Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1882-02-08

sale OF autographs.
Il Is stated that the assassin Ia beginning to
show much nervousness and irritabIlny. He ia
suffering from q severe cold, which has in
fame his eyes. One Jail official says he would
not be surprised IL Guiteau did not live TO be
hanged.
John w. Guiteau last evening" spent an hour
in his brothers cell, IN company with Warden
Crocker. The prisoner became very much ex-
cited, and denounced his brother and ScovilIe
John W. Guiteau, in card to the public, lis
avows all knowledge Of the proposed exhibition
OF his brothers body, and says that, whether
his brother dies by legal process or in the IN
sane asylum, his body shall be disposed of In
manner that will not offend public decency.
In view OF the recent proposition to make
public spectacle Of Guiteau's remains, 1t is
thought highly probable that Judge Cox will
exercise tho discretion gwen him by the Re
yisod Statutes, and inclnde in the death SEN
tence the disposition OF the body.
The Death sentence Passed Upon the
Assassin.
In the Criminal Court at Washington, on
saturday, Feb. 4, Judge Cox ov'rruled the
motion for new trial in the case of the mur-
dtr,r Of President Garfied Scoville there
uron filei q mo ion IN arrest OF Judgment.
Judge Cox then asked the assassin u he had
aught TO say why sentence should not be passed
upon him. The prisoner arose, pale, but with
lips couIprcssed, and desperate determination
stamped upon his features. In low and de-
liberate tone he hogan, bns soon his manner
became wild and violent, AMI. pounding upon
the table, he delivered himself Of the follow
ing harsDgue:
am not guilty OF the charge set forth in the
indictment IL was Gods act, not mine, and
Col vii take care OF 1t, and don't lei the
American people forget IT, He will take care Of
a. "A n pf,k.a rf (.ny
from the Executive down to that Marshal, TAX
ing in every man on that jury, and every me,i-
bar Of tins bench will pay for it, and the Amer
lean nation will roll in blood IL my body goes
into the ground and am hung. The jews tut
the despiscd Galean in the grave. For the
tine thsy iriumphed, but at the destruction Of
Jerusalem, for.y years afterwsrd, the Almights
got even with tlom. ! am not afraid Of death
| am here ss Gods man. Kill me tomorrow
II you want. am Gods man, and have teen
from the start"
Judge Cox then proceeded to pass sentence,
addressing the prisoner as follows You
have been convicted OF q crime so terrible In
its circumstances and 70 far-reaching IN its re-
suits, that it has drawn upon you the horror
OF the whole world and the execrations OF
your countrymep. The excitement produced
by such An ofrense made il no easy task
to secure for you fair and i'm
partial trial, but you have had the power
Government in your service, to protect your
person from violence and to procure evidence
from ell parts Of the country. You have had
NJ feir and impartial jury as ever assembled
in q court OF justice. You have been defended
by counsel with a zeal and devotion that mer
its the highest encomium, and certainly have
done my best to secure far presentation Of
your defense. Notwithstanding all this you
have been found guilty. II would have boen
comfort TO many people IL the ver-
dict OF the jury had established the
fact that ynnr ect -:s that OK sn In
responsible man. IL would have left the
people satisfying belief that the crime OF
political assassination was something entirely
foreign 10 the institutions and civilization Of
our country but the result has denied them
that comfort. The country will accept II as
TACT that the crime can be committed, and the
court will have 10 deal with II with the hih hest
penalty known to the criminal code, to serve as
an example to others. Your career has been so
extraordinary that people might well, al times.
have donb,ed your sanity, but one can not Tut
believe that when the crime vas committed you
thoroughly Unlerstood nature OF tyo crime
and its Consequences '" Gu teau-I was acting
as Gods mat "and that you had morsl sense
and cons, isnce enough 10 recognize tho moral
ip'q1ity OF such an act
The Prisoner That's matter Of opinion.
"Your own testimony shows that you rccoiled
with horror from the idea You say that you
prayed against il. Yon say that your conscience
warned you againEt it, but by the wretched
sophis!ry OF your own mind you worked your
self up against the protest OF your own con-
science. What motive could have induced you
TO this act must be q matter OF conjecture
Probably men will think that some fanaticism
or morbid desire for self-exaltaiion was the
real inspiration for the act Your own tesd-
nioly seems to controvert tho theories OF your
ccuu-eL They have maintained and thought
honestly believe. that you were driven
against your vii by an insane impulse. The
testimony showed that you deliberately re-
6olycd TO dc 1t, and that your deliberate and
misguided will was tho sole impulse. This
may seen, insanity 20 some persons, but the
law LOOKS upon IL as wiiiful crime
fou will have due opportunity OF hsv-
ing any errors l may have committed
during the course OF trial passed upon by the
court in bano but, meanwhile, it is necessary
for mo to pronounce the sentence OF the law
that YOU be taken hence 10 the common jsil Of
the District, from whence you came, and there
he kept IN confinement, and ON Friday. tho 30th
day OF June. 1882, you be taken into the place
prepared for your execution, within the walls
of said jail, and there, hetweea tue hours OF
~ and 2 p. M, You be hanged by tho neck un-
III yoa are dead, and may the Lord hare mercy
ON your soul. !"
During the reading Guiteau stood apparent
ly unmoyed and with his gaze rive,ed " ON the
judge, but when the final words were spoken
ho struck the table vio!cntiy and iht,u,e,. :
And may the Lord have mercy on your soul.
Ia rather stand where I do than where the
jury does. and where your Honor stands. I'm
MOI afraid 70 die. stand here as Gods man,
and God Almighty will curse every man
who has had part In procuring this
unrighteous verdict Nothing but good has
come from Garaeld's removal, and that will be
the verdict Of rosttrity on my inspiration. I
don't care snap for the verdict OF this corrupt
generation. would rather q thousand timec
be In my position than that OF those who have
bounded me 10 death. shalt have glorious
fight 70 glory, but that miserable sconndrel,
Corkbili, vii havc permanent Job down bc-
low, where the devil is preparing Tor him.
After apparently talking himself ont the
prisoner turned 10 bis brother and, witLout The
slightest trace OF excitement, conyersed Tor
some minutes before being tskcn from the
courtroom. 49,
George Scoyilie has returncd 70 his homo 70
Chicago He ' ID not prepare tho appeal pa
pers In tho case before March. Guards watch
the assassin night and day.
Gniteau wns vaccinated In the jail On Ne
day that he received his death sentenca.