The Wichita city eagle., 1882-02-09

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as to prisoners manner and appearance prior
TO the assassination. If there had been no
evidence introduced upon this subject there
might be some force Ia the request, but
do;er or more witnesses testified on trial rs
to his manner AMI aSGearance, the evidence
period of time from March until
the commission OF the act. The evidence
now sought to be introduced would be mere
ly cumulstige, ana wpald NOT affect the ver-
dict. As TO the expert witness. whasa ad-
missions after the trial are alleged to have
been different from the evidence given upon
the trial, Judge Cox said that unsworn ad-
missions of this character could never be
consideEed as ground for overturniug
verdict that nag have tceI aaia,nsd thraHsh
the evidence Of every witness whe, from
corrupt motives, might seek TO reverse the
verdict. From all the papers presented,
Judge Cox summed up:
az am unable to find any reason TO grant
the MOTION, -Ateh, therefore, is ovcrruled.' V
scoyille-I would like 20 a6se Az e-lepsion
to the ruling.
Corkhil- Cour Honor, it now becomes my
duty
Scoyille-One moment, please. l would
like to iIe ia asa faria ihee motion TO which l
referred Yesterday
Scoyille then filed his motion In arrest Of
judgment.
Guiteau, who had been permitted 10 re-
sumo his seat at the counsel's table, called
out
..If your Homer ptessl, I aestre IS ask II
there is any motion that ought la .sks to
preserve my rights:'
scoville tried to prevent his speaking, but
he retorted
"Wer, don't want any advantage taken
of me. want 10 AIo.y hsW much time l
shall have to prepare my appeal 10 tue caArt
in banc."
Scoyillc-Please keep quiet. We have not
reached that yet.
Guiieaa with much excitementl-l won't
keep quiet. am ncrs saa ] gropose to do
my own talking.
Judge Cox then informed Scoville OF the
rules of practice applicable TO filing of his
exceptions.
After this matter had been arranged, Col.
Corkhiil sene-ed bis motion, saying:
at is now my duty 10 ask for tie sentence
of the court
Judge Cox to the prisoner:
.'Stand up. Have you any thing TO say
why the sentence should not now be passed
upon your
Guiteau-"I ask your Honor to postpone
the sentsnca as ;sps as psssibIe."
Judge Cox-"Stand VI. Have son any
thing to say why sentence should not he pro-
nounced upon your
The prisoner then arose, pale, but with lips
and a desperate determination
stamped upon his features. He began in
low tone, but soon his manner became wild
aud violent, and pounding upon the table he
himself the following harangue;
81 am not guilty OF the ebarge set forth in
the indictment. 1t was Gods set, not hiius,
and God will take care Of it. He will take
care OF it, and every officer Of this govern
ment. from the executive down to the mar
hal, taking in every man on that Hiry, and
every member of this bench, will pay foSit
and the American sati0n will roll in blood.
4 my body goes into the ground and l am
hung. The Jews put the despised Galilean
IN the grave, and for the time they triumphed
but at the destruction Of Jerusalem, forty
years afterwards, the Almighty got even with
hem. I am not afraid OF death, am here
Is Gods man. Kill me tomorrow, If you
v ant to. | am Gods man, aud have been,
rom the start"
Judge Cox then proceeded TO pass the sem
ence, addressing the prisoner as follows:
"Yan have been convicted of crime SO
errible In its circamstances and 50 far reach
ng In its results that it has drawn upon you
he horror of the wtole world and the ex-
,crations Of your cOuntrymen. The excite
nent produced by such an offense made il
10 easy task TO secure for you fair and I'M
partial trial; but you have have had the pow
n OF the United States Treasury aHd Of ihe
Government at your service to protect yonr
person from violence and to procure evil
lence from all parts Of the country. You
laye had as fair and as impartial jury as
ver assembled in court Of justice. You
.aye been defended by counsel with zeal
md devotion which merit the highest en- |
omiums, and ! have certainly done my best
o secure fair presentation Of your defease
lotwith, landing all this, you have been
ound guilty. 1t would have been comfort |
o many people If the verdict Of the jury had |
established the fact that your act was that of
N irresponsible man. II would have left the |
,eople the satisfying belief that the crime OF
olitical assassination was something entire |
' foreign TO the institutions and civilization
{ our country; but the result has denied |
hat comfort, and the country will accept as
fact that the cfims can he committed, and
he court must deal with II by imposing tho
ighest penalty known to criminal couat,
, serve as a warning TO others.
"Your case has been SO extraordinary that |
eop!e might well at times doubt your san
", but one can not but believe that when
he crime was committed you thoroughly
nderstood the nalure and consequences"
81 was acting as Gods man." cried the
risoner; s.nothing but good came from
ne act.'
"Aud that you had moral sense" eontin-
ed the court, '.and conscience enough to
,le moral iniquity of such act"
"That's matter af opinioq,n interrupted
uiteau.
"Your own testimony resumed Judge
OK, .shows that you recoiied with horror
ON the idea. You say that you prayed
xainst Il. Yog thought that 1t might be
revented. This shows that yoar conscience
armed yoa against it, but by tho wretehsd
,phistry Of your own mind you worked
,ursclf up against the plain protest Of your
,nsciense.
ssWhat motive could have induced you to