Morning journal and courier., 1882-01-26
News. by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. GUILTY AS INDICTED. The Verdict Found Against
 Guiteau. CLOSING SCENES IN THE CASE. The Assassin Dazed at
 the Finding. A STRUGGLE FOR HIS LIFE.
A STRUGGLE FOR HIS LIFE
The Defense to Demand z
 New Trial.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

Murder ina the First Degree-Guitea,
 Found Guilty as Indicted-The Closin;
 Scenes in the Great TrfaI-Judse Por
 ter's Closing Remarks-Judge Co
 Charges Against the Prisoner-The As l sassxn Dumbfo unded at the Finding 1 Taken Back to Jail Amid the ,Jeer
 of the Crowd.
 WASHINGTON, Jan 25.-To day was a yer, stormy one in the court room during Judg Porters argument. Guiteau was voluble il abuse and showed keenness and shrewd ness in his interruptions which argued tha he appreciated the fact that this was his las chance. Judge Porter has always aroused Guiteau's most angry and savage mood. Al the prisoner puts it "A saint from beaver couldn't stand this mans (Porter's) bosh The prisoner had nothing to say by way o opening except to sheer at his sisters Chica go interview denoting her ignorance and 1 lack of judgment. As Judge Porter pro ceeded with his argument Guiteau grew gar rulous and indulged in running dialogue with the speaker Mir. Porter, however paid little attention to his Interruptions, anG went on from point to point showing up ir
 
 The speaker began by apologizing to the 1 jury for having spent so much time on his argument, but said that he deemed it neces sary to carefully review the evidence He then proceeded to dissect that portion of the l testimony where the defense, as he phrase6 l it, tried to place the responsibility of the 1 crime on Luther A. Guiteau, 'because he l transmitted his blood to him who is l Garield's murderer" He then asked l the jury ''Was it depravity, was ii l wickedness, or was it disease of the brain that | prompted Guiteau to shoot Garfield? If il i was disease of the brain, it came not unti | the 2nd of July. Before that there was l malice. The viper struck back at Blaine l and struck back through Garfield. He struck back at Blaine with menace at Gar I field that was unfortunately fulfilled. He I went about the world defrauding women and swindling all he met The world owed hin ! living he said" Judge Porter continued | that Guiteau did not pay his debts because l he said Paul did not, and chose to be 1 where to lay his head. This made Guiteau I furious, and he shouted that Judge Porter was liar, was working for blood money etc. Judge Porter added that Guiteau bias phemed him who prayed for men at Geth ! semane and died for them on Calvary, but l Christ never cheated Jew and never tried I to trade a spurious watch. Judge Porter worked up the prisoner to white heat o1 | rage by his ridicule of the claim to partner ship with Jesus Christ & Co., and his alleged l junior partnership. Guiteau's wrath nex | turned on his brother, John w.. as the law yer sarcastically reviewed his testimony. l At about 11:30 o'clock there was an inter esting quintette in the court room, in whicl Judge Porter, Colonel Reed, Colonel Cork kill, Judge Cox and Guiteau took part. Judge 1 Porter had referred to the criticisms of the English papers on the apparent slackness O. 1 American justice. MT. Reed arose to object but Judge Porter kept on. The prisoner de ] nounced Judge Porter's speech as a public ! nuisance. Colonel Corkhill arose to reply tt l Mir. Reed, but Judge Porter being in th' midst of fine sentence would not stop 1 Judge Cox tried to get in 8 word, bu ! with Judge Porter, Colonel Corkhill, Mr Reed and Guiteau all in full blast at on' another he could not be heard. Finally | however, Judge Porter came to a stopping place and Colonel Corkhil said that Mir 1 Reed said that he had right to object tt ! reference to what the English papers migh have said. Judge Cox said that he did no think it would do much harm. Mir. Reet l subsided, Colonel CorkhilI sat down ant Judge Porter and Guiteau went on with thu duet. At last Guiteau said, "Oh, shut up l passed in this way. and the audience began l to show disgust. Judge Porter was goint over the evidence touching Luther w. Gui teaus life. MT. Scoville objected to the in depreciation put by Judge Porter on it. Judg Cox had the evidence read over and decided 1 that the matter was for the jury alone. Gui teau was very angry at the ruling.
