The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1882-02-12
oui,eau Sentenced.

Saturday being fixed for the time OF
pronouncing sentence on the slayer OF
President Garfield. aud tho hour having
arrived. Judge Cox put tie -sual ques-
ton. : Have you anything to aaJ why
sentence should not now be passed
upon you." to which Guiteau replied
as follows:
al nm not guilty Of tho charges set
forth in the indictment. 1t was Gods
act and not mine. God will take care
of it, and don't let the american people
forget it. He will take caro- of Il and
every officer Of this government. from
tho Executive down 10 that Marshal,
taking in every man on that jury and
every member Of this Bench. will pay
for it. and tho American Nation will
roll in blood II mY body goes into the
ground, and am hung. Tbs Jews put
the despised Galileen in the grave. For
tho time they triumphed. bat at the de-
structIon OF Jerusalem forty years after
wards the Almighty got even with them.
/ Am not afraid to die. IN here as
Gods man. Kill me to.morroW IL you
want. am Gods aud have been
from the start"
Your own testimony" proceeded
the Judge, "shows that you recoiled
wiki horror from the idea. You say
that you prayed against it; you say that
that you thought it might be prevented. &.
This shows that your conscience warned
you against it, but by the wretched
sophistry OF your own mind you worked
yourself up against the protest OF your
own conscience. What motive could
have induced you to this act is matter
Of conjecture. Probabls men will think
that some fanAtacism or morbid desire
for self-eIaltation was tho real inspira-
tion Tor the act. Your own testimony
seems to controvtrt the theories OF your
counsel. They have maintained, and
thought honestly, believe. that you
were driven against your will by Insana
impulse. The testimony showed that
yon deliberately resolved to do It. and
that deliberate misguided will was the
sole impulse. This may seem insanity
to somo persons, but the law looks upon
it as wilful crime. Yo will have due
opportunity Of having any errors may
have committed in the course Of this
trial passed upon by the Court In 6Gne.
but meanwhile it is necessary for nae 10
pronounce the sentence Of tie iaw-that
you be takon hence TO the common i,il
Of Tho District OF Columbia, from
wkenoo you came. and there be kept in
confinement, and on Friday, tho goth
day of June, 1882, you be taken to the
place prepared for your execution with.
in the wallis Of tho said Jail, and there,
between the hours Of l2 and 2 O'Clock
p, NJ, you bo hanged by the neck until
you are dead. And may the Lord have
mercy on your soul"
During the reading OF his sentence
Guitea stood apparently unmoved and
with his gaze rivited upon the Judge,
but when the final words were spoken
he struck tho table violently and
shouted: MAY the Lord have mercy
upon your soul I'D rather stand where
do than whero that jury do and where
your Honor stands. I'm not afraid to
die. / stand hero as Gods man, and
God Almighty will curse every man who
had any part in procuring this un-
righteous verdict. Nothing but good
hns como from Garfield's removal, and
that will DO the verdict OF posterity on
my inspiration. don't caro- 4 snap
for the verdict Of this corrupt genera
tion. would rather thousand times
be in my position than in that Of those
who have bounded mo to death. !
shall hayo glorious flight TO death. /
shall have a glorious flight 10 glory. But
that miserable scoundrel will havo
q permanent job down below whore the
dovil is preparing for him." After
apparently talking himsolf out tho pris.
oner turned to his brother. and, withou,
the slightest trace OF eIcitsnsnt, con.
Versed for some minutes before being
taken from the courtroom. ......