Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-02-05
TELEGRAPHIC.
aUITEAU SENTENCED TO BE
HUNG.
FULL TEXT OF JUDGE cox's
SENTENCE.
The Prisoner Will Be Executed
June 80, 1882.
After Receiving Sentence BE Was Greatly
Excited.
slosson BEATS vIeHAux IN THE GREAT
BILLIARD MATCH.
vignaux Heartily Kissed BY His
Countrymen.
The Prisoner Will Be Executed
June 80, 1882.
slossoN BEATS vIeHAux IN THE GREAT
BILLIARD MATCH.
vignaux Heartily Kissed BY His
Countrymen.
ESPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL.

renewed his motion, saying, "It is now
my duty to ask for the sentence Of the
Court"
Judge Cox Ito the prisoner)-Stand up,
prisoner. Have you anything to say why
sentence should not now be passed upon
you?
Guiteau (still sitting)-I ask your
Honor to postpone sentence as long as
possible.
Judge Cox-Stand up. Have you any
thing to say why sentence should not
now be pronounced upon you?
The prisoner arose, pale, but with lips
compressed, and q desperate determine
ton stamped upon his features. and in q
low and delicate tone began to speak,
but soon his manner became wild and
violent. Pounding upon the table he de-
livered himself OF the following harangue:
81 am not guilty Of the charge set
forth in the indictment. 1t was Gods
act, not mine. God will take care of it,
and don't let the American people forget
it. He will take care Of it. and every officer
of this Government, from the Executive
uOWA w tudb IuhlcAait bhhAuk III cNcIy
man on that jury, md every member Of
this bench will pay for it, and the
American nation will roll in blood if my
body goes into the ground and I am
hung. The Jews put the despised Cali
lean in the grave. For q time they tri-
umphed, but at the destruction of Jeru-
salem, forty years afterwards, the Al
mighty got even with them. I am not
afraid Of death. l I'm here as Gods
a Kill me tomorrow if you wish.
/ am Gods man, and have been from
the start"
Judge Cox then proceeded to pass sem
tence, addressing the prisoner as follows:
you have been convicted Of o crime SO
terrible in its circumstances, and so far
reaching in its results, that it has drawn
upon you the horror Of the whole world
and the excavations Of your countrymen.
The excitement produced by such an
offense made it no easy task to secure for
you Q fair and impartial trial, but you
have had the power of the United States
Treasury and the Government in your
service, to protect your person from vio-
lence and to procure evidence from all
parts of the country. You have had as
fair and impartial a jury as ever assem-
bled in . Court Of justice. You have been
defended by your counsel with q zeal and
devotion that merit the highest praise.
and ! certainly have done my best to
secure q fair presentation Of your defense.
Notwithstanding all this, you have been
found guilty. It would have been q COM
fort to many people IL the verdict Of the
jury had established the fact that your act
was that Of an irresponsible man. II
would have left the people satisfied In the
belief that the crime Of political assas-
sination was something foreign to the in
situations and civilization OF our country,
but the result has denied them OF that
comfort. The country will accept IL 40 q
fact, that this crime has been committed,
and this Court will have to deal with 1t
with the highest penalty known to the
criminal code, to serve as IN example to
others. Your career has been so extra
ordinary that the people might we'll. at
times. have doubted your sanity, but one
cannot but believe that when the crime
was committed you thoroughly UNDER
stood the nature Of the crime and It's con.
sequences.
Guiteau-I was acting % Gods man.
And, continued Judge Coz, that you
had moral sense and conscience enough to
recognize the moral dignity Of such an
act
Guiteau-That's . matter Of opinion.
Your W testimony, proceeded the
Judge, shows that you recoiled with hor-
ror from the idea. You say that you
prayed against IL; you say that you
thought 1t might be prevented. This shows
that your conscience warned you against
1t, but by the wretchsd sophistry Of your
own mind you worked yourself up against
the protest Of your own conscience. What
motive could have induced you to this act
must be Q matter Of conjecture. Proba-
bly, men will think that some fanaticism OF
morbid desire for self destruction was the
real inspiration for the act. Your own
testimony seems to controvert the theories
Of your counsel. They have maintained
and thought, honestly, I believe, that you
were driven against your will by an insane
impulse. The testimony shows that you
deliberately resolved to do 1t. and your de-
liberate and misguided will was the sole
impulse. This may seem insanity to some
persons, but the law looks upon 1t Is .
wilful crime.
You will have due opportunity Of hay
ing any errors I may have committed In
the course OF the trial passed upon by the
Court in banc, but meanwhile 1t Is neces-
sary for me to pronounce the sentence Of
saet sOu " . tuho1 aCuCU w tM6 GUILE
Jail Of the District, from whence You
came. and there to be kept In confinement,
and on Friday, the 30th day OF June, 1882,
you be taken to q place prepared for your
execution, within the walls Of said Jail,
and there. between the hours OF IL and
and Q o'clock p. NJ, you be hanged by the
neck until you are dead. and may the Lord
have mercy on your soul.
During the reading Of his sentence Gui-
team stood apparently unmoved. aud with
his gaze riveted upon the Judge. But
when the final words were spoken he struck
the table violently and shouted, "May
the Lord have mercy upon your soul. Tide
stand where I do, than where that
jury do, and where your Honor stands.
I'm not afraid to die. I stand here as
Gods mar, and God Almighty will curse
every man who had any part in procuring
this ~unrighteous verdict. Nothing but
good has come from Garfeld's removal,
and that will be the verdict Of posterity on
my inspiration. ! don't care Q snap for
the verdict Of this corrupt generation. !
would rather o thousand times be Ia my
than in that OF those who have
me to death. I shall have q
flight to death. / shall have q
flight to glory. But that misera-
BILE scoundrel viii have q permanent Job
down below, where the devil il preparing
for him."
After apparently talking himself out the
prisoner turned to his brother, and with
out the slightest trace Of excitement, cor
versed for some minutes before being
from the Courtroom.
He serves . notice that he will zee any
or receive friends at the Jail. He
answer anonymous or crank letters.
All checks should be certified. His auto
he will sell for rs cents, and his
photograph. with autograph, for 81, sup
piled to the trade for SO per dozen. He
awells on the beauties Of his photograph