 In reviewing the testimony Judge Porte | came upon the expression, "A third clas l cb haps tell you what that is" said Judge Porter 'I can't" "Some of your clients can, though 1 Judge" said Guiteau. In the progress of hi l remarks Judge Porter reviewed the history o ! Charlotte Corday, extolling her purpose an praising her patriotic murder of her monarch He ridiculed the idea of Mir. Reeds com l pairing that case to this characteristic inter l'ruption by Guiteau. Judge Porter next dre' the parallel between Booth and Guiteau, say ing, ''This man, this coward, this disaI pointed office-seeker, this malignant, calcu l lating cold blooded murderer, do you compar him with Wilkes Booth? Booth at leas showed bold front, but this sneaking crlm1 nal shrinks from all that is manly. He is
 coward and a murderer" pointing at tn assassin, who winced for 8 moment. H placed Guiteau in the same category wit Wilkes Booth, who preferred to be mul derer than to remain in mediocrity. For tn next half hour there was one continual strear of interruptions and abuse from the prisoner A score of times he denounced Judge Porte as liar, varying the expressions as adjective suggested themselves. His vindictive dlspo sition showed itself as never before, and fo once his cunning was merged in his angr spite, and as Judge Porter piled up invectiv |. the prisoner unwittinglys corrobora4ed tn diagnosis of depravity which the counsel wa
 pronouncing upon him. 'You know that
 an absolute, desperate, wicked, devlllsh lie, 1 finally shouted Guiteau, stammerlng wit
 rage.
 At 12:30 a recess was taken for thirty mir utes.
 Judge Porter read from the prisoner
 statement, q don't Care whether l kno'
 whether it was right or wrong or not.
 Read the rest of that" said Scoville. q
 read nothing at your instance" replied Pol
 ter. ''There," spoke up Guiteau, 'that sci
 ties you with the jury. It shows you to be
 liar and 8 thief and I have caught you.
 Judge Porter paid no attention, but went o to trace the inception of the so-called insp
 ration. He argued that Guiteau could neve
 fix the date of this inception and declare
 that no one else could. In regaId to Gu
 teau's assertion that he would accept no pt
 sition after the inspiration seized him Judg Porter quoted Reeds assertion that Guitea had told him two days before the murde
 that he would see his name in 8 few day
 nOmlnate0 TOT the IArlS cOuSulate. JuuA
 Porter went through Guiteau's testimon,
 picking here and there portions to show tht
 the crime was the premeditated act of a d. prayed man.
 f Guiteau's interruptions of Judge Porte
 continued until he laid down his books
 evidence and began his closing remark
 The text of the peroration was as follows
 "Gentlemen, the time has come when I mu
 close. The government has presented i
 case before you. We have endeavored
 discharge our responsibilities as well as W
 could. His honor has endeavored to di
 charge his duties as well as he could.
 know you will be faithful to your oaths an
 will discharge yours well. So discharge that by your action at least political assa
 sination shall find no sanction to make it s precedent hereafter. He who has ordaine
 that human flesh shall be shielded by huma laws from human crime presides over yor
 deliberations, and the verdict which shall given or withheld to-day will be recorde where we are all to meet. I trust that yot
 verdict will be prompt, that 1t will represel
 the majesty of the law, your integrity an ' at the honor of the country that this tria
 which has so deeply interested all the nation
 of the earth, may result in warning to reac ] all that political murder shall not be used a means to promote party ends or revolution And trust that the time may come, in co1
 sequence of the attention which shall be cal
 ed to that consideration growing out of tn
 trio yubaD hu ipta ationa1 arrap h.