New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-26
THE ASSASSIN CON' ~


wild fa'S Of President Garfield has oceh
III, IL, os indicted. Judge Porter con
'"",u bic oroument to the jury yesterday
ei"u.I rn He was constantly interrupted uy
"V;4ao, and Subjected to torrent OF insult
ou,',J 1h',so In concluding his address Judge
Porter said that while the assassin nau 'o''
signed his own memory 10 eterhai llii"u'y, ~
had written the name ot James y. Ud'n'i' Ia
characters of light upOn the armament '"'l0
% cndurn as radiant as If every ietter were
traced in living stars. justice COX chafIeu
tbe inrv, beginning rs soon as Judge l olI'i h'u
finished The charge bore against the deIeh'e
and its claims The jury was ont Only haiI ali
bonr when il was made known that verdict NAG
hcen fonnd. When the verdict OF guilty as
indicted had been announced, there was
noisy demonstration from the crowd with "hlch
the little courtroom was packed. Gu't''H
confused, shouted, Gods blood Will be upon
the heads of that jury. Don't you forget IT,
Again he cried in wild rage, "God VIII aVehee
tbis outragen Justice Cox thanked the jurors
telling them that they richly mcrted the THANKS
of their conntrymcn. As the assassin WAS IVu
out he gcsticulated with his manacied hihas
nud sgid. The Court in hanc VIII reverse
Ills businessn As he was placed IN the PRISON
ran and driven away he was greeted by the
;eors Of n crowd without the coUrt-roon
crpvrS AND INCIDENTS OF TIE FINAL DAY.
icy TELEGRAPH THE THBt 81
u.eu1vcrov Ian. 25.-It was appropriate, ana
norhays fortunate that on he day on "llch "u''edu
was to he pronounced a sane murderer ne s'"'"
,rcy, himself such over and over again, as he has
e he frt
been DAYS such as vest rday when his language
,,os ,iler and more outrageous. but none on which
l.. demonstrated more clearly his utter dcpraVltT
and his complete responsibility lie begau MS IN
tcrruptious of Judge Porter almost with the open
ing. and continued them with scarcely nleak
uutl il could he that the pa'lehc"
of even the spectators was wrought upon almost
bcyo1d endurance Judge Porter bore them Win
great dignity. He noticed them only Wheh II
seemed wise TO do So a"d, while thuo giving all eur
10 al the assassin might say was never dlScohcert-
ell. even when GUiteau poured ont stream VI
abuse that fairly drowned his own voice.
Judge Porter was little hoarse and showed some
fatigue, bat his argument thought 80 be more
oowcrful than on any preceding day. His comments
ON the testimony Of John W. GGteau formed
prominent part of tho mornings argument Tins
was followed with "A Satire exposition OF MT.
Scoyillc's theory that GuitcaE Is a MID, moral
and praycrful man, by the aid of the record OF ms
swindhng career. Gaitcau chafed and RACED under
this hurting ont, like a hldeouS "jack-ln-the-hoX,
Of almost every sentence Judge Porter uttered
with some new eptllct or insult. lie called Judge
Porter liar probably a hundred times IN the
course of the day, told him he was a
blood money" man, "a thief and a scOun-
drclD and so on. "Why, saint from Heaven"
said Guiteau III of these outDursts, could not
stand being abused by that man Porter. won't
.tand it," Then followed stream OF abuse of ms
brother and his dead father while he Gnashed ms
Jaws ike angry dog
Once he told the Court he:cely to put Judge PoI-
ter "undrr arrest" Once tho latter referred to him
batircally az a model Of morality. Guite&u re-
iortcd half in jeering half in conccit,
"Wen, was a model Of morality
A single incident illustrated his peculiar
quckness of perception. Aitorney-GcueraI
Brewster was on the hench yesterday for a time
but only for a short time. GLiteau observed this
and today he tauntcd Jadge Porter with IT. saying
that Attoney-Gencral Brewster would not stay 10
hear his spccth-he was too high toned = man to
have ANYTHING to do with him anyway Another
illustration vas given hen Judge Porter, referring
10 the claim that Guitcan prayed night ami morn
ing, said his wife never heard it. or lac would
have been glad to prove it by her" Guitcau called
cut on the instant, There is nothing OF that i'll
the evidence" And there not, of coarse.
The testimony of Drs Kirrnan and Spitzka was
briefly reviewed. Judge Porter showed that even Dr.
Spitzka swore only that Gutcau was probably iH-
sane and had declared that the assassination the
result of a morbid project rather than of insane
deusioa. Here Guiteau again showed his quick
wit. Judge Porter read Dr. SDi zkas testimony,
crcditing Ggteau with the legal knowledge
of "a thiri-rate shvstcr of criminal
court" and added, "Mr. Scoyille can tell
You what that is; | cannot The words
were hardly out Of his mouth when Gutean re-
torted FROM the other side Of the room, Some OF
your clients can"
Judge Porter treated Dr. Spitzbas testimony
somewhat huruorouSly, to the quiet amuScIcnt of
the spectators lie suggested hat kicking horse
must be considered Irresponsible because Of his !
Ihombo-ccph head. and said il true that there
had been a deviation of Guitcaus tongue to the !
lef,-always 10 the jury. One of the most i'm
pr,,siye passages in the speech since
tie beginning was his contrast between |
Booth and GuiteaG. showing how infamous the |
assassin OF Garfield Is even as compared with the |
assassin of Lincoln. During this Gnltcan kept up |
an almost continuous shouting and yelDing. which |
was 50 outrageous hat Mr. Dayidge half rose from
his chair al point to demand that some meas
ur.s be taken to stop it, but was dissuadcl by |
shake Of the head from the District Attorney. |
Guitcau making the best Of the last act of his |
long play, without knowing that it
was to be the last. lie showed his
ready wit again when Judge Porter was
quoting John Wilkes's remark about being the ug-
lies man in Europe. TIE assassin called out,
"Ncll, you weren't there" lie has sad over and |
over again that BE- would not shoot Garfield again
for a million dollars. When the speaker alluded to |
this, showing that money his measure in all |
things Guiteau for the first time raised Tie figures
and SAID " tifty Millions