The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-01-27

,hor taking s recess over July and
seem eS Ell should it be closed by the
/ Aduss, G ~ May, then if the judge
lsr par sffirnned, the execution might
r. place in July a., 49,;
o. q, PHs found on lnqalry that the Jury
= two ballots. AT nrst eleven votes
O .re cast for conViGIIon; Ano 4he Diank !
ms "" .os.area that Guitesu had said at
. DC ,;me that the notorlety he would
shy t 81 Killing the President would in
gam " The sale of his book. This was
crease, 70 ~ him, and the next ballot
prove55 twelve votes Of guilty" John
shovel u;, cal. by accident, was not present
W. GU e verdict was rendered Scoville
Whe9 :! ~ bis usual place to make the Gus
stood j. announcement regarding excsp-
tomal; There was no human beng near
tlon'' ain 1T this dreadful moment who
the STE tie with him or any sympathy.
had 81 Us again hurried out, the
de and the jury went out,
usI'' snectators followed. and in
the -oinutes more the room was
five ~ The trial of Guiteau was
empYssvin rasted just seven days less
oysl' he agony OF Garfield. Upon being
tn'n so3 TO the van, an angry hiss broke
reHo'" No. no, gentlemen" cried
olL -,v Marshal Williams, holding up
DsP-.1d in expostulatien, mo, bo0e of
BE p'IT rs al! over now" This checked
as" .-1wd. though murmers followed
me nrograss 20 the van. As Guiteau
lneE fiofo it, there was yell from the
SUI and men ana boys ran along af-
cfV' 20 van screaming and hooting.
L. him. hang him, " cried some. One
,'-:on called OFT IN a tone that must
g.Ts rung in the ears OF Inc Wretched
~sn inside: 'Freflusn' U Al oiu uea'n
s.i I one # the jurors, said after the
u There had never been moment
i ~ The evidence was com ylete, when
\. inrors were not ready to render a
$50 He did not believe that the ar
'.,ants of counsel made any impression
~ r the other, upon the jurors.
nod not heard the report that 1t had
- disc, vered that one Of the jurors
s-ored scoui,tsl, or 8 verdict of insanity.
S,o;1-1 w.s most completely Violated,
"a Pr;,bt s.iu that while be had felt
- derivation of associates, be could
- snnsk too highly of the faithful man
~ IN which the bailiff's had performed
,bair disagresable duty. The jury, he
'aiI had been absolutely ignorant Of the
3rif Of public opinion during th5 trial,
snd had not been al all impressed with
10 beIief that Guiteau Was insane, the
unanimous opinion beiag thai his in
sanity vas slammed.
Now that the long trial IL over, it is
T-oDsr to say that its conduct by COX has
had the approval Of the most eminent
members Of the bar aud OF the district
Injgs: throughout. He has had their
advice snd he has rightly persevered IN
tbs course they Oprroved against the ig
norsnt rlamOr OF part Of the press. 1t
VS. necessary 20 con vince the jury of the
sasssin's sanity, and it was necessary to
give N So fair and impartial trial that
tbge should be no tensble ground fer
4 3susad for new trial. To give the jury
the opportunity TO determine whether
Gai,esu wa or was not insane he was al
& loved to exhibit himself to them daily,
sni bis language probably aid as much
glI the evidence TO settle the question
Of biz entire sanity in the jugs minds.
4 fair trial meant necessarily a long
tfisl, for Guiteau and his counsel did all
they could to prolong it. To the assassin
himself the display and notoriety was
agreeable. Every time he shouted out
the first assertion Of his inspiration, be
hoped that he had made an impress
ion on the jury, and every time he in
mlted witness or q lawyer, he felt the
enjoyment which an abandoned black
Iusrd feels when he can safely insult re-
DeOtsble men. But through all that he
aid the jury saw there ran q shrewd pur-
pose. His rufianly talk was not inco-
ierent, but the contrary. When he in
errupted counsel he did not rave or
peak at random, bat he in
errupted shrewdly, with the de-
ign to break the continuity of the
argument or disturb the impression
he saw the jury was getting: thus he
vent on systematically, c0hsrently,
nethodicAlly ana with sll The 'sInart-
mesa of 8 glib petlifOgger," du ing the
whole trial, with the result OF keeping
up day after day proof Of his own sanity
10 convincing the jury, so that when
they had heard the admissible charge of
Judge Cox they needed no long time to
agree on verdict. The cry was raised
IN some quarter thst the trial was t'not
respectable" or was "disgrsceful," is
nonsense. L was ia every sense re-
spectacle and honorable to the country.
Even an assassin has, under the laws,the
right 10 trial. And if he is 10 have 3
trial at sll i! must be fair or impartial.
It cannot be cut short when it becomes
tiresome to the public, but must drag as
this has done, so long as the ssSassin's de-
Tenders can manage by legal advices 10
spin if out.