Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-02-06

Your course has been 90 extraordinary
that the people might we'll At times have
doubted your sanity, but one cannot well
doubt when the crime was committed you
thoroughly understood the nature of the
crime and its consequences, and that you
had more sehse and conscience enough
to recognize the moral iniquity of such an
act
Prisoner-That is a matter of opinion
Your own testimony shows that you recoil-
ed with horror from the idea. You say that
you prayed against it. You said you thought
it might be prevented. This shows that
your conscience worked against it but by the
wretched sophistry of your own mind worked
yourself up against the protest Of your own
conscience.
What motive could have induced you to
commit the act must be a matter of conjec-
ture. Probably men will think that some IA
naticism or morbid desire for self-exaltation
was the real inspiration for the act. Your
own testimony seems to controvert the theo-
ries of your counsel. They have maintained
and thought hOnestly,I believe, that you
were driven against your will, b. an insane
impulse to commit the act, but your testimo-
ny showed that you deliberately resolved to
do it, and that a deliberate and misguided
will was the sole impulse.
This may seem insanity to some persons,
but the law looks3upon it as a wilful crime.
You will have due opportunity of having any
errors hich l NAV have committed during
the course of the trial, passed
upon by the court in banc, but, meanwhile,
it is necessary for me to pronounce the SEN
tence of the law that you be taken hence to
the common Jail of the district from whence
you came, and there be kept in confinement,
ard on Friday, the 30th day of June, 1882,
you be taken to the place prepared for the ex-
ecution, within the walls Of said Jail, and
there, between the hours of ~ NJ. and p.
NJ. you be hanged by the neck until you are
dead, and may the Lord have mercy on your
soul.
MORE OF GUIrEAU's BLAsPHEMY.
During the reading, Guiteau stood appar-
entity unmoved and with his gaze riveted up
on the Judge, but when the final words were
spoken he struck the table violently, and
shouted And may the Lord have mercy on
your soul: I'd rather stand where do than
where that jury does and where your Honor
does. l stand here as Gods man, and God
Almighty will curse every man who has
had part in procuring this outrageous YER
dict.
Nothing but good has come from Garfields
removal and that will be the verdict of pos
terity on my inspiration. l don't care snap
for the verdict of this corrupt generation.
would rather a thousand times be in my
position than that of those who have bounded
me to death. shall have glorious flight
to glory, but that miserable scoundrel, Cork
hill, will have permanent job below, where
the devil is preparing for him.
After apparently talking himself out. the
prisoner turned to his brother, and without
the slightest trace Of excitement, conversed
for some minutes before being taken from
the court room.
CLOSING SCENES.
As the last solemn words fell from Judge
Cox's lips the prisoner echoed them, but in
far different tone of voice. for it was in a
voice of passionate hatred that he cried out
And may God have mercy on YOUR soul.
had rather stand where ! am than where that
jury does or than where your honor does.
am not afraid to die. Confound YOU, Che
cried violently, struggling with the deputy
marshals who were endeavoring to repress
HIM leave me alone. | know who am here
for in this business. | am here as Gods man
and don't you forget it. God Almighty will
curse every man who has had anything to do
with this act.
Guiteau continued-Nothing but good has
come of General Garfields removal, and that
will be posteritys idea of it. Everybody is
happy here except few cranks. Nothing but
good has come to this nation from his re-
moval. That is the reason the Lord wanted
him removed.
Mr.. Scoville took an exception to the judg-
ment and sentence of the court, and while
this was being noted the prisoner sat tapping
nervously with the tips Of his fingers upon
the table.
Then he broke out again wildly I'd rather
thousand times be in my position than be
with those devils who have bounded me to
death. / will have flight of glory and am
not afraid to go, but Corkhill and the others
are. There is no let up on Corkhill, the
miserable scoundrel. He has permanent
job down below. will go to glory whenever
the Lord wants me to go, but / will
probably stay down here a good many
years and get into the White House. know
how l stand on this business, and so does the
Lord and He will pull me through with the
help OF two or three good law, ers, and all
the devils in hell can't hurt me.
The court then, at ll.45, adjourned.
The prisoner for some moments continued
counsel for the prosecution. In order to ST.
lence him deputy marshal Williams cIapped
his hand over the prisoners mouth, an action
which the latter would have quickly resented
with blow had not the police officers
grabbed his hands and clasped the handouts
upon his wrists. He then turned to his
brother and spoke few words to him with
out any trace of nervousness or agitation in
his manner, and was soon afterward led to
the van and returned to jail
When Judge Cox told Guiteau to stand up
for the sentence. in a quiet voice the prisoner
began his speech, but after he had delivered
himself of two or three sentences his man.
ner became more agitated. When he came
to his prediction that the American nation
would roll in blood, he raised his voice to its
highest pitch, and brought his clenched hand
down with nervous force to emphasize his
declaration. When he referred to the death
of Christ he gave his voice that declamatory
roll, which throughout the trial has charac-
terized his illusions to religious matters