The Indianapolis leader. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1879-1890, 1882-02-11

be merely cumulative and not affect the verdict"
As to the expert witness, whose admission after
trial are alleged to have been different from his
evidence given upon trial, Judge Cox said that
an unsworn admission of this character could
never be considered as q ground for overturning
verdict that may have been obtained through
the evidence of the very witness who from cor
Fran siI thy nsers seer 70 red xerI, 1G Gov
summed up, 81 am unable to find any reason
TO grant the motion, which is therefore over
ruled"
EXCEPTIONS TAKEN
Scoville-I would like to note an exception to
the ruling of the Court.
Colonel Corkhill-Your Honor, it now becomes
Scoviile-One moment please: would ike to
file in due form the motion which / referred to
yesterday. Scoville then filed his motion in ar
rest of judgment.
Guiteau, who had been permitted to oresume his
seat at the counsel table, called out: IF Your
Honor please, 1 desire to ask If there is any mo-
tried to o his spessns but he repese
well, / don't want any advantages taken of me.
want to know how much time shall have 70
Scoville-Please keep quiet. We have not
reached that yet.
Guiteau with much excitement)-I won't
keep quiet. am here and propose to do my
own talking
Judge Cox then informed Scoville of the rules
of practice applicable to the filing of his excep-
tons. and after this matter had been arranged,
Colonel COrkhill renewed his motion, saying: "lt
is now my duty to ask for the sentence Of the
Judge Cox Ito the prisoner)--Stand up. Have
you anything to say why sentence should not
be passed upon youT
Guiteau (stili sittingl-I ask Your Honor to
postpone sentence as long as possible.
Judge Cox-StaHd up. Have yeu anything to
say why sentence should not now be pronounced
upon YOU"
The prisoner then arose, pale but with lips
compressed and desperate determination stamped
upon his features. In low and deliberate tone
violent, and pounding upon the table, delivered
himself OF the following narangue:
~ am not guilty of the charge set forth in the
will take of it, and dolI't let the American
people forget it. He will take care of it, and
every officer of this Government, from the Execu-
tive down to that Marshal taking in every man
on that Jury and every member OF this Bench,
VIII pay for it, and the American Nation will roll
in blood, If my body goes into the ground, and
am hung The Jews put the despised Galiean
in the grave and for the time they trfumphed,
but at the destruction of Jerusalem. forty years
afteIward, the Almighty got even with them. l
Kill me tomorrow, If you want am Gods man,
and have been from the start"
THE SENTENCE.
Judge Cox then proceeded to pass sentence, ad-
dressing the prisoner as follows:
You have been convicted of crime so terrible
In its circumstances and so far reaching in its re-
suits that it has drawn upon you tn horror of the
whole world and the execrations OF your country
men. The excitement produced by such an Of
fense made it no easy task to secure for you a
fair and impartial I'M = trial, but you have had the
Government in your service to protect your per-
son from violence and to procure evidence from
all parts of the country.
"You have mad as fair and impartial Jury as
ever assembled In Court of Justice. You have
been defended by counsel with zeal and devo-
ton that merit the highest encOmium, and GER
tainly have done my best to secure a fair presen-
tation of your defense. Notwithstanding all this,
you have been found guilty. 1t would have been
comfort to many people, If the verdict of the
Jury ha6 established the fact that your act was
that of an irresponsible man: 1t would have
left the satisfying belief that the
enrS o9eru to Se snS
civilization OF our country. But the result has de-
MED them thatcomfort. The country will accept
the Court will have to deal with it with the high
est penalty known to the criminal code to serve
an example to others. Your career has been so
times, have doubted your sanity, but one can not
but believe that when the crime was committed
you thoroughly understood the nature of the
crime and its consequences =
Guiteau-I was acting as Gods man.
And that you had moral sense and:conscience
enough to recognize the moral iniquity of such
The prisoner-That's matter of opinion.
Your own testimony shows that you recoiled
with horror from the idea. You say that you
might be prevented. This shows that your con-
science warned you against 1t, but by the wretch
ed sophistry of your own mind you worked your
conscience. What motive could have In
duced you to commit this act must be
that seme iSnstieism or morbid % de'e for self
exAtation was the real inspiration for the act.
Your own testimony seems to controvert the theo-
ries of yOuc counsel, vhO have maintained and
thought, honestly. believe, that you were driven
against your will by an insane impulse The tes-
umony showed that you deliberately resolved TO
do it, and that a deliberate and misguided will
was the sole impulse. This may seem to be insan
ity tosome.persons but law oOks upon ii as willful
crime. You will have due opportunity of having
course of the trial passed upon by the Court in
Banc, but meanwhile 1t is necessary for me to
pronounce the sentence of law-that you be
taken hence to the Common Jail of the District,
from whence you came, and there be kept in con-
fnement. and on Friday the 30th day of June,
Re mas he
between the hours of IL m. and p. m, you be
hanged by the neck until you are dead, and may
the Lord have mercy on your soul"
THE PRISONERS DEMEANoR.
During the reading Guiteau stood apparently
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
does, and where Your Honor does. I'm not afraid
to die. stand hero as Gods man. and God Al
mighty will % curse every man who & has part p,h in
ing but good has come from Garfelds
removal, and that will be the
verdict of posterity nay
inspiration. don't care snap for the verdict OF
this corrupt generation. would rather thous-
and times be in my position than that of those
who have bounded me TO death. / shall have
glorious fight to glory, but that miserable scoun-
2rel Corkhill will have permanent job down be-
low, where the devil is preparing for him."
After apparently talking himself out, the pris-
oner turned to his brother, and without the
slightest trace of excitement, conversed for
some minutes before being taken from the Court
room.
Upon the arrival of Guiteau at the Jail he was