you can't scare me-
When asked if he believed in the Ten
Commandments he responded in the
affirmative, and if he believed that the
commandment ''Thou shalt not kill''
ought to be read in this case Thou
shalt kill, he became exceedingly vic.
lent, and refused to discuss the matter
at all. There was no murder in his
case and no killing. 1t was simply for
the jury to determine whether or not
his act in removing the President was
inspired by the Deity or not. 1t was
all nonsense to split hairs any longer
mol he 1,.+,nn+l.,
understood that the removal OF the
President was the act of the Deity.
Witness proved decidedly obstinate,
and, after fatty contradicting the testi-
mony of General Logan and several
other witnesses, he positively refused
to answer several questions, his invari-
able response being: 81 decline to dis
cuss that with you"
Witness seemed to be greatly annoyed
at Judge Porter's habit OF pointing his
finger at him, as he frequently did in
the way of emphasizing his interroga-
tories, and again broke out angrily:
"You need not point your finger at me,
Judge Porter. I've seen you do that
before, but you can't scare me-"
Witness declined to go into the ques-
ton of boarding houses, as it had no
bearing on the case. He supposed he
owed one hundred and fifty dollars to
various landladies, and some time or
other he expected to pay them.
Judge Cox directed him to reply to
questions.
Witness was readily drawn from one
position to another till confronted with
the evidence of his own witnesses, when
he would unhesitatingly pronounce their
evidence false. Once he emphasized his
contradiction by saying: Anything /
swear to, Judge, is true. You can put
that down as a fixed fact.
Being pressed as to how he proposed
to raise the funds which he said he was
expecting to receive. Witness replied:
II intended TO borrow it from some of
my friends, and added, II will tell
you, Judge, how l borrow money. 1t
may be of service when you want to
borrow for yourself. / don't lie nor
sneak, but go right up to man and