The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-01-17

The Deity knows it and He has taken spe-
clal pains to thus far protect me. If il be
true absolutely that providence and saved
the nation, why should not be hero and
the equal of Washington and Lincoln and
| Grant?
MANY people are beginning to see that
have saved the nation. The feeling against
me during this trial has developed my mo.
tive and my inspiration, and to-day the peo-
| pie consider me a patriot
and great man. The prose-
cution have made great flourish with
their insane experts. The only insanity in
this case is what these experts call transi.
tory mania, the Abraham style of insanity.
! There are thirty eight cases of Abrahamic
insanity in the Bible, i. G., of illegal killing,
resulting from the possession of transtory
mania by divine authority If single
man on this jury has the slightest doubt as
to whether fired that shot on my personal
account or as the agent OF the Deity he is
bound under the law to give me the
benefit of the doubt and acduit me.
The prosecution have attempted to show
| by their paid experts that | was
not suffering from transtory mania at the
time fired on the President, but what do
they know about it? Absolutely nothing
| If had plenty of money | could get fifty
| reputable experts to swear was insane abb
solutely at the time. | take no stock in the
shape OF heads and hang of the tongue, or
in the opinion ofexperts on the other side of
the issue. leave my justification to God
and the American people, on to-day, six
months after the shot was fired. The Deity
has repeatedly confirmed the act as in
dictated in my experince as set forth
IN TINS speech, and the American
people are satisfied to let this prosecution
go by default and that's the way you will
prabably let it GO"
Guiteau then quotes in-extenso n
large number of letters which he claims
to have been received from the American
people approving his act and and gives ex.
tracts from the prayers of a number of
prominent clergymon. after Garlielis
death to show that in their opinion it was
God viii that he should die.
The address ceases with an euogy on
Judge Cox and the following in genera:
II am satisfied with your honors pro.
posed instructions, but | would hunbly
suggest that the jury be charged as follows
| That lfthey believe that believed it was
right Tor me to remove the President be-
cause had special divine authority for so
Iolhg' they Will acqut on the ground that
| was oyerpowercd by the Deity, i. G., that
! was suffering from transtory mania.
our honor has suggested that the law of
jurisdiction in this case may be diife rent
rom what some of the leading Washington
lawyers say it is. Should it be necessary
| 10 nave your honor pass finally
on this issue, expect us
to show that your honor has no jurisdiction.
| am also of the opinion that the court
IN banc will so decide if necessary, but now
| gentlemen must close.
Two months ago you left your homes
and loved ones to listen to this case. |
I.
most solemn and prayerful attention and
that your verdict will be justly, not guilty
rs charged in the Indictment and now gan-
tlemen leave this case with YOU, At the
iast great day you and all men will
stand IN the presence OF the Deity
crying for mercy and Justice. As
you act here so will be your
hhal abode IN the great hereafter. | beg
you 90 not get the Deity down on you by
| heuuIihg with the case. | beg Won for
| Your own Sakes, and for the sale of the
American people, and for the sake of gen
erdtlons yet unborn, that you let this case
alone You cannot afford to touch it. Let
! your verdict be that il was the Deityis act
not mine. When the President was shot
| his Cabinet tclesraphed foreign nations
thht IL was the act o; mailman, and it will
ne iar the better every way that it be oili-
clally decided that it was the act of mad
man"
now HE FEELS
Gnltean was apparently in the best of
spirits this morning when the reporter
OF the Associated Press called ut the iail.
II have decided not TO sell my speech for
money he remarked but to give il the
widest possible circulation through the As.
sociatcd Press. want every man, woman
and child in America to have
lie was asked, "liow were You pleased
with Mr.. Reeds speech yesterday" and
replied, well, don't take any stock in
Scoyi!lc's theory or Reeds either. |
shouldn't like TO trust my defense TO either
OF them. Charlie made good speech,
though, and interested me, but Wouldn't
give cent bushel for that kind at talk"
Ihen aitera short pauSe-"I don't know
though, 1t may be Just As well To-
have that 90 before the iury"-with grin
there may he soft fellows among them
who will believe that am an imbecile."
Executed
SAVANNAH, Ca, January lG.-Jessie vii.
liams, negro, convicted of murder June
last, was hanged at l2.3O o'clocL III a